> Canals and waterwaysTo fully appreciate the significance of the music
> Maddy chose you really
> need to read the notes she wrote. Apparently Edith Piaf was one of
> john's favourites and "Je ne regret rien" summed up her feeling about
> their life together.
>
> Guy
>
> A couple of additions with Guy's description to give the flavour:-
>
> Apparently John had a tortoise called Fritz. He'd seen it while
> driving along the motorway, thought it was a German helmet and
> screeched to a halt to pick it up.
>
> He also dealt with BW forms by putting an X in the signature space and
> telling them he could not read. Maddy reckoned that the reports of his
> funeral would spill the beans about his grammar school education, but
> it was a bit late for BW to do anything about their forms.
>
> On the back of the order of service was printed 'Wait for me in the
> little Fisherman's Cottage' - they had a seaside hut, but John had
> reckoned that after he had got out of hospital they should find a
> little fisherman's cottage for him to recuperate. Why a little
> fisherman's cottage? He didn't reckon he'd be able to beat up a big
> fisherman and take his cottage until he had recuperated.
>
> Sean
