Remembering absent friends

Also in July we have marked the passing of Stephen - as noted in a post in May. Earlier this month his grave was finished and a group of us was invited by Olga to visit the churchyard in Voutas to see it. Most of us had not been on the island for his funeral. It was a gloriously sunny day. Barry read  a piece of Stephen's poetry as he had done at the funeral, Olga said a few words and we toasted him in (of course) chilled white wine. The setting is breath-taking, and the headstone is simple, clean and tasteful:- as Stephen would have wanted it!

Published with Olga's permission

 



Just a few days later Greyrocks received a surprise e-mail. It was from the brother of Sean, who was originally from Belfast and has a long history with the village and Azogires. It explained that he had just gained access to Sean's address book and was informing his contacts of his death in September 2012, aged 64.

RIP

 

Watch this space for news of the little memorial we are planning for one of his preferred haunts:- the old Coconuts!