Kathy

We received some sad news today. A friend of ours from the old days, Kathy Helliwell, passed on yesterday.

The news got me thinking, Service life is really strange in one very peculiar way - you have friends that you are very close to, you live in each others pockets doing everything together then one of you gets posted. A few telephone calls, a couple of letters and maybe even a couple of visits. Then after a while it's Christmas cards until somewhere along the line the address book goes missing (or crashes nowadays!). If you are lucky you pick up again a few years down the line.

We made from cracking friends during our RAF days. Some we remain close friends, some we keep promising ourselves we have got to visit, some we are renewing friendships with again, others are just good memories. It's a helluva shame, I know we all move on, change ideas, life partners, have families, have different priorities. But when you get an e-mail out of the blue from a husband you have never met about someone who was so close to you for a couple of years it makes you think - well, it did me.

All I can say is wherever Kathy is now her laugh will be long remembered by us!!