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for Sue. Supporting England sports teams (and of course the Exeter
Chiefs) was never far from the top of the leisure agenda. A trip to
Australia to watch cricket (a random prize that came out of the blue),
matches at Twickenham, and so on.
But what of the lighthouse? She continued to support and cherish her
friends and particularly the children. She took great pride in their news
and achievements. Her beacon of encouragement shone bright as their
formative years gradually morphed into maturity. She continued to pay
due allegiance to the Crown - the Union Flag seemed always to be nying
outside Mole Cottage. She and Eric queued for 13 hours to ole past our
late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. They did so because it mattered to
them.
Sue and Eric loved to walk next to the sea - and the N Devon Coast held
a particular place in her heart. The last time we walked round Morte
Point together - after she knew the news of her illness - she described it
to me as "food for the soul." She talked so thoughtfully and selnessly
about her diagnosis . "We are so jolly lucky to have
all this when you consider it - there are so many
terrible things happening in our world these days."
It genuinely troubled her that people could be so
unkind to each other.
Earlier times had seen team Puffett complete the
630 miles of the South West Coast Path and
determined to keep the walking plans moving ahead, they completed
the French Camino to Santiago de Compostella. I cannot help thinking
that even at this stage of her life, Sue was searching for a deeper
meaning. She had been put up for consideration for a trial for early
onset Alzheimers Disease and was driving herself forward by creating
walking targets. The Camino can be purely a physical challenge, but far
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