The mist has been thick for a week now, and is set to stick around some more.
For a while today, the sun shone on us.
It was good to see so many people, familiar faces from my past and new ones alike, even if the circumstances were not great.
To delve into the memory banks and discuss humorous scenarios from days gone by.
To see the strength of his family was just humbling - I do not know how I would react if in the same situation, but I doubt very much that I would have the dignity they did. He would have been so proud of them.
10 years have gone by since his father was buried, and it seems both a lifetime and like yesterday. At least they get to rest next to each other, under beech trees, overlooking the hills, in good company.