My
favorite saying is "Good comes from
bad" and one of our least favorite trips
was one to the Silverbank in the north
Atlantic which is called the nursery and where the
Humpback whale bears and raises her calf. On the
flight to the
Turks and Caicos, a couple was sitting
in front of us and I asked if they were
going to be on the boat with us.
They were a British couple and were
taking the same trip, so we began to
talk. For some reason, the four of
us bonded and we spent most of the week
with them. Little did we know this
would be the beginning of a deep,
important friendship. In the subsequent
years we have traveled with Mavis and
Allan and they became like family, in
spite of the miles separating us. When
we were in Antarctica together we were
concerned by Allan's coughing but it
didn't seem serious. However, in August we found
that his cough was indeed serious and he
was diagnosed with lung cancer. This
trip to England was originally planned to be our
opportunity
to see Allan, perhaps for the last time
which would have been difficult, but
something we wanted to do.
Unfortunately, the cancer was widespread and we lost
him in
December. We want everyone to meet one
of the kindest, most gentle, wisest,
gentlemen we have ever known. We will
miss him but our lives are better for
having known him.
� 1997 [email protected]
Allan Rennie will live in our hearts
forever. 
Middleton
Green Farm, the 18th century farm house where we
stayed outside of Sheffield
Home of the
Bronte family's physician in Haworth in which we
stayed
Garden in back of home
Wharfedale
Just us
Hey,
everybody
Bolton Abbey
Riveault
Abbey
Church in Whitby which is built on
top of a monastary from 654
Pickering
Church - example of the medieval wall paintings of
which very few survive
Castle where
Richard III lived
This is how the castle would look if
not destroyed
But it was . . .
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