To be absolutely clear this is Nerys’s wife Alice posting, I am Devastated to report that Nerys passed away after a short final illness on Monday 27th of March She was one day short of being 90 years and 2 months, so at least spent some time as a nonogenarian! As you can imagine even allowing for her age and generally poor health it has come as a dreadful shock and I just feel like I am wading through treacle trying to cope with the loss of such a wonderful kind loving life partner. I am just in absolute bits. Having been with her though most of her final illness and ultimately her death and then having to deal with a lot of practical stuff like funeral arrangements letting family in both France and America know as well as far flung ex Thames Barge mates etc. I am sorry to have not posted to this forum sooner.

The enclosed Pictures are progress on Nerys’s latest and last boat project to date. Mostly built by me to the best I could manage of How Nerys wanted it to be like and with lots of guidance and some finishing when she had a bit of energy. I really haven't a clue about much of the detail of the hobby apart from sorting out fairly basic RC running gear in her previous non kit builds. I do intend to finish her as best I can. Nerys had not yet settled on a name for her but I believe she should be finished in the style of something like a Clyde puffer, we were planning smoke generators etc.

As you can imagine it might take me a bit of a while to get back on with the rest of the build. But in the end completed she will be.

Sorry to have to bring such heavy-weight discussion to a Hobby Forum. Once again I just cannot begin to tell you all what a wonderful woman and human being she was and how very very much I will miss her.

From a very lost and bereft,

Alice