My ex husband was round last night and very upset. It appears a mutual friend of ours was wounded in the Cumbrian slaughter which left 12 dead, several critically injured and a couple of dozen wounded but seemingly not so seriously. We had a cottage in the area at Ravenglass (he still has it)which we used to go to for weekends when we could and for such a thing to happen in what is an astonishingly tranquil and beautiful part of the world is a tragedy beyond description.. I have not seen our friend for a few years but we still exchange Christmas and birthday cards, but thankfully he isn't too badly hurt and hopes to be discharged from hospital in a day or two. This must be such a relief to his wife and family. I spoke to his wife last night on the telephone and Kate and I are going down on Sunday to visit.
I am not going to go into a great rant about firearms.. those who know me know how I feel about them.. but when something like this happens to one you know in a part of the world you know well, then it brings things home to us in a way reading a newspaper, the web or watching telly never can. When it happened I recognised so many of the locations in the television pictures and memories flooded back of when Brian and I were frequent visitors.. My thoughts and love go to the wounded, to all we know and to all those we don't, but most of all to those whose loved ones will not be coming home.
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