I feel very privileged to have known Julie, even for a short time. It was a pleasure to hear about the life she had led, her family and her travels. I will remember with great fondness the times we spent viewing an atlas to see where she had been in Africa and numerous bird books admiring sketches and photographs. It was lovely to know how happy it made Julie to go out in the gardens at Sandford to enjoy the summer evenings, pick flowers and eat plums straight off the tree. We always tried to find something to laugh about and her cheeky side would come out especially at some of the social events. I will miss her but will remember her with love in my heart.

Thank you for setting up this memorial to Julie. We hope that you find it a positive experience developing the site and that it becomes a place of comfort and inspiration for you to visit whenever you want or need to.

I am I and you are you, whatever we were to each other that we still are. Speak to me in the easy way which you always used. Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? Life means all that it ever meant, it is the same as it ever was.