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Neil Graham

Neil David Graham

October 8th, 1954 - August 27th, 2023
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Company reserves the right to modify this Policy at any time and will do so from time to time. Each modification shall be effective upon its posting to the Site. Your continued use of the Site following any such modification constitutes your acceptance of any change(s) to this Policy. It is therefore important that you review this Policy regularly. If you have any questions concerning this Policy please contact Company at support@frontrunner360.com.

1. Scope

This Policy covers the Site in part and as a whole. However, it does not apply to entities that Company does not own or control, including without limitation, Campaign, advertisers or developers of content. Company may include third-party links on the Site. These third-party sites are governed by their own privacy policies and NOT this Policy. Company therefore has no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these third-party sites. Please check the privacy policy of any third-party site you interact with on or off the Site.

2. General Policy Provisions

  1. Definitions

    “Personal Information” includes both “Personally Identifiable Information” and “Non-Personally Identifiable Information”.

    "Personally Identifiable Information" refers to information that lets us know the specifics of who you are and can be used to identify, contact or locate you. Personally Identifiable Information is requested when you register with us, make a Donation, correspond with us, or otherwise volunteer information, for instance, through the use of "Contact Us". Personally Identifiable Information may include, without limitation, your name, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, credit card number, and other identification and contact information.

    "Non-Personally Identifiable Information" refers to information that does not identify a specific individual by itself or in combination with other information. We gather certain information about you based upon what you view on our Site in several ways. This information is compiled and analyzed on both a personal and an aggregated basis. This information may include the Site’s Uniform Resource Locator ("URL") that you just came from, which URL you next go to, what browser you are using, and your Internet Protocol ("IP") address. A URL is the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web (‘Web”). An IP address is an identifier for a computer or device on a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol ("TCP/IP") network, such as the World Wide Web. Networks use the TCP/IP protocol to route information based on the IP address of the destination. In other words, an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web, allowing Web servers to locate and identify your computer. Computers require IP addresses in order for users to communicate on the Internet, browse and shop

    “Sensitive Personal Information” means Personal Information that reveals race, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership or that concerns an individual’s health.

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    Company shall inform you of the purposes for which it collects and uses Personal Information and the types of non-agent third parties to which Company discloses or may disclose that information. Company shall provide you with the choice and means for limiting the use and disclosure of your Personal Information. Notice will be provided in clear and conspicuous language when you are first asked to provide Personal Information to Company, or as soon as practicable thereafter. In any event, you will receive notice before Company uses or discloses the information for a purpose other than that for which it was originally collected.

  3. Choice

    Company will offer you the opportunity to choose (opt-out) whether Personal Information is to be disclosed to a third party or to be used for a purpose other than that for which it was originally collected or has subsequently been authorized. For Sensitive Personal Information (when applicable), Company will give you the opportunity to affirmatively or explicitly consent (opt-in) to the disclosure of the information for a purpose other than that for which it was originally collected or has subsequently been authorized. Company will treat Sensitive Personal Information it receives from anyone the same as it would treat its own Sensitive Personal Information.

  4. Security

    Company shall take reasonable steps to protect Personal Information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. No company is immune from Internet attacks or data breaches. Company cannot guarantee the security of information on or transmitted via the Internet.

  5. Data Integrity

    Company shall only process Personal Information in a way that is compatible with and relevant to the purpose for which it was collected or has been authorized. To the extent necessary for those purposes, Company shall take reasonable steps to ensure that Personal Information is accurate, complete, current, and reliable for its intended use.

  6. How to Access Your Information

    Company offers you choices for the collection, use and sharing of Personal Information. You may notify Company of your preferences, or change any Personal Information, by emailing support@frontrunner360.com. Please be sure to provide complete account information so Company can identify you in its records.

    You may also stop the delivery of future promotional e-mail from Company by responding directly to any email you receive with a request to remove you from the mailing list.

3.Reasons the Company Collects Personal Information

Company collects your Personal Information because it helps deliver a superior online experience, gives you convenient access to the Site for browsing, and allows key features of the Site to function properly. In order to better provide you with this superior level of customer service, our Site collects two types of information (referred to in this policy as "Personal Information") about our visitors: Personally Identifiable Information and Non-Personally Identifiable Information. In addition, your Personal Information helps Company keep you informed about the latest announcements, special offers, and events that you might like to hear about.

4. Information Company Collects About You

Any time a guest or member (collectively “Users”) accesses the Site they receive a “cookie” from Company. Company uses cookies (small pieces of data stored for an extended period of time on a computer, mobile phone, or other device) to make the Site easier to use and to protect both you and Company. These cookies give Company certain Non-Personally Identifiable Information about your use of the Site. You may remove or block cookies using the settings in your browser, but in some cases that may impact your ability to use the Site. Company may also use pixels, widgets and other tools to gather such Non-Personally Identifiable Information to improve the experience of the website or mobile application.

Company may contract with third-party service providers to assist it in better understanding its Site Users. These service providers are not permitted to use the Non-Personally Identifiable Information collected on Company’s behalf except to help it conduct and improve its business.

When you access the Site from a computer, mobile phone, or other device, Company may collect Non-Personally Identifiable Information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users’ movements around the site and to gather demographic information about the user base as a whole. Company will not use the information collected to market directly to that person.

Company keeps track of some of the actions you take on the Site such as member profiles and pages you view. Even if you do not provide certain information, Company may obtain it from you profile or the pages of its Site that you visit. Company may retain the details of connections or transactions you make on the Site.

5. Information You Provide to Company

To become a User, Company shall collect certain Personally Identifiable Information, which you are required to provide. Information that is not required shall be deemed voluntary and you may provide such information, although not mandatory.

While using the Site, you may provide text, files, images, photos, videos, location data, or any other materials (collectively “Content”) to Company by uploading, posting, or publishing the Content on the Site. Frequently, Content you place on the Site will contain a picture of your face. Company may retain the details of connections or transactions you make on the Site.

Where applicable, when you interact with other Users on the Site, you may provide other information about yourself, such as political or topical views, religious affiliation, or marital status. Any information in a public forum is accessible by anyone, including people who are not members of the Site. Please be aware they may share information you give them with other Users you may not know. They may also share the information outside the Site without your prior approval. Company does not have control over the actions of its Users and accepts no responsibility or liability for their actions. Please keep this fact in mind when using the Site, and use care when disclosing Personal Information to other Users of the Site.

Company may also collect information from ads you click on when using the Site. Company may also keep track of links you click on in e-mails you receive from Company. This is done to increase the relevancy of the ads you see.

6. How Company Uses Your Personal Information

Company uses the information you are required to provide to become a User in order to insure you are over the age of thirteen (13). THE SITE IS NOT MEANT TO BE USED BY ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF THIRTEEN (13). If you are under thirteen, please do not attempt to register with the Site or send Company any Personal Information. Company may also use your age information to be sure you receive an age appropriate experience while using the Site.

Company will use the information it collects to provide, without limitation, services and features to you and facilitate payment for any Donations between Campaign Organizers and Donors and provide information to Campaign Organizers and Campaign beneficiaries. Company will also use the information to measure and improve the Site, and to provide you with customer support.

Company may contact you with new or updated products or services, designs, routes, surveys, or other related announcements from time to time. You may opt-out of all communications except essential updates. Company may include Content in the e-mails sent to you.

Certain software applications and applets transmit data to Company. Company may not make a formal disclosure if it believes its collection of and use of the information is the obvious purpose of the Site or its related application. If it is not obvious that Company is collecting or using such information, it will disclose its collection to you the first time you provide the information.

Company may use the information collected to prevent potential illegal activities. Company may also use a variety of methods to detect and address anomalous activity and screen content to prevent abuse.

Company may use your information to serve you personalized advertising. Company does not share your information with advertisers without your consent. Company allows advertisers to choose the characteristics of Users who will see their advertisements. Company may use any of the Non-Personally Identifiable Information it has collected in any fashion to select the appropriate audience. Company will not tell the advertiser who you are as part of this process. When you interact with an advertisement there is a possibility that you may receive a cookie from the advertiser.

7. How Company Shares Your Information

Company shares your Personal Information with third parties when it believes you have permitted such sharing, that it is reasonably necessary to offer services, or when legally required to do so. Company will not share your Personally Identifiable Information with third parties in a way that it thinks violates your privacy. The following non-exhaustive list contains examples of how Company shares or could share your information:

  1. If Site allows you to invite a friend to join the Site or become a User, and you choose to do so, the invitation will contain information that will allow your friend to identify you. The invitation may contain information about other Users your friend might know.

  2. Certain information you provide to Company may be shared by using the Site’s search function. This allows other Users to locate your profile and it allows new Users to find people they know on the Site.

  3. Company provides some public information to search engines. This information allows search engines to locate the Site. It also allows people to locate you on the Site using a major search engine. This does not mean all information you post on the Site may be accessed using a search engine.

  4. There are also times when Company may make certain Personal Information about you available to strategic partners or third parties. These companies may help Company process information, render services to you, manage and enhance customer data, provide customer service, assess your interest in products and services, or conduct research or satisfaction surveys. Without such information being made available, it would be difficult for you to use Company's Site and services.

  5. Company may also share Personal Information when it has a good faith belief it is necessary to prevent fraud or other illegal activity, to prevent imminent bodily harm, or to protect itself and you from people violating the Terms and Conditions of the Site. This may include sharing information with other companies, lawyers, and courts or other government entities.

  6. Company may disclose information pursuant to subpoenas, court orders, or other requests (including criminal and civil matters) if it has a good faith belief that the law requires such a response. This may include requests from jurisdictions outside of the United States if Company has a good faith belief that the response is required by law under the local laws in that jurisdiction, is applicable to users from that jurisdiction, and is consistent with generally accepted international standards.

  7. Company may disclose analyzed data in the form of purchasing trends or statistical data. No Personally Identifiable Information will be attached to this disclosure.

8. Business or Asset Transfer or Sale

Company may be sold, sell or buy businesses or assets of businesses, or merge with another business. In such transactions, Personal Information generally is one of the transferred business assets. Also, in the event that Company, a line of business of Company, or substantially all the assets of Company are transferred, Personal Information may well be one of the transferred assets. Company will make a reasonable effort to provide notice on the Site, and to notify you via e-mail to the most recent e-mail address that you have provided of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.

9. Miscellaneous

  1. Privacy of Children

    YOU MUST BE EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OR OLDER TO ACCESS THE SITE OR USE ITS SERVICES. IF YOU ARE UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED TO ACCESS ANY OF COMPANY’S SERVICES FOR ANY REASON. DUE TO THE AGE RESTRICTIONS FOR USE OF COMPANY’S SITE AND SERVICES, NO INFORMATION OBTAINED BY COMPANY FALLS WITHIN THE CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT OF 1998 AND IS NOT MONITORED AS DOING SO.

    Protecting children’s privacy is especially important to Company. Company does not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under 13, but because some information is collected electronically, it can appear to be the Personal Information of someone over the age of 13, and will be treated as such by this Policy. If a child under 13 submits Personal Information and Company learns that Personal Information pertains to a child under 13, it will attempt to delete the information as soon as possible. It is Company’s policy to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 and all other applicable laws. Therefore, Company restricts the Site and all other provided services to persons 18 years or older.

  2. Agreement with Policy and Continued Use of Site

    Unless stated otherwise, Company’s current Policy applies to all information that Company has about you, your account, and access to the Site. By using the Site, you consent to this Policy and having your Personal Information and data transferred and processed as described.

Obituary

Neil Graham
October 8, 1954 - August 27, 2023

Neil Graham passed away on Sunday the 27th of August at the Agapé Hospice in Calgary at the age of 68. Husband of Valerie and caring father of Jonathan and Christopher, Neil was the youngest of three siblings and is survived by his brothers, Ian and Alastair. Neil will be dearly missed by his family and the many friends and acquaintances who survive him.

Neil was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on the 8th of October 1954. He went to school at Daniel Stewart's College in Edinburgh following which he attended St Andrews University, graduating with a Masters in Psychology. He met his future wife, Valerie, while spending summers grouse beating at Amulree in the Scottish Highlands. After completing his degree at St. Andrews he trained as a chartered accountant in Manchester. Thus began a rewarding and satisfying career that would lead to immigrating to Canada in 1981, working in the Oil and Gas industry in Calgary until his retirement in 2010.

Retirement provided the opportunity to pursue a multitude of interests, traveling extensively over the course of the next decade. His travels took him as far afield as Namibia, Iceland, Japan and Argentina. A highlight for Neil was a driving trip in Southern India that involved becoming a licensed taxi driver in order to undertake an adventurous overland drive in a vintage Ambassador taxi cab.

A love of golf led to Neil and Valerie purchasing a cabin at Hidden Valley Golf Resort, where they would happily while away the time socializing with the neighbors over a campfire or round of golf.

Scotland always remained home for Neil and he maintained a house called Tighnasith, which translates from Gaelic to 'house of peace', in Tighnabruaich, Argyll. He loved nothing more than tootling around the single track roads on his Royal Enfield motorcycle or in his vintage Morris Minor. He would often stop to admire the view of Arran from the Ardlamont peninsula.

Neil died peacefully at the Agapé Hospice in Calgary on Sunday the 27th of August 2023 after an eight month battle with cancer. Neil wished to thank the staff, nurses, and doctors for the excellent care they provided during the last two months of his life.

To view and share photos, condolences and stories of Neil please visit www.choicememorial.com. Arrangements entrusted to the care of Choice Memorial Cremation & Funeral Services (403) 277-7343.
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Chris John Watson

Posted at 01:42pm
We have known Neil since the early eighties when we both had just emigrated to Canada. He was a work colleague initially, but we soon became family friends as he and Val moved closer to where we lived in Varsity. Before any family arrived for both of us, we used to ski primarily at Fortress as we embraced one of the benefits of living in Calgary. Our families duly arrived which took us in somewhat different directions as we followed our children’s interests. However, we remained in touch and enjoyed fantastic hospitality from the Grahams as recently as last year at their place in Scotland. I also went on several golf outings in and around Calgary in recent summers with Neil and Val which were always fun and relaxing.
Neil was an extremely intelligent and thoughtful individual but was also very practical, considerate, and kind. His love of all things mechanical was evident in the many cars and bikes that he owned along with his part interest in the bus. Tinkering with these seemed to give him great pleasure but he always liked to do things properly which is to be admired. Of course, he also had a great sense of humour and an infectious laugh and smile. He will be greatly missed by the many people that knew him and the world was certainly a better place for him passing through it.
He was a brilliant friend, and we will miss him greatly. May he rest in peace.
Chris and Doreen Watson

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Shirlee Lamacchia

Posted at 07:49pm
Neil was one of my favourite people. A friend so easy to talk to, humble, kind, always cheerful and sincere. A wonderful memory is our trip to Scotland meeting up with Val and Neil. Neil graciously drove us from Glasgow to Tighnabruaich to Edinburgh. What a fantastic tour guide and amazing driver! Neil and Val were wonderful hosts! And we sat on that bench with Neil overlooking the Isle of Arran. These happy memories are forever etched in our hearts. Our sincere condolences to Val, Jon and Chris for the loss of such a loving husband and dad. He has gone too soon and will be so missed by everyone his life touched. ❤️Love Shirlee and John
 
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Ian Graham Posted at 10:44pm

Thank you Shirley so much for these memories of Neil. You describe so well how he was the perfect recanteur; always there with something meaningful to say. And the fact that he always on the move in a car, a bus, a train or a plane. They had a magnificent retro RV for a while too that I only ever saw photos of unfortunately. We had your experience of him as local tour guide in Canada (and no doubt other visitors from the U.K., New Zealand, got the same treat) - being taken in the car to see sights such as Banff and educated by Neil all the way there and back in all things. Indeed in February, Jon drove Neil, Chris and me up to Banff for a boys lunch. Minus 32C. It was just about my first day of face to face with Neil post diagnosis and as you can imagine Neil and I, indeed the four of us, had a lot of talking to do. Neil was very much part of that discussion as we explored what lay ahead from him. And he pointed out sights as we went - ones I had apparently been taken to 40 years before! On that trip he expressed a hope that he and Val might go on the train to Vancouver in the summer and although he booked it I think in the event they had to cancel because he was just too ill. He still had the ambition to be an arm chair traveller even then.
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Gordon Allison

Posted at 05:04pm
Deepest Condolences, we shall sorely miss meeting up with Neil on your visits to the United Kingdom. He had a very dry sense of humour combined with a gregarious nature. I will always remember the visit to Cambridge to view the Black Douglas and, of course his Royal Enfield.

Love Gordon and Rosie
 
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Ian Graham Posted at 07:04am

Thanks Gordon for these memories; I so remember Neil showing off his bike to us. Like a child opening a special Xmas present. Lovely to see and lovely to remember
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Pat strathern

Posted at 10:53am
Our deepest condolences Val, Jon, and Christopher on your loss We we’re very sorry to hear of his illness and passing, and know that his memories will I’ve forever in your hearts .
Pat and Joe Strathern
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Ian Christopher Graham

Posted at 05:16am
Before they slip away from my brain, I want to capture some memories to better remember my youngest brother Neil. A life well lived that ended peacefully.

I’ll miss him and that sense of loss is I think accentuated because of what he/we have been through together not only these last eight months but also the last 25 years. In particular, I will miss his humour – very sharply-made observations, he was the joker in the family from early days. But I’d go further and talk of his quiet charm – an effortless ability to put you at ease and talk about anything as well as all things substantive. His personality meant that he was able to hold onto friendships over the decades – from school onwards. He was getting Skype calls from old school friends when I was in Calgary this June. Shortly after he elected to have palliative care, and long after he had retired, all his ex-work colleagues got together to share time with Neil.

I think I always liked him, a deep down sort of liking. My love for him grew as he battled stomach cancer this year. He had been so lucky to find Val so long ago and spending a week in June in Calgary with them only reinforced the obvious fact that the two of them had had a full and fulfilling life together.

Edinburgh – 50s and 60s

I would have been just 4 when Neil was born, Alastair just 18 months. Our parents had a top floor flat in a northwest Edinburgh suburb not far from where my father had been brought up and thus quite close to where our paternal grandparents lived. There was a communal garden behind the flat where we played as children and some scrub land too that was a favourite place to play together. This is where he was my wee brother - someone he stayed all his life! Dad would take us to the local park where there was a big pond and folks played with model boats there. Maybe it’s because there was a four-year difference, but my memory is that Neil was small (he was always on the front row in school photos) and perhaps because we were all still being rationed by the UK Government in terms of food post WWII.

Mum was an active member of the only Methodist Church in Edinburgh and we three would go with her each Sunday to attend service and then Sunday School. Our middle names (Christopher, Paul and David) all have biblical roots. Mum would, I think, be proud to know that Neil has displayed the same qualities as the biblical David – he was his own man and refused to be like everyone else, he did what needed to be done when faced with a situation, and he was committed. Neil and I became lapsed Methodists over time but for almost ten years church and church going and church friends were a core part of our lives. Mum found babysitters for the three of us from overseas students attending both Edinburgh University and church. For example, I remember first a Nigerian and then a Dutch/Indonesian who post-graduation went back to Holland and invited all our family to go to their wedding – provided all three of us boys wore tartan. It was our first ever flight. Exposure to other cultures at an early age was I think unusual in Edinburgh in the 50s and 60s and stood us both in good stead as we lived out our later lives.

Early on, we lived close enough to be able to walk to school and this we did together. Later we moved to a bungalow in the suburbs with a large garden and then we would all go together to school by public bus. Somehow Mum and Dad managed to find the funds to send all three of us from the age of 5 to the same independent fee-paying school that Dad had attended. Neil was the brightest of the three of us and when he went to the prestigious university at St Andrews, it was clear to all that he was starting to make his own mark on his own life and career. By this time, he and Valerie were already “an item” – they had met as teenagers when Neil went grouse-beating during a school holiday. They’ve been together for more than 50 years.

Dad would have liked to have become an engineer rather than an accountant but as a single child was forced down the auditing route by his parents. As a father, he would encourage us in engineering type learning, and I think there is no doubt that Neil was the son who most closely followed these ambitions. Witness the work that he and Valerie put into “the cabin” which for many years was a central part of their lives in Calgary. From an early date Neil was into cars and buses and he carried his passion for vehicles to Canada and has I think probably passed it on to Jon at least.

My favourite photograph from these times is Neil playing the fool in the empty rabbit hutch; I’m glad to see it has pride of place in the flat in Calgary.

The expatriate years – 70s to 90s
I was already an expatriate when Neil and Valerie went to Canada; their decision to marry seemed to me to happen almost overnight and displays this quality Neil had for quickly making major decisions and getting them right. Later he took early retirement, I’d say very early retirement actually, with what to the outsider seemed like similar certitude. We didn’t see very much of each other over several decades, as my life was led centred on Europe, Middle East, Africa and Thailand whilst Neil and Valerie built a home and a family and a life in Canada. At the time I was thrilled and astonished to be asked to be Jon’s Godfather. We did visit Neil and Valerie on at least one occasion when the two young boys were deep into dinosaurs and so we visited the museum at Drumheller. Neil also took us to see a receding glacier, the first-time global warming had been rammed home to me, I think.

Tighnasith – 00s to 10s
As Neil entered his mid-40s, he had achieved much in his career and had two sons, both playing in the Pipe Band in Calgary. Our parents were both very ill and died within 2 years of each other in the early 00s. Around this time, my then partner Rosemary and I bought the upper flat in a Victorian villa on the Scottish west coast. It was to be an anchor for us, a place of peace. Hence the name we gave it – Tighnasith. Neil and Valerie on one of their trips to see Mum and Dad came to see the flat and Neil gave it 9.5 out of ten and I can still remember him saying “and I don’t know why I am deducting the ½”. I have a photo of Neil and Alastair with Mum, then well into Alzheimer’s, in the garden at Tighnasith the day after my 50th.

Together we worked to enable Neil and Valerie to buy the lower flat, and so, for the last 20+ years, they have had a base from which to explore the UK, visit friends and have Canadian and other friends to stay. For the four of us, the arrangement was perfect; we were rarely there at the same time, so each pair had the whole plot to themselves but when Neil and Valerie were there at the same time as us, with or without Jon and Chris, then we were happy to share, to catch up over a cup of tea, sitting out looking at the sea and the sky and the moors and the passing boats. It brought Neil and I together after what had been about 30 years of separation into a very, very meaningful and mutually supportive relationship.

One of the many highlights was the day that we christened the new fountain in the garden. As I write this, I can hear Jon and Chris coming around the house playing the pipes and drums to the amazement and pleasure of our friends and neighbours. Then for my 60th it was great to welcome Neil and Valerie to our home Nymet in Noss Mayo, Devon. Later, when Rosemary and I got married, Neil and Valerie were there in Tighnasith with friends and neighbours to celebrate, and they gave us a tandem. Everyone there that day played a small role in putting a ‘wedding’ painting together of the view from our lounge which today hangs in our bedroom. Neil painted some of the sheep and some of the boats. Neil’s favourite view he said was from Ardlamont (a few miles down a single track road from Tighnasith) looking across the sea to the Isle of Arran.

Looking back, I now realise that Neil had morphed into a part time carer for Val as she went through several major operations on her skull and brain; Neil carried out this role quietly and competently.

This was a golden time for me; Neil and I were able as mid-aged people to forge a new relationship almost independent of the childhood one.

Calgary 2023
When I first heard of Neil’s diagnosis from my brother Alastair my immediate reaction was why him, why the youngest? It seemed, and seems, so unfair. And completely unexpected.

I spent a week in Calgary in early February and then again in early June. On both occasions we spent time remembering and exploring and challenging our perceptions of our shared past. Sharing common but different travel experiences to Ecuador, Okavango, India, Namibia, St Kilda and elsewhere. And we also spent time discussing the path he was on – together one on one and with Jon/Chris and/or Valerie. He had chosen palliative care quickly and without ceremony.

During my two trips this year he showed amazing courage. He was committed to getting things done, tidying up loose ends that the palliative care regime was giving him the time to do. On the first trip, it was great to get him out of the house and into Caesars Steakhouse where he and I shared a platter of escargots (the first time I think we shared food and certainly the first time we knew each of us had acquired a taste for escargots) before he managed 200gms of a 300gm filet steak.

My favourite photo from my second trip is of Neil, Val and Jon sitting on a blisteringly hot bench in Cochrane enjoying an ice cream – it would I think have been one of Neil’s last trips out of the Calgary he had made his home.

On these two trips, and in between, I came to see in Neil both as a a wee brother and also as a big man, a fully rounded man, with deep roots and yet also a passion for today and tomorrow. I knew what brotherly love felt like when I left Calgary in June. Since then, we kept in touch on Skype, and although at times he has tired, at times he has looked the very ill man he was, he remained even in August this year, the Neil I have known these past seven decades.
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