For John

John with his grand-daughter Georgiana

Mum, Dad, John and I

John at mum’s 65th

I lost my brother John on 4th July 2015.

I decided to bring a momento to leave at one of the cairns of stones left by peregrinos on their walk.

I asked John’s wife Karen for a piece of jewellery which John had which I could incorporate in this momento. She gave me a necklace which John wore always, not worth a lot, but worth millions to me.

I decided to split this into two pieces, I wear one part as a bracelet and the other would be put inside a stone which I would split in two and carve out a chamber, big enough to hold the other half of the necklace.

I searched the beach outside our house for the right stone to use and found the perfect one.

Bangor Stone

Split Stone

Open

Grind out the chamber

Chamber finished

Insert the chain

Chain in stone

I also have a video which you can view which might explain better.

Although I am not walking the Camino for any specific charity I have included a link at top of this page (hover over “For John” on menu) for Marie Curie. In Belfast they looked after John with great sympathy and dignity until he left us.

I would take this opportunity to thank them on behalf of all of John’s family and, if anyone wants, they can make a donation to this fantastic Charity.