Duncan was a very special husband to me and my soul mate for nearly 10 years who died suddenly of meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia over a weekend in January 2012 at the age of 45. He doted on our little daughter Heidi who was 2 years old at the time and he was a stay-at-home dad whilst I went to work and he done a wonderful job. Duncan loved nature and the outdoors and his favourite retreat was at our allotment, which he kept together really well – he had natural green fingers. He also loved writing as a hobby and his head was always buried in a book. He was a chatterbox, and also a very good listener. Very easy to get on with. We both really enjoyed our cups of tea. Whenever we had a day trip, or went out for a walk – a flask of tea always followed. Nothing we enjoyed more was sitting relaxing with a flask of tea and that is a wonderful thing to always remember.