(Highlands of Scotland friend)..."We join you all in remembering Joan - such a talented and vital person. There are many who will have happy memories of her capacity for friendship and organisational abilities. Her Christmas letters, with news of you all and your travels were always a delight to receive. My last memory of her was when I called in to see you at Dukeville, in 2008. We sat in the conservatory and caught up with events. As Ilana and her family were staying next door, I was able to meet them all briefly before they went out to enjoy Badenoch and Diana, your friend from Liverpool, arrived just as I set off to drive south."