Our friend has been laid to rest

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It took nearly six hours to get from our home to Ravensthorpe, Western Australia, to attend the funeral of an old friend. That included several stops. It was a big funeral as the family had spent many years in the area although the couple had moved to the coast a few years ago. We met with many of our old friends and it was really nice to renew acquaintances and catch up with all the news. The adults were all a little older and the younger ones were sometimes hard to recognise as it’s been a few years since we were there. The brother of the deceased was also a friend of ours. He passed away in May from cancer but because of COVID, his funeral did not follow the usual pattern. Instead, everyone parked their cars round the perimeter of the town’s football oval. The cars faced into the arena just as they would if they were watching a match. The deceased had been a keen footballer. After a short ceremony in the middle of the oval, attended only by the immediate family, the hearse made a circuit of the oval in front of all the cars. It then went on out to the cemetery, again with only the immediate family following. It’s been interesting to see how people have adapted to the COVID restrictions. The photo is of the road we travelled but taken on a previous trip. There was a cyclist on the road that day.