So Loony & I attended Si's funeral service at the Pod today.
No hyms, no sermons, no priest -just some lovely speeches by friends & family & a day of happy memories of a much loved man. Si was involved with the hotrod crowd, VW guys & the roller skating world, so there was a bizarre mix of mourners....no, not mourners. That's the wrong word. Friends.
After the words, we all "sticker bombed" his coffin -yes, there's a MMMotors one on there. Then the free rum bar & hog roast were enjoyed for a few hours until Si was loaded on the hearse again for a final journey down the drag strip, followed by his roller skating buddies. Yes, I took my skates, but didn't dare wear them. Loony did, took one step & promptly fell over, but that may have been beer related
Si's family are staying in a local hotel & will have a private cremation before his ashes are put into a specially commissioned "Tiki" head container.
If all funerals were like this I'd go more often