Nick – In loving memory of Kathy Bowles

Looking into the distance

Nick — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:14:18 +0000

11 years. So far away yet always near. This has always been my favourite picture. Taken on a walk in the woods near Edzell.

A decade on

Nick — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 09:53:58 +0000

. . . And then one day you find ten years have got behind you

(Time – Pink Floyd)

I choose to be thankful, not to be sad
For all of the wonderful years that we had

Please take some time to browse the website and remember Kathy today, the tenth anniversary of a great loss to the world. You are very welcome to leave a tribute in the comments section below.

2022 – and so 8 years have passed

Nick — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 00:24:06 +0000

“There are some who bring a light so great to the world that even after they have gone the light remains.”

— Unknown

And now it’s 2018

Nick — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 09:20:13 +0000

The raw grief may be gone. but Kathy’s memory will never fade. Leave your memories here.

An extraordinary life

Nick — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 23:14:53 +0000

She was a gardener, a mother, a sailor, a wife, a bride, a granny, a friend, an adventurer and travelling companion – a truly amazing, utterly irreplaceable person. This photo was taken on Kathy’s last sailing trip, coming back from Ullapool in July 2013, only a month before she became ill. Please explore the site to … Continue reading →

A sailor bold

Nick — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 22:55:15 +0000

Kathy sailed thousands of miles with me on Fairwinds, our 27ft yacht, and was a superb and fearless sailor. In the featured picture she is helming the boat in a gale of wind off the Spanish coast.

The other two shots here were taken off Southern Ireland and on St. Kilda.

You can follow the links below to read about some of our sailing adventures together.

An Atlantic Year To Norway Round Ireland

Blushing bride

Nick — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 20:01:42 +0000

17th of April 1976, at Crathie Church

We had a white wedding with a difference – the groom wore white as well.

Kathy’s relatives must have wondered who on earth was marrying into the Anderson clan .

What a beautiful bride though – absolutely radiant !

Teenage beauty

Nick — Sun, 02 Mar 2014 14:15:43 +0000

Here’s a couple of pictures of Kathy that I only came across recently, from before I met her. I think she is 16 or 17 in these.

She rarely wore a bikini after we met, and as far as I know these are the only pictures of her in one.

The shot with the tractor could almost be a 1970s agricultural engineer’s calendar shot – Miss July !

A loving Granny

Nick — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 10:30:15 +0000

Our granddaughter was a bit of a surprise . . . we first heard about her on the boat in the Canaries via text message when she was six months old!

Grandson Jack was born during the Lonach in 2011. It’s a time of joy and sadness – two years later on Jack’s 2nd birthday Kathy became ill.

Kathy loved Abigail and Jack. I only wish she could have spent more time with them.

Her biggest regret when she was that she would not live to see them grow up.