On a friend of ours

Bucko:

Hi all

The service for Frank was held last Saturday and I had the opportunity to attend along with Mrs Bucko and 20Rothmans, who you will know from this blog and also attended the Smoky Drinky bar as one of the regulars.

Frank lived in Hereford, which was a three hour drive for myself and Mrs B. It was ok on the motorway until we left the M5, but then it was 30 miles of country road hell to get to the Premier Inn where we were staying. Hereford really is miles from anywhere.

The service was very nicely done and somewhat emotional in places.

The main theme was of course the smoking ban and how it affected Franks social life and how angry he was about the whole thing, which prompted ‘Banging on About the Smoking Ban’. That wasn’t all though. Frank was involved in many things, some that i knew about, like the Idle Theory and The Theory of Ice Ages, but there was plenty of other stuff I wasn’t aware of, much of which I’m not ashamed to say, was way above my reading level.

We had the chance to meet Franks brother who had nothing but praise for the online community of Franks blog and the SDB. He told us that Frank did not have a large circle of friends in the real world and we had become his community and support network. He repeated his praise a number of times for those who read and commented on Franks blog and he was very grateful to all those people for giving Frank a network of friends he otherwise probably would not have had.

We were invited back to his house for a brew after the service, which was another 20 miles of country road hell, but a georgous house on a hill with lovely views. Following a brew and a piece of cake, we were invited to go on a family meal with them, where we had the chance to sit and get to know other members of the family.

They were all really friendly and welcoming people, considering it was the first time we had ever met. We all got on very well and will keep in touch.

I’ve embedded the video of the service and added some extra detail:

http://fuelinjectedmoose.blogspot.com/2021/11/frank-davis-rip.html

https://cfrankdavis.wordpress.com/