Carol You have been, and always will be, one of my very best friends for longer than I care to remember. We have spent so many happy and crazy times together, mostly head banging! So many things remind me of you and make me smile. I’ll never forget the anticipation of sitting outside Wembley stadium at our first Def Leppard concert together, waiting for a ticket tout to deliver our tickets. The queue was getting longer and I was convinced we would be at the back but somehow you managed to bat your eyelids and get us into the front door ahead of the queue and right at the front of the mosh pit. It was one of the best nights of my life. I still have the videos and can hear you ‘singing’ loudly next to me. So next time, ‘and there will be a next time’, I will sing loudly for you x We were so excited to be up late in London we stood by the clock and took pictures every half hour to prove it! AC/DC – scariest night of my life and you were beside me for a while – till I got dragged off in the crowd and ended up in the stands. You were hard core and rode the wave of fans!! My plimsolls ended up in the bin …. We finally made it to a Bon Jovi concert  and I will ‘Always’ be thankful for that. Waitrose car park at 2 am – who knew you were so good at picking locks?! ‘That book’ and our obsession with it  Your ‘big’ birthday and watching fireworks over the pier with cocktails – what a special celebration that was. The other birthday ten years before, me a cat and you Minnie the Minx – suited your personality perfectly! Macca’s football party – me, a sobbing mess but you there next to me, loyal and supportive as always. So many late night chats in my Hyundai coupe, I had a green one and you had a blue one. Your love of boots and leather jackets. Your lovely long legs in your short shorts – I was so envious! Elephants and zebras. Black labs will always make me think of the lovely Hooch. Millie will always remember (be embarrassed by) Madagascar and how we ‘Moved it, Moved it’. So many things make me think of you in everyday life and always will. I can’t believe I am writing this today – it’s just impossible to put into words all you were. So many memories that only you and I would know and giggle about. The twinkle in your eye and your big, heartfelt hugs. I was beside you when you lost your mum and have seen your love for your family shine through. I would love to have sat and shared pics of our grandkids together. I didn’t get to see you as much as I would have liked but at least I got the chance to tell you my news and you can watch them grow and keep them safe from above. A light has gone out in the world and I have lost a very special friend. I thought you would always be my ‘Rock of Ages’ and that we would ‘never stop believing’. Love you always – I wish we could have one more conversation so I could let you know how much you meant to everyone who knew you. (Apologies for the awful grammar – I can see you wince now!)