proper send-off

 Emile had a very Esperaza send-off, for all he was buried in Couiza... there were speeches in the rugby stadium followed by the funeral cortege driving slowing from there to the town hall, where there was a pause, on to Luc's ditto, thence to Couza. Very moving and remarkably well-organised in a short space of time with a creative new format for the funeral ritual. Difficult to shake the sense that Emile enjoyed it.

Especially charming was this gesture from Luc, who kept the parasols round his bar unfurled for the day, closed with black bands. Should have been a bit daft but was actually very touching.