'"And what are you reading Miss - ?" "oh! it's only a novel!"......only some work in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest deliniation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are coveyed to the world in the best chosen language.' (from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen). In our love of literature and especially the works of Jane Austen we shared many happy hours and visits to the places she also loved. Always missed Diane.

Thank you for setting up this memorial to Joan. We hope that you find it a positive experience developing the site and that it becomes a place of comfort and inspiration for you to visit whenever you want or need to.

I am I and you are you, whatever we were to each other that we still are. Speak to me in the easy way which you always used. Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? Life means all that it ever meant, it is the same as it ever was.