A plaque was unveiled today at Somersham Parish Church in memory of Araucaria:
I have also received a photograph of his headstone:
My heartfelt thanks, Araucaria and Cinephile, for the many, many enjoyable hours you have given us whilst solving your puzzles.
Simple and moving. Many thanks for posting, Gaufrid, and of course so many thanks too to Auracaria.
Lovely
How wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing, Gaufrid. With special memories from across the world of one of the great crossword setters, dear Araucaria.
Thank you for sharing. May he indeed rest well.
Thank you for posting these, Gaufrid – I’ll always cherish the memory of Araucaria.
Thanks Gaufrid, and how I loved his crosswords!
Thank you, Gaufrid, for sharing these. It was a privilege to be present yesterday at this moving ceremony commemorating our loved setter, Araucaria.
This brought a tear to my eye and a lump to my throat. A secret pen I used to scrawl an epitaph (4,2,5)
And he continues to give me pleasure, as I haven’t yet finished “Monkey Puzzles 2”.
My apologies, in the last post I put my name with macrons over the As, it should read “M?y?” (or if that doesn’t come out correctly, “Maya” !)