So I said to Seamus on only the second time we had met " so, shall we have a glass of Cava?" And with that cheeky smile he answered " I hate that stuff " but of course he indulged me by having a glass or few and being the friend he had become he drank copious amounts of Cava with me after that, just to make me happy of course! 

The last time I saw Seamus was when he gave me a lift to the airport, he said " let's get there earlier and we can have a glass of Cava before you go through"  just to indulge me you understand of course! So we sat chatting and planning things to do when I returned.

At security I asked him not to stand waving, I said it gives me a crick in my neck but also I would look like one of those holiday makers who had picked up a young gigolo for the week, of course he then stayed blowing kisses waving and with that cheeky grin again until I had cleared security........  Typical of that mischievous side that we all loved. Once through the other side my text went off and he had sent me a text which read " I will always be your man in Spain when Gary is not there" and I know he would have been.

That was the last time I saw Seamus as I was later to find out he had so tragically passed away later that night.

Our friendship could never have been long enough no matter what but it was cut way too short.

We indulged each other, we made each other smile, we drank Cava together, but Seamus single handedly captured my heart as a friend, he was my man in Spain when I was there alone and he made me feel safe and secure, my life is less colourful without him and that's how it will remain.

Impossible to forget my Darling Seamus, enjoy your wings and fly free.