By Dr R Neerunjun Gopee
About ten days ago on Sunday morning I left the road on Trou-O-Cerfs after completing my rounds and was walking on the grass to a spot where I would do some free hand exercises to wind up. As I was doing so, I was followed by a friend who started to engage me in conversation. Up there we all have our own little groups with whom we walk, and that friend was in the group who can go round and round the whole day and talk nothing but Liverpool and Manchester and the league matches going on – that friend happened to be a Liverpool diehard –, which is not my cup of tea.
But that morning as our respective groups were dispersing, he decided to chat with me, I do not remember exactly what about. Anyway, I started doing my exercises, and soon he told me, ‘OK then I will let you carry on and get going too.’
Next morning when I reached Trou-O-Cerfs, a common friend announced to me that our friend had died during the night. He was a little over 60, one of the most regular fellow walkers, and was a teetotaller, non-smoker and very meticulous about what he ate. He was a dedicated primary school teacher who was adored by his pupils, and on many occasions in the past when we had just come to know each other, he shared his passion for teaching with me – which resonated as I was also of the same disposition – as well as many bits and pieces of interesting information culled from his extensive reading repertoire, again something which found echo with me. Read More… Become a Subscriber
Mauritius Times ePaper Friday 20 May 2022
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