On 15/04/2014 18:25, sacha wrote:
On 2014-04-15 17:09:04 +0000, Bob Hobden said:

"sacha" wrote

I'm sorry to have to tell his friends on urg that David Poole died
today in Birmingham where he had gone to be with his family for
Christmas. He'd been ill in hospital since Christmas and things had
been very up and down all this time. Lately, things were looking a
little more optimistic and he really believed he'd be coming back to
Torquay but sadly, that was not to be. He will be very much missed
by us and all who knew him, as a kind and generous friend, always
ready to help with his time and enormous botanical expertise. We're
feeling very sad tonight and I know many others will feel the same.

Oh my God that is dreadful news. Whilst we haven't seen him on here as
much as he used to post I had corresponded with him a few times and we
had exchanged some plants in the past. At least he was with his family.

I hope they were with him, Bob but I don't know. He'd had several 'near
misses' over these last few months. The sad irony is that just as I was
taking the call that told me this horrible news, Ray was outside, taking
delivery of all the plants from David's garden which we'd said we'd look
after for him until he was able to return. The friends of his delivering
them still don't know of his death because they'd left by the time Ray
told me they'd been and gone.

As you said Sacha, David will be greatly missed.
Though I never meet him, I like so many others dad good advice from him
on several occasions.
It's good that he had arranged for his plants to come to you, and were
not left to waste away, I'm sure he wanted them to be in safe hands.
He will be sorely missed
David @ a still dry side of Swansea Bay