It is my privilege to be able to say that Sophie and I have been good friends for 55 years. I have so many memories of happy times, adventures, experiences and precious shared moments. Not least among them the many nights when, as teenagers, we stayed up late talking, sharing our own "take" on the world as we saw it then. Sophie had great insight and her own very wise way of looking at things. Quietly competitive, she had great strength but also a gentle and generous nature. I am very lucky to be among her friends. I am sure she has found the place she has earned in paradise