Sad, sad news - Vernon has gone to the great Pie shop in the sky!

[Spinney]

Will she let us know 'the arrangements'?

She said she would.

 

[Lilliburlero]

I am shocked and saddened. He was a great credit to this forum, and life generally. I never met him but can tell from his posts he has made the world a richer, warmer and funnier place to be. Condolences to his family and loved ones, of which there are a great many, I'm sure.

You summed up my feelings perfectly.

RIP @vernon

 

[sharonzac]

Will she let us know 'the arrangements'?

As soon as I hear anything, I will let you know.

 

[OskarTennisChampion]

Wow,genuinely shocked at that.
It must be only a day or two since he posted.
Always a forthright and witty guy,but never nasty as far as I can see.
R.I.P the Big Man

 

[Pat "5mph"]

It must be only a day or two since he posted.

Yes, it was on his birthday thread, he said "we are off to Budapest this afternoon"

 

[Fab Foodie]

Unlike most of you here, I knew Vernon not as a cyclist, but as a work colleague. We worked together at the same school for eighteen years and only a week ago he was at the pub, enjoying his first pint as a retired teacher (and the pie we gave him as a leaving present). It has been a huge comfort to read everyone's comments here and it shows just how much Vernon touched the lives of everyone he met (and indeed posted with). I have so many memories of the man we knew as the pie bear. Vernon once played the part of the man eating plant in the school's production of 'Little shop of Horrors' and he was amazing. He was Head of Science for a number of years and it soon became clear that letting Vernon loose near explosive chemicals was probably ill advised, but often very amusing. The things he could do with an egg would make the mind boggle! The students loved him and have been remembering him fondly today. Vernon's lessons will stay with them for life.
I will miss the man who started the BBEC pie club and brought me pork pies from across the county. The students will miss his no nonsense approach, his booming laugh and the cakes he baked to bribe them into working. The world has lost a treasure.

Now I'm really blubbing ...
Thanks for sharing, must be so sad for you.

 

[longers]

To make such animpression on people he'd never even met shows the measure of the bloke.

Condolences to his family and friends. How mind bogglingly awful for them.

Will be getting pied up on Saturday in his honour.

 

[Fab Foodie]

To make such animpression on people he'd never even met shows the measure of the bloke.

Condolences to his family and friends. How mind bogglingly awful for them.

Will be getting pied up on Saturday in his honour.

Good to hear from you ....

 

[Jenkins]

My condolences to his family & friends. I've never met him but really enjoyed his posts as his enthusiasm and knowledge shone through.

R.I.P.

 

[Julia9054]

Such sad news - never met him but enjoyed reading his posts.
From a fellow science teacher.

 

[PeteXXX]

Such a shame. As with others, I shall eat a pie in his memory
RIP Vernon

 

[ClaireSaud]

Terrible news. Such a shock. My sincere condolences to his family and friends.
RIP Vernon

 

[TVC]

Several tears here .... and what will become of his Butler?

I also found myself wondering what would become of Fenton, his one armed butler.

Part of his humour that gave me a warm feeling was the silly, but fantastically constructed, narrative of his life with his Gentleman's Gentleman

 

[Katherine]

Oh my, what a shock.

RIP Vernon.

My sincere condolences to all his family and friends.

 a Cycle Chat hug to all. We are going to miss him so much.
I don't just think of Vernon as the pie man but as the pi man too.
I'm glad to have met and chatted with Vernon on here. He was so positive, enthusiastic, witty, funny, awesome and generous. He must have touched the lives of more people than can possibly be imagined.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Awfully sad. I hope the hills are kind and the descents long where you are. RIP.