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Old 29 Nov 2016
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Sad sad sad day.
Gypsy's gone,when i get this message from Pongo this morning i couldn't trust it, then i took my breakfast and suddenly remained Wayne's breakfast in the HU meetings, a huge spirally Aveyronnaise sausage half meter long and two eggs on the top cooked on a BBQ. Last time i saw him, it was in Loupiac's HUM, i was going south Spain afterwards and when I asked him what was his project, he said, I'm going back to UK and then I'll go home, i asked him where was home for him if it wasn't England! Oh for me, he said, home is Argentina.
I hope you're back there in peace Gypsy, So long my friend, we will never forget you.
Roger.
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Very Very sorry to hear this. It's folks like Wayne that made bumping into strangers interesting and fascinating. Wayne was never a stranger too long. He was better than most at welcoming the newcomers to the community, and took care of the little guy.

While we traveled by truck, and he by bike, he still offered to make us tea and coffee (and made a pretty good coffee too!).

Ride on.
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Wayne
Sorry to read this. RIP Wayne Thompson.

I met Wayne on the HU meeting in Viedma in 2013 and I have to say I enjoyed listening to him talk. He tested water for South American governments. I asked him a few questions and I was surprised that he knew more about water than I expected and that he would talk about it openly with a fellow bike traveler that he had just met. I still have his card and the link to his/a website selling fuel cats ... I never got around to order one, maybe I should now.

Only met Wayne for the two days of the meeting and of course dont know his life story. But I thought of him a couple of times after the meeting, but never had any contact with him anymore.

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Rhodesia was his home - early on - and when he fought there later on- he was a decorated hero - but as most reading here know - heroes are a relative lot. But he - he was a hero by anyone's standards. He was a trained killer.
I would not call a trained killer or a soldier a hero, and it is hard for me to believe a person as bright as Wayne could be used by a government to kill other human beings. Maybe in his younger years, I dont know. But Wayne standing up against the mining companies and naming them for polluting made him a hero in my eyes, I still remember him today telling me this story.

RIP Wayne.

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Wayne's Memorial Service
Hi there - if anyone is interested in details about Wayne's memorial party taking place on June 3, please reach out to me - thomp749@gmail.com.
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