-Ralph-

Quiff, much respect mate.

I can't agree more that it's a funeral not an org ride-out. I only met Hovis once at the Peaks ride-out and whilst he appeared to be a stand up guy, I didn't spend enough time with him to form a friendship, therefore please excuse the fact that I'm not going to attend the funeral. It's only because I don't think it's appropriate.

There are those on the forum who have suffered the loss of a good friend, there are others who want to go and pay respects to a man who they've known for a while, but have only really met on ride-outs, and then there are guys like me who have met him, but didn't really know him at all, and lots of other people in between.

I prefer to leave those who have suffered a loss alone to grieve in peace on the day of his funeral. A persons tragic death is not a bandwagon to be jumped on. I'm not suggesting anybody has because I don't know how well everybody else knew him, just explaining how I feel about it and explaining why other than an RIP and one memory from the peaks, I've stayed out of the threads, facebook groups, avatar & signature changing, etc. It's only because I feel it's not my place.