Alison and Dick Splash

[Alun]

i am so shocked to hear this awful news! i emailed Alison only a few days ago and mentioned how i looked forward to diving with her sometime as we had never met. she lived only a few miles from me at the other side of the island -Anglesey. my email was sent after the tragic accident. my deepest condolences to their families and friends.

RIP Alison & Colin

[Oldsarge]

I'm crying as I read. Alison was a witty, dear friend and Colin a genuine hero. Things here will never be the same.

[john141267]

Terrible news, we spoke a few times about spearfishing in north wales which is where we both dive. Alun and I were hoping we could hook up for a dive next season. My deepest condolances to he falmily and those who knew her.

[Ben Gowland]

That is incredibly sad. I had looked forward to meeting them one day. They are a great loss to our community. My condolences to all who will miss them.

Ben

[Mark Laboccetta]

I can't believe what I'm reading either, I just found out a second ago and I'm at a loss of words. I just hope that their time together was happy as they seemed to lead positive and happy lives.

Mark Laboccetta

[sinkweight]

This is absolutely unbelievable. Alison and Colin were one of my favorite teams. I'll never get rid of all my messages between the two and I. This is horrible. Absolutely Horrible. I still don't understand the details of the incident, but I only hope it was an absolute accident, and not someone's fault (driving while under the influence, speeding, running the traffic light, etc.).

It's funny how you can get to know people across such a vast distance nowadays. Sometimes it's this convenience that makes it harder when they're taken out of your daily life. I always looked forward to Alison's jaunts whenever I made one of my absurd pictures. And I loved reading Colin's retorts to Alison's marital commentaries, ha ha.

I know they've made a big impression on a lot of fellow divers, so I can't imagine how they're family must feel. There's gonna be a hole in my heart for a long while. My condolences to any family members, and closest of friends that read this.

All my love, sorrow, and happiness to them and theirs.

[miles]

Words fail to describe the loss we have suffered........

I'm SURE that they've gone to a wonderfull place, where the water is always warm, the viz. always great and the fish always HUGE!!!

[bluecape]

A Poet called Mary Fry wrote a poem in 1932, which I have 'borrowed', and changed the words, which I would like to dedicate to Alison and Colin.


Do not stand at our graves and weep,
We are not there, we do not sleep.

We are the quite calm you feel in your heart,
as your immersion begins, as the freedive will start.
We are the light which will dance on the surface,
as you fin back from depth..your life filled with purpose.

When your divings been perfect, and the ocean emerald blue,
Colin and I are the 2 dolphins, which you may see pass by you.

as the sun sinks to the ocean, wherever you dive we are there,
we are the sun on your skin, we are the wind in your hair.

So friends at deeper Blue, do'nt stand at our graves and cry.

We are not there, we did not die.


Jeff.

[gonetobaja]

I as well am at a loss for words.....

Allison had given me some advice for doing some writing and such...

I feel like someone hit me in the stomach....

A memorial needs to be permantly posted on this board.

Truly a horrible and un-fillable loss to us all.

May they rest in peace.

[Adrian]

I'm one of those who sees death as a transition in evolution, that we can not die because we were never born, having eternal souls. And this is a very deeply held belief for me. But this can never, never replace any of the sadness and respect I feel for Alison and Colin. I am happy to have met them through this medium, they have made me laugh a lot, and brought many smiles. I, like many of you was also hoping to meet them sometime. The best way to honor and remember them is to take them into our hearts - into the quiet regions of our silence and send them our peace, support and lots and lots of love. They will be missed.

My deepest condolences and sympathies to their family.

Adrian

[Memo]

I couldnt find the right words to write since this morning... It is soo sad.. My deepest condolences to all their friends and family..

[UK Spearo]

I never met Alison or her hubby, but had been mailing Alison a lot recently about getting the BSA forum set up on here rather than their own site. That is so sad. Such a tragic lose of life. She seemed so full of life and I was always pleased to read her e-mails back to me - they were always so helpful and funny. Sympathy to all those that knew them. Clive - BSA secretary, and therefore on behalf of the BSA.

[Rolando]

What a loss. I will miss her dearly, she was a pleasure to exchange PMs with and always was very polite and extremely knowledgable. She will be missed.

[Fondueset]

This is very sad. Alison really helped make this place welcoming, warm and hilarious. I felt like I was just getting to know her.

I wish she and her husband all that is best

[Pastor]

I cant believe they have gone, Colin was my best freind, we went through university together, Alison I met last year for the first time. They were the happiest people I knew, every encounter with either of them was hysterical, everybody who met them loved them. I remember those very boring lectures when everybody was falling asleep including the lecturer, Colin would always be there to come to the rescue with some question from hell that would have everybody including the lecturer on their hands and knees, or the time he cut the end of his finger off, even in great pain he turned up to a computer lab for an artificial intelligence module about chatbots, he had the whole lab in fits with his interaction with this thing with his comments about him cutting it off and loosing some weight, well I think you had to be there. Alison was so funny too, she would light up a room when she walked in, always smiling, always very smartly dressed with the whitest teeth I have ever seen. She was also an incredible spearfisher, always managed to catch something even when the rest of us couldnt see the ends of our guns. Everybody who went to see them always remarked on their hospitalty, their huge bbq's that would appear out of nowhere along with large quantities of home made wine, some of which was actually drinkable
I was proud to be their freind, and I shall always miss them