Nigel was a top bloke indeed, and I was proud to be able to count him as a friend.

He sometimes came to my exhibitions, and always called me "Blossom". He exuded righteous humanity, hated the Tories and loved butterflies.

Knowing he was dying, I wrote him a letter last week to tell him how much we loved him, and thank him for 20 years of friendship.

If you knew him, you were lucky.

Absolutely gutted.

Obviously we can't live forever, but sometimes you just feel like some people will. Nigel was one of those.

I never had a dull moment in his presence.

I'm pissed off that we didn't do a Megameet last year, but then again there's a strong chance he wouldn't have made it anyway.

Damn, he'll be missed.

G x

Awful news, RIP Nigel

Ah, what rubbish news. As well as stone-related things I was always in agreement with his views on fox hunting. A sad loss.

Thanks Nigel, for all of it.

We'll keep the red flag flying high.

x

Sad to hear this news. Always read his posts here with interest and enjoyed his bolshy bravado. RIP.

I am so sorry to hear this.
I thought Nigel was great.

Really saddened to learn of this. Nigel was an exceptional force of nature wasn't he. Such passion and integrity. He created somethig very specia and important with Heritage Action, with lots of you here too! Me too for a long while while living in Dorset. I still remeber the early megameets and so many vibrant, challenging and inspiring discussions not to mention freely expressed views on here. Important stuff and a brilliant space that Nigel was so central to in many ways. Heritage action was so needed in that moment, still is I think. Thank you for all your passion and care Nigel.

We agreed and disagreed, but always politely. A good guy, safe travels to Nigel :-(

Always sad when someone committed to respecting our past heritage passes, regardless of whether you agreed with their opinions, or not. There are not many of us around.

One of us fewer… in total agreement with Gladman. RIP

I had some fantastic arguments with Nigel and disagreed with him strongly on a number of issues, but this is still extremely sad to hear, and our heritage sites have lost a great advocate.

Very sorry to see this, and late I've been to see it. I only met him once in the flesh, but many times online (before I drifted away from megaliths). He was fearless and sound. And human.

Gordon