Very sad news. Philip was a true gent.
He responded to my 1st post on USW in 2006.
I exchanged emails with him for several years.
I had the pleasure of visiting him in 2010 at Woburn with my wife.
The fact he was happy to guide and encourage an enthusiastic amateur Like myself speaks volumes for his character.
My thoughts are are with his family at this most difficult time.

RIP Philip.

Ian Rushden (Northants) Previously Raunds.

On Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at 2:36:36 AM UTC, Ian wrote:

The fact he was happy to guide and encourage an enthusiastic amateur Like myself speaks volumes for his character.

I think this is the most important thing coming through about everyone's interactions with him that speaks absolute volumes.

Richard

On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 01:26:26 -0800 (PST)
Richard Dixon wrote:

On Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at 2:36:36 AM UTC, Ian wrote:

The fact he was happy to guide and encourage an enthusiastic amateur Like
myself speaks volumes for his character.

I think this is the most important thing coming through about everyone's
interactions with him that speaks absolute volumes.


Yes. But he was argumentative (not a bad thing). He and I had to agree to
differ and not speak to each other after he called me "an extreme objectivist"
back in 1996 in an argument over what constituted "cold" or "warm" conditions.
I still laugh at that as I tend to be quite loose generally. He was
considered a little "prickly" too sometimes in his dealings with the MetO but
actually engendered a great deal of respect there as well. But his writings and
work speak volumes and will be an inspiration I'm sure for young amateurs
coming through now.

Will
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