Quintin Jardine's blog

I’ve lived in Gullane for more than for 40 years and for all of that time I’ve known David Meiklejohn. He’s been friend, neighbour, five-a side football teammate and opponent, very much a fixture of my life and the lives of everyone around him, in our tight-knit village.

David died yesterday afternoon, suddenly, while visiting his daughter  in Italy. My household, and I’m sure, our entire community, expresses our deepest sympathy to Katie, Wendy and Andrew, and shares their grief over their terrible and unexpected loss. He’d probably have been embarrassed by me describing him as irreplaceable, but he is.