Gareth served our village well

Re: The death of community correspondent Gareth Jones.

I met Gareth formally when we were both on the local FairtradeCommittee but he would pass my door and we would chat. I enjoyed hischats as they were full of humour.

He loved talking about his dogs and the mischief they got up to -he thought he'd fenced in his garden so they couldn't get out butthey had got the better of him and had a wonderful time uprootingplants in his neighbour's garden.

He didn't arrive at our meeting as he was having new fencing putup. On another occasion the dogs wrapped themselves round his legsand …