One of my last conversations with Joe was that I told him I was changing my surname Bewick to his surname Burn. Joe was happy when I said that.

The first time we saw our God-daughter in Turkey, she was a few months old, she is now 18. I still remember the day when our friend Ibrahim took Joe and I to the village to meet his wife Hatice, and it was a short time after that, Ibrahim said to us, that he and his wife would like us to be God-parents.

Joe loved going on holiday to Hisaronu in Turkey (near Olu Deniz), he was comfortable and relaxed. He enjoyed the sun shining on his face, he loved to walk, he made new friends easily. Whenever we passed by a bar or restaurant, he would usually stop and say hello or give them a friendly wave just to acknowledge them. Joe wasn't a drinker of alcohol as such but he did enjoy having Efes beer, Malibu & Coke, and Guinness. Joe also enjoyed eating fruit pancakes by a friend of ours, and more often than others instead of having 2 bananas in the pancakes, he got 3.