Trekmoor

[cuda]

I’ve been informed by Dale (the soup dragon) that Trekmoor, Wullie, Bill, sadly passed in the early hours of this morning.

Over the years, he put a serious dent in my extensive stock of tea bags, kept McVities afloat singlehanded, and we filled more than a few ashtrays together.

We spent countless time discussing and putting to rights the gundog world ( at least in our heads), spent numerous hours talking about the fish we’d lost ( never the ones we caught), but mostly, and above all else we laughed - the type of laughing where your side aches and tears roll down your face as you fight to breath.
He could be a cantankerous “auld sod”, had an outrageous sense of humour and revelled in being brutally honest when critiquing you and your dog ( but mostly you), but, he was a good friend AND, more importantly (for him) he was an out and out, good old fashioned “dog man”

No doubt the world will be a quieter, more sensible, slightly less bonkers place without him but it has lost a font of gundog knowledge and I for one will miss him greatly.

Rest easy pal !

[James]

Terrible news, poor bugger hasn't been well for a long time. A true dog man in every sense, it was always good chatting with Bill and he will be missed by a lot more people than he most likely realised.
Thoughts now go to his family, I hope they can look back over his life and remember some of his great stories and antics to help bring a smile in sad times.

[Alice]

Knew it was coming, but still an absolute gutter to read.

I tried to tell him how much people 'out there' in Internet world appreciated him on a few occasions but I don't know that I ever really got my point across fully enough.

Rest in eternal paradise big man.

[WGD]

RIP Bill, called as it was without care or fear. Will be sadly missed.

[shanagan]

Rip Bill

[winniebob]

Like Alice said, I’ve been expecting it but still so very sad to read it. RIP Bill - you were a legend xx

Ali

[ips]

RIP
Condolences to the family.

[newf]

A great dog man, comic and writer. Condolences to his family.

[Cass]

I've been away from the forum for awhile now. This is awful news. I always looked forward to Wullie's posts and he was always so helpful when I started on my gun dog journey. RIP Bill, you were a good one.