[Bern]

Alan Coogan is a BKKS judge who spends every autumn with Shintaro, living with the family and helping with the harvest. This year he was honoured by Toshio Sakai when he asked him to assist with the Matsunosuke harvest.

Then came the earthquakes. Alan stayed with the Shintaro family until Monday when he left, by foot, to Nagaoko.

On arriving in Tokyo he and his wife were met and looked after by Brian (Sousa) and a guy called Olav.

Alan asked me to forward his thanks to this pair, as he is not an internet-aware person.


Rgds BERN