My first tour with Simon saw a wonderful camaraderie blossom between us. We shared a love of English language and literature and would often spend down-time on amusing word-based games, including the naming of my two guitars after contrasting literary (or TV, film or even cartoon) characters, from Miss Marple and Poirot, through Dangermouse and Baron Greenback to Del Boy and Rodney. These always brought a ray of sunshine into the day.