I moved from Yorkshire to Cumbria in 1975, and on the recommendation of friends from the Harrogate folk scene, Les & Jan Hewitt, who were friends of the Boningtons, sought out the session at the Sun Inn in Ireby. Neville Marchant, Wendy Bonington's brother, played fiddle there, and his wife, Angie was a well known singer on the Cumbria folk circuit. However, we didn't see much of Wendy at that time, since Chris was forever away on expeditions or lecture tours. I remember Wendy & Chris turning up once when the session had moved to the other pub in Ireby, the Black Lion. I later asked Angie Marchant if we were likely to hear more of Wendy, and being told she was too busy commiserating with widows; there were several fatalities at the top end of British mountaineering at that time.
    Wendy died of motor neurone disease in 2014, and is buried in Caldbeck where the Boningtons lived for many years.