Whilst everybody will say how Nick was a good old boy and a fine musician. One of my great memories of him was when he'd stay at my house and help me to cook Sunday dinner. We'd experiment with different culinary ideas (i.e. putting plumbs in the gravy, making a mint and apple relish), wow, my kids just loved it when Nick was around. However as I recall, there was also plenty of red wine and sometimes some fag-ash included in the recipes! But we loved those Sunday dinners, accompanied of course by more red wine.
Like his cooking, Nick could also be a bit unpredictable onstage sometimes. Playing alongside him with Mel Hague (1991 & '92), after counting in our opening number Nick would just stand there looking at me, wondering what to do next! But once into the song he contributed some wonderful guitar and mandolin as he duid on the album we recorded with Mel. I'll be playing that again and recalling those wonderful times with a real character.