I first met Bernie when he was assigned as the internal examiner for a PhD student, Jo Baily, I was supervising. Bernie was larger than life, always happy to see me wanding, usually lost, through the corridors of SMRU and ready to greet me with a smile and welcoming banter. Then pointing me in the direction I should have been going or escorting me to where I needed to be! Bernie, you are and will always be sorely missed and on so many levels, as scientist, a colleague and a person.