Carol - Updates

Each candle for Carol burns for 48 hours, so if people lit a candle when the group opened on Sunday then they may want to consider lighting again today.
( thought this classed as an 'advisory' so hope no-one minds the inclusion here )

603 candles, from 22 countries, are now shining out as a beacon

It does not belong on the up date page. We who click on it want an update

Candles (virtual or real) have no power to influence events.

This is a kind update about the progress with candles, and it's having an effect because the word has spread to 22 countries. Those people are helping to keep up the momentum in getting the authorities to continue and intensify the search, which we know is happening. Please do keep up the call for the search to keep going.

Those of us unable to give any practical help can feel connected by lighting a candle

So, so sorry. Carol's body has been found now. She fell. Matthew has announced on Facebook.

OMG.
Just read the FB page.

I am so so sorry for Carols family.

Terrible news - thoughts and prayers for Carol and her family.

So sad to hear this news. Thinking of her poor family. No more words.

So sad.

Apart from being with family, Carol died doing what she loved best. Love and sympathy to all, and thanks to all who helped.

On the FB page, Simon asks that messages of support and condolence be restricted to the FB page. We should keep our messages for there as well. He will have a good reason for asking.

RIP Carol.

We will remember you with love and humour Carol. RIP x

So sorry.

We must remember she packed several lives in her 73 years. Sincere condolences to her family and friends.

So sad, Carol ended her days doing what she loved.

harrigran is away and also sends her condolences to Carols family.

I feel so sad, Carol had such zest for life.
Deep sympathy to the family, and When and anno too.

Granjura has asked me to post a copy of the message from Facebook.
She is currently in the Haute Savoie helping the family.

· Friends of Carol and her family,

I am very sad to announce that French authorities recovered Carol’s body this morning, near to where her car was found a few days ago. There are no further details from the police at the moment.

We would like to thank everyone who helped in the search, whether by sharing through social media, contacting the press or actually going out and looking. Your efforts meant the world to us; they made us feel supported and they showed us how loved she was - that so many people were so desperate to find her. ...

Thank you also for the messages of support and sympathy over the last week. They have helped our family through a very difficult time.

I understand now that people will want to show further support and it is natural that many friends and friends of the family will want to be in touch and talk about what has happened. However, I would ask you all to respect that this is a very, very difficult time for us, and as a family right now we would like the privacy to come to terms with what has happened.

We still welcome your messages of support and condolence, but ask that, for now, you restrict them to posting on the wall in this group.

Carol was an amazing woman who lived an amazing life. She was dearly loved by many and will be hugely missed by all of us. Personally, I am taking some comfort in that her last moments were spent doing something she loved.

Simon (Grandson)


I would like to take this opportunity to extend my condolences to Carol's family. She was a remarkable woman and I feel privileged to have known her.

I'm really so sorry - I hope the outpouring of active support received here and from Mumsnet will eventually be some kind of comfort for Carol's family and many friends.

I've passed my condolences on via facebook, I just wanted to do the same here to all of Carol's friends here on Gransnet.

You've done her proud. What a testament to Carol you all are. I am so sorry for the loss of your friend.

So so sad, words fail me. Love and heartfelt sympathy to her family and friends. An amazing woman

The news has reached the British newspapers.

Sad news. Thinking of you, When and Anno too x

Really want to leave a message of condolence but cannot locate matthew's page

Oh no.. so sorry. Deepest sympathy to Carol's family and all who knew her.