I don’t think I’ve enough
energy to list Bertrand’s achievements. He was a philosopher, logician,
mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist and Nobel
laureate. Mainly he was one of the most important philosophers of the 20th
century and was cremated here at the crematorium at Colwyn
Bay.
I’m not going to bother detailing his achievements
and philosophies - I'm too dumb. I can’t fix a lawn mower and don't know where
lasagne comes from so its futile for me to make sense of his views and findings.
Despite his brain being the size of a Mini Cooper he doesn’t to have been
bright when it came to relationships. He married four times (one wife was his
children’s governess) and had four children. He died of influenza at his home in
Penrhyndeudraeth in Caenarfonshire
aged 97.
His body and genius brain were cremated here without
any religious ceremony. The six guests observed one minute of silence. Later his
ashes were scattered over his beloved Welsh mountains. He left an estate worth
£69,423 (about £1.2 million today.)
I had a stroll around the cemetery behind the crematorium.
Rabbits seems to be common and they've burrowed holes in line with coffin
positions. I'd been here before after a long weekend in Llandudno to say hello
to a young solder. Here lies Fred Williams who was in the Welsh Guards throughout
World War One. He died in a military hospital after sustaining wounds aged 18 -
just a lad. He lies with his mum and dad. I did the heartiest salute I could
must and left.