The passing of ‘someone special’ – rest in peace, Jane

Derbyshire novelist and Reflections writer Jane Croft sadly passed away at the end of July. Leonie Martin pays tribute to an inspirational writer and friend who will be much missed by all those whose lives she touched.

JANE CROFT celebrated her 60th birthday this February on the Caribbean island of St Lucia with her husband, Brian. There was cake, candles, love and laughter – as well as a day spent zip-lining through the treetops in a tropical rainforest. But within days of returning to the UK, Jane was pitched into a catastrophic world that she described as “so bizarre… you couldn’t make it up”…