Gavin and his father, Jack
In the drink at Cambridge
Bob Swanepoel, Gavin, Margie and Meg Barrow
Rowena, Gavin and Charlotte, Sinoville
Gavin and Robyn, Port Alfred 1985
Gavin’s mother, Lilian
Gavin and his younger sister Lindsey
Gavin with bunny rabbits
Gavin (middle row, second from left)
Gavin and Marguerite’s first date, London
Gavin and Marguerite’s wedding day, 1972
Gavin and Charlotte | London, 1974
Gavin with Marguerite’s parents, Gordon and Gracie, Rowena and Charlotte and his uncle Morris and aunt Jean. Morris was a favourite uncle and Gavin has always said that he became a vet in Morris’ footsteps.
Gavin and Robyn, Port Alfred
The Thomsons, Pretoria, 1983
Gavin, Charlotte and Ross Exner hiking the Fish River Canyon, 1996
Paul Rosetta, Gavin, Jenny Mumford, Koos Coetzer, Arthur King and Marguerite.
Gavin and Marguerite while living in Nairobi
With Mary-Lou Penrith, 2001
Pakalane, Botswana
On Hardi’s handmade bench, Faerie Glen 2008
Gavin’s 70th Birthday, Pretoria
With grandchildren Sean and Jenny, Australia 2012
Margie and Gavin with Sean, Australia 2012
With Ryder, Pretoria 2013
Robyn and Brent’s Wedding, 2016
With Sean and Jenny, Australia 2017
Oaxaca, Mexico 2019
With sons-in-law Joel and Hardi, 2019
With Gerhard Prinsloo, Kruger Park 2019
Gavin and Margie, Simonstown 2020
Gavin’s 78th birthday with Rowena, Pretoria 2021
Gavin and Margie, 229 Olivier
Chad
Vic Exner, Rowena, Gavin (with Malaria!) Robyn, Katy Pheiffer (Taylor) Charlotte, Lucie Stokes (Chard) and Rosemary Exner
Gavin and Marguerite, Lyon
Bob Swanepoel, Sarah Cleaveland, Gavin and colleagues
Gavin meeting Princess Anne.
Gavin’s 60th birthday, 2003
Margie and Gavin with Helen and Alister Dawson, Manhattan
Charlotte and Hardi’s Wedding, 2007
Rowena and Joel’s Wedding, 2007
Mongolia with Enkhtuvshin (Enkee) Shiilegdamba , 2013
Mongolia with Enkhtuvshin (Enkee) Shiilegdamba, 2013
With Jenny, Australia 2014
Gavin, his late sister Lindsey and Hugo
Mexico City with Robyn and Brent, 2019
Mexico City, 2019
Gavin and KK, Pretoria 2020
Gavin Reckless Thomson
3 February 1943 - 23 April 2021