I first met Lou on a Standards Check workshop. Her explanations made it seem so easy and her humour was infectious. She had the whole group laughing at her experiences.
I then took part in the BLR choir which Lou turned into an an absolute riot of fun, laughter and weird videos. The BLR was an amazing experience and was testimony to the sort of person Lou was.
I was absolutely devastated to hear of her passing, her warmth, ability to connect with others, her compassion, willingness to help people and her determination to enjoy life to the full will forever stay with me. A shining light gone from our lives but she will never be forgotten. She truly was the smallest giant I’d ever had the privilege to meet ❤️
I first met Lou on one of her courses after I had been on maternity leave for around 2 years. My confidence was at an all time low. Lou made me feel important again, she made me feel like I could do this job and most of all she inspired me. I was hooked after that course. Lou was the person I would look out for, I signed up to courses that she was running and watched all of her videos. She just had ‘it’, she was what I wanted to be as an instructor. Kind, caring, funny, a small little whirlwind, and a take no crap kind of girl, but most of all she had an amazing energy that made you feel what she felt. She was inspiring. When I heard the news I was in total shock. I cried, I questioned why and then my heart broke for her dear family. I only saw a tiny bit of Lou and she touched my life, but for her family she was everything. Sending the biggest love to all of you. Xxx
Lou helped me in such a way to become a instructor with her inspirational seminars and one to one talks. Lou had a way to interact and keep us all entertained when doing this. She will be missed by me and so many other instructor’s, still can’t believe she’s gone from us all. God bless you Lou. 🙏
Thank you to lovely Lou for bringing positivity and smiles wherever you went.
You gave me confidence & knowledge to be the best I can be and brought light & love to everyone you met.
A shiny star in this world and the next.
Forever in so many hearts and minds.
Still in shock, such a lovely lady who will always be remembered working just won’t feel the same.
She sprinkled her magic fairy dust wherever she went. If you met Lou you know exactly what I mean. She had this uncanny ability to make you feel like you were the most important person in the room to her. She was such a powerhouse of knowledge kindness and kick ass let’s go get it energy. I loved her Christmas quizzes. Our industry was sprinkled with her magic and has benefited in ways nobody can fully put into words. Her work down here is done. She’s now got work to do upstairs. X💕
Lou was a legend in our industry!! She inspired countless people through her fun-filled, knowledgeable, understandable, relatable and passionate commitment to driver training. I only met her twice – once on a Standards Check Workshop and the other time as a lead car in last years BLR (Leven to Dunfermline). She will always continue to make us laugh every day, with some of her legendary sayings and games. Her legacy will live on in all of us ADI’s, PDI’s and learner drivers in the years to come, making learning to drive the safe, exciting, interesting and fun skill that it should be. I just cannot comprehend that she’s not here now, she will never be forgotten. ❤️
Lou was the most amazing person I’ve ever had the privilege to meet and call my friend.
She has been an inspiration to the driving instructor industry. No one else could of brought so many people together for a fantastic cause.
Lou’s smile is infectious to all of us. She has always supported everyone wherever she can. I’m going to miss her more than words can express. My heart goes out to her lovely family. Lou has left the biggest hole in so many people’s lives. Keep smiling down on us all xx
Can’t believe you’ve be taken so soon,
I never got to meet you in person but you helped me through the page you made so selflessly to help countless other people.
That shows what a loving kind caring person you were.
Your knowledge and caring nature has and will continue to help people and so your legacy will live on in us all.
Fly high with the angels Lou, you’ll be sadly missed xxx
I was on holiday when I heard of Lou’s passing, it totally knocked me for six, which is a strange thing in some ways, seeing as Lou wasn’t a personal friend – but that was the impact she had on people. I first had contact with Lou through messanger when I was a PDI and the information she gave me was invaluable. I then attended one of her part 3 workshops. At the end of the workshop I wanted to thank Lou for the help she had given me prior to it, as it was something I really appreciated – but to Lou, it was just doing what Lou does, helping people. She didn’t want the thanks for it, her thanks was seeing the people get on in the industry.
I saw Lou a few more times near test centres on test days, she always made the time to say hello or a quick wave – never had a fail when I saw her before a test either! Even had a few messanger exchanges with her about football when she realised I was heading to Wembley to watch football as Blaine was too – so it wasn’t even always work related with Lou.
Most of my learners would have heard me mention Lou (and Blaine) to them at some point during their training and I even got a friend who is a PDI to reach out to Lou just a few weeks back as he was struggling with his training – he told me the hour or so he was with Lou, she made everything make sense and was far more productive than the 40+ hours he had had with his trainer – that was Lou.
The industry as lost a true legend in every sense of the wordz nothing was too much trouble for Lou, there just wasn’t enough hours for her to do everything she wanted, which was to help us.
As I said at the start it really knocked me for 6 (bought back some horrible memories of losing my mum unexpectedly at a young age) still can’t get my head round it now.
Blaine, Lou’s children, family and friends, thoughts are with you all. Lou was truly a special lady, loved and missed by many and I truly hope that that will help you all in some way. As Blaine and others have said Lou was the smallest giant, and she has left one massive whole in the industry.
I’ve met u a couple times, u was always helpful and smiling.
Watch us from above in the test centre in the sky xx
Just like the entire country. In total shock and sadness that we are writing on this page.
Lou, you have touched so many peoples lives, and left a legacy that will live on forever in the ADI industry. From joining the relay before I was even a PDI, to joining your training course as PDI, to joining the BLR committee. You was always supportive, always carried a smile no matter how you felt. You’ve created thousands of new friendships and your memory will live on through these. We love you, and miss you 💞