A devoted British couple who travelled the world together have died in a crash while on holiday in Norway. Tina Laverty, 58, and her husband Andrew, 63, from Northampton, were on their second trip to Norway when they were killed in a traffic collision while visiting a church.
The couple, who had been together for around 30 years, loved to travel. Their family say the news feels like living in a 'bad dream'. Tina had spoken to her parents ahead of the collision, saying she was excited and would call them back when they returned to the hotel.
Her heartbroken mother, Pat Auger, 81, said: 'We still can’t believe it. We keep thinking we will wake up and it will all have been a bad dream. They were devoted to each other and did everything together. I don’t think they could have lived without each other.'
Tina always loved travel and so did Andy. They had been all over the world together, travelling to New Zealand, Australia, and Thailand, and they took us to Canada and America. As soon as they got back from one trip they were planning the next one. This was the second time they had been to Norway. Tina was so happy when she rang us the day before the accident and so excited. She said she would ring us again when they got back to the hotel but that was the last we heard.
Pat first met Andrew when they both worked at the King’s Head and asked him to translate a letter for her husband, Mick, 81, a well-known pigeon breeder. She then introduced him to her daughter. Pat explained: 'That was the start and we just adored both of them. He was a wonderful son-in-law. I don’t know what we are going to do without them. Our lives are not going to be the same again.'
Tina grew up in a bungalow built by her parents in Stetchworth and attended a primary school in the village. She loved all things travel and worked in a travel agency before landing a job at TWI engineering consultancy in Cambridge managing its travel needs. Her father Mick said: 'Andrew was more like a son to me and Tina was a real dad’s girl. At the moment I just keep crying, I just can’t believe they have gone.'
