Woman's death fall taking photo

The couple were on holiday in the south west of the country

A devastated husband has told how he watched in horror as his wife fell to her death trying to photograph a grasshopper while on holiday.

Kathryn Williamson-Stockwell, 54, slipped and fell over the edge of a mountain in Bulgaria.

Her widower, Trefor, 68, from near Amlwch on Anglesey, said he warned her to be careful on the mountain edge just minutes before.

But as she tried to get her photograph she fell over the edge.

The couple were holidaying in the village of Dolno Dragliste, south west Bulgaria when Mrs Williamson-Stockwell died on 14 August.

It was so high she just disappeared into nothing Kathryn Williamson- Stockwell's widower Trefor

Her husband said he had warned his wife, who is a carer for disabled people, who had a passion for photography, to be careful on the mountain edge which was a known danger spot.

He said she had been looking for the best angle for her shot.

"Kathryn and I had been up the cliff just days before the accident," he said.

"She had been taking photographs of butterflies and the beautiful waterfall and wanted to go back up again.

"She saw a grasshopper and was trying to get a picture of it.

'Frantically calling'

"I warned her to be careful but suddenly she shifted her position, lost her footing and fell.

"It was so high she just disappeared into nothing.

"I was frantically calling her name."

When the ambulance arrived shortly afterward, Mrs Williamson-Stockwell, was pronounced dead.

Her grieving husband, to whom she was married for 12 years, said they had planned to build a house in Bulgaria after renting a holiday home there.

Inquest

"We were definitely going to build a holiday home there and had already bought the land," said the retired teacher and writer.

"I don't know what will happen now."

Mrs Williamson-Stockwell's funeral takes place at Bangor crematorium at noon on Wednesday.

The North West Wales Coroner's office confirmed an inquest into the death has been opened and adjourned.

Her widower said their plans for the future had been "scuppered".

He paid tribute to his late wife, saying: "She was a very special lady, gregarious and outgoing.

"Everybody liked her, she was genuine, lovely, a really good friend, kind and compassionate and lovely looking.

"She was just wonderful," he said.

"I am struggling to get through it - laughing with friends, but mostly crying with friends."