Welcome to my 80th blog post! I didn't think I'd still be blogging now, when I started this two years ago and I am delighted that it has exceeded 19,000 views! Thanks to everyone who reads and shares it to help us spread the word that Speech and Language Therapy Transforms Lives!
Last week my friend and I had an unplanned day off together
so the night before when we were deciding what we might like to do, we randomly
booked train tickets to Edinburgh so we could check out The Fringe – including a
free afternoon show with Lost Voice Guy and Emily Wood.
We were lucky that the weather in Edinburgh was fabulous all
day long and this was a great venue for a girly day out! When we arrived in
Edinburgh we spent some time strolling the streets (wearing our Giving Voice
badges and me with my Giving Voice bag!) exploring the street entertainment. We
decided to go to a free show before lunch which was good. After lunch we wandered
round some more then began to look for the venue where Lost Voice Guy was doing
his gig. Anyone that knows me (and indeed my friend Rachael) will know that our
sense of direction is not our strongest point! However, we managed to use the
map and find the venue without too much difficulty (only a few wrong turns, and
using the longest way possible to get there – but still! We did find it!)
We sat in the bar with a drink and while we were waiting we
saw Lee Ridley arrive (Lost Voice Guy). We had a brief chat with him and it was
great to hear how well his gigs are going at The Fringe this year.
The gig ‘Are you a technophile?’ - about growing up and
living in an era of modern technology, was great! Lost Voice Guy was as funny
as ever and I heard some of his jokes that I haven’t heard before J I would have loved to
see his evening show too - Voice of Choice - but unfortunately we only planned to go
for the day. After the gig we spoke to him again and got some photos too. If
you've never seen Lost Voice Guy before and you are going to be at The Fringe
this month – then definitely check him out!!
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| Lee Ridley and me |
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| Rachael and Lee |
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| Emily Wood |
Hopefully people noticed our Giving Voice bag/badges as were
wandering the streets of Edinburgh enabling us to spread the message a little
bit further.
On another note, we are still buying lots of Jelly Babies
for the Great North Run (we’ll be handing them out wearing Giving Voice
t-shirts) just before the 11 mile mark. My sister and brother-in-law are both
running for NETA (and both got their numbers this morning!). If you can help
them to support people in the North East with Aphasia (communication difficulties
following stroke and other brain injury) then please do so here! I’m really excited to be going along to support this
fantastic event again this year!
Only two weeks on Sunday until afternoon tea at Crossroads CoffeeShop, Ashington. Contact me for tickets if you’d like to attend and are in the
area! Tickets are selling quite fast so let me know asap if you want to attend
this event. I did invite Wansbeck MP, Ian Lavery, but unfortunately he is busy
with other constituent business on the day.
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