It has been quite a cool couple of days. Firstly, yesterday afternoon I made a couple of friends. Last sunday I was out for a walk when, just as I was passing a pub, a woman asked me to stop. She asked if I had cerebral palsy, and I said yes. Apparently, her on has cp too, so that, from a distance, she thoughtI was him. She invited me in for a drink, and, never one to turn down a beer, I accepted her offer. I went in, and we got talking. I could tell from the way she spoke and acted that her knowledge of disability was good, so she probably wasn’t lying or trying to dupe me. She introduced me to her partner, and said she worked in the media. I decided this contact was worth making, and gave her my email adress.

However, despite her promises, a few days later I hadn’t received anything from her. I suspected, though, that rather than her not bothering, she had simply taken down my email wrongly. So yesterday at about the same time, I set off for the same pub, just on the off chance she would be there again. To my surprise, she was, this time with her son, Luke. He is a powerchair and communication aid user, and, more importantly, an actor and writer. I instantly decided I liked him. Again we got talking, exchanging stories and proper contact details. It seems that they are in the process of fund raising to buy Luke a mechanised Neater-eater, and I (together with Lyn) was invited to the event. I came home happy, feeling that I’d made some new good friends, and eager to introduce Lyn to them.

Today was another cool day: some guys are designing a new instrument for Lyn, a ‘Lynstrument’ (their name!) They came to show her their latest work today, and I think we were both mightily impressed. I won’t say much about it, as it is a work in progress, but it is very exciting indeed. I cannot wait to see Lyn do a gig with that thing: she will have even more ability to get a crowd thronging with it. And I daresay I would not bet against Luke and his mum being here too, all being well.