I originally tried to post this yesterday but lost my internet connection at a crucial moment 🙁
On Sunday evening I met up with Jeff Moss, Julian Dyke and Tom Brown in the bar of the Radisson. A few beers later, we left to meet Thomas Presslie and some of the Miracle guys for a few more before I had to catch my train back to Edinburgh. Fortunately, the first batch of beers didn’t appear on Jeff’s bill. Unfortunately, I walked out of the bar without my coat and the bag containing the notes for my presentation. Apparently they’re lost forever.
Those Miracle guys are pretty special – taking the car ferry and a long drive to deliver an Oak Table for the event. Of course, they will insist on cabling up European power supplies, but that probably reflected the needs of the majority 😉
My first day was largely given over to attending Jonathan Lewis’ CBO masterclass in the morning and meeting up with old friends in the afternoon.
Although I’d seen a lot of Jonathan’s material at other events and in his book, it was a relief to sense how well it’s all started to sink in to my aging grey matter. I think Jonathan was a bit concerned about the lack of audience response to his jokes and prompts for questions. I’m pleased that we were discussing this with a fellow Scot who was able to confirm that we can be an undemonstrative bunch at times and people were probably reluctant to make a show of themselves in public. Obviously I’ve travelled too much, because I’m more comfortable making an idiot of myself 😉 In any case, the material was excellent and I’m pretty sure the audience lapped it up (quietly). I know a few people who attended who confirmed as much.
Most of the rest of the day was given over to several beers with friends new and old. I was much keener on the Tuesday agenda, to be honest, but had a minor panic over the insubstantial state of my presentation so I decided to take this morning off. I’ll miss out on some presentations I’m sure I would have enjoyed, but it’s more important that I don’t mess up my own!
Now that I’m much happier with the presentation, I’ll be heading through to Glasgow on the train soon.
So you left your notes in the pub. Aye right heard that one before. Sure the dog didn’t eat them.
Face facts man, you cannae handle yer beer. Ya big blouse.
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