Tales from Edinburgh
So after a very early start but a very easy train journey, I arrived in Edinburgh on time.
Nelliek rang me as I arrived and we agreed to meet by the Theatre Royal after I had dropped off a card and pressie for Jay and Aliona (I am such a fangirl now) at the stage door. Following Nelliek and other's instructions, I easily made my way to the theatre and found the stage door. I dropped off the card etc and then started chatting to a couple of young TW fans ( I am not sure how old they were but I could easily have been their mum). We swopped stories of how lovely Jay was and how easy or not it had been to meet him. They very kindly didn't look at me as if I was a mad middle aged woman but as if it was quite normal to have these kind of conversations with random strangers who happen to be mad about Jay. Speedy then rang me and I had a couple of other calls delaying my departure. Based on what had happened earlier in the week, a meeting with Jay did not sound likely and I was about to head back to the pub, when one of the girls spotted what she thought might be Jay walking down the hill to the stage door. The big clue was the scarf ( so Jay, if you are reading this and want to be anonymous, ditch the scarf). As he got nearer we could see that it definitely was Jay. As you will see from the photo, he was suitably dressed for the weather - no shorts! He looked lovely, as I hope you can see from the photo, much less tired than last week. I mentioned that I had seen him in Plymouth last week and thanked him again for Jnb's message. I talked to him about Big and told him how much I enjoyed it, especially Coffee Black. He said he was really enjoying Big but it had been hard work and lots to learn but he was getting better, similar to the things he said last week. He said his favourite bits were with Diana and with the kids but he loved it all. I asked for a photo and a hug and he, as always, obliged . Having wished him good luck for tonight, I then went back up the hill to the pub and found DD waiting by it. She was then followed by Speedy and Nelliek and we adjourned to the bar/cafe place in between the theatre and the pub.
As we were sitting there, Nelliek noticed Vincent arrive.
So spurred on by my Jaymeet, I went over, apologised for interrupting but said how much we had loved Jay and Aliona. He said he recognised me, which was kind as although I have seen Vincent a lot, I only spoke to him in Birmingham with Aliona.
I congratulated him on the baby news. I then revealed that I was a sad Twitter stalker by recognising his sister and niece and congratulated her on her recent dance competition win. Amazingly, they didn't start to avoid eye contact with a crazy woman and were all very, very lovely.
Whilst we were in the pub, Amelia and Kate arrived with Amelia's mum Michelle and her dad. All very lovely people.
As he left Vincent waved goodbye to us, I was busy talking but Nelliek noticed and waved back, then breaking out in excited squeals.
Having finished our drinks and food, we then went into the theatre.
To be continued...
Now heading for bed to sleep there, else I'll be late for breakfast. 