Dave's Blog

Hi, it's DAve (the wandering bard, itinerant photographer, husband, author and other interesting (well to me anyway) bits and pieces)! I am well aware that the posts on this page have been spasmodic to say the least, in fact they have been practically non-existent this year! That said, I have been busy with family stuff, photo work and also matters of the heart! But now I feel that the time is now right for me to give everyone a heads up about the latest book I am working on. The cover of which is illustrated here:- The content of this book is made up of snippets of conversations and other  moments from my experiences (over the last 25 or so years) during my work as an entertainment professional. ".... the Variety Club of Great Britain Awards at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, Park Lane, London........I mentioned that I was Musical Director of The Spotlight Theater Company and thanked him for his signed compliment slip wishing us all the best for our forthcoming production of Godsp...

  All Star Celebrity Gala           VARIETY SHOW A long time ago I had the great pleasure of working on this show (as Executive Producer) alongside my friend Richard Hope-Hawkins. One of my earliest memories of the production was being invited (along with Alison) to attend a "Meet and Greet The Cast" event that Richard had organised at an hotel in the North Devon resort of Instow. The first member of the "cast" I met was the fantastic Jenny Hanley (tv presenter and radio host).  At this introduction her first words to me were  " you smell nice, I love a man who smells nice! " That "ice breaker" was the beginning of a friendship that still continues today and has been a filled with laughter all the way!  The friendship has led to discover mutual friends, several radio interviews between us and a fair number of alcohol infused telephone calls.  The event that took place in the Queen's Theatre, Barnstaple, was a great success and Jenny and ...

Well what a weekend that was - it was more than a bit "full on" to say the least! To begin, we had been asked by the eldest to feed their cats (so in the mind of the youngest that was the priority!)  So on Saturday morning (because they did not need feeding until tea-time) we all headed off to Barnstaple.  The first port of call was to the electrical store (that has changed its' name more times than that I can remember) to make a formal complaint about the fridge that was purchased about 8 weeks ago. The problem being that said appliance has a habit of making ice despite being turned to less than 1 on the temperature control. The upshot of that visit was that I was asked to call again on Sunday to discuss the problem with a member of the team who has specialist knowledge about these appliances. Having left there I went to the iLab to collect my replacement pencil that was an exchange for the one that had failed. The cats were fed when we arrived back in Ilfracombe. Sunday...