It’s been a busy couple of weeks with a virus, a trip to Wales, and a busy week. During all this we enjoyed a concert by Ralph McTell at Sidmouth Folk Festival during which I was entranced by his amazing guitar skills. His songs and reminiscences of times past were thought-provoking.
Last week we listened to our church organist give a delightfully varied concert of splendid organ pieces on the Tickell organ in St Paul’s Church, Honiton. Soup and cake added to the nice experience.
Iryna Ilnytska directed, produced, and starred in a production of Orfeo e Euridice at Exeter Castle. The audience were moved and exhausted by the performance. A lot of money was raised for the volunteers in Ukraine.
Last night I was on duty as Telescope Presenter at the Norman Lockyer Observatory, Sidmouth where we had unprecedented 130 people turn up to our open evening. I lost count of how many times I gave my spiel about the telescope and Norman Lockyer but the visitors all left with smiles on their faces. Having recently visited the Old Library at Exeter University to look at the archive papers of Sir Norman, I had a lot more to tell them.
Karen Hedges 