Day Four! The weather has
really closed in on us now, but still there is no denying the beauty of these
islands, even in the wet. And there is no denying also the friendliness of
everyone we meet here – including complete strangers – last night a family passing
by stopped to ask if we needed directions coming off the ferry, and invited us
to follow them so we found the way to our hotel.
We headed down from North
Uist to Lionacleit where I spoke to around 100 S1 and S2 students in their
fantastic theatre space. Among them was the son of the family who’d helped us
last night, who immediately asked if we’d got there okay. The session flew by and there wasn’t enough
time to tackle everyone’s questions, sadly. Oh well, another time, I hope.
This afternoon we drove
down to South Uist, passing some really pretty cottages, such as this thatched
number whose roof appeared to be held down by rocks on a rope…
The venue for this
afternoon’s event was Daliburgh School, where I spoke to around 50 P4-P7s. They
were fantastic fun to talk with, five of whom helped me perform a short play
with great enthusiasm, and then I answered as many questions as I could in ten
minutes, ending with a good one. No children’s author can ever get too big for
their boots, I think, because every now and again a young reader will ask
something in all innocence which reminds you that, after all, you’re only some
guy putting dumb ideas into a book, and nothing more than that.
Example?
‘Last question then,’ I
said, and picked a smiling boy in the back row.
Then came the question that
put me back in my box.
‘Mr Sedgwick,’ he said.
‘Have you ever met any real authors..?’
Finally, here are some photos from today that really made me smile.
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