After such careful preparation and rehearsing my new talk umpteen times I was really looking forward to giving it its first airing this afternoon. I began to get anxious as I hadn’t heard back from the Activities Co-ordinator last week and phoned to check that I was expected this afternoon. The co-ordinator was on annual leave and no-one else knew anything about it. But in any case I couldn’t go; they were in lockdown because of a virus. A precautionary note to all speakers to always check on the day itself if you’re booked for a residential home.
I have, however, just sent a “mailchimp” to all speaker seekers that I’ve had contact with in the past. I hope that there will be some more inquiries from that.