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When I was 18 my Dad was driving me and my soon to be flatmate down to Glasgow from the Isle of Skye. We were due to move into a high rise in Cardonald before starting at the college there. We had to pick up the flat keys from (I think) langside college. It was the year 2000, we were in my Dad’s Volvo and we were lost.
We came to a stop at a set of traffic lights and I heard my Dad manually roll down the window as it was in those days. He said “excuse me mate” and I looked across as he gestured to the car in the next lane (also stopped at the lights) to roll down their window. I started to have a non verbal mental and physical spasm. The other driver was Fran Healy and he was now rolling down his window – I believe thinking my Dad had recognised him. Dad obviously had not and then asked him for directions to the college whilst in the background I was now grasping my friend and pointing. We were now both in the grips of demented silence. Dad asked for his directions, we clutched each other and kinda babbled. By this point Fran was laughing at the hysteria unfolding behind my Dad and of which Dad was totally oblivious to. Fran gave the directions and Dad drove off. When we finally got the power of speech back we told my Dad what had happened. Dad said he was a lovely and polite young man but he didn’t recognise him from Adam. Fran had been wearing a beanie, so my friend / flatmate Sarah got my Travis book (you know the one that was just Fran’s face on the cover) stuck a beanie hat on it and shoved it in my Dad’s face and asked “do you recognise it now Ian”
We still talk about it 25 years later. My Dad likes to play up the part where he asks for directions and didn’t know who he was speaking to. You can’t imagine what it was like for two wee teenagers from Skye, moving down to the big smoke and seeing one of their absolute heroes. We really felt that we had arrived and anything was possible in the big city ❤️
Would be great if you guys could kindly invest some interest and energy in supporting a fellow Travis fan who like Dougie has also self published a children’s picture book 🙏 Actually three! They are hugely unsuccessful 😆
Allieskye.com.
Really appreciate anyone who takes the time to click. 😀
I’ve written and self published my own children’s picture books. A series of three. I would love to get some insight from Dougie about how to navigate the world of self publishing. The email we all received inviting us back to the board made a point of telling us not to ask for anything or we’d be banned. So I’m not sure if this is acceptable as it’s not about the music but rather one self published author seeking the advice of another. If anyone is interested it’s Allieskye.com. A trilogy of picture books that explores and celebrates Scottish, Italian and Australian families separated by migration but also how they are brought together again. ❤️
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I’ll happily order and post it to you
