I made the decision to come back to the Edinburgh Fringe in January but it filled me with dread how I would cope on my own. Jane and I were supposed to come in August 2014, we had accommodation booked, shows paid for however Jane was in hospital having her chest drained to help her breathing.

My flat is good - a penthouse flat in student accommodation (how can students afford this?). It has a small kitchen area, double bed, sitting area with TV and a toilet and shower.

Tony and Jude came down for a couple of days so there was a lifeline and we met for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-size: 14pt;">Day 1</span>

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;">The Joni Mitchell Story</span> - There were several things I didn't know about her; she contracted polio as a child; had an illigitimate child; an affair with Leonard Cohen (bet that was a barrel of laughs) and married David Crosby (Crosby, Stills and Nash). Her songs were well performed and it brought back memories of Jane - Clouds and Big Yellow Taxi were a couple of her favourites. Music is so evocative.

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;">John Hegley</span> - He's a modern, humerous poet and likes to put them to music.Very funny with plenty of audience participation and songs you wouldn't believe could be made to rhyme. How and anything rhyme with Guillemot? Well John Hegley can do it. It seems as though he ran out of material and stretched out the last 10 minutes which detracted from the previous 50.

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;">Mark Thomas</span> - I've seen him several times before and he can best be described as a seditious comedian who loves to poke fun at the establishment. Prior to the performance the audience were asked to complete a form to say what the future might hold in the next one year and four years. I stupidly wrote that I expect to find the second love of my life in the next four years not thinking it might be used in the show, how naive of me. He handled it very well and the only really embarrassing part was that he asked all the women in the audience to talk to me after the show, needless to say I was first out the door at the end. The show it was excellent and there were humerous discussions about Trump, May and Corbyn. We voted on which predictions were likely to happen and then he would place a bet on them coming true. All winnings would go to Cultural organisations that had budgets cut by central government. Gets my vote!

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