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I’m excited to be going to the UK's first World #Braille Day conference tomorrow, hosted by The Braillists Foundation, but I’m a little worried about the weather! It looks like it could be a miserable day to be travelling! 
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I had such a great time at the Braillists Foundation conference yesterday! It was so lovely to chat to other Braille enthusiasts in person, and get to see all kinds of archive Braille teaching aids and early Braille displays. I got my tech questions answered and received some wonderful tips for tactile drawing techniques. There was a great speaker, Eleanor Stollery, who’s done so many amazing things and is only 13! She’s done live audio description for theatre productions, acted on stage in the West End, worked as a voice actor for the BBC and told us about how Braille has made it all easier. I also had a great chat to Alan Thorpe,who repairs Braillers, who’s in the news in the UK at the moment as he’s looking to find an apprentice to take over from him eventually.
And there was a great practical workshop about different ways to develop touch techniques, using tactile toys as “reset objects” when fingers get tired. I came away full of ideas and so grateful I was able to attend. My husband enjoyed a well earned beer when we got home for driving us there and being an all round star, assisting me to get the most out of the day!
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@sarahmatthews yay that's good the Braille conference went well. It sounds like it was an excellent day.
@karaokequeen85 Yeah, It really gave me a boost! I think everyone was worried about the weather but there was a great turn out, just a few exhibitors who didn’t make it. I used to be an events organiser years ago so I appreciate how much work is involved! If only Louis Braille was born in the summer haha!
@sarahmatthews oh wow, and yeah haha that would have been good if he'd been born in the summer, but at least loads of people still went to it.
@sarahmatthews Oh wow this sounds like an amazing experience.
@Pawpower Yes I’m so glad I ventured out of hibernation to go along! I really liked the size of the event as it felt very sociable and not too overwhelming!