Oh, I love moments like this! After standing in the local post office queue for ages waiting to send an urgent special delivery, I decided to buy a ‘surprise!’ book that a relative had hinted they fancied for Christmas.
Now, this is no ordinary book. It’s been written by Mike Brooke, (pictured above) who sailed around Britain on a 19-foot boat called Theo’s Future, to raise money for crucial research that might help his blind godson, Theo, to gain his sight.
So, there I was standing in yet another long queue in a different part of the post office, asking the assistant for Theo’s Future when, a tall gentleman right behind me said: “I’m the author…would you like me to sign it?”. Well, talk about serendipity. How lovely.
I now have a signed book, wrapped and under the Christmas tree and, having flicked through the first few pages, I have to say that I’m very keen to read it too.
The book is priced £12.95 and more details are available by browsing www.theosfuture.org
