Tracks of My Life with Blind Dave Heeley OBE
Episode 6, Mar 30, 2021, 06:00 PM
Tracks of My Life is a show on RNIB Connect Radio presented and produced by Toby Davey where he invites a guest to take us on a journey through their life, sharing the tracks that mark important moments which bring back memories to them.
Their chosen tracks of their life might include the first track they can remember hearing, the first track they bought, a number of tracks that mark moments in their life and the final track, a track that they would like to pass on which might give people hope for the future.
In this trimmed down podcast version of Tracks of My Life Toby is joined by Blind Dave Heeley OBE.
Dave Heeley is best known as Blind Dave to all those who know him and those who are aware of all his charity fundraising challenge sports events.
Blind Dave's fundraising challenges have ranged from taking part in the ultimate World Marathon Challenge - 7 marathons in 7 days on 7 continents, the Top2ToeChallenge - running and cycling from John O'Groats to Land’s End The Great North Run and the London marathon to name just a few of his successful fundraising challenge sports events!
Through Blind Dave’s tracks of my life we will go on a journey from his early days at school, at the age of 10 realising that he was losing his sight and becoming a sort of celebrity to his school friends. Meeting his wife Deb and sneaking off to Gretna Green to get married. Reflecting on some of those epic fundraising challenges he has completed over the years, with more to come too. And finally, we will take a peek into Dave's woodwork workshop to find out how Blind Dave is able to do most of the DIY jobs around the house as well as creating some wonderful pieces of woodwork.
You can catch the hour-long version of Tracks of My Life with Toby’s guest’s music tracks in full by tuning in to RNIB Connect Radio every Tuesday at 7pm, repeated on Thursday at 1pm and Sunday at 8pm.
Do visit Blind Dave's website for more about Dave and all his fundraising challenge sports events.
(Photo shows Blind Dave Heeley when he was a torch bearer for the London 2021 Olympics holding a golden torch with a gold medal around his neck and smiling at the camera)