What festivals look like from a wheelchair | Penny Pepper

It was a joy to participate in the explosion of creativity that is the Edinburgh festival. But there are still obstacles in the way of disabled peopleI’m wearing a fetching lilac rain poncho which deftly covers most of me and my wheelchair as it starts to drizzle. There are four more emergency ponchos in my backpack. I’m very grumpy – but it’s not because of the weather. It’s more that I’m cross with myself, on my sixth visit to Scotland’s capital for th