Fleur is planning to let her cool sounds blossom in Scotland - Fiona Duff

There are some people you don’t expect to meet when you are walking your dog in Edinburgh.
Fleur Woolford brings Soul Castle to Carlowrie Castle by KirklistonFleur Woolford brings Soul Castle to Carlowrie Castle by Kirkliston
Fleur Woolford brings Soul Castle to Carlowrie Castle by Kirkliston

I have never come across Brad Pitt jogging naked on Blackford Hill, not have I encountered Prince Andrew shirking behind a tree in Inverleith Park.

But oddly enough I met the coolest woman I know who lives in the city walking in my local park with a Chihuahua on a lead.

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I somehow fell into conversation with Fleur Woolford a while ago.

We chatted, it might have been during lockdown, although I can’t quite remember, but then again my memory isn’t like that of an elephant and frankly I forget everything.

Anyway, as we blethered it turned out that Fleur used to run club nights at Ministry of Sound. I was in London when this club started.

It was really too cool for school – I managed to sneak in somehow one night and realised that I would never be described as such.

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Then she informed me that she organised regular soul music club nights in Ibiza.

Well, you could have knocked me over with a wet kipper – what on earth was she doing talking to a washed up old hasbeen/neverwas like me?

During lockdown Fleur didn’t sit on her backside twiddling her thumbs like yours truly, she only opened the Bothy Coffee at the top of India Street.

Irving Welsh tweeted that it was his favourite place for a caffeine shot in the Capital.

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Or it might have been Instagram – frankly I can’t keep up, as I prefer my news to come in tomorrow’s chip wrapping. But I do like her coffee that’s for sure.

Anyway, Fleur is back in action in Ibiza and more excitingly she’s hoping to bring it all to Scotland. Listening to her rave about these raves takes me back a bit I can tell you.

So if you like a bit of dancing to soul music just watch this space.

I need more Fleurs in my life.

Sadly, the concert Soul Castle originally planned for Carlowrie by Kirkliston will not be going ahead on September 17. Full refunds will be issued to everyone and the organisers expressed their regret.

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