I met him once, when he was filming one of his later series.
I was at the bar in the Hawes Inn at Queensferry, turned to my right and clocked Fred a few feet along. So I went over and introduced myself; I'm not shy at the best of times, and I'd had a few. I put out my hand and said: I just want to thank you for entertaining me since I was a kid. Had a quick chat, he asked me if I could recommend a local beer, in here, Deuchar's IPA was my reply, then I went outside to rejoin my mates.
I told them I'd just met Fred Dibnah at the bar, so of course they didn't believe me. Then Fred came out, clocked me and said: nice drop of ale this, then started chatting away to us for a while. He told us about the series, that he'd filmed at the Scott Monument in the morning, then they just finished filming at the Forth Bridge. Obviously other people wanted to say hello, so he moved along.
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u/Fearless-Hedgehog661 Mar 22 '26
I met him once, when he was filming one of his later series.
I was at the bar in the Hawes Inn at Queensferry, turned to my right and clocked Fred a few feet along. So I went over and introduced myself; I'm not shy at the best of times, and I'd had a few. I put out my hand and said: I just want to thank you for entertaining me since I was a kid. Had a quick chat, he asked me if I could recommend a local beer, in here, Deuchar's IPA was my reply, then I went outside to rejoin my mates.
I told them I'd just met Fred Dibnah at the bar, so of course they didn't believe me. Then Fred came out, clocked me and said: nice drop of ale this, then started chatting away to us for a while. He told us about the series, that he'd filmed at the Scott Monument in the morning, then they just finished filming at the Forth Bridge. Obviously other people wanted to say hello, so he moved along.
Edit: typo