In 1992, Lee was living with his parents in Cardiff. One night, at the end of February, he went to the pub with his guide dog. “I was born with virtually no sight due to a rare genetic condition,” he says. “I got my first guide dog, Toby, in 1989, and we would go to one of the locals regularly. I enjoyed chatting to people and often bumped into friends.”
Sitting at the bar, he felt his elbow being knocked and heard a woman apologise. “I was a student and at the pub for a quiz with friends,” Gayle says. “After I accidentally knocked Lee and said sorry, I noticed his guide dog.” Toby was out of his harness and not working at the time, so she asked if she could “make a fuss of him”. “Lee and I had some general chit-chat while I was waiting for my drinks and then I went back to my table,” she says.
