Everyone else has a blog these days, why shouldn’t I! As you may know, I have been in broadcasting for many years. This blog is just an extension of that, it’s an opportunity for me to share my thoughts on whatever subject attracts my attention. Comments are welcome!
The Queen is not really to blame
Damp street party or red hot pool party, which would you choose? I had an interesting conversation on the phone yesterday with a nice guy I have never met; he wanted to rent my lovely apartment in Spain for a week. He loved the apartment, the location is just right,...
Just a few things
This is not a difficult choice is it! I've not written for a while, as I've been busy making websites, and I had a short trip to Spain too. I'm not going to write much today either, just a few things though: Princess Anne, the Princess Royal For God's sake get your...
Nice, but flawed
We saw a nice property for sale on the Sanderson Young website. It's on the large side, has seven bedrooms and seems good value at only £4,950,000. We quite like it. There would be room for Nick to put his drums somewhere, we could probably put a barbecue in the...
A producer is born
For someone doing their A levels at the moment and planning to go to University to study music production, producing a You Tube video in one day is quite impressive. Nick put the band together, played some of the instruments himself, recorded it all, audio on a...
My friend has written a novel
I used to work with David Prever, back in the old days at Metro Radio, he was a presenter too, and a good one. He still is. I've also seen him a few times now doing the paper reviews on Sky News. Now he's written a novel called 'The Blood Banker'. I've just downloaded...
Rick Santorum gone – Oh well, never mind
I'm not sure what it is, I can't quite put my finger on it, but there is something I didn't really like about Rick Santorum. Nothing serious just a niggling doubt. But he's gone anyway, so let's forget about him. So it looking like it's Romney Vs Obama in November. I...
Lay off our Bank Holidays
We get eight a year, the U.S. gets ten, Spain fourteen and in Japan they get fifteen, bank holidays that is. Ours are not very well spaced out either, three round Christmas and New Year, two at Easter, two in May and one in August. February, March or April depending...
Don’t expect a Christmas card
If you got one from us last year ... keep it, it will probably be the last one you'll get! There was a time, back in the days when Paddy MacDee was a boy, that the 'Royal Mail' delivered letters three times a day, morning, noon and evening. The Evening delivery was...
The clocks have not gone forward far enough
So British Summertime has arrived, the clocks went forward one hour on Sunday 25th March. Lighter evenings and a general feeling that the winter is behind us is the result, especially as the weather was unseasonably warm. Unfortunately in October, we will put the...
Tim Lamb has died
I am stunned and saddened to hear of the death of Tim Lamb. He died yesterday, Tuesday 20th March, apparently of a heart attack, Tim was only 50. He died while playing football, which was something he loved. We first met when he came into my show on BBC Radio...
Budget day – £73
I have to go to a meeting on Saturday, but it's in Spain. Tomorrow I am going to Leeds Bradford Airport and flying out with some friends who are going to the same meeting. Consequently I had to put some diesel in the car, it wasn't quite empty but it cost me £73 to...
Eurovision – it’s not about the song
I've just heard our Eurovision Song Contest entry for this year. We have all shaken our heads in disbelief that the BBC have chosen veteran singer Englebert Humperdink to sing this years entry, but much to my surprise, it's not that bad! Back in the dark ages, the...
Britain finally open for business
The Government have said that the Sunday trading laws, that restrict the hours larger shops can open, will be relaxed this summer during the Olympics. The law will not apply for eight weekends from Sunday 22nd July. They say that they want the world to think that...
A load of, very old, rubbish
I've just been into a pub in Hurworth, near Darlington, with Helen for some lunch. It's a long story why we were there and has nothing to do with lunch, I'll not bore you with that. So the menu was good, not cheap, but good. I had a lovely pint of Jennings Cumberland...
Other supermarkets are available.
Goodbye Tesco. One mistake is acceptable, two seems careless, three, well it's time for one of us to do something. A few months ago now, I spotted what looked like a reasonable deal on a small TV in our local Tesco store. We were looking for a new TV for the kitchen....