…and as Squage mentioned I went to Field and Trek (and Blacks) in Chelmsford to buy myself various bits and pieces for the trip.

Some £100 shoes were part of it (about 5 times as much as I generally like to spend (I’m such a fashion nut), but these are niiice all-purpose jobbies), along with various things such as mozzie spray, sleeping bag cover, travel pillow… still need to get a bag, jacket/waterproof thing and, of course, hat, but I’m getting there!

Whilst in Chelmsford I also met up with Dan Nichols, who used to do sports reports and banter on my Dream 107 show back in the day.

Twas good to catch up and also find out that he and his mate Dom have got their show nominated for Best Entertainment Show at the SRAs – for the second year running! Nice one! Didn’t stop RaW getting 8 nominations, mind :-)

Here is the man himself, looking esctatic about his achievement:

And no, there wasn’t a solar eclipse. I just don’t have a viewfinder at the moment…

You can listen to the best of Dan’s (and Dom’s) show on their website. If some oddly familar features appear in a future Radio Squage show, it’ll just be a coincidence.

Later I did a muckabout radio show. If you didn’t hear it, you missed an hour of possibly the finest, funniest radio in the whole world. If you did hear it, sorry for being a liar.

And finally, I’ve just come back from my local’s pop quiz… we did… er… averagely (4th of 7) and after about 8pm I was wishing to get to bed. It finished at 11pm.

So yes, bed it is… I just hope I’m awake enough to remember how to drive to work tomorrow…

Toodles,

Pat