Christmas comes but twice a year
The breakfast show trail went very well. Lots of fun and a bit of laughter, which was probably about right for a drizzly morning. Of course, the damp weather meant the rails were ’slippery’ so my train arrived in London about 20 minutes late. Were the trains really this bad before I went away, or is it just that the rather superior French equivalent is still so fresh in my mind.
Had meetings until lunch, after which Christmas arrived in the office.
It’s scary how quickly the issues come around, and like all the other computer mags we’re working on the one that is on the shelves through December, so for our Christmas pictures we opened a bottle of champagne, stuffed a stocking full of review kit and smiled while the digital camera was paraded around the office, snapping us in our ‘natural environment’. I seem to have ended up with a silly grin on my face, posing beside a box of software.
I went to the studios at the normal time, but had to do all the show preparation without Gordon, as he had been at Alton Towers for the day and was on a coach somewhere between Staffordshire and London. He rang just before seven to say he was in a taxi from Euston on the way to the studio, but got stuck in traffic until 7.25 and arrived with a head still dizzy from ‘Oblivion’. It was a good show, though, I think. A couple of nice callers, some good emails and some very eloquent guests. A fair balance, I feel.
The train home, unfortunately, was nowhere to be found. For some reason Great Eastern was starting it from Shenfield rather than London so we had to catch a Southend line train half way, then change.
How much am I hoping this week’s travel has been nothing more than a glitch? Somehow, though, I fear it may be forewarning of what winter has in store.
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