Getting it on again in Inverness
Standing on platform 3 of Inverness Station with one foot in the train and one foot on the platform is not where I expect important decisions about my programme to be made. However that's what happened this morning as Miss Babs and I attempted to make our way back home after spending the night in Inverness to cover the launch of Doctor Who. Due to the heavy snow we were unable to get back to our Glasgow studios.
As everyone else boarded the delayed train she was on the phone booking studios while I was working out train times and trying to find out if the driver thought 6 feet of drifting snow and blizzards might slow the train down. The decision to not attempt the journey was made as the whistle sounded. Talk about keeping your options open til the last minute!
It meant a bonus day in the strangely snow-free Highland capital, however as my colleagues in our Inverness office are quick to point out it's not Inverness that's cut off from the central belt, it's the central belt that's cut off from Inverness!
Comment number 1.
At 31st Mar 2010, Scotch Get wrote:You should've hitched a ride on the Dr. Who bus.
The
Aberdonian
Radio
Deejay
Is
Snowbound
>8-D
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Comment number 2.
At 31st Mar 2010, mary-doll wrote:Of all the places you could hope to be stuck, it had to be Inverness. I have nothing but unfond memories of the place - my sympathies are with you. I just didn't want to be FIRST - folk get awfy shirty if the pecking order isn't adhered to. I know my place - it isn't Inverness.
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Comment number 3.
At 31st Mar 2010, Scotch Get wrote:It's
No'
Very
Exciting
Really.
No'
Even
Saturday
Sunday
Stolen from someone. Cannae remember who.
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Comment number 4.
At 31st Mar 2010, henri hannah wrote:Well, at least you were traveling by train.
The scoundrels who police our roads are at their worst on the approaches to Inverness.They hide in a hut in a fermers field filming traffic - worse, the court must be the most inefficient incompetent organization in the land - and I'm sure there are many contenders.
I swear I'll never go back.
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Comment number 5.
At 1st Apr 2010, Glen Miller wrote:A hundred thousand welcomes
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Comment number 6.
At 1st Apr 2010, DC wrote:Given the comments above, it's likely that it will become a hundred thousand get tae moderators have removed this bits
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Comment number 7.
At 1st Apr 2010, RoxyJohn wrote:I saw you on Tuesday night about 6ish Bryan coming down towards Castle Street from the Ö÷²¥´óÐã Scotland building. I was driving at the time so no time to give you my weeks Roxy tunes.
J.O'B.
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Comment number 8.
At 1st Apr 2010, Jim Frae Erskine wrote:And you didn't manage to get him with the door?
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Comment number 9.
At 1st Apr 2010, Adam_from_Rio wrote:So under these circumstances does Ö÷²¥´óÐã Scotland have to provide a char to go round to Bab's house to cook and clean for her hubby and bairns?
And if so, shouldnt the Ö÷²¥´óÐã, in these cash strapped times, be thinking twice about allowing lady producers to leave town on business? Indeed should they be employing wimmen at all?
Whilst on the subject...normally radio producers are not seen and not heard, so does that mean the GIO producer gets paid extra for reading out requests (and giggling)? And if so and if the show does need two people to do it, what does the Radio Presenters Union have to say about it?
Just a thought.
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Comment number 10.
At 1st Apr 2010, Scotch Get wrote:As the sumptuary law governing Lent takes its toll the pressure on Adam becomes intolerable...
>8-D
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Comment number 11.
At 1st Apr 2010, norriemaclean wrote:Yet again your uncle jim ain't going to be happy Adam.
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Comment number 12.
At 1st Apr 2010, madmacfraeclydebank wrote:Who IS the most popular Producer I wonder?
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Comment number 13.
At 1st Apr 2010, Glen Miller wrote:Caption:
Hair replacement - with dignity
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Comment number 14.
At 2nd Apr 2010, DC wrote:#9 obvious why he was banished to the colonies......
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Comment number 15.
At 2nd Apr 2010, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:#12 I still miss Young Paul, even if he was allergic to reggae :o(
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Comment number 16.
At 2nd Apr 2010, Jim Frae Erskine wrote:Paul was cool. And totally different banter as well - BB always threatening to have him sacked!
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Comment number 17.
At 3rd Apr 2010, mazzystar wrote:I miss Paul too. Bring back Paul!!!
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Comment number 18.
At 3rd Apr 2010, madmacfraeclydebank wrote:Yup me too, Paul was one of the best.
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Comment number 19.
At 9th Apr 2010, DJ IJ wrote:All these people complaining about Inverness must have lived here ages ago. It's a brilliant place nowadays. It's got a great mix and has a great blend of cultures. Plenty of Asians here as well. It's a great place. Why d'you think so many people are moving here?
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