Regular listeners to Tony Livesey's late night show on BBC Radio 5live, will know that I joined a small but illustrious panel of experts on Thursday night live from Manchester Airport, as we celebrated the start of the holiday exodus to sunnier climbs!The show was full of fun and laughter as we met some of the weary travellers, their friends, relatives and of course taxi drivers! We even managed to catch a brief chat with Carl Lewis' former manager, who'd flown in with a couple of very tall athletic guys to participate in a Trafford running event. I have to say, the athletes left us feeling ever so slightly out of shape!!
Throughout the show we stood huddled over what looked like a car battery, connected umbilically to one another by headphones, and thus restricted in movement unless we all shuffled along the concourse together. Tony Livesey was a superb host, and I for one thoroughly enjoyed chatting with my fellow panelists, Rosie and Bob!
A big thank you to the Manchester Airport Team, especially Russell, for making us all feel so welcome, and of course for keeping the coffee coming! Much appreciated by me in particular as I'd been on my feet for 20 hours by the time we'd finished the show...and before you all start moaning at me that I'm looking for sympathy I'm not, I just want to emphasise my thanks...honest!
