Afternoon, just got back from the Valley watching Dan walk out as a mascot for a charity match, boy is he full of it now he has put the ball in the back of the net on the hallowed turf! Well the Charity Single is on sale at the ground tonight and should be online soonish, all proceeds go to Demelza House Childrens Hospice, the total count raised so far for this worthy cause is £13000+ and there are two ways to donate 1. buy the single at www.charltonlife.com 2. you can donate at http://www.justgiving.com/charltonlife and you can hear a preview of the song at http://www.charltonlife.com/blog/?p=125 even i f you are not a Charlton fan please make a donation at the justgiving site, these kids deserve to enjoy what time they have.
Yours in Wogan mode

Well the aches have now spread to the shoulders, hardly surprising considering I bowled!
Heard one of the funniest exchanges on a sports field yesterday, we were toiling away in the field trying to remove two stubborn batsmen, Nicky one of our bowlers bowled a ball that was going down the off side in the corridor of uncertainty, the batsmen a less than mobile gent played and missed it by a mile, our Skipper standing a silly point (very technical jargon this) leapt out shouting howzat!!! cue two batsmen two umpires and 10 fielders staring at disbelief at our skipper "i heard a nick" he said, to whcih the batsmen replied "yes you did the ball hit my wooden leg" cue the team in giggles

Oh sweet jesus, I am in a mess, I forgot what its like to play a days cricket, bowling 10 overs and making a stunning diving catch!!! my knees are stuffed, my back, shoulder, arms, legs ache..... but who cares, the weather was good, and the game was fun, and the beer and food after was excellent, of course we all went through our best moments of the game, although I did keep rather quiet about my first over which went for 12 runs....... and we lost by the way, but who cares?

The big day has arrived, its my first game for The Star, somewhere in darkest Wandsworth! have spent most of the morning looking for some essential kit, knee bandage, without which I am stuffed and my box! bearing in mind my recent medical disaster regarding the christmas crackers I think the box is fairly important, I really dont fancy being carted off on a stretcher clutching the crown jewels again! alhtough the morphine once in A&E was marvellous I dont fancy the surgery again and walking around like a crab...... I fancy myself for a few wickets today and maybe a boundary before I spoon a catch to mid wicket!!!

The last show went well yesterday, we had a good laugh, some twat called George emailed in to ask for more music less football, as it was my last show I let him know on air it was a sports show! I think I was fair with him, there were a few risque gags, Simon nearly wet himself when I played fat bottomed girls with a juicy commment. Jon Mac came on to plug Proud to be an Addick, its very catchy I played it to Simon once in the car and he picked up the chorus in no time! It will be available to download soon on www.charltonlife.com, will let you know more details as soon as I have them, all proceeds go to Demelza House Kids Hospice, so even if your a not a fan dig deep and get a copy!!!

So now I have Saturday afternoons free again, which is great, looking forward to the new radio venture coming soon!

Finale

Well its finally here, the last show on BRFM for me, although we may do the odd late night show as cover, I need to say thanks to a few people, Dave Williams my co presenter who will be taking over, Dave has taken all the stick thrown at him very well and done a cracking job, Simon Emmett, Si another co presenter who has driven me down and come up with some cracking stuff, and was on air with me when we taught the island Mandarin Chinese, John the Leg End Pitts, Sittingbourne's man on the spot, his reporting was always spot on, and he took the grief we gave him well, will miss his banetr, cheers John, Mark Rogers from Sheppey Sunday League, despite being a West Ham fan he was on the blower the night Charlton went down, top man, and Bertie and Sue who have come in and helped out form time to time, and finally my son Dan, bless him he has had to put up with travelling every other Saturday but has helped out on the show, and even got himself on air, thanks to you all!!!
Listen this afternoon we have Mark Rogers live at Wembley, 3 Blokes from F Block and the Herberts with their new charity single, Simon and Dave will be there so dont miss it!
www.brfm.net

Oh dear, a word of warning, if you are ever hosting a radio show, don't
let Simon Emmett anywhere near the playlist!!!
He has come up with this mad idea for the last show to play as many
Cup Final songs as possible, so it seems we will be stuck listening to some Argie singing "in de cup for tottingam"....gawd

Ok I have applied for UAE and have a meeting next week...fingers crossed!!!!
Now my much traveled friend Ginny has told me where I can drink and that the cost of living is low, so thats good advice.