Keith's Blog

September 10th, 2009

Do you remember subbuteo? Well I certainly do. It was one of my favourite games all those years ago. I had the pitch and goals, around 20 teams and a real life subbuteo FA cup to play for! If you’re not familiar with it then let me explain. It was a football based game played on a table (or floor). You laid your pitch out, set up your teams and hey presto you were ready to go. After that all you needed to do is flick your player onto the ball to make it move - flick to kick!

Anyway like all good things, production came to an end. My subbuteo was packed away and put up the attic never to appear again. Until earlier this year. A bit of discussion in the office about the game and a search on the internet revelaed that it was back in production in Italy under the name Zeugo. Curiosity got the better of me and a mail order later I had a 2009 subbuteo team in my hand. They have kept very true to the original game however the players seem slightly larger. Well one thing led to another and the first annual subbuteo competition took place 2 weeks ago. How did I get on? Well let’s just say that I better get some practice in for next year or the wooden spoon will become a fixture in my kitchen

October 14th, 2008

Every time I have talked about the Kingdom FM Travel Club trips to Alton Towers I’ve been kicking myself that I didn’t have the time off organised to go on them. Well, as I have a whole week off I’ve decided to take the journey south along with my other half to see what all the fuss is about. I must confess I am a bit of a chicken when it comes to the white knuckle rides  but she who must be obeyed has made it clear I’m going on them all even if she has to drag me on.

So this is where I need your help. Basically I need to know the best rides and any hints and tips you can give me so I can get the most out of my trip. I’ll let you know how I got on whenI’m back on air on Sunday night - as long as I make it back in one piece of course.

August 5th, 2008

As you may have noticed I wasn’t on air last Sunday. The reason? Well t’was time for the annual summer holiday. Now, Darren went off to Fuertaventura, Micky is currently raving it up  in Ibiza and Diane will be propped up at the end of a bar somewhere in the world.  Now being the fair skinned person that I am a foreign holiday at this time of year isn’t the best plan. I spend all the time hiding from the sun and I really don’t do heat very well. Anyone who knows me will confirm that I become the most grumpy individual when the mercury gets over 70F and turn in to Victor Meldrew.

So it was off to Derbyshire and Lincolnshire for a week of walking and resting and very nice it was too. The only problem was incredibly the sun shone too much with the temperature hitting 75F most days. So much for keeping out of the heat!! However I now have a sun tan which will no doubt have faded by the time you read this. So that was summer 2008 then. You look forward to it all year and then before you know it - it’s passed. Roll on Summer 2009….

May 4th, 2008

For the last few days I’ve been waking up thinking that I’ve got a cold. You know the script. Runny nose, sneezy and eyes streaming. Well apparently not. It’s that time of year again when the plants start growing and the pollen starts to increase and before you know it the old hay fever starts up.  What makes it worse are all the fields of oil seed rape that seem to be everywhere just now.

So it’s time to start taking the medication, and make sure I don’t start rubbing my eyes as that always feels good for a few seconds and then just makes them feel so much worse. Roll on winter…..

April 22nd, 2008

If you were listening on Sunday night you would have heard me telling you all about my disaster. The short version is that I was already to head to the studios, jumped in the car, turned the key and………… nothing. AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGH!!!!!!!!

So it true Basil Fawlty style I kicked the wheel, swore and then did what all sons do in times of trouble - Phoned mum. Help!!!!!! A quick trip to the train station and a relaxing journey to Markinch and by 7pm all was well.

Monday morning meant a call to the breakdown company and I’ve got to be honest I expected a long wait and then an expensive garage bill. However 20 minutes later a man in a tow truck arrived, thumped the car with a hammer in the right place (the starter in case you’re mechanically minded) and hey presto  the car sprang to life. A trip to the garage to get it checked revealed nothing more than a poor connection and £34 later I’m back on the road.

March 26th, 2008

Strange things have been happening. My jeans seem to have shrunk in the wash. People keep telling my I’m ‘filling out’. I even met a friend this week who I’ve not seen for years and they confirmed my worst fears……… I’ve put on weight aarghh!!!! Well as I’ve still got to munch my way through my Easter eggs there’s no point in doing anything about it this week but things will change next week. No more crisps and a little less beer should do it. Now I’m not the tallest person in the world so I reckon half a stone should do the trick. Of course I may forget to start the diet if nobody reminds me………..

February 25th, 2008

So it looks like even I can get this thing to work. That’s progress!