In a windy Pafos I met up with Will, a friend from Cirencester who has been here since the beginning of January.

The fog was the cause by the delay on my flight today – 90 minutes late by the time we took off at 14:25.

I think 2019’s going to be an exciting time for radio. This month alone there will be some quite big changes on the UK’s airwaves.

The end of the year means my countdown to the shortest day (ie, counting down to when the days start getting longer) has also come to an end – so I now need something else to count down to. Another holiday, maybe?

It was a warm day today, so when I got down to the coast – although most locals were sitting on the benches in their coats, hats, scarves and gloves, for me it was warm enough to go for a paddle, followed by a short swim.

Ιt felt like an English spring day and it was warm enough that I could take my coat off. Warm enough that I forgot that we are only 2 and a bit weeks away from Christmas.

Cirencester marked 100 years since the end of World War 1 last weekend, and as part of the centenary events a Human Poppy was formed in the Market Place.

I spent Saturday night in London for a film screening of the Cypriot film Boy on the Bridge / Το Αγόρι στη Γέφυρα.

I’ve not been to Greece this year but I intend to correct that with 2 upcoming trips: Firstly, I’m going to Athens for by birthday weekend in December. Secondly, I will be driving all the way to Greece in May/June 2019!

At the weekend I drove up North for a short weekend in Scotland. My Grandmother came from Scotland and I promised her back in January that I would visit Scotland for the first time before the year is out. This I have now done – It’s just a shame that she’s no longer around to hear about it.