This weekend I’ve been out on the road and yesterday I drove to Hampshire to visit Highclere Castle.

In slightly more than a month, I set off on my 3 week holiday which will take me further than I’ve ever driven before. After work on May 17th I leave for Greece!

Last weekend was the annual Country to Country festival at the O2 in London, and the 5th consecutive year that I’ve attended.

During the week I spent an evening in London and went to see Jacob Rees-Mogg in conversation with Spectator editor Fraser Nelson at the London Palladium.

My final day in Cyprus last week was really quite warm and Sunny. Larnaca was without clouds for the first time during my stay in Cyprus.

As I walked along the beach barbed wire and fences marked the forbidden zone. Signs warned not to take photos or videos. An army truck on the other side of the fence rolled past.

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?