Ever feel that journalists slightly over-egg the pudding? What I mean is the way they over emphasise something in order not to spoil what they feel is a dramatic story. How many times have we had bad weather stories of road chaos with a special correspondent standing on a bridge over a motorway talking about the appalling conditions only to see traffic moving smoothly.
Last night we were told to be very watchful today and to seriously consider not travelling unless absolutely necessary. It's going to be bitterly cold with snow we were told. Today we travelled from Norfolk to Surrey and had just about the easiest journey ever. No accidents, no traffic jams and certainly no snow. As they say never let the facts get in the way of a good story. I know from my time on newspapers that often a reporter is told the slant to put on a story before they set out to cover an event.
Mind you there must have been snow somewhere as a number of cars were covered which brings me to a pet hate. One driver in particular on the M25 was shedding snow from the back of his car. This was flying across the carriageway and being most annoying. How difficult would it have been to have brushed the snow off before leaving? Unfortunately that takes a bit of effort and thought.
Finally got my MP3 player hooked up to play rough the car stereo. I have over 4000 tracks on it but couldn't remember just what they were. So it was a pretty mixed bag on random play. At one point went from a Carpenters' love song to an Eminem hate song. Pretty much everything in between from Tim Buckley and the Handsome Family to Leon Russell and the Strawbs via Nick Cave, Secret Garden, Joan Baez, Sandy Denny, Harry Chapin and many many more.
Tomorrow a visit to London. Will let you know what I think of the Hockney and Dickens' exhibitions.
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