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Roald Dahl and Harbour Master

Chris has a previously unreleased recording of Roald Dahl in conversation with his great-niece Emma. Martin Willis tells us about his great job of harbour master in Blyth.

Chris celebrates Roald Dahl day with a previously unreleased recording of the author in conversation with his great-niece Emma Pearl, which she recorded on cassette when she was 10 years old. Chris calls Emma to find out how she discovered her "most prized possession" in the back of her drawer. We hear your Top Tenuous claims to the fame of Roald Dahl. Martin Willis tells us about his great job of Harbour Master in Blyth, overseeing the boats coming and going in the port. After the windy weather, you tell us what's blown into your garden from space hoppers to greenhouses. Vassos catches up with British Dressage rider Charlotte Dujardin in the Sports Locker and Jahnavi Harrison provides the daily Pause for Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Wed 13 Sep 2017 06:30
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Music Played

  • Four Tops

    Loco In Acapulco

    • Their Greatest Hits.
    • Telstar.

  • CNCO & Little Mix

    Reggaet贸n Lento (Remix)

    • (CD Single).
    • SYCO.

  • The Proclaimers

    I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

    • Now 13, Part 2 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Girls Aloud

    Can't Speak French

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Crowded House

    Weather With You

    • Crowded House - Recurring Dream.
    • Capitol.

  • Blue 脰yster Cult

    (Don't Fear) The Reaper

    • Chart Show Ultimate Rock - Various.
    • Hit.

  • Sam Smith

    Too Good At Goodbyes

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • One Direction

    What Makes You Beautiful

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.

  • Emeli Sand茅

    Next To Me (Radio 2 Live In Hyde Park 2017)

  • Hank Mizell

    Jungle Rock

    • Rock & Roll Classics (Various Artists).
    • Knight Records.
    • 14.

  • U2

    You're The Best Thing About Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Telephone Line

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.

  • Flash and the Pan

    Waiting For A Train

    • The Ultimate Eighties (Various).
    • Hit Records.

  • The Coral

    Dreaming Of You

    • (CD Single).
    • Deltasonic.

  • Snow Patrol

    Chasing Cars

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.

  • The Monkees

    Daydream Believer

    • The Definitive Monkees.
    • Warner Strategic Marketing.
    • 5.

  • Sammy Davis Jr.

    The Candy Man

    • Hits Of 1971 & 1972 (Various Artists).
    • Polydor.

  • Lionel Richie

    Dancing on the Ceiling

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Joy Division

    Love Will Tear Us Apart

    • Glorious (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Chris de Burgh

    Ship To Shore

    • Chris De Burgh - Spark To A Flame.
    • River Records.

  • JP Cooper

    She's On My Mind

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Meghan Trainor

    All About That Bass

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.

  • Toto

    Hold The Line

    • Driving Rock (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Stephen Duffy

    Kiss Me

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    She Got The Garden

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.

  • The Script

    Rain

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music Entertainment.

  • T. Rex

    Ride a White Swan

    • Million Sellers Vol.18 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

Writer and Musician, Jahnavi Harrison.

Last year, without much warning I suddenly developed a fear of flying. I used to love it,聽all that time to look out at the clouds and think about life, and 鈥榳hat to do!鈥� Even the bumps and dips - I used to find strangely comforting, like being rocked to sleep.

聽But last year, perhaps because of a few unfortunate events - a hair-raising landing at Luton airport in gale force winds; a close friend experiencing their plane dropping hundreds of feet without warning; and probably my overactive imagination and Chicken Licken outlook鈥� I became quite properly scared.

聽I can鈥檛 say it was a phobia - I still forced myself to get on a plane last December, but it took me about 6 hours just to unclench my jaw and release the knot in my stomach.

聽Different things have been helping, though I wouldn鈥檛 say I鈥檝e overcome it yet. Mantra meditation - which I鈥檝e been doing for many years - is 聽- tah dah - surprisingly - really helpful! Music helps me hugely too.

聽But I realised the root of it is all about being completely out of control. It鈥檚 not a comfortable feeling. Whether I鈥檓 putting my life in the hands of a pilot in a nice uniform that I鈥檝e never met to ferry me through the sky, or just trusting that each day the sun will rise - the amount of control I鈥檒l ever have is minuscule and surrendering to the fact that I am in Krishna鈥檚 hands certainly takes the edge off.

聽Quite a few friends live in Florida and I鈥檝e been relieved to see messages that although they are without electricity or running water they鈥檙e playing board games and staying dry and cheerful. I know their fear has been real and justified so it鈥檚 inspiring to hear that they are caring for each other and keeping their spirits up.

聽As far as I鈥檝e understood, being out of control doesn鈥檛 mean being passive or careless, but understanding that my control lies in how I choose to respond to life鈥檚 waves and whirlpools. Letting go of fear is no easy feat - maybe the work of lifetimes. So I鈥檓 going to continue practicing 35,000 feet up, and trying to make it a daily meditation.聽

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