The World (And Wolfstone) Comes To Inverness
A busy old day in Inverness with colleagues arriving from Orkney, Shetland and Glasgow for various meetings. First up was our new Head of News and Current Affairs, Atholl Duncan. We had a good discussion about how we'll cover this year's Scottish Elections and the extra programmes we'll include in the schedule during April and May.
Then came the party from the Northern Isles - John Ferguson & Caroline Moyes - as we met to review some of the research that's being conducted for ±«Óãtv Radio Orkney and ±«Óãtv Radio Shetland. Their flight had been delayed because, believe or not, there wasn't enough de-icer for the plane. All of which conjured up the image of pilots with those little scrapers you get for car windscreens and cockpit windows being covered with old newspapers. In any case, the research findings all seemed very encouraging but I've been warned not to say too much until the official report has been compiled.
Being tied up in these meetings meant I couldn't sneak into the studio here to watch perform live on the Highland Cafe. A pity because this is one of the few Wednesdays when I'm not in Glasgow. Nor did I get the chance to catch up with the band's founder member Duncan Chisholm. We last met while stranded at Perth train sttion when the connecting service to Inverness was running late. We discovered we shared an interest in the second world war, much to the disquiet of the other passengers. Let's face there's only so many times you can mention Hitler and Himmler before heads start to turn.
I'm told the band's live set was top notch. As a consolation, my P.A. Joanne nipped into the studio and captured this photograph of the boys in full swing.
