It's a Hard Life

It's a hard life
To be true lovers together
To love and live forever in each others hearts
It's a long hard fight
To learn to care for each other
To trust in one another right from the start
When you're in love

Ten days in to our visit to Paphos and, even for Cyprus, the temperatures have been well above the seasonal April average and set to rise by a degree each day until the middle of next week. It might be 28C in the shade but in the full sun it is more like 38-40C. It is 11.00 am here and I am writing this outside on the patio with the current semi-shaded temperature already 90F.

But, after all,  that's why we come and, of course to relax and lay around the pool all day doing not much more than read. There are only a couple of TV news stations and one old movie channel to watch but more importantly no BBC radio except through the internet. Knowing that I had no internet connection in this apartment, the second of our stay, last week I downloaded a selection of Desert Island Discs podcasts which I am gradually working my way through.

If you ever find yourself lost for something interesting to listen to and can get access to the internet download a selection of these podcasts at:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/find-a-castaway

These are my recommendations so far:

• Tom Sharpe - 1984
• Christopher Lloyd - 2000
• Bobby Robson - 1986
• Danny Baker -
• Dickie Bird -1996
• Graham McPherson (Suggs) - 2002
• Jonathan Agnew -
• Ian Dury - 1996
• Kenny Everett - 1993
• David Gilmour - 2003
• Henry Blofeld - 2003
• Spike Milligan - 1978

Like most places in Europe the bars here show wall to wall football but being two hours ahead watching the midweek Premiership and Champions League games are a non starter as they don't even KO until 10.00pm so today I am going to take the opportunity to watch the Arsenal v Manchester United match at 6.00 pm.

I'll leave you with this track from Ian Dury, who, when asked by Sue Lawley to give her a few lines that he had writen that he was proudest of, came with this classic:

Home improvement expert Harold Hill of Harold Hill
Of Do-It-Yourself dexterity, and double glazing skill
Came home to find another gentleman's kippers in the grill
So he sanded off his winkle with his Black and Decker drill



Hey Ho!