Episode 11 (S4) - Island getaways and the price of everything misplaced

Summer’s heat recedes, its work done, as waves of Atlantic fury claim our attention for the next 6 months or so, whilst Tim and Rory claim your attention for the next hour or so with topical chat offering shelter from the world’s wicked ways - mostly. Back from a slightly extended summer break, we continue as the Isle of Wight’s longest, continually running podcast, jogging into the autumnal cool, and kicking through slowly accumulating piles of crispy leaves.  The crispy tones of co-host Rory, rustle into your ears as a 4-week cold which has steeped in his lungs throughout that time provides you with the male answer to Mariella Frostrup’s throaty patter. In reality we talk about our respective holidays on other islands poised just off Africa and at the far end of the Mediterranean, just off Libya.  Tour operator faves, holiday car hire, two-centre weddings, and holiday bugs appear on our holiday postcards. We go deep, briefly, evaluating the price of everything, from fuel driven by market sentiment, to the impact of misplaced protest on the brave volunteers of our heroic RNLI volunteers.  More on our support for the RNLI to come in the future, but we stand by them, the management, staff, and volunteers, and everything that our society asks of them, and we totally reject any and all criticism of them from the ne’erdowells.  Back in our happy podcast land, we finish up with some stuff around one of our favourite subjects, that being bread, and baking more widely.  Recommendations of some island bakeries.  A segue from bread through the dramatic arts leads us to the re-launch of Play for Today on Channel 5 (in the UK) through to some book recommendations from Adrian Mole ℅ Sue Townsend to DCI Tony McLean ℅ James Oswald. We go out on a fling with an advertisement for the next West Wight Sports and Community Centre daytime disco on Saturday 24th October at 3pm-7pm.  Listen to the pod for more details and for your homework set by Tim. Thanks for listening, folks, we look forward to you hearing us next time, soon. Tim and Rory