Another busy week with loads going on but it does worry me that my place of birth is struggling a little at the moment. They can apparently neither cope with the cold or the heat so what hope have they got with Brexit? Couldn’t organise a jolly up in a brewery, get my drift? 

After a successful World Cup Vladimir Putin must be feeling pretty good right now. Did you notice how long it took though to do the trophy presentation? Putin does the have a reputation of keeping people waiting for a meeting or an event and I’ve compiled a list of who and how long he’s kept them below.

Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany: 4hrs 15mins

Viktor Tanukovych, President of Ukraine: 4hrs

Alyaksandr Lukashenka, President of Belarus: 3hrs

Tsakhia Elbegdorj, President of Mongolia: 2hrs

Shimon Peres, President of Israel: 1hr 30mins

Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India: 1hr

Pope Francis: 50mins

The Queen: 14mins

Apparently when he met up with Donald Trump the other week they were playing cat and mouse as to who could arrive last. Putin still managed to outdo him by 30 minutes!

I’m still trying to get over my World Cup Withdrawal Symptoms, so If you thought I was scraping the barrel last week with the Hot Dog eating World Championships, I think I’ve surpassed myself. The Bottle Inn in Dorset hosts the annual World Nettle Eating Championships. Competitors are served 2-foot long stalks of stinging nettles from which they pluck and eat the leaves. After an hour the bare stalks are measured and the winner is the competitor with the greatest accumulated length of nettles. The contest began in the late 1980s when two farmers argued over who had the longest stinging nettles in their field and evolved into the World Nettle Eating Championships when one of the farmers promised to eat any nettle which was longer than his. The championship has separate men’s and women’s sections and attracts competitors from as far afield as Canada and Australia. This years winner was Phil Thorne who chomped his way through 104ft of stinging nettes, to beat his personal best of 96ft. The women’s competition ended in a dead heat with both Mel Long and Rachel Woods managing to eat 62ft. Apparently there were lot dock leaves on hand for emergencies! I’ll look out for some more weird and wacky World Championships, just 13 sleeps to go to the start of the Premier League!

‘Now That’s What I Call Music 100’ is on course to become 2018’s biggest-selling album yet, with 105,000 copies sold in its first three days on sale.

The title is currently held by its predecessor, ‘Now 99’, which sold 115,000 in its opening week back in March, according to the Official Charts Company.

‘Now 100’ features the latest hits of the moment plus a selection of popular tracks from the last 35 years, since the first NOW was released in 1983 including Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa‘s ‘One Kiss’ and Post Malone‘s ‘Better Now’ along with UB40’s ‘Red Red Wine’, The Spice Girls’ breakthrough hit ‘Wannabe’, Cher’s ‘Believe’ and Justin Bieber’s ‘Love Yourself’.

Robbie Williams is the most featured artist on the popular ‘Now That’s What I Call Music’ compilations.

The 100th edition of the series was released last Friday and features Williams’ massive hit ‘Angels’. He’s had a total of 30 tracks featured across the series – the first was ‘Old Before I Die’ from the LP ‘Life thru a Lens’ on 1997’s ‘NOW 37’. 

Now unfortunately I’m old enough to remember the first one, which I think I bought as a double cassette(one for the teenagers).

The artists featured the most times are;

Robbie Williams 30 times

Rihanna 27 times 

Calvin Harris 27 times 

David Guetta 25 times 

Kylie Minogue 24 times 

Girls Aloud 21 times 

Brazil is a country whose football players names roll off your tongue Pele, Jarzinho, Zico, Socrates and Ronaldinho to name but a few. However every now and then they come up with some very strange old school names such as Fred, Malcolm and now Liverpool’s World record new goalkeeper Alisson. The back page headline writers had a good day this week such as “Alisson Wonderland” You can be sure the Kop will come up with a great chant of his name.

I went to renew our season tickets this week for Real Mallorca. Now back in the La Liga 2 they’ll be some tasty games at the Son Moix this season, including Deportivo La Coruña, Malaga and Las Palmas. The fixtures for the new season were launched this week with Mallorca at home to Osasuna the weekend of the 18th and 19th of August. 

If you’re renewing your tickets then the prices are;

Grada Luis Sitjar(behind the goal) Adults: 85€ Children under 14 & OAP’s 60€

Grada Sol Baja (uncovered stand) Adults: 125€ Children under 14 & OAP’s 75€

Tribuna (covered stand) Adults: 210€ Children under 14 & OAP’s 160€

If you want to become a season ticket holder then you can go from the 8th of August and prices are;

Grada Luis Sitjar(behind the goal) Adults: 105€ Children under 14 & OAP’s 65€

Grada Sol Baja (uncovered stand) Adults: 165€ Children under 14 & OAP’s 105€

Tribuna (covered stand) Adults: 255€ Children under 14 & OAP’s 195€

The ticket office opens from 09.30-14.00 and 16.00-19.30; Monday to Friday.

These are the cheapest Season Tickets you can buy for each of the Premier League teams this season.

1.      Arsenal £891.00

2.      Spurs £795.00

3.      Chelsea £750.00

4.      Liverpool £685.00

5.      Newcastle £571.00

6.     Crystal Palace £570.00

7.      Southampton £570.00

8.     Watford £551.00

9.     Bournemouth £550.00

10.   Man Utd £532.00

11.   Brighton £515.00

12.   Wolves £509.00

13.   Everton £485.00

14.   Leicester £395.00

15.   Burnley £390.00

16.   Fulham £349.00

17.   Cardiff £329.00

18.   West Ham £320.00

19.   Man City £310.00

20.   Huddersfield £299.00

So by the look of the above we’re getting a pretty good deal.

Enjoy Your Weekend!

Richie presents the Radio One Mallorca Breakfast show Monday to Friday 07.30-11.00am on 93.8fm in Mallorca, online at www.radioonemallorca.com on mobile through their free App for IPhone, Android, The Tunein Radio App and on the Spanish TDT TV service. If you can’t hear him on the radio then you’ll find him working at Pirates Adventure the islands number one night out and every now and again he may make an understudy appearance! 

Feel free to email him at rprior@globobalear.com

So I am suffering from what is commonly known as World Cup withdrawal syndrome. I know there are many more of you out there like me who just don’t know what to do with ourselves! I asked the listeners on the radio this week if they had any cures and here’s what they offered.

“Go to the cinema and watch Mama Mia 2”

“Watch all the games on catch up”

“Walsall v Aston Villa friendly match”

“Get another hobby”

Not sure if they’re very helpful to be honest so I’m counting down to the start of the the Premier League, 20 sleeps to go!

Keeping on the football theme and as the Father of two football mad Sons I was alerted to price of Man Utd’s new soccer kit. If you want to buy the whole kit it will set you back a cool £182.85! That’s without having the name of your favourite player on the back. Now I know my boys aren’t Man Utd fans but you can be sure Arsenals won’t be cheaper. My youngest asked me if he could have an Arsenal shirt with either Aubameyang the striker or Leno the goalkeeper and as they charge by letter I’m going for the keeper!                                                                                                           This all might have something to do with the fact that Manchester United have climbed up to second in the rankings of most valuable sports franchises, according to Forbes. The Premier League giants are worth a staggering £3.16billion after recording a 12% growth from last year. Only American football’s Dallas Cowboys are worth more than the Old Trafford club at £3.67bn.                                                         Here is the top ten;

1. Dallas Cowboys, $4.8 billion (NFL)

2. Manchester United, $4.123 billion (football)

3. Real Madrid, $4.09 billion (football)

4. Barcelona, $4.064 billion (football)

5. New York Yankees, $4 billion (baseball)

6. New England Patriots, $3.7 billion (NFL)

7. New York Knicks, $3.6 billion (basketball)

8. Los Angeles Lakers, $3.3 billion (basketball)

8. New York Giants, $3.3 billion (NFL)

10. Golden State Warriors, $3.1 billion (basketball)

10. Washington Redskins, $3.1 billion (NFL)

Desperate to find some sport to watch I found the World Hot Dog eating Championships. Defending champion Joey “Jaws” Chestnut chomped down a record 74 franks and buns in 10 minutes to take home his 11th title at the annual Nathan’s Famous July Fourth hot dog eating contest. The renowned competitive eater from San Jose, California, took home the coveted Mustard Belt and surpassed the previous mark of 72 dogs and buns, which he downed last year at the same contest. In the Ladies Championships, Miki Sudo downed 37 franks to win her fifth straight title in the women’s competition. I’m really scraping the barrel I know.                                        I loved reading this story this week. A New York-Presbyterian Hospital has released a CPR playlist on their website to help people maintain rhythm while performing CPR. In an effort to help train first responders in hands-only CPR, they released a 40-song playlist whose beats per minute match the number of chest compressions. Stayin’ Alive by The Bee Gees, the disco hit made popular by the movie Saturday Night Fever, has a rhythm of 103 beats per minute. This is close to the recommended rate of at least 100 chest compressions per 60 seconds that should be delivered during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Additionally, doctors say, the song is well known enough to be useful in teaching the general public to effectively perform the lifesaving technique.                                                                                                                The Top 5 were as follows;

1. Stayin’ Alive – Bee Gees

2. Cecilia – Simon & Garfunkel

3. Hard To Handle – Black Crows

4. Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd

5. Rock Your Body – Justin Timberlake

Obviously there is a serious side to this and if it helps save lives then it’s worth it. Don’t forget it’s not too long to some of the best concerts to come to Mallorca. Down in Port Adriano on Thursday August 9th is The Jacksons. Formed by the original members, Jermaine Jackson, Tito Jackson, Jackie Jackson and Marlon Jackson, The Jacksons will present an amazing show that includes all their greatest hits produced with their brother, Michael Jackson. This concert is a unique opportunity to witness the remaking of one of the best pop and Motown super bands in the history of music.

The Jacksons are members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and their singles and albums have been hits all over the World. Including ” ABC “, ” I Want You Back “,” I’ll Be There “,” Rockin ‘Robin “, ” Can You Feel it”, Blame it on the Boogie” and many more!

Tuesday August 14th in Port Adriano are UB40 featuring Ali, Astro & Mickey an iconic band from the 80’s with memorable songs such as “Red, Red Wine”, “Kingston Town”,  “Cherry Oh Baby” and “Food For Thought”. Not to be missed!

And finally as if that wasn’t enough on Friday 24th August there’s Retro Rewind, in the beautiful setting of Son Amar from 7pm, performing on the main terrace outside, will be Radio One Mallorca DJ ‘ s Des Mitchell & Rad Damon followed by former Capital FM DJ and star of ITV’s Fun House Pat Sharp!

Treat yourself at the food court and bars before the main event inside the theatre where Tony Hadley, former lead singer of Spandau Ballet, will be performing from 10pm. He will be singing some of the classic songs from Spandau Including “Gold”, “True”, “Through the Barricades”, “Communication” and some of his own tracks.

Tickets for all these concerts can be bought at http://www.radioonemallorca.com and don’t leave it to the last minute as there won’t be much left I’m sure.

With 156 sleeps to Christmas John Lewis have teamed up with Quality Street for an ingenious idea. You know when buy a tin like this there’s always some that you don’t like so they are doing a pick and mix of your own tin. You have to choose an minimum of 4 flavours from Fudge, Toffee Penny, Orange Creme, Coconut Eclair, Strawberry Delight, Toffee Finger, The Purple One, Toffee Deluxe, Green Triangle, Honeycomb Crunch, Caramel Swirl, Milk Choc Block. Not quite sure how they’re going to check that you’ve got at least 4 but it’s still a great idea. The tins will cost you £12.00 where a normal mixed tin will only cost £7.50 so it’s a clever marketing ploy. They’ll be available in selected UK stores from late September until December 23rd. 

Personally I’m a Heroes Man myself but I may be tempted. 

Enjoy Your Weekend!

Richie presents the Radio One Mallorca Breakfast show Monday to Friday 07.30-11.00am on 93.8fm in Mallorca, online at www.radioonemallorca.com on mobile through their free App for IPhone, Android, The Tunein Radio App and on the Spanish TDT TV service. If you can’t hear him on the radio then you’ll find him working at Pirates Adventure the islands number one night out and every now and again he may make an understudy appearance! 

Feel free to email him at rprior@globobalear.com

It’s been a funny week, from the euphoria of beating Sweden last Saturday afternoon and believing it’s definitely coming home to our loss against Croatia on Wednesday evening and to the realisation that we’re actually going home. I’ve nothing but pride for our team as I pretty much wrote off our chances before the tournament but as every game went by my attitude began to change to a situation that I couldn’t see us losing. Coming into the game I thought we’d win but if we got to the final France would maybe have been a step too far. Unfortunately we didn’t get that far as Croatia proved stronger than us. It was thought that they may tire as they’d had 2 consecutive games of extra time and penalties but it was us who looked dead on our feet. Luka Modric said after the game that the British media had underestimated them but I loved the tweet from Gary Neville who said “Heard this over the years time and time again. My opinion is, A journalist, Pundit or Broadcaster never won or lost a football game in history! Modric is a great player . I’m not having he was thinking of the Daily Star front page at 1-0 down.”
I loved the idea of waistcoat Wednesday supporting Gareth and the boys. He has single-handedly helped revive Marks & Spencer as sales of waistcoats have increased by 35%. M&S who have been the official suit supplier to the England national team since 2007, have made replica versions of the suit available to fans at the price of £265, while Southgate’s popular waistcoat costs an additional £65.
I managed to dig out my 13 year old wedding waistcoat which did fit by the way, well unbuttoned but I still got it on! I didn’t watch the 3rd/4th place play-off match yesterday as I didn’t really see the point. Why don’t they just give both teams a bronze medal like they do the boxers at the Olympics. I’m sure all the players would prefer to be at home with their families, going on holiday and getting themselves ready as the Premier League starts in four weeks. Looking forward to the final though and at least we can have a relaxing Sunday watching what will hopefully be a great game of football. France the winners for me 3-1.
Now will Wimbledon clash with the World Cup Final? Well the answer is Yes, the men’s singles final is likely to overlap with the start of the World Cup final on Sunday. The BBC has confirmed that it will begin showing Wimbledon coverage on BBC1 from 1pm(UK time) However, at around 2.55pm(UK time) coverage will switch over to BBC2 for the remainder of the match while BBC1 screens the football showdown between France and Croatia. The World Cup final meanwhile will be live on ITV from 2.55pm(UK time)
Following our donations to our charities from our Radiothon, I received these messages of thanks.
G’day Rich, many, many, many thanks to you and your team, legends!
Brad Robertson
Founder & Owner Ondine
Wow! Thank you so much for supporting our work!
Alice Mason
Fundraising & Outreach Ondine
Hi Richie I know Brad and Alice have already sent a couple of messages, but I thought it might be nice to also let you know how this money will be spent – so you are fully secure in the knowledge it is 100% going to where it is needed the most.
Currently, our fundraised income is going to three big projects:
1) to keep our schools programme going for the next academic year (we have so far engaged with over 1000 students on this island this year alone)
(2) to carry out our Formentor expedition (urgently needed to gather the scientific data required to provide the government with the necessary information to select the optimal location for the next MPA on the island before they do it blindsided)
(3) to initiate our new exciting multimedia work that is aiming to bring the underwater world into the classroom and beyond through live, interactive experiences using of as of yet unseen footage of marine life in the Mediterranean.
So lots of work happening and lots of money needed to support it! Radio One’s contribution will be a huge step in the right direction in helping us achieve our goals.
We also need to say a public thank you – so Alice will make sure we get something up on our social media pages about it soon.
Thanks again to everyone at Radio One Mallorca for all your support!
Holly Dawson
Head of Fundraising and Corporate Relations Ondine
Hi Richie Thank you so much once again, glad to hear your Radiothon went so well. It would be great to see you later on in the year to give you another tour of the hospital.
I have attached some information on where we use our donations. GOSH Charity helps to fund 4 distinct areas at the hospital:
Redevelopment
Last year…
The completion of the Mittal Children’s Medical Centre in 2017 has transformed the hospital. It spans across two connecting wings, which includes the new Premier Inn Clinical Building and the Morgan Stanley Clinical Building, with a total of 240 beds and modern facilities to help give children the best possible outcome.
We’re soon to open vital new accommodation for parents to stay close to the hospital, and the Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children – a world-leading new research facility – is due for completion in late 2018.
Research
Last year…
£13.6 million was invested and 77 pioneering research projects supported to help children with complex conditions.
Our new partnership with the children’s medical research charity Sparks will make £2 million available for child health research across the UK in 2017/18. This will be the largest fund in the UK dedicated to child health research, and will benefit children at GOSH, nationally and around the world. The first projects will be funded next year.
“Without the staff working hard to develop these new drugs and treatments, my life would be very different to how it is now.” Joe, GOSH patient
Equipment
Last year…
In 2016/17, the charity funded a fleet of new ultrasound machines that are already benefitting young patients across the hospital. Pregnancy ultrasounds have been a routine part of maternity care in the UK for decades, but this imaging technology has many other important uses at GOSH.
Ultrasound opens a window on our insides, safely and without pain. Clinicians at GOSH use it to help diagnose complex conditions, guide expert hands during surgery, and make sure babies are developing as they should in the womb.
“Thanks to a specialist ultrasound scan at 20 weeks of pregnancy, my son’s heart condition was diagnosed early” Lucy, GOSH mum.
Patient and Family welfare
Last year…
£7.8 million spent on child and family support projects.
Our range of support projects help to provide an enhanced patient and family experience. For example, a dedicated team of 38 charity-funded Play experts interact with more than 160 patients and siblings each day to bring fun into the hospital and help patients come to terms with their illness. GOSH Arts provide creative stimulation and brighten up the hospital community with art and live music. Our Chaplaincy team provide support and advice for parents, and our accommodation services keep families together.
“GOSH Arts was a wonderful breath of fresh air, on a lousy morning of treatment and rain.” GOSH parent.
Jonathan Tebble
Fundraising Executive|Community Fundraising
Thank you so much for this message. You and your team make a great work!
I thank you so much for this help for the animals. All the best to you and your team.
Big Hug( sorry for my bad english)
Helga Feliz Animal Andratx
Once again thank you from everybody at Son Espases especially the intensive care unit for children. The money is being used to fund many different projects to help the children and their parents deal with what are difficult situations in a more relaxed environment.
Jorge Vallejo
Son Espases
Once again thank you for all your help you can see from above that all the money raised really does make a difference.
Enjoy Your Weekend!
Richie presents the Radio One Mallorca Breakfast show Monday to Friday 07.30-11.00am on 93.8fm in Mallorca, online at http://www.radioonemallorca.com on mobile through their free App for IPhone, Android, The Tunein Radio App and on the Spanish TDT TV service. If you can’t hear him on the radio then you’ll find him working at Pirates Adventure the islands number one night out and every now and again he may make an understudy appearance!
Feel free to email him at rprior@globobalear.com

So my headline last week was “Its Coming Home” and it certainly is in many ways!
Did you like me sit there on Tuesday night and think oh no not penalties again. I’ve lived through Germany in 1990, Germany again in 1996, Argentina in 1998, Portugal in 2004 and 2006 and Italy in 2012. And to top it all off we were on ITV a channel where we’d won only 1 World Cup knockout game and that was against Trinidad & Tobago. In the words of Private Fraser from Dads Army “We were doomed!”(one for the teenagers)or in other words we didn’t stand a chance did we! Even my 2 boys who haven’t gone through the hurt too much were despondent. We’d conceded a last minute equaliser against a team who’d done nothing all game but basically try and cheat their way to a win. Their tails were up too as they’d had the better of extra time and we looked dead on our feet. The one thing I hadn’t counted on was the intense planning the England team had done in the eventuality of a penalty shootout. Gareth Southgate has certainly done his job in meticulously planning how this England team perform in whatever task they are given. He’s certainly changed a lot of people’s opinions and all of a sudden we look a different team. Back to that shootout, my nightmares returned once Jordan Henderson had missed, but luckily the next Colombian hit the bar and then Jordan Pickford made a stunning save. Apart from Henderson all the other spot-kicks were top class and it was left to Eric Dier to score the winner. We’ve never screamed so loud when the ball hit the net, even my Wife joined in as Love Island had been delayed! To get that monkey off our backs was truly amazing, although I did have to watch it again on ITV +1 and then the highlights on BBC1 to be sure.
I talked last week of a record tv audience who watched the England v Panama game well that was beaten again on Tuesday night. A peak of 23.8m an 80% audience share, which was the highest TV share since the Olympic Closing ceremony in 2012.
A 1 minute peak of 24.4m for the Dier penalty, the highest peak for live sport since England v Portugal in Euro 2004 which was 24.7m. I’m sure that will be broken again today at 16.00 our time for Sweden in the quarter finals. I imagine it’s going to be another tough but possibly dull game with few goals. I fancy us to win 2-0 and to reach the dizzy heights of a World Cup semi-final. It’s Coming Home!
Last Monday night I was watching a compelling match between Belgium and Japan. Belgium having come back from 2 goals down to draw 2-2 so I was preparing for extra time. When one of my boys came running out of their bedroom saying Belgium had scored. How was that possible? I said, it’s a corner to Japan and we’re in the last minute. Ten seconds later the ball is in the back of the Japanese net and I realise our tv in the lounge is about 30 seconds behind the one in their bedroom, don’t you hate that! So off to bed I trudged to be greeted by the Wife watching Love Island. Now I talked about it last week being the most successful ITV2 show ever but to be honest I’ve never watched it. Without doubt it’s great publicity for the island but are these people for real? I know a lot of you are hooked by it and it’s harmless of course but one couple is called Jack and Dani, I’m going to leave it there(If you’re not sure phone a Southern friend!)
Congratulations to George Ezra the singer/songwriter who scored his first UK chart number 1 last week. Following up from songs, “Budapest”, “Blame it on me” and “Paradise”, he made it to number 1 with “Shotgun”. I found out this week that he was born in Hertford where I went to school.
Having got to number 1 he may only last one week as a song has hit the download charts with a vengeance this week. Remember I said It’s Coming Home, well Baddiel & Skinner and The Lightning Seeds’ Three Lions has reached an all time streaming high this week, according to Spotify.
The music streaming service took to Twitter to announce the song was played over 450,000 times through their platform on the day of England’s victory against Colombia. It is also top of the iTunes store outselling both George Ezra and Clean Bandit.
After passing the halfway point of 2018, the top 20 biggest selling albums of the year so far have been revealed. It should come as no surprise that the runaway success of the soundtrack to ‘The Greatest Showman’ sees it sitting comfortably at the top of the list, but there are also high rankings from new albums from George Ezra, Post Malone and Arctic Monkeys.
As the Official Charts Company reports, ‘The Greatest Showman’ has shifted a massive 931,000 copies across physical and digital combined with streaming equivalent sales. In at the second highest-selling is Ed Sheeran with ‘Divide’, having sold a massive 346,000 in 2018 alone, having also topped 2017’s chart.
The top 20 biggest-selling albums of 2018 so far are
1. ‘THE GREATEST SHOWMAN MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING’- VARIOUS ARTISTS
2. ‘DIVIDE’ – ED SHEERAN
3. ‘STAYING AT TAMARA’S’ – GEORGE EZRA
4. ‘DUA LIPA’ – DUA LIPA
5. ‘BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS’ – POST MALONE
6. ‘THE THRILL OF IT ALL’ – SAM SMITH
7. ‘HUMAN’ – RAG’N’BONE MAN
8. ‘TRANQUILITY BASE HOTEL & CASINO’ – ARCTIC MONKEYS
9. ‘REVIVAL’ – EMINEM
10. ‘BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA’ – PINK
11. ‘THE ARCHITECT’ – PALOMA FAITH
12. ‘X’ – ED SHEERAN
13. ‘REPUTATION’ – TAYLOR SWIFT
14. ‘GOLDEN’ – KYLIE MINOGUE
15. ‘CAMILA’ – CAMILA CABELLO
16. ‘GLORY DAYS’ – LITTLE MIX
17. ‘CURTAIN CALL – THE HITS’ – EMINEM
18. ‘TIME FLIES – 1994-2009’ – OASIS
19. ‘THE VERY BEST OF’ – FLEETWOOD MAC
20. ‘STONEY’ – POST MALONE
I had a bit of fun last weekend on Facebook when I posted a picture of the family with our passports and asked the question, passports ready but where are we going?
Here are some of the destinations suggested.
UK, Russia, Qatar, Florida, Formentera, Bognor Regis, Cornwall, Scotland and North Yorkshire. It was in fact a wind up as we like I’m sure many others here on the island don’t venture too far out from where we live. Last year we visited friends in Porto Cristo and enjoyed ourselves so much we decided to go back. We always ask our friends what it’s like on “the dark side” and they tell us to bring our passports so we did! I have to say sometimes you need to get out there to appreciate what a beautiful and diverse island we live on. I remember saying all those years ago as a Rep how diverse the island is, I can still recite those words today. “From the mountains of the West, to the bays and beaches of the North, to the caves and coves of the East and the nightlife of the South it really is an island of contrast.
Those of you that know me know I like a crisp or three. So when I read this story I thought about clearing the shelves. Fears are growing the crisp could be the next food to be in short supply as Britain is hit by a produce ‘crisis’.
A leading UK crisp firm says the ‘Beast from the East’ cold spell that struck Britain earlier this year has caused chaos with the country’s potato crops, made worse by the current heatwave.
It comes as a CO2 shortage is wreaking havoc with other foodstuffs, causing stocks of beer, fizzy drinks and even crumpets to run out.
Soft drinks firms, brewers and cider makers cannot operate without carbon dioxide which is used to put the fizz into their products.
Alex Albone, co-founder of Pipers Crisps, said the subzero temperatures in February and March were the cause of the problem and companies face having to import crisps from abroad, although he added Pipers would only do that ‘virtually over my dead body’.
Should I start panic buying?
What a weekend of sport coming up, the World Cup, Wimbledon and the British Grand Prix and remember Its Coming Home!
Enjoy Your Weekend!
Richie presents the Radio One Mallorca Breakfast show Monday to Friday 07.30-11.00am on 93.8fm in Mallorca, online at http://www.radioonemallorca.com on mobile through their free App for IPhone, Android, The Tunein Radio App and on the Spanish TDT TV service. If you can’t hear him on the radio then you’ll find him working at Pirates Adventure the islands number one night out and every now and again he may make an understudy appearance!
Feel free to email him at rprior@globobalear.com