In these 'media saturated' times with so many ways to entertain ourselves isn't it fantastic that something as simple as a few musos sitting around having a natter can be one of the highlights of our week.

I can usually be found listening to the Word Podcast while doing the weekly shopping at the local Tesco's. Yes, I probably look a little bit mad wandering around filling my trolley with a big grin on my face and an occassional guffaw but it lights up my week anyway.

I was getting worried about the nay-sayers giving out about Mark Ellen's laugh thinking that he would be told to tone it down!! Heaven forfend!! There's nothing like an infectious laugh to set you off really - in fact an entire podcast of just Mark Ellen laughing would be entertaining enough in itself!

The sound of young Islington always cheers me up too, although I'm begining to suspect that Matt Hall has a button marked 'sirens' beside him that he presses at random during the recording of the podcast. A podcast without it just wouldn't be the same at this stage.

Anyway - as I've been off the scene for a while (having a young baby etc etc) and am just catching up on the magazines and the podcasts I just wanted to say how much I still enjoy it all. Thanks for that!