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Love Your Lorry Week

Get lively every morning with the breakfast show. Expect lots of great music, news headlines, a look at the papers, regular sports updates and a daily Pause for Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Tue 27 Oct 2015 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Chris Rea

    The Road To Hell

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • CeeLo Green

    Music To My Soul

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Van Morrison

    Moondance

    • The Very Best Of Van Morrison.
    • Polydor.

  • Michael Jackson

    Black Or White

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • Lana Del Rey

    Video Games

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • The Banana Splits

    The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)

    • Television's Greatest Hits Vol. 5: In Living Color (Various Artists).
    • TVT Records.

  • Bachman鈥揟urner Overdrive

    You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

    • And The Road Goes On Forever Vol 1.
    • Debutante.

  • James Morrison

    Demons

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • U2

    Desire

    • U2 - The Best Of 1980-1990.
    • Island.

  • Joss Stone

    Fell In Love With A Boy

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless Records.

  • The Scaffold

    Lily The Pink

    • The Hits Of 1968 (Various Artists).
    • MFP.

  • Lieutenant Pigeon

    Mouldy Old Dough

    • Dance Hits Of The '60's & '70's.
    • Old Gold.

  • Paper Lace

    Billy Don't Be A Hero

    • Living In The 70s (Various Artists.
    • BMG.
    • 1.

  • Guy Garvey

    Angela's Eyes

    • Counting The Squall.
    • Fiction.
    • 1.

  • Men at Work

    Down Under

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Bastille

    Pompeii

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin Records.

  • Dean Martin & Helen O鈥機onnell

    How D'Ya Like Your Eggs In The Morning?

    • Cool Couples (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • Seal

    Do You Ever

    • Reprise.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 001.

  • Eddie Kendricks

    Keep On Truckin'

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Emeli Sand茅

    Next To Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 1.

  • Carly Simon

    Nobody Does It Better

    • The Very Best Of Carly Simon.
    • Global Television.

  • Paul McCartney & Wings

    Live And Let Die

    • The 7" Singles Box.
    • MPL.

  • Eagles

    Life In The Fast Lane

    • The Best Of Eagles.
    • Asylum.

  • Bananarama

    Venus

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Taylor Swift

    Wildest Dreams

    • 1989.
    • Big Machine Records.
    • 001.

  • Elbow

    One Day Like This

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.
    • 1.

  • Levellers

    What a Beautiful Day

  • The Shires

    I Just Wanna Love You

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca Nashville.

  • C.W. McCall

    Convoy

    • Super Hits Of The '70s: Have A Nice Day Volume 14.
    • Rhino.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Revered Kate Bottley, Vicar of the churches of Blyth, Scrooby and Ranskill:

Half term for many of us and our kids means trips to museums and art galleries. At the end of an outing we always like to stop at the gift shop for a treat and to spend some of our pocket money. We have a rule though in our family whether you鈥檙e a kid or a grown-up we all get the same amount to spend and no one can tell you what to spend it on but once it鈥檚 gone, it鈥檚 gone.

A couple of summers ago, in Florida we applied the rule. My daughter and I are so similar we went into the first shop we found and flashed our cash, but my son is more considered, he took his time and eventually after a few days decided on a small, plastic alligator, he called it Geof. Geof was a make it yourself alligator, you had to put your money in the machine, turn the handle and watch the toy being made before your very eyes. Geof went everywhere that holiday and eventually made it home safe to my son鈥檚 bedroom.

But disaster struck, one afternoon my little boy left his bedroom door open and Buster, our dog, got in, found Geof and chewed him to pieces. My son was distraught, with the dog banished to the corner I set about in vain searching online sites to find a replacement. No luck. Through desperation I emailed the theme park where we鈥檇 bought Geof to see if they could help.

3 weeks later a package arrived addressed to my boy. Inside was a plastic alligator and a note 鈥楬i, my name is Steve, I am Geof鈥檚 cousin, please keep me away from dogs.鈥� My son was thrilled and I sobbed.

The phrase 鈥楪oing the extra mile鈥� is taken from Jesus鈥� words to his disciples about how they should live, he says 鈥業f someone asks you to walk one mile walk two鈥� . For us today it鈥檚 come to mean doing that little something extra that you don鈥檛 have to do but want to do. Kindness is an underestimated superpower. Kindness can transform the saddest of situations into joyful reminders of the brilliance of our fellow humans. It can make small children and grown-ups smile and restore our faith in humanity. Steve now sits proudly on my son鈥檚 bookshelf a reminder to be a little kinder and to go the extra mile, he鈥檚 also well out of the reach of Buster.

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