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Vassos,snakes and The Dragon Back Race!

Chris meets Eliza the royal python before Vassos faces his fear. We also learn about the upcoming Dragon's Back Race.

Ed Howard brings in Eliza the Royal Python from Chessington Zoo and Vassos faces his fear of snakes with the help of hypnotherapist Stuart Brown! It's Pippa Middleton's wedding this weekend so you tell us about your big day plans. Vassos fills us in on his upcoming challenge, the mammoth Dragon's Back Race. Olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle is in the sports locker and there's a serpent-centric Top Tenuous! Rev'd Kate Bottley provides the daily Pause for Thought.

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Thu 18 May 2017 06:30
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    Danger Zone

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    Love Ain't Something You Can Get For Free

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    Everywhere

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    • The Very Best Of.
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    Beautiful Ones

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    Union Of The Snake

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    Keep On Jumpin'

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    All Together Now

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  • Candi Staton

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  • Florence + The Machine

    You've Got The Love

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    One Week

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  • The Kooks

    Be Who You Are

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    Trust In Me

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Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

The Reverend Kate Bottley, a Church of England priest in North Nottinghamshire:

The Bottley household is having a stressful time this week, GCSE season is upon us and everything has a slight air of panic and fear about it. The timetable is pinned to the fridge, the healthy, brain power inducing breakfasts are planned and we鈥檝e bought a new pencil case. But none of this seems to be really helping. The Teenager is completely fine and totally chilled you understand, it's me, her mother who's having the sleepless nights and the cold sweats. You see I'm sad to say that I am a great worrier, they call it whiting where I come from and I could whittle for Britain. Nibbled nails and comfort eating. With every exam I'm already worrying about the next one before this one has finished.

We all do it from time to time, some worse than others, panicking and fretting about what could happen and the unknown situation and circumstance that lies just over the horizon. The what ifs and maybes, the unknown perils of a road not yet travelled or an exam paper not yet turned over. And for those who say 鈥榙on't worry, be happy鈥� I say that's far easier said than done. And I'm not sure there鈥檚 anyone, anywhere who never worries at all about anything.

There's never any promise in the bible of a life without stress and worry but Jesus did say this 听鈥榙o not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have enough worries of its own. Today's trouble is enough for today.鈥� Not 鈥榙on't worry be happy鈥� but more take every day as it comes, because you can't add a single hour to your life by worrying about it.

The Teenager is doing better at this than me, taking it all in her stride, facing each exam as it comes along with cool composure and any worry that she has channelling it into positive energy and determination to do her best. 听I only hope that some of it rubs off on me and that I'm more able to live by the words of Jesus who, although when tested by the Devil came out on top, never passed an exam in his life.

I'm going to try not to worry about results day either (24th August, 97 days away) because that's far too many tomorrow's to worry for!

听

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