Mondays with Milly

In the second part of this bonus episode, Paul delves deeper into the mind and psyche of Paul's trusty police dog, Zac. Since his retirement, Paul spends his time supporting dog owners and various dog charities in the UK and abroad. 

You can find out more about Paul's business, Wolfspeak here: https://www.wolfspeak.co.uk

Welcome to the Mondays with Milly podcast.

In celebration of our 5000th listen spanning 29 countries, Milly and I chat with Paul about joining the constabulary with a single goal in mind: the "dead end" job of becoming a police dog handler. 

In this episode Milly and I try and work out how there can be a property boom amongst the chaos of Covid 19. Milly talks potato cakes and reflects on the difficult decision of whether or not to move to Australia. One thing is as certain as it is vivid: the Strathmore 5000 should be on everyone's bucket list. 

What do you give someone who's lived a full life and wants for nothing? 

In this episode Milly recounts the wonderful experience that can only come with a wicker basket and a lot of hot air. Milly takes us ballooning and we're not sure she ever made it down.

Milly's last trip to Australia happened when she was 84. She'd done the trip before but this time 20,000kms took more of a toll than usual. Milly also has the odd brush with authority and manages to talk her way out of trouble. 

Across Milly's 90 years she had at least one child at home for 39 of them, such was the age gap between Paul, Christopher and Kirsten. And there's one common theme across all 39 of those years. We chat further with Paul and Chris about life with Milly. 

In seasons three and four you'll remember Milly talking about her boys and her reflections on becoming a parent. Now it's Paul and Chris' turn to give us their take. 

What was Milly like as a mum and what was it like growing up?

You'll find their points-of-view similar...and different.

Find out why in this episode of MwM. 

In episode #2 we learn more about Milly's life living with Tom. Both have their health challenges and but find ways to complement each other's strengths and weaknesses. When Milly loses Tom she loses more than just a house mate, she loses one of her oldest and dearest friends. 

In this final episode of S7, Milly and Kirsten discuss Milly's near-death experience (another one) - and the intervention of her family in helping her to bounce back. 

Milly also talks about the impact the iPad has had in improving her quality of life in lockdown and with low vision. 

Niamh was unable to perform this week's song due to illness so we've reprised one from an earlier episode.