We’re back after a busy few weeks with so much to say, and so little time to say it in, that we do our best to cram in as much as we can to this hour of honest hokum.  As with all best laid plans, we perhaps set out to cover much more material than our diverse ramblings can facilitate, and so find ourselves with more to pack into this shopping bag of chat than you can bear within an hour of your lives.

Never ones to miss out on a corny segue, we spend time pondering holidays ahead, the lure of the road trip, and the accompanying sound-tracks for the miles of highway rolling out ahead of us.

As we prepare to pack for said holidays ahead we take the opportunity to unpack our much vaunted man bags, beloved of both Rory and Tim, discussing the purpose and objectives of the aforementioned portmanteaus.  As Van Morrison’s gravelly tones emerge from the dust of the discussion on hand bags and man bags (Ed - Or is it glad rags?) we swerve into the dangerous territory where we compare the domestic roles undertaken by the respective sexes.  This analysis of the task divisions within couple-dom finds your fearless fellows, treading on eggshell-strewn minefields as we “manfully” attempt to manoeuvre around these multifarious mouchoirs finding mirth as much as the measure of the subject.

With so much to say, and so much at risk of remonstrative reaction, we steer towards the simpler pleasures found in a good cup of coffee, and a brilliant breakfast at favourite establishments on our holiday island.

Tune in to find out what we squeezed out of our editorial long list in addition to the above.  As promised there was too much to fit in one carrier bag, and perhaps this podcast episode will split, like an overloaded supermarket placky bag, spilling our bon mots all over your digital floor.

Until next time, and like Rory’s man bag, we will make sure we use the correct till lane and try to restrict the running order to 8 items or less.

Thanks for listening.

Rory and Tim

Summer has been teasing us with long hot days, festivals, and hosepipe bans, so what better place to start than a meander through the many magnificent moments we’ve already experienced this summertide and a tantalising glimpse at the many more to come.

A debrief on our very own Isle of Wight Festival which took place as we released episode 9 gives an insight into how to enjoy days out as does a mention of Goodwood’s Festival of Speed which took place this last weekend with the island enjoying a couple of Red Arrows flypasts right over Rory’s West Wight abode en route to the Sussex slopes.

Life changing decisions, life affirming events, and life enhancing habits confirm, in our minds at least, that life is to be lived to the fullest extent possible by your means, and time available, because as the old truism states … you’re a long time dead.  We discuss this concept in some detail so tune in to find out our conclusions.

So, thanks for listening, and we hope you enjoy our rousing ramble through recently riveting recreational repose.

Tim and Rory

Another enforced lengthy gap between episodes sees us fire out of the blocks with some gusto with our chat guns set to share. From perfect beach days bookended with work commitments and snooping air fryers, to island artisan food producers, purveyors and places, we pull you through a whistle stop tour of great stops for breakfast, lunch and a bit of cheeky retail therapy.

Gardening joy tumbles from our lips as we recount the seasonal successes of our respective plots.  Raised beds, have raised hopes, of raised yields and we don’t disappoint.  Are you witnessing the sowing of seeds of a new segment for the podcast, where we can share tips and tricks from our respective plots?  Tune in to find out.

Coffee, breakfast, lunch, beer, cake, and gin - probably in that order - all make an appearance in our gazetter of good gaffs to grace with your presence.

We hope you enjoy our gentle topical chat and are inspired to return to each helping served up for your listening pleasure.

So, thanks for listening.

Tim and Rory

As we settle into a 3 week cadence between episodes to increase our planning time and to decrease the competitive pressures on your listening choices, we take time to celebrate activities enjoyed on and off the island.  After all, we qwight like the Isle of Wight and we quite like lots of places off-island, especially, as it makes coming home a further bonus.

From the Duver by Bembridge,  to the whiff of fete at Riverfest in Newport.  From the pirate shantys and cannon volleys off Ventnor and Bonchurch to the Higher Grounds of a new immobile coffee destination in Ryde.  From the Needles to the Nab Tower, we serve up a smorgasbord of things to do on the island.

Meanwhile, plans for a French sojourn in Brittany and reports of Wembley winners, wrap up another episode of topical chat and stories to entertain and inform.  Galleons of tea and coffee were consumed in the making of this podcast in tribute to those that have gone before us.

Wrapping up with a sprinkle of political drama with dead heats, casting votes, and friends of the podcast playing all the major roles, we slip this episode into Spotify’s loading tray with a sense of accomplishment, and with pressing deadlines, a hint of relief.

Thanks for listening

Tim and Rory

A cheeky title for this episode, the motive for which you will have to listen in to understand.  Sharp-witted humour and spicy chat is served up as a condiment to complement your diet of speech podcasting. 

We weave between rivers of nostalgic reminiscences and the pleasure of mapping out future plans, in our very own conclave as we ruminate on potential exciting outside broadcast scenarios from buses to cycle paths.

We chant our way through gardening stories as we are surrounded by friendly weather leading us and our other halves into the great outdoors to do battle with bindweed and horse tail.  Listen in to find out how a gardening festival will be battling with an island sporting event.

We wrap up an eclectic mix from your chatty men with tributes to musical heroes and advocate for campaigns to keep vital local services alive and kicking.

Whatever the weather, we hope you enjoy your gardens, and make the most of opportunities to engage in cultural experiences.  After all, this is what fuels our podcast.

When you are reading this, the English partial local election night will be over, votes will have been counted and we’ll analyse those results next time out.

Thanks for listening.

Rory and Tim

Another hour of topical chat starts off with a nostalgic foray into the world of the trade fair.  Recollections of times gone by, when sales were made, hangovers earned and swag gathered, are brought right up to date as Tim inventorises his plunder from an event at Birmingham's NEC.  Stationery stocked up for the year ahead, we discuss how trade fairs have evolved, and evaluate if the Isle of Wight could be turned into a floating offshore exhibition venue.

How to spend our downtime fills the middle portion of our ponderous ponderings, and we wax polemically, on the choices we have to read, to listen, to watch, or to experience.  We choose the podcasts we consider to be the fount of all human communications and share some embryonic ideas about nostalgic tech and gadgets with a promise of a future special.

Political lunches and Bob’s Bread Circle wrap up our fortnightly ramble as we flesh out plans for future podcast specials and assess the island ferries as being the equivalent of a rocket ship launch when leaving the island, and a safe, gentle re-entry with splashdown upon returning.

Stick with us as summer vibes start to take hold in the joyous life-affirming discourse captured in our hour of inspirational outpourings.  If not you, then whom.

Thanks for listening

Tim and Rory 

Early season holidays for musical farewells and tributes,  nostalgic interventions, mysteries and discoveries both near and far set us off on a magical tour of road trips and amazing destinations.

Listen to find out how we mesh all these themes together in a rolling chatathon covering the last few weeks on and off the Isle of Wight.  Time to consider booking your ferries and accommodation so you, too, can enjoy the sights and sounds of the island this Spring and Summer.

Don’t be strangers … we’re waiting … inside the podcast and waving a warm welcome quayside.

Thanks for listening, and we’ll see you all soon.

Tim and Rory

Back to the fray after an extra week away ready to engage with you and our mission is sharing topical chat and community commentary to wile away an hour or so … or perhaps will away all hope.  Seriously, it's with our pleasure that we bring you a fast paced episode covering all the ground from Totland Bay to Ryde Pier Head as well as the trans-Atlantic stand-off between serious world leaders and the US President.  When the fog lifts from these challenging times the early morning mist that shrouds the dingly dells dotted across the Isle of Wight will still be there to cause our jaws to drop and our make our collective gaze to go … well … misty.  We share our experiences of these exceptional meteorological conditions which create remarkable, photogenic views to enjoy across our island.  Tune in to see if we do it justice.

Our previous episode launched a co-host competitive challenge activity which we coined the Charity Shop Challenge.  For a spend limit of £5 find out which of our brave browsers returned to the studio with the best purchase.  Will it be Tim, the old Zen master of charity shop enlightenment, or will it be Rory, the trainee grasshopper, rubbing his thighs together in celebratory glee?  We’ll let you know and in the process we’ll reveal what we find from our respective searches, with top tips about what to expect inside the stores of our favorite charity fundraising retailers.  Jumble sale or contemporary retail experience?  Listen to our retail analysis and make sure you get out to find out for yourselves to try your own £5 charity shop challenge.

Off island adventures contribute to the conversation albeit transplanted to another island, Hayling Island, as Tim and his wife Ella, experienced childhood nostalgia on a well earned break at Sinah Warren’s Warner Leisure hotel.

As the 47th President of the USA dominates many conversations we do not disappoint and give a nodding acknowledgement to the guy’s ability to attract attention.  Our final conversational cliffhanger is which Meghan TV series to focus on …  With Love, Meghan or the US lawyer series, Suits? Are your gallant co-hosts fans or not?

With so much to contemplate at the moment and trips for both of us seeing us reaching for our suitcases and ferry loyalty cards, we’ll be back in 3 weeks time with updates and further ponderous procrastination for your pleasure.

Thanks for listening

With love, Tim and Rory

Our third outing of 2025 starts off with a review of the last few weeks on and off the island.  Tim has now concluded his course of radiotherapy in Portsmouth which involved mid-week hotels and further therapy in charity shops, which become are fast becoming a recurring theme and so stoke the competitive boilers of our co-hosts with a challenge for episode 4.  Tune in to play along with us.As you know by now we both quite like the Isle of Wight so we dedicate a portion of this serving of chat to discussing our recent experiences of the coffee shops scene here on the island.  In particular, we riff around the theme of competition between sit down restaurants and sit down coffee shops.  Let that percolate through the filter paper of your mind and make your own decision if our conclusions leave you feeling like a flat white or a frothy cappuccino.Similarly, from coffee shops to talking shops and much of the recent news from the Isle of Wight Council's Cabinet acceptance of the Labour Government's new local government initiatives has us frothing just like a cappuccino.Our recurring theme of medical ailments is this week propped up by news of a broken foot to complement the recent spate of attention grabbing diagnoses from your less than sturdy co-hosts.  News of the Beckham wannabe and the broken metatarsal allows us to march from comedy film titles such as Bend it like Dedman through other topical news events as we hobble towards the inevitable big discussion concerning events in the United States of America.  Should we be worried, amused or angry?  Probably a combination of each of these options will be the findings of our dissection of recent events as we bemoan once more the incessant march of populism that erodes the quality of life for all of us but the few who feed untruths into the popular discourse.Still, on that happy note, we’re glad that you’re here and contemplating listening to two guys (three guys short of a burger chain) putting the world to rights.  Come and join us.Thanks for listening.Tim and Rory

Hurtling into the momentum-fuelled, content-rich, world of QWightLike A Podcast, episode 2 of our third series brings you another panoply of pervasive ponderings, as your brave hosts lunge fully clothed into revealing discourses peppered with topical chat and other meanders.

Tim, is on the mainland being peppered with atomic particles whilst Rory remains on the island salting away ideas for future stories to share with Tim and regular listener(s).

The chat inevitably rolls around to what men do when left to their own devices on foreign shores and the episode bounces between the delights and cultural appropriations to be acquired over the threshold of the charity retail outlet.  Tim shares his top tips for how to make best use of the charity shop and Rory regales us with the density of charities purveying their well-gotten gains to the residents across the West Wight.

Inevitably, as men’s conversations typically do, the chat returns to the aches and pains experienced with the aging process and the discovery of unwelcome diagnoses countered by us marvelling at the treatment technology available to us all, even if it means weeks away in an all expenses paid hotel with swimming, pool, gym and free WiFi.

Lend us an hour of your time, and we’ll keep your mind occupied as we tiptoe tentatively from men’s health to the health of a nation, yes … that one!  The one with the President everyone swears about whilst gawping incredulously at his swearing in, whilst swearing we won’t let the same thing happen here.

We let the same thing happen here, in episode 2, and we’ll be back in a fortnight to swear a little more, if Tim gets his way, with episode 3, the next one, to shock you into thinking and talking about the world around us all.  We’re more interesting than we think we are.  All of us.

Thanks for thinking, and listening.

Tim and Rory