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Stuck in a train station with a mamil - middle aged man in lycra. The only thing to do was record a podcast. Brace brace. 

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Award winning broadcasters and old friends John Wood and Alison Craig talk, swap stories and shoot the breeze. A little light relief when the world is going to hell in a handcart.   

If you are of a delicate disposition best move on. 

If you are a bit grumpy and fancy a bit of distraction hit play.

unless thats the name of your dog in which case, don´t hit him, give him a biscuit.

There is language which may offend.

Stick.

Alison and John. 

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Award winning broadcasters and old friends John Wood and Alison Craig talk, swap stories and shoot the breeze. A little light relief when the world is going to hell in a handcart.   

Sex education. Johns sporting prowess. Lager. Dogs. Wasps. Thesps. Laughing. Grumping. Drinking. Yup the usual..  WELCOME!!

John and Alison still meandering through Edinburghin the heart of the Festival 2026.

You can find Alison´s music here.....her artist name is AC Scott. 

If you want to hear the story... you can hear why here...when she recently guested on How TO Be 60 podcast with Kaye Adams, which tells the story of why she suddenly disappeared off our screens a few years ago.  https://www.htb60.com/ac-scott-the-broadcaster-who-disappeared-and-came-back-singing/

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Award winning broadcasters and old friends John Wood and Alison Craig talk, swap stories and shoot the breeze. A little light relief when the world is going to hell in a handcart.   

John and Alison enjoy Edinburgh as the sun is out. The beer is cold, the laughs are real and our guest Mike Allan,  tells John about something that may change his life. Alison has released her debut album which you can hear here...Out Of The Blue and the vinyl is here which is cause for a knees up.

And this causes a frenzy of excitement. Run Seamus Run !

Do drop us a line and tell us how your summer is going.

Enjoy!

Alison and John

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Award winning broadcasters and old friends John Wood and Alison Craig talk, swap stories and shoot the breeze. A little light relief when the world is going to hell in a handcart.   

John is at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh with his wife getting an MBE.

Alisons new single has been playlist by 61 radio stations...celebrations and laughs all round. 

Stories from John and Alisons past including The Virginian, High Chaparral, Donny Osmond. 

High Noon in London. 

Nick Mason from Pink Floyd is given a copy of Alison´s new album sampler.

Johns new dog Vinnie is here, so are Alison's two rescues from North Macedonia. 

And food and drink.......of course. 

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Award winning broadcasters and old friends John Wood and Alison Craig talk, swap stories and shoot the breeze. A little light relief when the world is going to hell in a handcart.   

Summer 2025 - it's been a beezer. Taking advantage of it John and Alison headed to the centre of the city for a picnic. Foolishly Alison trusted John to organise that part needless to say it didn't go as planned.

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Award winning broadcasters and old friends John Wood and Alison Craig talk, swap stories and shoot the breeze. A little light relief when the world is going to hell in a handcart.   

It's August in Edinburgh. Sitting on the beach in the sunshine John and Alison review what they have seen so far, soaking up the atmosphere at Fringe By The Sea,  The Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh Festival, The Gilded Balloon and much more. 

Inevitable laughing, horrendous stories, confessions and nonsense. 

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Thank you !

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Award winning broadcasters and old friends John Wood and Alison Craig talk, swap stories and shoot the breeze. A little light relief when the world is going to hell in a handcart.   

Unplanned meandering includes...embarrassing experiences on trains...John talking about seafood pasta and beer....far tooo much interest in food and nonsense. 

The usual unplanned meander from two lazy swines.

As ever no brain cells were used in the making of this podcast.

You can hear one of Alisons fun songs at the end of the podcast....That's Life. Enjoy. 

It may stimulate parts of your body otherwise dormant - including your liver. 

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Award winning broadcasters and old friends John Wood and Alison Craig talk, swap stories and shoot the breeze. A little light relief when the world is going to hell in a handcart.   

Bobby talks about his life as a Bluebell, his extraordinary songwriting career under his real name of Robert Hodgens and tells some knicker wittingly funny tales about the wild days of yore peppered with some fascinating insights in to the art of songwriting. It's a must listen.

The Bluebells on The Old Grey Whistle Test https://youtu.be/QWXRzAI1p6c?si=mI_C96ylBCk-tyW0

John and Alison also present The Sunday Zoo a weekly radio program in Scotland every week 10am - 1pm on Edge 2 - download Edge Player app and listen live wherever you are in the world. 

They don't so much come of age as slide towards decrepitude and incontinence, laughing all the way. 

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Award winning broadcasters and old friends John Wood and Alison Craig talk, swap stories and shoot the breeze. A little light relief when the world is going to hell in a handcart.   

Lazy swines have got it together finally to do a new Episode.

Covering a myriad of topics...Alison recently back from the US recording in LA, driving from East to West Coast after sailing across the Atlantic then back again to work with Andrew Rollins and others ...links below.  6500 miles in a hire car there are stories.. so Edinburgh Fringe, travel, music, diets, guns, food, domestic battles ...and a lot more ...freewheeling unplanned bullshit....

Weekly radio show now on Edge in Scotland every Sunday 10am - 1pm https://www.edgeradio.co.uk/  DAB, online, Smart Speaker or download Edge Player https://linktr.ee/edgeplayer and listen anywhere on the planet.

Check out Alisons dream LA team here.......

Andrew Rollins https://www.andrew-rollins.com/
Spencer Rollins https://www.instagram.com/spencerrollins/
Garrison Starr https://www.garrisonstarr.com/
Gregg Cash https://www.instagram.com/greggcash/

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Award winning broadcasters and old friends John Wood and Alison Craig talk, swap stories and shoot the breeze. A little light relief when the world is going to hell in a handcart.