Summer legs were officially out
Scott and Chris decided the weather had crossed the line where shorts were now compulsory.
From this point until roughly November, Chris intended to keep his legs out.
The decision also connected neatly with the football.
The Euros were approaching and Scott wondered whether Chris would soon be appearing in full kit.
The programme was beginning to feel unmistakably summery even if the weather itself remained unreliable.
Cornwall was about to become the centre of world politics
The G7 summit was bringing world leaders to Cornwall.
Scott and Chris were fascinated by how bizarre this would feel locally.
Newquay and the surrounding area were normally associated with beaches, surfers, holidays and nightlife.
Now international leaders, security teams and global media were arriving.
The show imagined the clash between summit diplomacy and ordinary Cornish life.
Could world leaders end up in the same places Radio 1 listeners normally went for a night out?
What would locals make of the security operation?
Granny Tinder had already had a very busy day
Lynette returned for her usual Wednesday slot with stories from her day before she even reached the dating profiles.
At this point Granny Tinder was no longer simply somebody appearing for a five-minute joke.
Scott and Chris routinely asked what she had been doing, what she thought about the news and how her week was going.
The feature had become a genuine weekly catch-up with one of the programme’s most recognisable listener characters.
Eco-friendly funerals entered the conversation
One of the profiles or surrounding discussions brought up environmentally friendly funerals.
Scott and Chris found themselves talking about the practical choices people can now make around burials and cremation.
As often happened with Granny Tinder, the dating feature wandered into a subject nobody had expected when the segment began.
Lynette’s willingness to discuss almost anything made that possible.
Nursery rhymes exposed another childhood knowledge gap
Don’t Look It Up asked Scott and Chris to finish nursery rhymes.
As with *This Little Piggy* later in the week, the quiz exposed how uneven childhood knowledge can be.
A line one listener regarded as universal could be completely unfamiliar to somebody else.
The feature would become even more personal the following day when Scott admitted he had missed one famous toe-wiggling ritual entirely.
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