I guess we’ve all heard the joke about someone dying peacefully in their sleep – unlike their passengers. Well today we heard about a woman in New Zealand who drove for almost 200 miles, whilst sound asleep – and even managed to send texts via her mobile phone at the same time. How would you fancy a late night drive to Birmingham with her?

Being a Tuesday I was very pleased to see Frances back with me today, even if she was reliving the horrific thunderstorm which hit Billericay and Wickford 55 years ago. It was on the 5th September 1958 that following a hot and humid day the storm hit. The rain was so intense that not even buses and trains could get through the resultant floods. Wickford was under 5 foot of water, double decker buses were half submerged. Listen again to what Frances had to say on the subject here: – Bygones 20th August

OK. That’s me done for another week. See you next week.

Scott