Crackers - and Christmas

I took Max out in the lashing rain this morning, before heading in to Daily Post HQ, and witnessed a tragic-comic sight outside our local secondary school. A kid, she must have been about 15, was hobbling into school on crutches. She looked a sporty type (well, she was wearing a track-suit) and was caked in the de rigeur Outspan orange fake tan. Despite an incapacitating leg injury, she was determined to stay looking cool.
And that meant having a ciggie on the way to school.
Squillions of pounds is spent trying to turn kids off fags but they still think it’s a hip thing to smoke.
It’s simple. The Welsh Assembly should just get a video of this daft lass trying to walk on crutches and smoke - at the same time. Everyone will see what a barmy habit it is.
(Says ex-smoker Rob Irvine, who took 25 years to kick the habit).
And so to work, where there was a festive mood in my office as we gathered to discuss our plans for the Daily Post carol concert at Llangollen (date for your diary, folks, December 10).
I know it sounds appalling to be talking about Christmas on May 8. But, hey, you have to plan for success. Last December was my first Daily Post concert and I have to say it was a cracking night out. I’ll tell you more about this year’s event in the coming months.
So to tomorrow. Still early in the evening at this stage so we have not committed yet to our front page choice. The chief contender at the moment is the story of a North Wales dad who has admitted the manslaughter of his baby son in a moment of temper. We also have an interview with a hospital porter who is, as we speak, staging a rooftop protest over the planned closure of Prestatyn Hospital. You have to admire his determination – it hasn’t stopped chucking down on the poor fellow all day.
Another contender for a front page picture is an amazing photo a reader has sent to us of Beatle John Lennon with wife Yoko Ono visiting his ex-missus in North Wales. Bet that was a fun day for all concerned!
It’s certainly given an added buzz to our very popular new four-page Flashback section, which this week focuses on showbiz.
That’s all for now. I’m designing the front page tonight so I’d better go and make my mind up what to put on it.