Some of you may be interested to learn that the radio show I dreamt up back in October 2009 will air on Boxing Day at 6pm on BBC Oxford.

In Around the A4074 I explore how the everyday context of the commute may be considered differently. There are interviews with Joe Moran – writer of On Roads; Andy Letcher – lead singer of Oxfordshire band Telling the Bees; discussions with Ed and Will from A Walk around Britain; features on The Warborough and Shillingford Festival, the Woodcote Steam Rally and the Biker’s Cafe at Berinsfield; and music from local bands including The Keeling Curve, Band of Hope, Telling the Bees and Banjocat. That’s not a full list, but it hopefully gives you some sense of what you might hear if you tune in to BBC Oxford at 6pm on Sunday and hit ‘listen live!’

The A4074 in early Spring when the oilseed rape blooms

I will put up a post at 6pm on Boxing Day cataloguing all the places I talk about in the show and all the folks I met around the A4074.

Between now and then I wish you all a Very Happy Christmas; may you and yours have a warm and wonderful time together.

Near the A4074 in Summer when the poppies flower