Pilgrim Soldier

Until 1st January, Zoe & I have woken up almost every morning to the BBC World Service on the Radio. World events have unfolded before our very ‘ears’ through it and then silence! For some totally unexplained reason the World Service vanished from the airwaves here in Riga.

It’s remarkable really as you don’t realise how much you miss something that is part of your life until it is no longer there. It might seem strange that you can miss something like a Radio Station, but as we wake up it’s nice not to have to translate what is being said in your head!

But then joy of joys, I once again fiddled with the radio this morning, moving it from Latvian Christian Radio to where the World Service should be, and suddenly there it was! Pausing for just a moment, hardly daring to believe, it was clear the person was speaking in English! It’s back!