Journeying pal

Remember the feeling I had during Eurovision time when people suddenly start "checking in" with each other? Well, it's happened again. It's spooky. And it happened before I'd posted the previous entry.

Manchester Dave is going out to Belgrade to see the second-semi final on a big screen in the press centre, do a handful of two-ways for BBC Radio Manchester before flying back on Saturday morning in time to host his own party on Saturday night in Manchester. Nutter.

"I'm backing Malta for the semi, I'm sure it will do well." he says in his email. I can almost taste his excitement and his certainty. I screw my nose up and shout it out loud, "It will crash and burn Dave, it will crash and burn."

Still, I hope he enjoys himself. It seems like such a bizarre Eurovision week to put yourself through, almost as bizarre as working on the Eurovision website.