Going For Gold

Wednesday, 10th September

Mrs Moore was back being 'Dr Sarah - Wellbeing, and lifestyle media doc' - last night, on BBC Radio London.  I arrived at the Marylebone studio at 10.30 pm to do a pre-recorded interview for today's breast cancer promotional gig.  Then I spent an hour answering listeners' medical questions.  It was my first time doing this for non-commercial radio, and it was amazing how much more intense it was, without the benefit of repeated ad, news, and travel breaks.  We covered everything from hair loss to heel pain, incontinence to immunisation, and vaginal bleeding to veruccas.

I threw myself back in the car at just gone midnight, and rushed home to get as much beauty sleep as possible, before my early start today.  Well, early application of make up, and trying to make my hair look like squirrels haven't been nesting in it for the last two months.  Fat chance, it took a couple of glasses of Chardonnay, and quite a lot of Louis Theroux, to wind down from the excitement of being a Z-lister again.

Up and at them with the curling tongs and foundation, as soon as I got back from dropping Fluffy at school.  The make up went surprisingly well, perhaps not being fully awake really does create a smoothly airbrushed effect.  As opposed to my hair, which looked, accurately, as though it hadn't seen an 'airbrush in months.  I am so sorry about that pun.  I must be desperate.

Ten am, and I rendezvous with the pink Routemaster 'Blush Bus,' that is our venue for the morning.  Apparently the edit of last night's pre-record sounded pretty good.  Everyone was swanning around with glasses of champagne (not pink, they missed a trick there), and guzzling chocolates.  Now, however much I might enjoy a glass, or more, in the evening, I am not constitutionally built for early morning quaffing.  I settled for coffee, and a couple of sips for the benefit of the cameras.

We had a photocall with James Degale, who won a Beijing gold, at light heavyweight boxing.  He brought along his trophy.  The medal was remarkably heavy, but, disappointingly, made of glass and gold plate.  How disappointing, still, I suppose it was made in China......