One of the reasons I am thankful for the Internet is being able to access radio programs from all over the world. I regularly ‘tune-in’ to the BBC’s Scottish Gaelic, ‘Radio nan Gàidheal‘ & the more musically oriented Scottish Internet Radio. And now that we’re living a ‘way out here’ in western Canada’, a long, long way from the maritimes we miss one CBC program in particular!

Here in northern Saskatchewan, & probably the whole of ‘the west’ most musical programming is country & western. And while I do like some of it I much prefer good old maritime music, Celtic sounds & good old Rock n’ Roll!! The show we really miss is CBC’s ‘Weekend Mornings‘ from Halifax, NS with Stan, Bob & Duke, “The Studio Stallion is a 5½ hours of electric, eclectic entertainment & music & friendly maritime banter… a real cèilidh on radio so to speak. Country an’ eastern music.

But in order to to listen to this show via the Internet we have to get up incredibly early on Saturday or Sunday mornings! And that’s exactly the time Pam & I have been trying wake up since moving. Saskatchewan has a 3 hour time difference with maritimes. The show starts at 6am in Halifax, NS & therefore would start at 3am here. {could be worse, we be living in BC}

Well since arriving here 3 months ago ( mo Dhia! has it been long?) we’ve been averaging waking up, at best, around 4:30am or so but no later than 5am. Until this past weekend that is as Saturday & yesterday we were finally able to pry ourselves out of my bed around 3:15am, & get the computer booted up, connect to CBC Halifax & we listened to those sounds of home.. & then put the coffee on. Still enjoying our adventures out here but due miss hearing those tuneful sounds from home & getting up incredibly early, much, much earlier than the crows, or in our case the ravens, is most definitely well worth the effort.

If you haven’t listened to this show I highly recommend tuning in …

Uill, gun tèid e gu math dhomh an-duigh
Well, wish me luck for tomorrow …

Cuidhil-meaban