It was also the month where I sadly mistakenly insulted the legendary Freddie Flintoff , which I ’ m still cringing about as I write this ! Once again , whilst out hosting a show with Andy “ Hilbo ” Hilbert at the Southport and Birkdale Beer festival . I rocked up in the Sandgrounder Mini I had been told to park the vehicle in a designated space .
Upon arrival , what I thought was an extremely interfering parent at Southport and Birkdale cricket club , started shouting at me I couldn ’ t park there . I politely explained this was where I had been told to park and he continued to shake his head at me and tell me I couldn ’ t park there . By this point it was 3 minutes before I was due on air so I grumpily told him to go and speak to the management as this had been cleared . Within minutes , the said gentleman came and apologised and said “ My bad ” and was extremely apologetic , and I accepted his apology , but then continued to complain on air all morning about the “ interfering dad who looked a bit like Freddie Flintoff ” – can you imagine my horror when we interviewed the Manager of the cricket club live on the radio and he expressed how thrilled he was to have Freddie Flintoff there as an invited guest ? I wanted the ground to swallow me up !
So , they say never work with children or animals … I reckon never work with Simmo should be added in there !