FINAL FLYER DROP

After my short stint at Kohinoor Radio on St Saviours Road, I decide to drop off some of the remaining flyers for Inter Faith Week at appropriate places in the area. It's lunchtime, the air is filled with appetising smells from the high concentration of restaurants and take aways (not to mention homes) - I'm starving and I'm skint. As I walk up into Spinney Hills, the Adhan (Call to Prayer) is sounding from the Jame Mosque in Asfordby Street. I drop off the flyers at the following spots:

• Masjid-i-Usmani, St Saviours Road
• Wesley Hall Methodist Church, Hartington Road
• Wesley Hall Community Centre, Hartington Road
• Shree Mandata Samaj Sahayak Mandal, Hartington Road
• Masjid-al-Farooq / Islamic Da'wah Academy, Berners Street
• Sunnah Bookstore, Maynard Road

I use up all the packs I have in my bag. I toy with the idea of heading back to the Welcome Centre, making up some more bundles and coming back out to Highfields to cover some of the places I've missed. But it's really not on. Sooner or later, I have to call time on this little pilgrimage. I've got to get the the last bits of paperwork to get in to Highcross this afternoon, showing our public liability insurance cover for the exhibition starting Sunday. There's the Favourite Faiths Photo exhibition to finish, never mind laying my hands on three trestle tables and matching tablecloths. I've still got to find speakers for the talks in the Adult Ed College ...

Photo above: Jame Mosque, Asfordby Street by Ned Trifle. Used with permission.

THE JEWEL OF LEICESTER

I'm on Kohinoor Radio 97.3 FM ("The Jewel of Leicester") between 1200 and 1300 today. Inderjit Gugnani has asked me on to his show, to talk about Inter Faith Week and Leicester Council of Faiths' 25th anniversary. Inderjit is the newly elected Secretary of Leicester Council of Faiths and is also an occasional DJ and presenter on this Punjabi language station.

A moment before we go on air, Inderjit teaches me a greeting in Punjabi, which he says will impress the listeners: Sat Sri Akal (literally: "God is the ultimate truth").

As the interview progresses, Inderjit translates what I've said into Punjabi as we go. The time passes quickly and it's an easy and enjoyable experience. This is the first of three live radio appearances scheduled in the next few days - the only one that doesn't require getting up with the lark!