Opinion

Radio Daze

Chris Bennett

My first week back from the Alpe d'Huez triathlon was a bit of a blur. Everyone seems to be on hopliday at the moment ( as was I) which  makes life harder for those of us left at home. 

As my second week started I had a few of interesting telephone calls.

The first was Radio Scotland asking for Optician to field someone to be interviewed about the phenomenon of Lady Gaga contact lenses. Youngsters are buying oversized lenses online and wearing them without any aftercare advice apparently. The other call was to alerted Optician to a radio Four You and Yours piece on more transparency for the eye test. We also had news that over the weekend the Eyecare Trust had appeared to say that buying online could be an OK thing to do if you have a simple prescription.

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