At 2:45am, a lot of the nation is quick asleep – however for almost three many years that is when Carol Kirkwood’s day has begun.
Now, after leaving the BBC this week, the early alarm is the very first thing she’s prepared to go away behind – it is “well and truly going in the bin”.
It marks the finish of an period, not simply for Kirkwood, however for tens of millions of viewers who’ve watched her current the climate forecast.
She has been the important climate presenter on BBC Breakfast since 2010, having began her BBC presenting profession on the information channel.
Reflecting on her 28 years at the company, she tells us the greatest privilege was presenting the climate out in the discipline as a result of “you meet members of the public who are always so lovely and kind to me”.
Although it is “impossible to pinpoint one standout moment”, reporting from occasions reminiscent of the Wimbledon tennis championships and Chelsea Flower Show have been a few of her highlights.
“I’ve reported from so many beautiful places and visited a lot of the country that I might not otherwise have seen,” she provides.
