Month: March 2025

I was walking along the Bay yesterday morning when something hit me like a thunderbolt out of the blue, to the point where I really did find myself stopping in my tracks.

As if to celebrate the start of Astronomical Spring on Thursday Swansea Bay was at its most beautiful best. As I strode out for my daily constitutional I found myself peeling off layer after layer as the morning sun bathed my poor old pale, stale body. (For the avoidance of any confusion and the risk of any legal proceedings I must add I kept my T-Shirt on!)

Forty years ago yesterday I took on a job for which I was totally unqualified. I had had no formal training, the hours were 24 hours every day, 7 days a week. It wasn’t just demanding with my time. I’m pretty sure that if I added up all the expenses incurred over that period I have spent a small fortune. I know I’m not painting a great picture, but I have to say, with a very few exceptions, it’s all been worth it because forty years ago yesterday I became a dad!

I once found myself surprised and delighted to smell Welsh Cakes in the United Nations Building in New York. This week it was Joe’s Ice Cream in Downing Street.

On Thursday night, together with a Swansea concert party, I went to the Maggies Centre in Hammersmith. We were there as part of the annual ‘Wales in London’ Celebration which brings people from all corners of Wales to London to build links with some of the movers and shakers in the country.