One out of two ain’t bad

Personal disappointment at the CIPR Awards last night for myself unfortunately as my little ‘project’ failed to win an award, but alas at least my butties in the PR team won the ‘Gold’ award ‘Newsletter, Newspaper or Magazine’ category. Nice one guys! Cardiff’s Marriott hotel was the venue for the awards and it must be …

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Western mail and me

I’ve been running today for the first time in about a fortnight and my dodgy knee feels somewhat erm, well, dodgy still. Nevertheless it was good to dust the sand off my running shoes and go for a 25 minute run along the beach in front of County Hall in Swansea. The pouring rain also …

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Smile, you’re on the web

Wahay – they’ve done it again, yet another piccy has ended up on the web. This time the South Wales Evening Post (or ‘Beans on Toast’ as it is sometimes called locally!?!?!) has put one of my snaps of DDWT Junior – armed with a snowball – on their ‘Local Snow Scenes’ picture gallery (pic …

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Pictures in Print?

After yesterday’s almost monumental achievement of getting my snow pic on the BBC web site, today I took it upon myself to notify the local newspaper – South Wales Evening Post – that I had several other pictures that they might be interested in printing. So watch this space! As for my infatuation with the …

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St. David’s Day

Today is St. David’s Day, the patron saint of Wales and with it see’s an abundance of children wearing traditional Welsh costumes and adults donning a daffodil or leek (both Welsh symbols) in celebration of this special day. And what a day it turned out to be, with some 2-3 inches of snow falling overnight/early …

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