Thursday 31 May 2012

The Big Welsh Wander 2012

Yes!!!! We did the Big Welsh Walk and it all turned out to be all a bit fantastic!! All the schools were great, some of them even let us kip in the actual school itself!! BIG THANKYOUS go to Peter from Stepaside - for the bacon and fresh eggs straight from the chicken, Sharron Davies, not the swimmer from Manorbier and her dad who was called Lionheart or something, Jane from Stackpole and the butties, to Damon, the ex-Welsh Judo champion from Angle,he's had some scraps,Merrick the cricketer from Pennar, i knew a fella from Halifax once, heavy drinker he was, Heidi from Huddersfield in Roch and Jo Jones , it had to be Jones, and Mrs lewis for the proper welsh talking Solva school. Trypty-ping and offy coffee. A big ta also to Andy Williams, not the singer, from Broad Haven school who let us camp on the football field and to Ben, the barefoot bishop of Broad Haven - the place with free bubbles - for the tea and to Clive from St Ishmaels for helping with the bags. Thanks also to Eva Johns from the libraries for sorting the official stuff out. Thanks to the the weather for being kind to us all the way - how lucky were we??? Thanks also to the ever smiling Guru Of The Path who should be on his way to China as we speak, or as i type this....thanks to Alan, i never found his name out but he looked like an Alan for telling us about the sunbathing seals. Good luck also to Glynn and his war on Tesco!! Ta to the man who went and got us a cuppa in his car, just a bloke trying to help a stranger...ta also to the Puffin shuttle bus drivers who love a game of chicken on the little country lanes of Pembrokeshire. The pedal in the middle is the brake. Hello to the good people of Pant and Knockin. It was trip and a half. I won't forget it. I reckon when all the money comes in we will have raised about £900. All a bit on the amazing side really. I will get some pictures up on here when i can.

Friday 11 May 2012

All Welsh To Me

Helo, mae hyn yn y dyn Barddoniaeth a dwi yn edrych ymlaen at gerdded y Llwbr Artfordirol sir benfro gyda mi hen ffrind Andy. Eich gweld yn fuan!!

I Like To Walk It Walk It!!!

Yesterday i was on BBC Radio York talking about writing and poetry and how you get to be a poet and turn it into a job and all that kind of stuff. People seem to be interested in that which is great. I love being on the radio and its something i would like to do more of in the future. But lets get back to the prez. Doing the radio show was the last bit of work i had to do before setting off to Wales to walk the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path. For the last few weeks i have been looking at maps of the walk, reading books and looking for clips on You Tube by people who have done it. I like doing this stuff. Its kind of like research and you find out loads of stuff. Not just about the route you'll be walking and the places where you are going but about the history, the wildlife and alsorts. For example, i will be passing by a place called tenby where a man called Richard Recorde lived. You might not have heard of him but he invented sosmething you will all know about. Richard invented this = Yep, the equal sign. I never knew that!! What did people use before?

All i have to do now is pack my rucksack, drive down to Wales with Andy, my mate who's coming along again and er...walk 186 miles in 12 days. It might rain (it will), it might be windy, we might have a heatwave ( we won't), a mad sheep might chase after us, Andy might get attacked by a goose on a bike, aliens might beam me up in my tent....who knows what'll happen. Exciting innit!!

 My Just Giving page is now up and running but people have been having a few problems with it. If you can't get through on www.justgiving.com/craig-bradley please try www.justgiving.com/thatpoetrybloke. Any donations will be greatly appreciated - thank you!!!

Sunday 6 May 2012

Big Welsh Walk

Looking forward to the BIG WELSH WALK.

My old mate Andy and me are getting things together, like tents, rucksacks and thick socks!! It's a lovely day today and we are hoping to get a few nice days along the way. The schools in Wales have got on board and I'm really looking forward to meeting everyone. My Just Giving page is now up and running but people have been having a few problems with it. If you can't get through on www.justgiving.com/craig-bradley please try www.justgiving.com/thatpoetrybloke. Any donations will be greatly appreciated - thank you!!! We will try and blog whilst on route, but we could be in the middle of nowhere - so it might be when we get back before you hear anything!! Adios Amigos

Thursday 3 May 2012

The Edge Of The Sea

Been all over the place recently. I was down in Dudley at the Black Country Living Museum which was great then i was up in South Sheilds talking about how important books and reading are then i was in Rotheham at the launch of the brand shiny new Riverside libary - and very good it is too - and yesterday i was up in Sunderland at the young Librarian Awards in Castle View Academy. It was one of those new massive open plan schools. About 100 people came -mums and dads- and it was great do! I met Morgan who told me that his name means -The Edge Of The Sea. Never knew that. I also met Henrique and ben who were absolute satar performers and should be movie start in the future. Well done to all the winners and keep up the good work!!!