Category: School & Library Visits
An Audience with an Author – Widnes
On Wednesday I visited Widnes, near Liverpool, for an event called “An audience with an Author” in the sport’s hall at the Viking’s Rugby League Stadium. Widnes is a very Viking name, so I started off talking about Viking Vik, which seemed very suitable. Some of the audience looked as if they coulld have just…
Garway Primary School – Herefordshire
I’ve had a lovely morning today, at Garway Primary School in Herefordshire, where I was honoured to be asked to officially open their lovely new library. It was a beautiful morning. The rape fields are starting to flower, so the countryside is turning dazzling yellow. Garway is pretty much in the middle of nowhere and…
High above Treherbert – with my camera
High above Treherbert, at the top of the Rhondda Valley, is a car park that I’ve driven past quite often. Today I pulled in to investigate the object that looks over the Valley. It is a concrete monolith that looks as though it could be a Rachel Whiteread casting of the inside of something. I…