Well January has just about gone and thoughts now turn to Spring, which in theory should only be a few weeks away but judging by the weather lately, it seems a long way off. Our Annual Christmas party was cancelled as the Gibbs Ladies hadn't been well and it was thought best to cancel the shindig. The Ladies are now a lot better and we hope to have another bash later in the year. A summer Barbeque with tents in the garden sounds good but of course I'm dreaming as...

I awoke to a room littered with empty bottles and cans. My first thoughts were "Where am I?" and then "Thank God the company's paying for that little lot". Yes, that's right, it was the aftermath of the Annual Christmas Company Party...or "Works Do" as they're called in these parts. The previous evening a few of us had driven up from Cardiff to the Five Star Resort called The Celtic Manor.....this place had hosted the recent NATO Summit and more famously the Ry...

"where the devil and his children still walk with earthly feet." So, Halloween was looming.....and the Gibbs Family were heading North to attend Cousin Sharon Worman's wedding to Paul Kirkwood. It was to be a Gothic Wedding on Friday the 31st of October...and where better to have it but Whitby in North East England. Whitby is one of the settings in Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula" and the town hosts a bi-annual event known as The Whitby Goth Weekend to celebrate t...

June ended on a sad note, news arrived that good friend Anthony McGarr had passed away in Italy. I attended Anthony's Memorial Service in Talygarn and everyone present was hit ************y was inspirational in getting me to travel the globe in the late 1980's and he will be sorely missed. Everyone attended Pontyclun Athletic Club later on and it was evident that Anthony had made a big impact on all those present. Later on in the Afternoon Jayne & myself he...

May & June seemed to have flown by and I've had to look in my diary to see what we've been up to. Basically I'd have to say "Not a lot". Early May we heard a drip drip drip whilst sitting in the living room, some detective work then took us into the dining room where we discovered a big bulge in the ceiling with water pouring out of it. All hands on deck ...unfortunately the shower pipe upstairs had broken and the water had followed it's gravitational pull th...