I've packed a lot in to December so far and thought I'd get in early with my review of the month, ahead of the Christmas shenanigans.
The Christmassy feeling started with the Carol Service in Grange Gardens. Cardiff Council decorated the bandstand, the Salvation Army band provided the music, Richard the new vicar at St Paul's led the service, people from other local churches did readings, and my friend Sioned's daughter read a poem.
One lovely aspect was all the songsheets were bilingual and people sang in Welsh and English, which really worked. It sounded lovely. We had about 200 people come along with lots of families.
Another community event was the final Keep Grangetown Tidy litter pick of the year. I didn't find anything particularly exciting but I did pick up 3 bags of rubbish and an abandoned pressure cooker.
In early December I met up with Sara and we celebrated our ten year friendaversary. We first had a proper conversation at an event in Cardiff University organised by Diabetes UK. She asked me "What do you do?" Ten years later and we met up in one of our old haunts for a coffee and reminisce.
I also met up with my friend Heather for lunch at The Grange. Heather also worked with me in the Wales Diabetes Network and has since retired from the NHS. But she hasn't managed to escape lunch dates with me!
This month, Bryan and I foresook a game of Blood Bowl and instead unboxed his season 3 box set. In real world sport, I have made it to four football matches already in December, including...
...seeing my friend Ben play for Caldicot Town for the first time this season.
...watching Barry Town win the league cup semi-final up at Cambrian United.
...watching Cardiff Met with Steve, which was our first game together in months.
...and watching Cardiff Draconians away at Newport City. The Dracs imploded and finished the game with only 9 men.
I had a slightly quieter month, politically. But I was out every Thursday morning talking to commuters at different train stations. We have now been to all 12 stations in the constituency on the west side of the River Taff! This month we ticked off these:
I have a feeling campaigning activity will pick up in the New Year!
After Christmas I'll be blogging my round ups of the year. 2025 has been a busy one so there is plenty to write about. That might take me most of January too!
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