A Megga Busy Few Days This week,

 

I have been on holidays from my main employment this week but I seem to have been even busier during my holidays than when I’ve been in work,

Mainly because its been the local Carnival week, and I’m on the Carnival Committee, the busy week started last Friday, I had been on site visits for Carmarthen County Council, which I have already blogged about

http://grasscarper.bravejournal.com/archive/06/21/2009 

and then in the evening I was up the Pontarddulais Comprehensive School watching and supporting the White Springs Football tournament, before going into work for the night shift,

below are some of the photo’s of the winning school team and my dad presenting the cup to the team captain

 

 

I had a scrutiny in the week so I was in County Hall Carmarthen during the week,

So the next activity was the annual quiz night organised by the Pontarddulais Town Council

but unfortunately this year my team didn’t come first, but it was still an entertaining evening

Thursday I was up in Ebbw Vale for most of the day and we ended up having a meal in The Mountain Air in Tredegar, I had gone up earlier to Ebbw Vale because there were men cutting down the five tall conifers in Amandas Garden

They were huge and once down there was loads more light in Amandas windows and there were better views for every one. Trevor the neighbour across the road said "he hadn’t been able to see the view across the garden for more than twenty years",

The tree surgeons counted the rings and they were 54 year old and they obviously hadn’t been cut or trimmed much in that time as they were taller than Amanda’s house.

At 11.45pm after the meal, I decided that rather than staying up In Ebbw Vale I should pop home because I had a really early start Friday morning, there was going to be a site visit and the committee were told that they would be leaving County Hall at 7.15am,

The journey home was pretty horrendous (it was bone dry when I had left) because there was thunder lightning and the rain was sleeting it down and even though the roads were empty I had to drive slower because of the conditions.

I was up at 6.15am Friday Morning and I was in County Hall by 7am and thankfully the weather had settled, The appeals committee which I am a member of were off to Whitland to walk a school route,

We arrived at the farm at about 7.55am and we walked down this long country lane, with various officers of the county and we waited for the school bus to arrive which arrived at approx 8.20am, luckily the rain held off,

After discussing the route we were back in county hall to meet the resident who was appealing to the school transport department, where we went through their case and read all the letters regarding the appeal.

Following the closure of the appeal I was off down to Llanelli to attend an Assembly public consultation about flooding with Nia Griffith MP, Alun Davies AM and Joyce Watson AM and there were more than 85 residents in attendance and some stated they were up most of the night because of the flash flooding and stormy weather, one brought a photo of their lawn which was submerged in a couple of inches from Thursday nights down pour

 

I spoke up for Hendy because there have been occasions where Hendy has suffered flash flooding when drains couldn’t cope with the excessive rain,

I made reference to the time all the surface water was running off the M4 slip road, down Bryngwilli Road and then congregating at Hendy Green with four houses being flooded out.

I also asked the Officer before the meeting started could they identify any funding or a department that I could contact for drainage problems at Hendy Cricket Club, as the Cricket Field Drainage needs improvements

 

From Llanelli I was back in Hendy to meet a resident with John Mc Envoy the Highways Safety Officer to discuss their concerns and then when Mr Mc Envoy left I had to meet another resident about another issue

and I found out they had spoken to Mr Mc Envoy who stated he would arranage a site visit, if I had known this earlier I could have arranged with him, to have held the two site visits in one afternoon,

It now means Mr Mc Envoy will be back out in the village in the near future.

Following these two meetings I had a short period to have a wash change and a quick snack as I had a meeting in Llanelli at 7pm which finished at 9.15pm.

I then called for a social drink after this meeting and I ended up getting home at 11.30pm, so I was quite knackered with the long day

And I had another early and long day booked in Saturday. As it was carnival day most of the photos are on my face book account

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3054508&id=704278135#/album.php?page=1&aid=128134&id=704278135  

but here’s a few samples

 

After helping set up the field I was back home for about an hour to wash change and grab a bite, but unfortunately I was up to my neck in crap,

my back patio was flooded,

I live in a terrace row and four houses were effected the drains were blocked,

I had to rod my manhole and next door down and eventually all the drains were running freely.

So I had to wash and change for the third time in one day and it wasn’t even lunch Time.

 

Any way I was back up the field a little later than planned with about twenty minutes to spare and I would be there for most of the day and I ended up being the last to leave the field,

 

Carmarthen County Council had supplied a Marque and some table and chairs and the tent erectors turned up at 7.30pm to take the tent down to come and pack up

They also took the best part of an hour to pack the marquee down.

I was well and truly tired by the end of the night, but it was a enjoyable day by all roll on next year

The weather was kind although I’m now suffering from sun burn

 

Here’s the results of the Carnival

Carnival Results 2009.

Floats

1st Overall Hendy RFC Jnrs 6 Nations

2nd Fforest Tractor Antartica

3rd Ysgol Bryniago It’s a small world

 

Gordon Lamprey Trophy – Best Float based on carnival theme

Pontarddulais Primary Around the world in 80 days

 

Wilf Leyshon Cup – Best Float from a School

Ysgol Bryniago

 

Brace’s Bread Shield – Best float based on carnival theme

Hendy RFC Jnrs Walkers

 

Brinley Lewis Trophy – Best dressed child on a float or walking

Alex the Lion

 

Abel Thomas & Sons Trophy Best dressed Adult on a float or walking

Fish on Antartica float

 

Groups – 4 or more persons

Pontarddulais AFC Jnrs – French Onion Sellers

2nd – Merched Y Wawr – Rameses & Harem

 

Individual or single

1st – Little Bo Peep

2nd – Aunt Artica

 

Odd Bod

1st – Davy Jones

2nd – Children of the Nile

 

Llanedi Community Council Cup for Best dressed on a stall

Ladies on Glynhir W. I.

 

Photography Competition

 

1st –   Linda Wellington

2nd –  John Davies

3rd -   Matthew Griffiths

 

Colouring Competition

 

1st – Sarah O’Neill

2nd – Abigail Hier

Joint 3rd  Melody

 

Winning Carnival Programme

2028 Reserves No's – 1142, 1248, 1374, 1247, 80,

Please Tel 01792 - 883337 if you have any of the numbers listed.

 

Window Dressing Competition

1st – Care Charity Shop

2nd – Sweet Sensation

3rd – Elwyn’s Pet Shop

 

Carnival Sports Day 

1st – Pontarddulais Primary School

2nd – Ysgol Bryniago 3rd – Hendy C. P.

 

School Tug of War

Ysgol Bryniago Football

 

Football Tournament

White Springs “Croeso Cup”

Ysgol Bryniago

 

Town Council Quiz

Pontarddulais Partnership

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