This is actually Version 4 of my blog.
Enjoy!
There are some series of posts that go together. You can access them directly with the links below.
This evening a merry little band of us made our way to the Bridge Inn in Llangollen, summoned by the promise of a cheque and the even stronger promise of cold drinks. The pub had raised two hundred and fifty pounds for Blood Bikes Wales through...
The first day of Volunteer Week rises like a bright banner across Wales, calling us to pause for a moment and honour the people who give their time and their strength simply because it is the right thing to do. These are the men and women who step...
Earlier today, I took a brief hiatus from haunting the digital wilds and shaking my metaphorical walking stick at the TikTok generation to wander down to the Maesgwyn Masonic Hall. Every now and then it’s good for a man to step out of the...
A very happy Star Wars Day to all who celebrate the ancient Jedi tradition of doing the right thing even when it’s wildly inconvenient and involves travelling great distances with questionable navigation droids. And let’s be honest: if the Jedi...
This evening was the Blood Bikes Christmas Party!!! We had decided (by popular vote) that we would move the monthly meeting to a Saturday this month and turn it into a Christmas Party. So at 7:30pm all the good boys and girls of the NE Blood Bikes...
To recover from the stress of yesterdays Provincial Convocation, I decided to have an easy day today. So I went along to the Ruabon Frost Fayre to see Santa with the Blood Bike Wales guys. And as the song goes "The weather outside is frightful"...
This weekend Blood Bikes Wales braved Storm Amy to pop along to Sam's Cafe (𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵) to collect the money raised at their recent Blood Bikes Wales charity event. Sam's Cafe have...
Sam’s Cafe is once again having one of their week long fundraising events in aid of Blood Bikes Wales. Unfortunately the weather forecast has been full of doom and gloom, with promises of thunder storms, torrential rain, and heavy wind. This kind...
Today is National Blood Bike Awareness Day, So lets us take a moment to say "thank you" to the 1000s of volunteers who give up their free time to help support this wonderful and important service. There are multiple Blood Bikes groups across the...