All good things come to an end and as a regular columnist of this paper since day one I couldn’t sneak off without saying goodbye.
Originally writing weekly, then twice monthly to writing one column for the first Thursday of the month I am now retiring my column and this is it, my final column.
When editor Phil Creighton first asked me
if I would write for the new local paper as he liked my writing, blogs and ramblings I was flattered, so gingerly I did indeed start writing, deleting and then with my eyes closed and fingers crossed emailed it across.
That first morning with trepidation I opened the brand new paper and there it was along with all the local news.
Over the years I have rambled and told yarns, shared local information and made the Welsh diaspora yearn for home with my Wales adventures.
That’s hiraeth for you.
Adventures continue and I’m now working with four ex-Wales and Lions players (James Hook, Lee Byrne, Mike Phillips and Shane Williams) who have started a coffee company called FabFour Coffee as well as a gin company The Collective Spirits.
They’ll hopefully be here next year at some stage during Wales Week Berkshire (February 19 to March 6, 2022) as will other familiar Welsh faces.
Oh, and some more news hot off the press … Wiltshire and Hampshire have recently joined Wales Week Worldwide.
So there you are then.
That’s me signing off and I’ll see you after.
Thank you Phil for trusting me with a column, and thank you to everyone who has read it and taken the trouble to get in touch.
Wishing Wokingham.Today all the very best for the future, if I don’t see you around here I’ll see you in Wales.
Nellie writes articles and blogs which can be found at www.nelliewilliams.co.uk. Details of next year’s Wales Week Worldwide (including Berkshire, Hampshire and Wiltshire) are there too
Editor writes: We are hugely grateful to Nellie for her columns over the past few years, and we will miss her contributions. She is a valued part of the Wokingham community.
However, we know that this won’t be the last time that we’ll see Nellie in our pages, and we look forward to that. Thank you.
