On Saturday we drove to Wales, having been invited by my bro, Stu, and my sis in law, Mandy.
He’d arranged for my aunties, Gill and Rose, and my uncles, Mike and Den, to be there too, along with my nephews, Sam and Ben.

I don’t see my relatives very often now, and my girls don’t get to meet them much at all.
When I do see them, it takes me back to my childhood, and all the very funny stories from our past. Welsh people and their banter and completely inappropriate irreverence, are unique, I’m sure.

It’s clear that my injury has had a profound effect on members of my family in Wales, me being probably one of the last people that would be suited to being wheelchair bound.

My children are now taller than most of their Welsh relatives, which is funny to see.

I’m sure we’ll make the effort to see more of them from now on.