Gareth Jones

It was my birthday on Friday. I’m now 28 years old. Wow. It feels like only yesterday I donned my “18″ t-shirt knowing that it would get me a free beer in each of Dolgellau‘s pubs – and that was now 10 years ago. Scary.

Never mind all that though because this year, (for the first time in over 20 years!) someone made me a birthday cake! Nicola very kindly made me a very tasty Victoria sponge and even wrote happy birthday on it. She did crack a joke about not having enough candles (you’re only a year younger, woman!) but the slice of cake – which was still warm from the oven – was gorgeous so I decided to forgive her.