THE BIG WELSH CLEAN UP

Comedians are accustomed to having their egos bruised. Like heather in the Highlands, it comes with the territory.

Although I work hard to make every audience member laugh, inevitably there’ll be a few who cross their arms and refuse to crack a smile.  Why these relatives of mine come to all my shows I have no idea!

Not everyone enjoys my Evening Post articles because I’ve received some letters which say “You’re rubbish!”

Ironically, these reader’s letters eventually become rubbish because, after carefully making a note of all my alleged failings, they go in my paper recycling.

I hope you recycle and that when you’re out and about you drop your empty cans, bottles, crisp packets and fast-food wrappers into the nearest bin or take them home and recycle any items that can be.

A friend of mine, who wouldn’t like to be described as ‘obsessed’ with litter (even though he is, which is far from being a criticism!), often picks up empty plastic bottles which have been discarded by thoughtless youngsters in his local park.

The most he collected in one brief stroll around the park was 27 – a mix of large pop bottles and soft drink and water bottles.

He takes them home and pops them in the appropriate recycling box.

If we all did this, there might not be any need for this month’s Big Welsh Clean Up campaign.

The campaign wants all of us to . . .

Be involved, Be proud and Be Tidy to help clean up Wales in one of the country’s biggest clean-up campaigns and give people of all ages the opportunity to volunteer and to get together to help spruce up their local community.

For more information, e-mail betidy@keepwalestidy.cymru

There!

I’ve made a small contribution towards cleaning-up our communities. Now it’s your turn . . .