Snow has made Pumsaint famous!
Pumsaint and the road from here to Lampeter has been mentioned on the news lots
of times over the past few days due to a couple of accidents on that stretch.
One of the advantages of working and living in the same place is that work can
carry on as normal so the office is open as usual. The rest of the staff are
working from home utilising the benefits of our remote working system. The
barns are white and look really pretty. I've attached a photo of them yesterday
morning before they started digging up the yard.
Earlier this week, I was at the
last residential for the Agri Academy leadership course. We had an
inspirational talk by Nigel Evans, Director of First Milk and Evanridge
Properties who talked about how it was the challenge of new goals that drove
him forward. We also had an entertaining few days with Gwenno Dafydd doing some
media training which was something I had never experienced before. The
breakfast at the Welsh Government on the Tuesday morning gave us as a group an
opportunity to meet other people working within the agricultural industry
including Assembly Members. Dr Christianne Glossop and Lord Dafydd Elis Thomas
then spoke to us about leadership and the role of the Welsh Government in
dealing with matters in relation to agriculture. We then gave feedback to DM
Alun Davies on the Agri Academy leadership course and he presented us with our
certificates.
Agri Academy has been an amazing
experience and one I would recommend to anyone contemplating applying for the
next round of the programme. As a group we have bonded in a way that I would
not have believed before the course and it has provided a fantastic source of
support and inspiration for me over the past six months. Our next event will be
the Farming Connect conference on 6th February 2013.
