And so November is off and running and almost half way through already...where did that go?
It began with a talk to a wonderful group of Headteachers in Cwmbran and last week was an interesting day with the Bridgend Libraries team launching library cards for all. I got to work with  Dr Rhys Jones (he'll always be Indiana to me). ...who held what seemed like the whole of Bridgend and Maesteg with stories of snakes, dinosaurs and a mongoose with challenging behaviour.  

He also told me that it would be relatively easy to create a woolly mammooth using available DNA we have plus a willing elephant and a bit of jiggery pokery (don't worry we're not about to do it but the technology is out there....scared the life out of me....although I could probably be recreated again).

This is from the event at the Millennium Centre this week  and Save the Children's worthy campaign to get youngsters reading.....thousands upon thousands of children seemed to keep arriving every hour (mostly from Tonyrefail!).
Really enjoyed it and worked with a bunch of lovely people from all over the place. I think the photo will go bigger if clicked on. In the middle is CBBC star Alex Winters who never tired of photo calls from children and parents....he also kept adding to his intro for me until it became ' Do you want some more of crazy, mad, bonkers Mike?' ...................what can I say?