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In the town of Neath there are lots
of good people, there are some that are 'good for nothing', so
they say although I've never met any of those people and
some that are good for the community. One such 'good for the
community' people that I met while out on my mountain bike this
week is Dai Giddings, or Dai Canal as I've now named him. A tree
had fallen over on the canal blocking the path and when I first
came across Dai Canal he had his little garden pruner out
and was beavering away cutting the branches and ivy off the tree as best he could. I
asked him nicely if I could pass, he let me through and 20
metres further on my conscience got the better of me so I
returned to help Dai Canal clear the tree away. (The photo of
Dai on his own shows the tree after we had both been at it for about 5
minutes, when I turned up the only way through was on the outside next to
the canal and the blockage was far more substantial). If Dai Canal
hadn't have been there I would have rode straight on and got on
with my ride. The point I'm going to make is that Dai Canal
with this selfless act, thinking of others in clearing the tree
away started the ball rolling on a community event, we chatted
and other people passing stopped to talk, there was even one
person whose name wasn't Dai who stopped to talk. What I'm going to say
here is 'well done Dai' for thinking of others and I'm going to
name............
Dai 'Canal' Giddings
my first ever Walk Around Wales
COMMUNITY CHAMPION
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