A Busy Week with Schools and Awards

 Next week is going to be a busy one where I'll be travelling round quite a bit. I'll need to squeeze in some time for writing too. 

On Monday I'm visiting Ysgol Yr Hafod in Johnstown to start off their book week. A HUGE HELLO to you all - I'm looking forward to meeting everyone.

Another HUGE HELLO to everyone that will be spending the day with me at Walverden Primary School for the A.I.M. High Writing Day that has been organised by Authors Abroad. As well as seeing my friends from Walverden Primary School I'm looking forward to meeting and working with eager writers from Bradley Primary School, Holy Saviour RC Primary School, Barrowford Primary School, Reedley Primary School, and Trawden Forest Primary School... it's going to be a fun day. 

As well as visiting a couple of schools, I'm excited to be travelling down to London to attend the Fiction Express Awards Night where I'll be receiving a couple of awards... More about that later...

Snow Days - A Walk In the Woods

We had lots of snow last week and my visit to Mivera VA Primary School had to be called off at the last minute as a result. We'll be arranging another day for me to come along very soon though. 

Snow always looks pretty... 

... but it does make getting around a little trickier. Lots of schools were closed as a result - and so were the libraries, so Vicky had a snow day too. After doing a bit of writing we put our boots on and went for a walk in the woods near where we live. 

Wepre Park is always a nice place for a walk, but in the snow it seems even nicer - it's quieter too. 

After walking between the snowcovered trees, over the stream and up a little hill, we arrived at Ewloe Castle - often referred to as the castle in the woods. 

The castle was built in 1257 by Llywelyn, Prince of Gwynedd - who later became Prince of Wales. 

As you can see, it was never a very big castle, and there's not a lot of it left - just parts of the walls, part of the main building and part of the the tower that you can see on the right of the picture above - but it's still worth seeing.

And you get a great view over the surrounding trees from the top.

This week I'm busy writing about dinosaurs, and working on ideas for an exciting new project that involves dragons - but that's all I can say about it for now as it's TOP SECRET.

World Book Day

 Every day should be a World Book Day, but sadly it officially confined to just one day of the year. The good thing is that schools quite rightly celebrate books and the love of reading on more than one day of the year. I had three wonderful days last week celebrating books with everyone at The Oaks Primary School in Ellesmere Port, Walverden Primary School in Nelson, and Brinscall St John's C of E Methodist School in Brinscall, Chorley. It was great meeting everyone, sharing stories and seeing all of the fantastic costumes being worn by children and staff. I hope to see you all again soon.

This week I'll be visiting Black Lane County Primary School, Pentre Broughton, and Minera VA Primary School. Here's a huge HELLO to you all...

I can't wait to meet everyone, share lots of stories ad answer lots of questions about writing and being a writing. It's going to be fun. 

While I'm not in school I've got lots of writing to do... I'd better get on with it now.