I've been trying to contact my Assembly Member Brynle Williams without success all this month. Is he back on the picket lines?
Fear not, Brynle 'the fuel' Williams had zipped off to Australia since November to judge some Welsh Cob competitions.
He's also taken the family and will be out there for a total of five weeks. When questioned by the Western Mail it emerged that the Welsh cob competitions had been cancelled due to equine flu.
What Brynle, the Tory AM for North Wales, neglected to tell the Western Mail was that equine flu had been a problem in Australia since August 2007.
Furthermore, the Welsh Pony and Cob Society of Australia has told me that it cancelled all shows at a management committee meeting on October 15 - a full six weeks before Brynle left these shores.
Competitions were cancelled until February 1 and notice was posted on the society's website to inform members as well as putting it in the members' mailout.
So, despite knowing that he would not have any judging to do, Brynle still jetted out during Assembly time to enjoy a few tinnies and a barbie.
Barrie
