After the excitement of Wales winning the Six Nations Championship on Saturday, yesterday I came back down to earth with a bump, by spending the day organising my office!

Tedious though it sounds, I actually had a lot of fun sorting through photographs of my time at ITV Wales to put in frames to go on the walls. So instead of a usual post, today I’m bringing you my first photo blog so I can share my pictures with you – I hope you enjoy them!

This was one of my earliest but most memorable reports - I was cut out of a car live on air by a team of firefighters who had just won The Extrication Championships

This was one of my earliest but most memorable reports – I was cut out of a car live on air by a team of firefighters who had just won The Extrication Championships

 

I met Chris Evans at the All Stars charity Golf Tournament at the Celtic Manor. He was as funny in real life as he is on the radio!

I met Chris Evans at the All Stars charity Golf Tournament at the Celtic Manor. He was as funny in real life as he is on the radio!

Bobby Ewing from Dallas aka Patrick Duffy was at the same charity golf event - what a lovely man.

Bobby Ewing from Dallas aka Patrick Duffy was at the same charity golf event – what a lovely man.

 

Reporting live from Cwmcarn on a very sad story about a baby's body being found in a carrier bag behind a shop

Reporting live from Cwmcarn on a very sad story about a baby’s body being found in a carrier bag behind a shop

 

Door stepping the then Health Minister, Brian Gibbons, about why patients in Wales couldn't get the cancer drug Herceptin on the NHS

Door stepping the then Health Minister, Brian Gibbons, about why patients in Wales couldn’t get the cancer drug Herceptin on the NHS

 

Definitely (Maybe) interviewing Noel Gallagher at the CIA in Cardiff

Definitely (Maybe) interviewing Noel Gallagher at the CIA in Cardiff

Looking the part as I sail from Panama to Antigua reporting on what life was like for the crew of HMS Monmouth

Looking the part as I sail from Panama to Antigua reporting on what life for the crew of HMS Monmouth

 

In the virtual studio

In the virtual studio

Ice skating with Lisa Scott Lee from Steps as she trained for Dancing On Ice

Ice skating with Lisa Scott Lee from Steps as she trained for Dancing On Ice

Speaking live on the opening of the LNG plant in Milford Haven as West Wales Correspondent with Nick Partridge and Andrea Byrne (or Benfield as she was then!)

Speaking live on the opening of the LNG plant in Milford Haven as West Wales Correspondent with Nick Partridge and Andrea Byrne (or Benfield as she was then!)

Welcome to Wales! Feeding and filming the giraffes which had just arrived at Folly farm in Pembrokeshire

Welcome to Wales! Feeding and filming the giraffes which had just arrived at Folly farm in Pembrokeshire

The thrills and spills of an aerobatic plane - I'm smiling here but I soon turned green!

The thrills and spills of an aerobatic plane – I’m smiling here but I soon turned green!

The ITV Wales team on our Summer Roadshow at Llangorse Lake

The ITV Wales team on our Summer Roadshow at Llangorse Lake

More animal antics! Feeding the lemurs with Anna Ryder Richardson at her Tenby zoo

More animal antics! Feeding the lemurs with Anna Ryder Richardson at her Tenby zoo

 

My first week as Health Correspondent and I'm reporting on an outbreak of Legionnaires Disease

My first week as Health Correspondent and I’m reporting on an outbreak of Legionnaires Disease

Joining Jon and Andrea live in the studio

Joining Jon and Andrea live in the studio

 

With Stephen Fry who was in Cardiff to receive an honorary degree. We had just done an interview about bipolar disorder.

With Stephen Fry who was in Cardiff to receive an honorary degree. We had just done an interview about bipolar disorder.

Flying over Swansea in the Air Ambulance

Flying over Swansea in the Air Ambulance

A live interview with Carl Edwards as the tragic event of 4 miners trapped underground unfolded

A live interview with Carl Edwards as the tragic event of 4 miners trapped underground unfolded

 

Going for Gold! With Paralympian Mark Colbourne and his medals from the London games.

Going for Gold! With Paralympian Mark Colbourne and his medals from the London games.

 

Reporting live from the International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam

Reporting live from the International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam

 

One of my final presenter shifts for ITV Wales News, but don't worry they've asked me back to do some freelancing so I'll be back on the sofa this weekend!

One of my final presenter shifts for ITV Wales News, but don’t worry they’ve asked me back to do some freelancing so I’ll be back on the sofa this weekend!