Ex-Nantymoel Author - Dave Edwards

Rhondda Leader reporter Dave Edwards has published his first book, which centres on his trials and tribulations with his six-year-old son.

Dave, who is aged 60,  has been keeping a weekly diary of life with his six-year-old son in a column he writes in the Leader.

He said: "Becoming a dad at the age of 53 did turn my life around quite a lot.

"When I was a kid, I wore daps and played blow football but now it is all about state-of-the-art trainers and PlayStations.

"Coming home from work to face a six-year-old standing in the doorway, holding a football and ready to go down the park, can be quite an ordeal but I am getting used to it.

 

Dave Edwards & son in Treorchy's Station Road Cafe (Dom's)

"There has been plenty of humour since I began my diary four years ago and I have tried to capture as many of them as I can in my book which I have called The Four-Year Diary of a Crumblie Dad.

The Four-Year Diary of a Crumblie Dad is priced £5.99 and available at the Rhondda Leader office in Market Street, Pontypridd on 01443 665152 or by ringing (01443) 408699.

They are also available at Lesley Hughes Newsagents, Pontygwaith. tel 01443 731714, Peter Griffiths Newsagents in Treherbert on 01443 776632. Howells Newsagents in Porth on 01443 682507. The Stag Hotel, Treorchy on 01443 773571 and the RAID cafe in Pentre.