Wales Join Us Tour - Day 5
Friday 15 April 2011

Llandudno

Our Llandudno Support Group had a fundraising and information stand at Llandudno General Hospital all Parkinson's Awareness Week.

Today they were joined by the Lady Mayor of Llandudno and her consort to welcome the Wales Join Us Tour car on the last leg of the journey!

After talking to the group the Mayor has promised to push for better services for people affected by Parkinson's wherever and whenever possible on the various committees that she chairs.

The week-long raffle was drawn, Llandudno was added to the map and the car was waved off on its way to the final stop.

Llanfairpwllgwyngyll

The tour ended at the town with the longest name!

Representatives of the Arfon and Môn Branch along with Gill Wills, our information and support worker for North West Wales hosted an information stand at the James Pringle Weavers shop and visitor centre.

2 vintage cars - a 1965 Wolseley Hornet and a 1962 MGB Roadster attracted people to the stand to learn more about Parkinson's and the local support available.

2 members of the branch have also featured in local media this week - Alan James was interviewed by the Holyhead Anglesey Mail and Alan Parry featured in the Caernarfon Denbigh Herald. A great week for awareness in the top corner of Wales!

Albert Owen, MP and Joe Lock, a Labour candidate in the upcoming Welsh Assembly elections helped to add the final piece to the jigsaw.

500 miles, 20 stops, 29 groups added to our map - we've got Wales covered!

View more photos from the day on Flickr.

Tour route

Our Wales Join Us Tour also stopped at:

• Monday 11 April - Chepstow, Newport, Abergavenny, Brecon and Caerphilly
• Tuesday 12 April - Pontypridd, Cardiff, Bridgend, Porthcawl and Swansea
• Wednesday 13 April - Llanelli, Carmarthen, Neyland and Aberystwyth
• Thursday 14 April - Machynlleth, Newtown, Llangollen and Wrexham
• Friday 15 April - Llandudno and Llanfairpwllgwyngyll

View our Google map of the route.

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