After my little speech about the comics I used to read, I started thinking about some other things that had inspired me through the years.

Here's one of them: The view from Harlech, looking towards Snowdonia and the majesty of the mountains.




OK, there's more spectacular sights in the world, but to me, growing up going on holiday there every year for a decade or more, waking up, opening the caravan curtain and seeing that view...well, inspiring just isn't the word.

To this day, I'm totally in love with Snowdonia, but I haven't been there for over ten years. As soon as I've passed my test, I'm going there: packed lunch in Bala, trip through the mountains, hairpin bends, whispering waterfalls and all, round the coast from Ffestiniog, Harlech, Dyffryn, Barmouth, then back home through the mountains.

Wonderful.