I deliver fish for a living and while delivering around Llandudno today I noticed an elderly couple having a good look in the back of my van. I said hello and they said that they were thinking how nice it would be if they could get a home delivery of fish to Biwmares .
I could tell from their accent that they were Welsh speakers so I replied to them in Welsh and told them that we deliver to Ynys Mon every Tuesday , Thursday and Saturday and that we could deliver it to their house on any of those days.
They explained that they eat fish every day and that they were just on the way to our shop to buy some fish. They come to Llandudno pob pythefnos (every 2 weeks) , buy enough fish to last the 2 weeks and freeze it. I explained that it would be much easier for them and no problem at all for us to deliver it . I gave them our phone number and they said that they hope to see me again when I deliver to their house in Biwmares .
As they were going the lady turned around and thanked me for speaking Welsh with them and told me that it means a lot. This really made my day and reminded me just how important and worthwhile learning Welsh is.
It’s also worth mentioning that I met the snooker player , Ronnie o Sullivan while delivering around Llandudno today . What a nice guy .
This is a fantastic story, Sam - well done you for making that effort. Part of my day job is persuading businesses that using Welsh (exactly as you did here) is beneficial to them - and this is a great example! I hope those people use your company now instead of buying their fish and freezing it as before 
Thanks @sarapeacock
That’s a great job you have. Do you find that a lot of businesses are receptive to the idea of using Welsh ?
Great post, diolch. I wish you delivered to Ystrad Meurig, De Ceredigion - you don’t do you? 
I wish . That would be a nice , long , picturesque drive for me 
Remember that school form you did @Sam84 and you weren’t sure whether to tick Welsh speaker or not… 
I love this story! Local business building community.
Da iawn ti!! Dylet ti fod yn falch o dy hun
Diolch @AnthonyCusack . It was nice to see how genuinely delighted they were when I spoke Welsh with them
Some don’t really see the point (I cover south-east Wales, where there aren’t as many Welsh speakers in the wild), but others do see the business opportunity. Very few have been hostile, which has been very heartening.
If you’re on Twitter, and you’d like news about what businesses in your area are trying to use more Welsh, you can follow our team in its regional incarnations. So we’re @Welsh4BizSouthE (worse Twitter handle ever!), then there’s @Welsh4BizSouthW, @Welsh4BizNorthE, @Welsh4BizNorthW, and @Welsh4BizMid. We’re on Facebook too at @Welsh4Business. We’re looking into ways of getting the info out about businesses that use Welsh in a more user-frliendly format!
Sorry … this has turned into a work plug. The main message, of course, needs to be Well done, Sam - keep it up! (If you’d like the contact details for my equivalent in your area, Sam, let me know - they would be able to publicise the fact that your business can offer Welsh-language service. For free, I hasten to add - we don’t charge for anything!)
Gari Wyn has a weekly programme on Mondays, midday, on Radio Cymru, where he goes visiting Welsh businesses. By definition almost, they are Welsh speaking (although some I guess are more Welsh speaking than others).
I think he goes everwhere in Wales in principle, but I think there is a bit of a bias to the north.
If you felt brave @Sam84 you might try contacting him and see if he could interview you as part of one of his programmes.
Some RC programmes have their own email address, but I can’t see one for that programme.
gari.wyn@bbc.co.uk might work, but not guaranteed.
Otherwise, there are 2 phone numbers here, and some Twitter addresses:
(Gari is not shown in the list of people there. Maybe he’s a bit “semi-detached”, i.e. freelance).
Edit: doh! Sorry, just noticed that isn’t a BBC webpage - thought it was more “official” than it actually is. I think there is an official RC contacts page somewhere.
Edit2: This was probably the page I was thinking about:
Sorry for sticking my oar in. Ive just been searching on Twitter and it looks like so far the North is all in together(?) so no E or W so far…or I could be doing something wrong.
Sam, diolch o waelod calon i ti. This really, really means the world. You (and all other learners) are helping change the future of this language 
Diolch Aran that means a lot. It’s nice to think that every time I speak Welsh when out and about that it makes a bit of a difference .
The ripple effect is very, very important 
I’m sure you’re right, John - I have to confess that I didn’t double-check before posting!
Ah, so efo’i gilyd 
Reading Sam84’s account of putting a smile on the faces of two Welsh-speakers in Llandudno in the last SSiW summary, can I just say that something similar happened to me in early April this year when I overheard a woman in my village shop saying that she was going home to watch S4C because she’s a Welsh speaker (this is very close to the border and thoroughly anglicised).
I only started learning in September and have had no opportunity here to use Welsh in the wild before, so I ran out and caught up with her. We chatted away in Welsh for a good five minutes. She was delighted, as normally she only had her mum to speak Welsh to, and she was considerate enough to speak slowly so that I could keep up.
We both benefitted: she had a chance to speak Welsh to someone new, and I broke my duck as a Welsh speaker outside the classroom.
How remarkably brave of you - well DONE, and what a fantastic result! You must have been walking on air afterwards… 