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Welsh Liberal Democrats tend to seek a low profile these days, although this one's cover may have been blown.

Roger Williams, deputy leader of the Welsh Lib Dems (he's the one on the right) got on his bike to support WWF's "earth hour" initiative.

On March 26, this Saturday, the charity is urging people across the world to switch off lights for one hour, between 8.30pm and 9.30pm "to show they care about tackling climate change and safeguarding the natural world".

Given that the Brecon and Radnorshire MP a half share in five homes (four of which are let out) it could take him the entire hour to switch off all the lights.

Mr Williams's efforts in the saddle will have helped power up batteries to be used to project natural world images onto the Royal Albert Hall during the "earth hour".

It marks an unusual departure in media strategy for the Welsh Lib Dems at Westminster. This month marks the anniversary of the party's last news conference here, although they continue to hold weekly media briefings in the Welsh assembly.

Why so shy? Perish the thought that the three Lib Dem MPs from Wales, who rebelled on the vote on university tuition fees in England, want to distance themselves from the policies of the coalition government with the Tories.

A (Cardiff-based) spokesman explains: "Since being part of government, we've been busy focusing on delivering Liberal Democrat policies in government like increasing the tax threshold that will take 50,000 people in Wales out of paying income tax, restoring the link between the basic state pension and earnings, scrapping ID cards, consulting with the National Assembly over giving them the power to decide whether or not to move the Early May Bank holiday to coincide with St David's Day on 1st March and electrifying the Great Western mainline, to name a few."

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