Lampeter Grapevine Issue 21 July Aug 2014

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Gorffennaf Awst / July August 2014

GRAPEVINE digwyddiadau, newyddion a barn Llambed bob mis / Lampeter’s events, news and views monthly

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Grow, Cook & Eat regular features ...         

listings & events ads & classified town council news ian’s tweet kids in action creative ideas traws link cymru news crossword competition what’s on in the woods

in this issue…       

lampeter loyalty card i love lampeter campaign update amgueddfa llambed/ lampeter museum first young people’s food festival lampeter food festival places to visit seasonal wild food

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kids’ competition grow, cook and eat jottings ceredigion art trail confessions of an amateur gardener u3a update a brighter future for red squirrels vine project update

celtic christianity: v anyone for singing?  public transport review  wi-fi in schools  custard queens  

Lampeter Loyalty Card

Cerdyn Teyrngarwch Llanbedr Pont Steffan

Step up and be loyal to Lampeter…

The Lampeter Loyalty Card launches on Saturday 28 July. This is a new scheme being run by Lampeter Chamber of Commerce to encourage people to shop locally.

You will be able to pick up the Loyalty Cards in any of the participating businesses around the town.

Then every time you spend £3 or more in a shop or business that is in the scheme they will add a sticker to your card.

When you have filled all ten spots on the card you can pop it into one of the four collection boxes around Lampeter to be entered into the monthly draw to win £30 of Lampeter Loyalty Vouchers.

The Loyalty Vouchers can be spent in any of the shops or businesses in the scheme.

You can only have a maximum of two stickers from the same business on each Loyalty Card - but you can have as many cards as you like. There is no limit on how many cards you can enter in the draw each month the more you shop in Lampeter the more chance you have of winning!

The Collection Boxes will be in Eryl Jones Insurance in the High Street, The Mulberry Bush on Bridge Street, Ruby Rose (2 Market Place) and at the People’s Market in Victoria Hall on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month.

Shops and businesses taking part in the scheme will have a sticker in their window. A list of participating businesses will be available in Grapevine, by emailing loyalty@lampeter21.co.uk and online at www.lampeter21.co.uk/loyalty Businesses already signed up include Calico Kate, Compass Office Supplies, CWN Design, Eryl Jones Insurance, The Mulberry Bush, Organic Fresh Foods, The People’s Market, Red Apple Yarn and Ruby Rose.

The Loyalty Card scheme is based on the successful Pershore Pride Card (shoppinginpershore.co.uk/ pride_card). Lampeter Chamber of Trade hopes the Loyalty Card will encourage local people to shop more in Lampeter and to try new shops that they might not have visited before.

So before you click to buy online or before you hop in the car to go shopping in Carmarthen or Aberystwyth why not stay loyal to Lampeter and shop local. You will be surprised how much Lampeter has to offer if you hunt around.

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GRAPEVINE no. 21, July August 2014 Post: c/o Victoria Hall, Bryn Road, Lampeter, Ceredigion SA48 7EE Email: lampetergrapevine@gmail.com Published by: Transition Llambed Development Trust, Victoria Hall, Bryn Road, Lampeter, SA48 7EE Printed by: TSD Reprographics, Lampeter, on paper from sustainable resources To list your event, submit an article, letter or to make an enquiry - email: lampetergrapevine@gmail.com or post to address above Please include the reason you are contacting us in the subject box of your email (Listing, Article, Letter, Enquiry)

Croeso / Welcome … to the Grapevine I really can’t believe that this is our 2nd Birthday issue! Time flies when you’re having fun I guess, and what a way to celebrate … with a double issue packed full of tempting treats to compliment the theme of ‘Grow, Cook & Eat’. Maybe we should be making a special carrot cake to celebrate (now there’s an idea for the stall in the People’s Market tent at the Food Festival!). Anyway, before I get too carried away by that thought - let’s get back to business.

In fact, why not start by helping to ‘Grow’ Lampeter’s local economy and support local businesses with the new Lampeter Loyalty Card. See page 2 for more details. Perhaps a seed of creativity can be planted for growing or cooking up your own ideas of how to join in the MAKE Together Festival, page 4, later in the Autumn. Before that though, there are lots of events, tips and places to visit to get ideas on growing your own page 15, buying from local producers, tasting their products or finding wild

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food to make your own (see page 9). So why not add some dates

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about tempting the youngest generation with the first ever

(not the edible ones … I don’t think they are very local!) to your diary. Visit some local gardens, supporting the National Gardens Scheme, to get inspiration and maybe a few plants, page 8. How Lampeter Young People’s Food Festival, page 5. It sounds amazing and should be a jam-packed day of Fun! Then there’s the main Lampeter Food Festival to tantalise your tastebuds, page 7, with cookery demonstrations galore and great local food producers to support. Tastings, talks, workshops, interactive demonstrations and good music must surely be the ingredients for a fantastic day!

Well I’m fast running out of space and theme related puns, so before I make a complete meal of it, why don’t I just say ... I hope I have managed to whet your appetite with this sample of goodies and left you hungry to search for more!

Darllen hapus / Happy reading. Angie Martin, Editor

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Front Cover photo: Lynn Humphreys

Other contact details:  Transition Llambed: www.transitionllambed.co.uk email: transitionllambed@gmail.com  Victoria Hall: www.vichall.org.uk To make bookings for Victoria Hall contact: admin@vichall.org.uk or phone/text 07891 632614  People's Market: To book a stall contact: rhydygwinfarm@talktalk.net or ring 01570 471432 3

Join the “I love Lampeter” Campaign will only be accepted for a few more months. Mayor Elsie Dafis said the Town Council were discussing signage within the town and how it can be improved. The group welcomed Mark Richards of the West Wales Lettings agency, which had its opening day in Bridge Street on Mon 1 June, and everyone was encouraged to support any new businesses that opened. It was reported that the letting agent for several of the empty shops had said five shops were already let and negotiations were ongoing for some others. Josie Smith from Chamber of Trade said she had enquired if shop windows could be used to display local artists work, and pictures of relatives who fought in the 1914-1918 war, or pictures from local schoolchildren. The agent is to ask the owners. Roger Clive Powell showed the group a report he had discovered about reshaping Welsh towns with consultation from the local community. Several working groups are progressing some of the many great ideas that have been generated and the group was very positive. A working group has been set up to apply for funding from the Welsh Government Town Centre Partnership initiative. All suggestions are very welcome. Please contact: carol@ejic.co.uk Josie Smith, Chair Lampeter Chamber of Trade

Lampeter Chamber of Trade - News A follow-up meeting took place with the Lampeter regeneration action group on Friday 13 June in the Founders Library, TSD. Around twenty people attended the meeting, representing many different Lampeter organisations: Chamber of Trade, Town Council, Development Trust, Ceredigion Council, Lampeter Darts League, Lampeter Museum.

Judith Howard from Red Apple Yarn talked about the MAKE Together Festival which is planned for Sat 4 October, Bedwyr Davies told the group about the exciting plans Lampeter Darts League has to bring well known darts players to Lampeter for a match in Victoria Hall on 6 December and to hopefully bring World Class players to Lampeter sometime next year.

Chris Studman outlined plans for the Lampeter Loyalty Card which is being launched at noon on Sat 28 June at the People’s Market, Victoria Hall. Chris also updated the group on plans for the two Food Festivals and offered to help create a Lampeter Town Guide when he has finished co-ordinating the Food Festival. Gareth Lloyd of Ceredigion Council told the group that funding is still available for microbusiness start-ups or businesses still within their first twelve months of trading, but applications

Cymdeithas Hanes Llambed and Amgueddfa Llambed/Lampeter Museum.

MAKE Together Festival

The new season for Cymdeithas Hanes Llambed will recommence on the third Tuesday in September.

The Chamber of Trade, Lampeter wants to hold a MAKE Together Festival on 4 October 2014

Meanwhile, the members are busy manning Amgueddfa Llambed/Lampeter Museum which opened in May, and it has been met with enthusiasm from the steady flow of visitors since the opening day. Situated in the Old Porters' Lodge by the Main Gates to the University, it is open Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays, 10am-4pm.

The current exhibits include: Lampeter's connections at the outbreak of the Great War; reminiscing about The National Eisteddfod of Wales, held here in 1984; a tribute to one of the town's great characters, namely Jack Oliver, the Barber, who was also a well-known bard; a beautiful oak dresser, made by James Davies, Cabinet Maker in Bridge Street in 1914; old invoices/receipts from local tradesmen dating back to 1892; a facsimile of The Degree Charter granted to St David's College by King George IV in 1828, and treasures from the Old Town Hall where the Court Room was situated, and the convening place for the Town Council. Do come and browse around - you are most welcome. Croeso cynnes.

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Do you make something?

Hats, clothes, quilts, quiet and calm or just beautiful music?

If so, we want to hear from you.

We want them all to happen on the same day So, if you make it… lets MAKE it Together

on 4 October  Hold a workshop making or creating something  Do a demonstration of your craft  Get your club or group to meet to make something

together, even if it’s only a one off?

You organise your event and let us know, we will market the events and if necessary help you find a venue, all you have to do is…..

Contact…Jude Howard at Red Apple Yarn, The Old Post Office, College Street, Lampeter Leave a message: 01570 423715, info@redappleyarn.co.uk

It’s hot, it’s cool, it’s Lampeter’s first Young People’s Food Festival The first Saturday in July will see Victoria Hall and Parc-yr-Orsedd jam-packed with loads of activities all about food, all for young people.

Headlining the event will be a 3-course Cook-Off for secondary school aged youngsters with over £100 in cash prizes.

Teams of three will have 45 minutes to prepare a meal for two consisting of a starter based around Welsh Rarebit, a main course of burgers (meat or vegetarian) and a dessert of Welsh cakes (or some cunning derivatives).

So get your chef’s hats on, set your timers to stun and get your team along to win a pot full of cash.

Entries in advance, full details available at www.lampeterfoodfestival.org.uk/youngpeople/cooking-competition The under 12’s can grab some prizes too with the Design a Pizza Challenge.

Just draw a picture of your ideal pizza on a big sheet of paper, colour it in, label the ingredients and give it a name.

Make sure you put your name, age and phone number on the back of the pizza design, then bring it along to the festival on Sat 5 July.

A selection of the pizzas will be made in a wood fired oven on the day.

More details at www.lampeterfoodfestival.org.uk/youngpeople/design-a-pizza As well as the competitions there will some great talks and tastings such as:  How to run a successful YouTube channel (Huw Richards)  How to be a Choco-preneur (Liam Burgess of NomNom Chocolate)  Latte Art workshops with Coaltown Coffee Roasters  Careers and training advice with Cambrian Training

Great food and drink will be available from companies such as Benporium, Conti’s Ice Cream, Simply Welsh Cakes and SpiceThyme and a Guess the Cheese competition with Simply Caws.

Over in Parc-yr-Orsedd, opposite Victoria Hall, there will be a whole host of foodie activities including Tom Bean and his wood-fired pizza oven, Sally Harvey and her bushcraft activities and RAY Ceredigion and their pedal powered smoothie maker.

Later in the afternoon Lampeter Youth Theatre will be putting on a special local food themed performance of the Mad Hatters Tea Party before the festival rounds off with a real Mad Hatters Tea Party. There will be party games, free food and drink for everyone and if you fancy coming along in your own Mad Hatters fancy dress costume there may be a few prizes too.

The Lampeter Young People’s Food Festival runs from 10am-5pm in Victoria Hall, Bryn Road, Lampeter. The event is free for all ages.

For more info contact: Chris Studman 01570 493649, youngpeople@lampeterfoodfestival.org.uk

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Places to visit: A new chapter in the life of the Cellan Telephone Box Bought by the Community Council four years ago from BT for £1, the telephone box in Cellan has a new function serving the village. It has now become a Library where anyone can drop by and borrow a book and return it, or swap one for another.

The new Cellan Village Library is open to all.

Pictured here; Villager Lynn Humphreys (left), Community Councillors Euros Jones (middle) and Gareth Harries (Right) whose idea, hard work and time made it happen and Maddy Thorogood (seated) enjoying the benefit.

Gary Thorogood

Mai / May 2014

Maer & Maeres Newydd ar Gyfer Llanbedr Pont Steffan Cynhaliwyd Seremoni Urddo’r Maer ar yr ail o Fai 2014 yn yr Hen Goleg, Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant. Urddwyd y Gyngh. Elsie Dafis yn Faer Llanbedr Pont Steffan am y Flwyddyn Fwrdeistrefol 2014-15. Mrs Lis Williams sydd wedi’i hethol yn Faeres a’r Cyngh. Chris Thomas yn Is-Gadeirydd. Dymuniadau gorau i’r 3 ohonynt yn eu swyddi newydd.

Cynhaliwyd Seremoni Sifig y Maer ar Ddydd Sul yr 11eg o Fai yng Nghapel Brondeifi am 2pm, yng ngofal y Parchedig Goronwy Evans. Diolch yn fawr i aelodau Brondeifi a oedd wedi paratoi te blasus iawn yn y Festri ar ôl yr Oedfa.

Parth Di-Alcohol Adroddwyd bod yr Heddlu wedi cipio alcohol ar 3 achlysur ac un dirwy wedi ei osod yn ddiweddar.

Adroddodd y Cyngh. Walters fod y diod feddwol yn cael ei yfed ar y palmant y tu allan i Siop Premier, sydd o fewn y Parth Di-Alcohol. Boed i’r Heddlu argymell Cynghorwyr ac aelodau’r cyhoedd i gysylltu â hwynt yn syth pan fyddent yn sylwi ar y diod feddwol yn cael ei yfed o fewn ardaloedd di-alcohol er mwyn iddynt ymateb yn syth.

Ceisiadau am Gymhorthdal Ffair Fwyd Llanbedr Pont Steffan: Penderfynwyd cyfrannu £1,500 Eisteddfod Gŵyl y Banc, Llanbedr PS: £1,000 Ymgyrch Diogelu Cymru Wledig: £20.00

New Mayor and Mayoress for Lampeter The Mayor’s Installation Service was held on 2 May 2014 at the Old Hall, University of Wales Trinity Saint David. Cllr Elsie Dafis was installed as the new Mayor for the 2014-15 Municipal Year and Mrs. Lis Williams as the Mayoress. Cllr Chris Thomas was elected as Deputy-Mayor. Best wishes are extended to the three of them in their new roles.

The Mayor’s Civic Service took place on Sunday 11 May at Brondeifi Chapel at 2pm, Lampeter under the direction of the Rev. Goronwy Evans.

Many thanks to the members of Brondeifi Chapel for preparing the delicious tea at the Vestry after the Service.

Police Matters Alcohol Exclusion Zone: Three alcohol seizures have taken place and one fine has been issued recently. Cllr Walters reported that alcohol was consumed on the pavement, outside the Premier Shop, which is within the Alcohol Exclusion Zone.

The Police advised Cllrs and members of the Public to contact the Police when they do actually witness alcohol consumption in designated alcohol-free zones, in order to allow the Police the opportunity to respond immediately.

Requests for Grant Funding Lampeter Food Festival: It was resolved to donate £1,500 Eisteddfod Gŵyl y Banc: £1,000 Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales: £20.00

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LAMPETER FOOD FESTIVAL SATURDAY 26 JULY! After 6 months of planning, the great day approaches...

Saturday 26 July will see the 17th Lampeter Food Festival take place in the grounds of Trinity Saint David University, Lampeter.

The sun will surely shine, the food and drink will be consumed with fine gusto and the music will play with great merriment.

As well as around 80 stalls with the most tempting delicacies that Wales has to offer, there will be a mouth-watering programme of chefs demonstrating their culinary skills.

The chefs on show this year include :  Lisa Fearn - from The Pumpkin Patch Cookery and Gardening School and regular contributor to S4C’s Prynhawn Da and Heno  Gareth Johns - chef at The Wynnstay in Machynlleth and one of the few certified master

chefs working outside London  Penny Lewis - who has cooked for the Queen and now runs the renowned cookery school,

The Culinary Cottage, near Abergavenny  Vicky North - a micro-baker from Cardigan who trained at the ground-breaking E5 bakery in London and specialises in sourdough bread  Kelly Thomas - former Head Chef at the Harbour Master in Aberaeron and now a training

officer for Cambrian Training.

LEARNING TENT As well as the main cooking demonstration kitchen, this year for the first time, the Festival will have a Learning Tent with a full programme of talks, workshops and interactive demonstrations.

There will be chance to get up close and personal with the demonstration chefs as they do a second spot in the Learning Tent during the day.

There will also be sessions on chocolate tasting with Chocolate Fusion, Latte Art with Coaltown Coffee Roasters and how to make perfect Welsh cakes with SImply Welsh Cakes.

For the children there will be face painting, a bouncy castle and a bicycle powered smoothie maker with The Pedal Emporium (who will also be running workshops in the Learning Tent).

In the music area there will be a full programme of diverse musical acts including Elin Jones, the Pig’s Foot String Band, Platform 1, Stephen Greenhalgh, Bryan ‘Smudger’ Smith, Ryan Simpson and Georgia Owen.

Make sure you have the date in your diary (Saturday 26 July) and come along to the Lampeter Food Festival with a big appetite and a large shopping bag.

There are still a few places left in the marquees if you fancy having a stall - just email info@lampeterfoodfestival.org.uk or phone Chris, 01570 49649 for details.

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Places to visit: Ceredigion Gardens Open for Charity Yr Efail Gardens We found our dream plot near Llanddewi Brefi two years ago. We have planted four acres of native woodland. There are two poly tunnels, a large vegetable ‘allotment’, a sheltered veg and fruit area and almost half an acre of ‘roomed’ ornamental garden including a newly refurbished pond. Our chickens have a grass paddock to roam and there is room for croquet and camping; we intend installing a compost toilet before this summer is out.

Planting 1700 native deciduous trees of twenty varieties last March and creating themed paths through this woodland was our first venture. Although you need imagination to envisage Oak Zig Zag (Igam Ogam y Dderwen), Rose Tunnel (Twnnel Rhosyn) and Fruity Corner (Cornel Melys), they are already beginning to take on their desired characteristics and it is exciting to see the developments. When taking a break from gardening there are lovely views down the Teifi valley and across to the Cambrian Mountains.

The highlight of my year so far has been the opening of our compost heaps. Two years of grass cuttings, and veg and plant trimmings have produced lovely rich organic mulch for my perennials. We purchased a small 20hp tractor (Terry) to help maintain the plot. Driving him to mow, plough or fetch logs from the field is my ‘holiday’ treat.

This first week of June, as well as eating new potatoes, baby carrots, lettuce and radishes from the poly tunnel we have had our first feed of broad beans from outside. The mild spring means that beetroot and peas are well on their way.

We feel that this garden is too special to keep to ourselves so last year we became NGS Open Garden volunteers and raised £500 for Marie Curie on the wettest Sunday of the summer. This year we are open on Sunday 20 July and also by appointment, and have had four bookings already. So we hope to raise more money for charity and share our gardening passion with many more visitors.

Sharing the pleasure of a garden (with tea and homemade cakes, of course) makes the hard work even more worthwhile and selling a few home-grown plants and fresh vegetables is an added bonus.

For more info on the National Gardens Scheme: www.ngs.org.uk/gardens/find-a-garden.

About Yr Efail: 01974 299370; email: shelaghyeo@hotmail.com Yr Efail, LLanio Rd, Tregaron SY25 6PU.

Shelagh & Steve Yeomans

Pantyfod and Ty Glyn There are two other gardens in the area which will be opening under the National Gardens Scheme during July. Pantyfod will be opening on Sunday 20 July, between 12 noon and 5.30, the same day as Yr Efail.

They are not so far from each other so it’s very feasible to visit the two gardens on the same day.

However Pantyfod does open again on Sunday 17 August so you have another chance to see it. It is situated in the beautiful and peaceful countryside about ¾ mile south of Llanddewi Brefi, where you are treated to the most spectacular views over the Teifi Valley. On clear days you can see as far as Snowdon. Susan and David Rowe have created this unique garden from rough hillside. They are knowledgeable gardeners and have filled their 3½ acres with an eclectic mix of plants from colourful perennials to mature trees which give shelter to the more delicate plants, and food and nesting sites to the abundant wildlife. Around the house the ground is level, but most of the garden is on sloping ground which has been terraced and therefore not easy for wheel chair users. This is a garden which is crammed

full of unusual and rare plants, and visitors, both adults and children can look forward to an interesting and enjoyable few hours exploring it.

The third garden which opens in July at the end of the month on the Sunday 27 (11-5pm) is Ty Glyn Walled Garden, near Ciliau Aeron. This is a secluded and sheltered walled garden in a beautiful woodland setting. There are terraced herb beds, vegetable plots which demonstrate interesting ‘companion planting’, an orchard with heritage varieties of fruit trees, ponds, towering perennial plants and unusual shrubs. This is an exciting garden for children of all ages with many child-orientated features and surprises.

At all three NGS gardens admission is £3.50, children are free. Home-made teas with the signature yummy cakes will be available, and in addition on Sunday 17 August, authentic Italian-style pizzas will be baked in the woodfired oven in the garden of Pantyfod.

If using Satnav postcodes are: Yr Efail SY25 6PU, Pantyfod SY25 6PE, Ty Glyn SA48 8DE Pat Causton 8

Seasonal Wild Food - Wild Blueberries (Vaccinium myrtillus) When I moved to Wales ten years ago, whilst being taken for a walk in a beautiful old Oak woodland, my partner showed me wild bilberries growing under the canopy of the trees. Growing up in the South of England I had never even heard of these berries, so seeing them carpeting the woodland floor with masses of delicious dark, juicy fruits was like stumbling into a fairy tale. They were without a doubt, the starting point for my love affair with wild food.

Bilberries are very much like blueberries, only smaller and tastier. They have small pink lantern shaped flowers and though seasons vary (many things are early this year) generally they are ready to pick from around mid-July through to the beginning of September. They grow in acid soil on old land, woodlands, moors and hills and are known by many regional names, whimberries, blaeberries, whortleberries or hurts. In Wales I have heard them called Llys, or Llyssi, and in my neck of the woods, bilberries.

Picking them is painstakingly slow and rather like a meditation. You can buy 'combs' for gathering the berries more quickly, but I feel that though time is gained much of the magic is lost. I have spent many, many hours on the side of a mountain or deep in a woodland collecting these sweet berries. Many of the fruits never make it to my basket and I usually emerge with everything stained purple – hands, clothes and of course mouth.

Like many other berries they are packed with vitamins and anti-oxidants. They are an overlooked super-food, much more delicious than supermarket blueberries which are often grown with devastating effects on peatland. Herbalists used them to improve eyesight and they say that British RAF pilots ate Bilberry Jam before night flights to improve their vision during the Second World War. One other thing I love about them is that they are extremely difficult to grow. They are wild and don't want to be tamed or cultivated. I think this makes them even more enchanting.

Bilberries freeze well for using throughout the year.

They are low in pectin, with only the earliest berries setting to make jam. Mixing them with apples makes them go further in tarts and puddings and in the North of England they are made into 'mucky mouth' pies. They also taste great in muffins and smoothies.

I like making a syrup with them and bottling it for pouring over my porridge in the Winter. This method also means that you don't have to be too finicky

about sorting through the bits of leaves and twigs which will inevitably end up in your basket, as they get strained out.

Bilberry Syrup Ingredients: Bilberries (as many as you can pick) and sugar.  Put the bilberries in a saucepan with a splash of

water (just to stop them sticking to the pan)  Heat slowly, so the berries burst and release their juice.  Bring gently to the boil, then simmer for about ten minutes.  Press through a fine sieve and measure the liquid.  Pour back into a cleaned pan and add 800g of sugar for each litre of juice.  Heat slowly, stirring to dissolve the sugar.  Once the syrup comes to the boil, pour into hot sterilised bottles.

It will keep unopened for many months like this, then once opened for a good few weeks in the fridge.

Delicious on pancakes, ice cream, porridge or in Prosecco.

Jade Mellor Jade Mellor has been a professional forager for 10 years.

You can purchase her wild preserves at the Organic Fresh Food Company in Lampeter. Jade runs wild food walks and workshops, details of which can be found on her website: www.wildpickings.co.uk 9

Monster of the Sea - part 4

Competition

When Josh finished swimming to the top of the cave he was amazed to see a huge pile of rusty looking containers at the edge of the water. He watched as a fish swam close to it. Immediately the fish floated to the surface and was motionless. Josh then noticed some faded writing on the side of the barrels. From a distance he could just make out the letters T.O.X.I.C. Oh no, toxic waste!, it must be leaking poisonous chemicals into the sea! Was this why the sea monster had brought him here? - so that he could help? But what could he do? He needed to think carefully and move quickly. Before Josh had time to do anything, the world went all fizzy again. He quickly looked at his hands and feet to check... and guess what? He was turning into a boy again. The water around him began to bubble.

What was happening now? Josh thought he could smell something funny and began to worry, but then he suddenly began to giggle and realised that he’d found the answer - the methane was reacting with the chemicals, making bubbles and disappearing.

Can you guess what the magic ingredient was? :O) The End Jorge W Martin, age 8

Do you like solving problems?

Can you be creative?

Are you good at painting, drawing, collage, photography, computer design, mosaics or anything else artistic and eye catching?...

Then this competition is for you.

The newsletter Team challenges you to design a front cover for any of the following themes: October: ‘Promoting Local Talent’ November: ‘Home Comforts’ December/January: ‘Out with the New & in with the Old’ Format;  Your design should be no bigger than A4  We would prefer a digital version where possible (JPG please)  If entering original artwork  Please do not fold  Deliver to the Transition stall at one of the People’s Markets (every 2nd & 4th Saturday)  Enclose SAE for return if required

An improvised version of WW1 with Songs Directed by Annie May and devised by the children of Lampeter Youth Theatre and stage school with scenes of bravery and derring do by The men whofought fought Andthe thewomen womenwho whocared cared The men who And

Please include: the following with your entry:  Name  Age  Postcode  Contact Number

Friday July 4th 2014 6.30pm

Closing date for entries: 5pm, Fri 5 September 

Victoria Hall

Winners will be notified before any designs are published We look forward to receiving your designs.

Enjoy!

For further information or clarification contact: Lampetergrapevine@gmail.com

Café ambiance Refreshments available

Tickets Book a seat: £5.00 adults, children under 9 free Or BOOK A TABLE FOR £15.00 seating up to 6 (limited number)

Online booking: www.lampeteryoutheatre.co.uk/contact Singing Coach and Music Aimee Howard. Costumes and Props: Tracey Reynolds and Jane Morgan. Robyn Shankus Trewin, Backstage: Zachary Patterson, Eira Harvey Lots of songs to sing along with: Empty chairs, Halleluja; Hero; Travelling Soldier; I think I can Fly And many more!

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Grow, cook and eat I wanted to take the opportunity of this month’s theme to talk about Nutritional Therapy and the basic principles behind this as many people do not really understand what it is. Nutritional Therapy takes a holistic approach to health and focuses on supporting the body as a whole rather than looking at individual symptoms. It’s a bit like the way you would look after plants in your garden. If you had a plant whose leaves were going yellow would you try and paint them green again to make them look better? Would a better option be to give the plant some extra feed at the roots, specific to the requirements of that particular plant.

There is a common saying ‘We are what we eat’ but it really is true. Given the fact that 75% of people in hospitals are there through diet related illnesses might lead us to question whether we need to be giving more thought and attention to what we eat. This is known as conscious eating.

The power of Nutrition is hugely underrated by many people. I have seen vast improvements to people’s health (including my own) by educating people to understand how their bodies use various foods and the effect that certain types of fuel have on the way they feel. Understanding their own individual needs is key. This way a person is empowered and supported in achieving better long term health.

There is so much conflicting information available and marketing techniques are so sophisticated that people are often confused as to where to start.

Eating foods that suit your body is far more effective for sustainable healthy weight loss than dieting, but not a lot of money can be made this way!!

Fresh fruit and vegetables are one of the most important sources of vitamins and minerals. They contain antioxidants that help to protect our cells from damage from oxidants (poisons). We are bombarded by chemicals and pollution more than ever before, yet we seem to be eating less fresh fruit and vegetables. No wonder many of us are feeling the effects of this imbalance.

We need to eat more like our ancestors who had a far more natural diet. They ate more of what we call ‘real’ foods (unprocessed) which were far more nutritious than many of the products you now see packaged for sale as foods! Once you stop eating so many processed foods your ability to taste real flavours seems to return. You will start tasting the natural sweetness that comes from carrots and peas and appreciate the many truly different flavours. You

will find that your taste changes as well and you will no longer crave the very sweet foods that you once used to. The more sugar you consume the more you will need to get the same sweet taste much like a drug.

One of the easiest ways to increase your intake of nutrients is by preparing and cooking your meals rather than relying on processed foods. This does not have to be complicated or take a lot of time. Simple fresh ingredients can taste wonderful especially if herbs and spices are incorporated, to add another dimension to the dish.

My top tip for quick and easy meals are stir fries, you can use any vegetables you have available to make a wonderful tasty dish. There are many variations that can be made on this theme.

Food tastes even better when the vegetables are picked straight from your own garden! The less time there is between picking and eating the more benefits you will get from them as vegetables start to lose their valuable nutrients from the moment they are picked. Eating foods that are in season is more sustainable. If you can’t grow your own then there is the option of purchasing fantastic, fresh, local produce from the Farmers market here in Lampeter.

It has not had to travel miles to get to you this way, contributing towards reducing your own carbon footprint.

I run workshops to show people how simple it can be to make your own meals whilst learning about the health benefits of the various ingredients. I am hoping to incorporate what I have grown in my garden into my workshops next year.

For more information contact me - 07800 909406 Anyone can grow some of their own food be it a few strawberry plants in a container or some herbs on your windowsill. You do not necessarily need a garden. Community gardens are becoming increasingly popular in a lot of towns. Local people can get involved and then benefit from what they have grown. If there is sufficient interest then this may be something we could do here in Lampeter?

There are free courses being held locally on ‘growing the future’ where you can learn how to grow your own food and the benefits of doing so. www.growingthefuture.co.uk There was a quote on face book today: “What would happen if everybody ate lots of fresh organic minimally processed food?

There would be an epidemic of health.” May Lauder 11

TRAWS LINK CYMRU (TLC)

West Wales Rail Link Campaign/Ymgyrch Rheilffordd Gorllewin Cymru News - July 2014 The campaign proceeds apace. We have had much positive support from Councillors, Town and County Councils AMs and others, including, of course, our own MP, Mark Williams.

We are holding a Public Meeting in Tregaron in Y Talbot on Thursday 17 July, 17.15pm for 7.30pm, where we will be sharing more about what we have been up to, discussing next steps and welcoming ideas and discussion from those attending. This is part of our plan for holding meetings in the areas along the line. So, if you would like one in your area, please get in touch.

On Mon 9 June, a few members of the Core Group attended a meeting in Aberystwyth Arts Centre on The Future of Public Transport in Ceredigion. Again, there was much support for the TLC campaign, including an enthusiastic response from Professor Stuart Cole from the Wales Transport Centre. Speakers corroborated the need for an integrated transport system throughout Wales, which includes an adequate bus system.

If you believe the return of the railway between Aberystwyth and Carmarthen - linking with that which already exists - to be a vital asset for the future flourishing of Wales, please know your support will make a difference - and consider getting involved. We need lots of help! Currently, we need more women on the Steering Group, as there are only two. If you would like to know more about what that might involve, please contact me for a chat on 01570218138. Thank you.

Otherwise, see the information below, and contribute your ideas on our Facebook Group and ‘Like’ our Facebook Page. www.trawslinkcymru.org.uk; post@trawslinkcymru.org.uk Shan Rees Jottings

Our footpaths and bridleways are becoming lush with the vegetation of summer, and over the next two months on dull misty days (like today) when the moisture drips from the trees it is difficult not to think of jungles and rainforests. This impression was strengthened when I noticed ferns growing on the trees (epiphytes). A few contact calls from birds as they gleaned insects from the foliage broke the monotonous drips.

A large insect with a long blue body and copper coloured wings made me think even more of the tropics: this was a newly hatched Beautiful Demoiselle which is related to dragonflies; later in the summer the wings of the adult male become velvety blue black. In Wales, we have two of these insects, the other being the Banded Demoiselle; the males have a central blue black band on their wings. The females of both insects have different coloured wings. These insects are normally found in the vicinity of streams and water courses but they can be seen flying along the rides of Long Wood. Who needs David Attenborough!

SLAB WOOD FOR SALE Can be used for building raised beds, cladding, footpath edging or just firewood

£18 per bundle, (as pictured), Collection only Also available: Sawn Timber & Waney Edge Boards.

Firewood offcuts - £20, car boot/small trailer load

Please ring James on 07557 386755 Each purchase supports this Community Project www.longwood-lampeter.org.uk

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Ian’s Tweet: July/August

ceredigionarttrail.org.uk

by Ian and Tomos Morris

This is the third year of the Ceredigion Art Trail, giving Ceredigion artists the opportunity to exhibit their wide range of artistic talents. And, for the first time, the artists exhibiting their talents have come to the East of Ceredigion, and in particular to the area around Lampeter. We should support them.

The trouble with spring is….it’s far too short! The July bird walk is in Cwm Brefi but you could go in May or June and it would be just as good, possibly better. Park in Llanddewi Brefi and follow signs for the youth hostel. This will lead you on to the road up the valley with the river to your left.

The route is essentially flat and the round trip is about 4 miles.

As you leave the village look out for Swifts screaming and swooping overhead. The lower valley is good for birds but, after a mile or so, the steep valley sides crowd in, enabling you to find several interesting species with fairly restricted distributions without too much difficulty.

These include Stonechat, Whinchat, Wheatear, Linnet and Yellowhammer. Listen out for the songs of Meadow Pipits and Skylarks on the grassy slopes above. The river supports Dipper, Grey Wagtail and Common Sandpiper whilst boggy areas can hold Reed Bunting and Grasshopper Warbler. After two miles, where the trees start to encroach on your right and the road starts to climb, is the point to turn around if you wish. However, check the trees first. I’ve seen both Pied, and the increasingly rare, Spotted Flycatcher just here.

Ian Morris

Full details of all the artists on the Art Trail, and samples of their artwork, can be found at http://ceredigionarttrail.org.uk.

The Art Trail will take place between Sat 16 - Sun 31 August, allowing visitors to go to open venues and view the art, and talk to the artists.

The venues close to Lampeter include the following, all of which are very well worth a visit.  Lil Tudor-Craig: Painting displayed at Denmark Farm. August 16-31 (every day except Tuesdays) Paintings are of wildlife in their habitat, focusing on the relationship between British wild plants and the creatures they support. You can also walk and enjoy the wildlife at Denmark Farm. Meet the artist – Lil, at the exhibition. www.tudor-craig.co.uk  Claire Ward: Photography

August 16, 17, 23, 24, 25, 10am–5.30pm  Sue Powell: Pebbles in the Sand to be displayed

in Llanfair. Viewing by Appointment.

Driftwood & oak designs, hand felting – ‘My work is inspired by the sea and the beautiful Ceredigion coastline’. Driftwood/oak table lamps, driftwood boats, hand felted pictures, doorstops and more.  Sheila Evans-Pritchard: Painting displayed at

Riverside Mill, Pentrefelin, Lampeter.

August 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24 & 25, 10am5:30pm: Mainly local landscapes, also portraits and animals.

Media: acrylic, gouache and watercolour.  Stephen Florence: Painter & Picture Framer August 16- 25,10am–6pm Picture Framer - Bespoke conservation & museum grade mounting and framing of artwork and prints.

Painter W atercolours & sketches Photographer - Images on monochrome film  Emily O’Reilly: Textiles and Weaving Viewing by Appointment.

Hand woven and felted textiles using locally sourced, hand spun, and natural materials. Also incorporating hand dyed fibres, dyed with locally foraged plants.

There are also 2 artists at Llanddewi Brefi. Viewing

by Appointment.  Oliver Gaiger: Paintings, Prints, Sculptures.

Wheatear

 Ali Smith Art: Woodcarving

by Tomos (age 9)

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GREEN BUILDING SKILLS DAYS @ LONG WOOD Calling all volunteers! Now is the perfect time to get involved and be a part of this unique eco-build project. Sessions begin at 9am each day.

Get hands on experience in straw bale walling, applying hempcrete and lime, timber cladding and carpentry skills. Sessions are FREE, led by experienced timber framers.

You can sign up for just one day, a few, or all , depending on your availability.

JULY: Wed 2nd • Wed 9th • Sat 12th • Wed 16th Wed 23rd • Mon 28th – Thurs 31st AUGUST: Fri 1st • Tues 5th – Wed 6th • Tues 12th Tues 19th – Wed 20th • Mon 25th – Thurs 28th Booking is not essential but places are limited on each day so call ahead if you want to secure your place. Calling ahead also helps us plan our volunteer work programme. Thanks.

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infestation need only require the picking off of infected leaves but I’ve resisted denuding my bushes). I have also discovered that flea beetles can attack Brassica, Rocket, Swede and Turnip.

The good news is that it’s a prolific year for ladybirds (46 species in Britain alone) which will devour these undesirables. Another ‘goodie’ is the wolf spider, which eats small insects. Other threats to the health of my babies are fungi, such as powdery mildew, a dry whitish powder coating leaves, shoot tips and often flowers. Even the wind can be an enemy, as can drought, rust and blight.

However, I’m feeling quite triumphant because carrot fly shouldn’t be able to attack my carrots as the beds are raised and carrot flies don’t fly above 18 inches off the ground. I felt quite smugly knowledgeable when I was able to tell a friend that if she sees little black aphids on the tips of her broad beans, to pick out the tips covered with the aphids and the rest should survive unscathed.

Did you know that the benefits of garlic are not confined to the human blood stream but planted among other vegetables can discourage pests?

Do they fear it will give them bad breath, I wonder?

There are quite a few beneficial organisms such as Hoverflies, of which there are a staggering 265 varieties (whoever has counted them?) Half of these feed on aphids (but which half?) as do lacewing larvae that camouflage themselves by placing sucked-out aphid skins among the bristles on their upper surface (isn’t nature wonderful?). My problem is how to recognise those desirables and how to tempt them into my own little plot.

I have discovered nematodes, minute organisms that dissolve the inside of slugs, ugh! So far my little greens have not been eaten alive by slugs.

However, not trusting entirely to the nematode, I have surrounded the beds with broken egg shells and copper tape. What my granddad used to call a ‘belt and braces job’.

I spend hours in my garden, weeding and tending, but I love it. As long as I can harvest something for my efforts, I’m hooked and will never be able to ‘hang up my spade’. I can’t wait to know what I shall learn next month.

Ceredwin

CONFESSIONS OF AN AMATEUR GARDENER This year I decided to venture into the world of vegetable growing. I yearned to become a ‘real’ grower and arm myself with knowledge to extend my limited range to include vegetables that any self-respecting gardener would be proud to bring to the table. With this aim in mind I enrolled on a one day per month ‘Grow Your Own in a Year’ Course at Denmark Farm.

In February we began with composting, what to put into it, in what proportions, the importance of carbon and nitrogen proportions and the desired texture. We tested the soil to see whether it was acidic or alkaline and discussed the benefits of consulting the phases of the moon before so much as picking up a trowel.

In March we continued with seeds, where to buy and the benefits of organic, as opposed to non-organic. So, armed with half a week’s housekeeping worth of seeds, I excitedly prepared my trays and carefully sewed. I watered, watched and waited, and waited, and waited. No proverbial kettle could have taken so long. Eventually, French beans and Dwarf beans began to poke their heads above the John Innes compost, but no runner beans, even nasturtiums, that normally seed themselves anywhere, refused to come out to play.

I will say in my defence that my teacher had a similar experience with his runners this year. He came to the conclusion it was an issue with the compost which became waterlogged, not providing the seedlings with sufficient oxygen, thus rotting our expensive little darlings before they could see the light of day. I secretly decided that next year I would cut out the seed sewing phase and go straight to planting out. I would buy my plants in little pots ready to be placed into my carefully composted vegetable beds.

Had I known, when I began the course, the sheer number of pests, diseases and threats to the home -grown vegetable, I think I would have been too discouraged to even begin. Not only slugs are my enemy, champing their way through tender shoots like miniature Romans at an orgy, but blister mites have raised a red blistery surface on my currant bush leaves (My teacher says that it does no harm and is purely cosmetically unpleasing. A light 15

Victoria Hall: regular activities and classes Bryn Road, Lampeter SA48 7EE To book the Victoria Hall phone: 07891 632614 Email: admin@vichall.org.uk Community groups & local small-scale commercial: Large hall £12/hour; Small hall £7/hour; whole building £18/hour. We will soon have office space, committee room and small therapy/classroom.

See www.vichall.org.uk for more details.

Day

Weekly (W) Fortnightly (F) Monthly (M)

Time

Activity / Class

Tuesday

W

1-2pm & 6-7pm

W Welcoming newcomers

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Contact Name

Number

New American Tribal Style Bellydancing

Wendy Steele

01570 472921, 07752 478779

4.305.30pm

LYTSS: Lampeter Youth Theatre & Stage School

Annie May

01570 423080

W

10-1pm

Hafan Cymru ‘Moving on Club’ Helping you get back to work

Becky Turton

07875 272834

9 & 23 July

24.30pm

Young at Heart

W

7-8pm

Zumba keep fit session

Louise Evans

07584 199372

W

1-3pm

Welsh classes

Meryl Evans

01545 572715

W

6.307.30pm

Line Dancing: New class for beginners

Heather Boothby

01570 493458

M 3rd Thur each month

7-9pm

Transition Llambed ‘Big Gathering’

W

10-12pm

Welsh classes

Meryl Evans

01545 572715

W

4.306.30pm

LYTSS: Lampeter Youth Theatre & Stage School

Annie May

01570 423080

2nd & 4th Sat each month 14 & 28 June

10-1pm

People’s Market

W

10-7pm

Lampeter Evangelical Church

Gareth Jones at the Mustard Seed café

01570 423344

20 July & 17 Aug

7-10pm

Custard Queens WI

Jen Pink

07540 383835

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Sandwiches & social for the wiser folk of Lampeter

Has now evolved into ’Green Drinks’ in the Castle Green. A social gathering for all those interested in any issues remotely ’Green’. Everyone welcome!

Local food, produce and crafts. Plus Credit Union, café, live music and other attractions

what’s going on listings are free. send details of your event to lampetergrapevine@gmail.com

courses_______________ Denmark Farm Conservation Centre, Betws Bledrws Thurs 26 June; Fantastic Ferns Fri 27-Sun29 June: Identifying Flowering Plants Fri 30 June-Sun 2 July: Identifying Sedges, Grasses & Rushes Thurs 3,10,17,24 July: Product Photography - FREE CiDS course Sat 12 July: How to benefit from Wildlife in the Vegetable Garden / Beginners G uide to Keeping Chickens Tues 22-Wed 23 July: Adobe Illustrator - FREE CiDS Mon 28 July: Wild In The Woods (for children ages 6-12) Fri 1-Sun 3 Aug: Invertebrate Macro Photography Wed 6 Aug: Wild In The Woods (for children ages 6-12) Wed 13 Aug: Wild In The Woods (for children ages 6-12) Fri 15-Sun 17 Aug: Understanding British Bats For full details & more opportunities: 01570 493358, www.denmarkfarm.org.uk Bike Demonstrations at People’s Market, Victoria Hall, every 2 nd and 4th Saturday of month.

Topics including: aspects of owning folding bikes, information on normal and electric bikes, fold-ability, weights, maintenance, gears, brakes, wheels and tyres as well as information on new and recycled bikes and workshops. Literature available on various bike related subjects. Contact: Milly, 07583 248387, millypeds@gmail.com

creative_______________

Sew, Knit and Natter. Wednesdays 1-4pm, Cellan Hall. £10 per month or £4 drop-in fee. Informal group for all who enjoy quilting, sewing, knitting, socialising - & female chatter? All ages, all abilities welcome. Contact: Amanda, 01570 421338.

Spinning Lessons with Ann Fisher Rhodes at Ffarmers Neuadd Bro Fana/Village Hall. Improvers every Wednesday 1.30-3.30, £8. Now taking names for the next beginner sessions. Contact Ann 01558 650760, www.spinwise.co.uk spinwise.uk@btinternet Jewellery Making Course for Beginners: basic jewellery-making skills. Held in the local Ceredigion area, courses and times to be agreed

by mutual arrangement.

Contact: Peter, 07984 883453.

events ________________ Llanllyr Garden Party. Sat 28 June, 11am-5pm. £4 entry, children under 12 Free. Refreshments & Live music.

Fundraising event for Ambiwlans Awyr Cymru /Wales Air Ambulance.

By kind permission of Mr & Mrs Robert Gee. To be opened by Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Dyfed, Sara Edwards: For more information contact: Ann Evans, 01239 614366 Forthcoming events on TSD University campus: The Department of Theology and Religious Studies will present a oneday conference on 4 July 2014 (Founder’s Library) 10am-4.30pm, with seven speakers and two discussion periods.

People's Kitchen. Sun 6 July, 2pm, Llanfair Clydogau Village Hall. Join us for a delicious vegan meal and friendly social.

Coedwig Gymunedol Long Wood Community Woodland:  Open Public Meeting. Mon 7 July & Mon 4 Aug, 7.30pm Lampeter Fire Station Office. The Long Wood team welcome queries, questions and ideas from the public at this monthly open forum. Contact: 07557 386755, info@longwood-lampeter.org.uk  Woodland Wednesdays. Join Sarah, our Warden, for regular volunteering sessions at Long Wood every Wednesday. Develop your practical skills and feel the benefit of working in this beautiful environment.

One session in four is devoted to your own woodcraft project. No experience required, training given.

Meet 10am, in car park (Llangybi/ Llanfair end of wood).  Green Build Volunteering .

Various dates throughout July / Aug including Sat 12 July. See advert, page 14. The Tŷ Pren team are recruiting volunteers to assist with the Visitor Centre build at Long Wood.

Tasks will include; straw-bale building, applying hempcrete & lime, timber cladding and carpentry. Places are limited each day, so call ahead to book. Come for just one day, or all of them. No previous experience required. Sorry, no U16s. Contact: 07557 386755, info@longwood-lampeter.org.uk for more information and to sign up for this unique project.

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Mulberry Bush Wholefoods 40th Anniversary Street Party On Saturday 12 July from 11am3.30pm The Mulberry Bush will be celebrating their 40th anniversary both inside and outside the shop (weather permitting). We will be celebrating vegetarian food and healthy living by giving away lots of samples and advice to all who come to celebrate with us. There will also be cake, entertainment and Vikky from Quest to answer all your health queries. We look forward to seeing you.

Green Drinks in the Castle Green, Lampeter from 8pm Thursday 17 July and 21 August. Meet other people interested in green issues, h e a r t h e n e ws f r o m l o c a l organisations, talk over new ideas & have a general natter (& a drink!).

Wales Air Ambulance Sponsored Bike Ride. Sunday 27 July, starting at Lampeter Leisure Centre, 10am.

Routes: Long, medium & youth. BBQ to follow. £5 to enter on day without sponsorship.

Contact: Sean Slater, 01570 493139, anpiobaire1@aol.com; Ros Jones, 01570 422613, mail@mrjones40.plus.com Taith Beicio i Godi Arian. Dydd Sul 27 Gorffennaf dechrau o Ganolfan Hamdden Llambed am 10 o’r gloch y bore. Teithiau: Hir, canolig a ieuenctid. BBQ i ddilyn. £5 i gofrestri ar y diwrnod heb noddwyr.

Cysylltwch: Sean Slater, 01570 493139, anpiobaire1@aol.com; Ros Jones, 01570 422 613, mail@mrjones40.plus.com L.O.A.F. will be holding its Annual Horticultural Show in Llanybydder on Saturday 30 August at Evans Mart in the village. Besides the exhibits in the show tent, there will be stalls, and activities and our refreshment tent selling food and drinks. There are still some places left if you wish to book a stall. Contact Pam on 01570 480209.

Presentation of prizes to be followed by an auction of donated items Traws Link Cymru - West Wales R a i l w a y C a m p a i g n - Y m g yr c h Rheilffordd Gorllewin Cymru.

Public Meeting on Thursday July 17 2014 at Y Talbot, Tregaron, 7.15pm for 7.30pm. To report on progress of the campaign, discuss and sharing ideas on next steps. All welcome croeso i bawb. lampetergrapevine@gmail.com

events cont.d_____________ Magnificent Meadow Events at Llanerchaeron, Ciliau Aeron Meadow Invertebrates ID & Survey Training Day Wed 9 July 10.30am– 4.30pm. This course is designed for anyone who would like to develop skills in invertebrate ID & Survey techniques. There will be a mixture of classroom and practical tasks out in the field. You will be guided on specimen ID and be given tips on books & websites to help you with ID. Meadow Arts Day Sat 19 July 10.30am–4.30pm Our first major Magnificent meadows event, we will have outdoor theatre, art exhibitions, lantern m aking, photography workshops, ceramicists, printmakers, poets and songwriters – dip in and make your own creations or just observe the artists at work.

Family Meadows Day Sun 20 July 10.30am–4.00pm Spend the afternoon catching meadow minibeasts, finding the rainbow in the meadow, counting our bees, making a meadow creature and pressing flowers. Fun for all the family.

NGS Open Gardens. Both Pantyfod and Yr Efail will be open Sun 20 July 12noon-5.50pm and Ty Glyn Walled Garden on Sun 27 July, 11am-5pm.

See article on page 8 for more details Civic Procession & Service to Commemorate the Centenary of the Departure of the Yeomanry from Lampeter Sunday 10 August 2014 10am Assemble at Lampeter War Memorial 11am Service to be held in St Peter’s Church Decorations to be Worn

health & well-being _____ Yoga classes suitable for all, with an Iyengar-trained teacher: Mon 6.30-8pm & Tues 10-11.30am at Ancient Earth Centre for Well-being, Lanlas Farm, Cellan Weds 5.30-7pm Tregaron Chapel Vestry; Thurs 6-7.30pm Ffarmers Village Hall. Contact: Cathy Crick Stanton, 01570 421144, 07748 031614, cathycrick@hotmail.co.uk Alcoholics Anonymous meet at the Catholic Church (white church), opposite the police station in Lampeter. Wednesdays 8-9.30pm. For info, national helpline: 0845 7697555 Narcotics Anonymous meet at St Thomas’ Methodist Church (end of the Drovers Road/Peterwell Terrace), opposite the car park, on Monday from 7.30-8.30pm. national helpline: 0300 999 1212

Headw ay, T he Brai n Injur y Association. Have you survived a Brain Injury? Do you care for someone with Brain Injury? Then read on!

Headway Ceredigion is holding Drop in sessions on the first Monday of each month during 2014 from 2–4pm in the Royal British Legion Hall, Oxford St, Aberaeron, SA46 0JB. Come along and join us for a cuppa and a chat.

Light refreshments will be provided .

A ydych wedi goroesi anaf i’r ymennydd? A ydych yn gofalu am rywun sydd ag anaf i’r ymennydd?

Darllenwch ymlaen!

Headway Ceredigion yn cynnal Sesiynau galw i mewn ar ddydd Llun cyntaf pob mis yn ystod 2014 rhwng 24pm yn Neuadd Y Lleng Brydeinig Frenhinol, Stryd Tyglyn, Aberaeron, SA46 0JB. Dewch draw i ymuno â ni am baned a sgwrs. Bydd diodydd a bwydydd ysgafn ar gael ar ôl y sesiwn Contac t: D av e Ma gg s , W ales Development Manager, Headway UK, 01446 740130, 07941 855935 walesdm@headway.org.uk

the right up hill beside St Peter's Church, all welcome.

markets_______________

People’s Market, Victoria Hall, Lampeter, 10am-1pm every 2nd & 4th Sat each month. Next markets: Sat 12 July, Sat 26 July the People’s Market will be in the big stripey marquee at the Food Festival.

Sat 9 & 23 Aug, will back at Vic Hall Lampeter Farmers' Market Market Street, Lampeter, 9am-2pm alternate Fridays.

Next markets: Fri 11 & 25 July, Fri 8 & 22 Aug. Ffarmers Market Neuadd Bro Fana/Village Hall, Ffarmers, 10am-12.30pm 1st Sat in the month. Next market: Sat 5 July & Sat 2 Aug. Llansawel Market Llansawel Village Hall, 10am-12.30pm 3rd Sat of the month Next market: Sat 19 July & sat 16 Aug. Lunar Market Llanfair Clydogau Village Hall, 11amkids___________________ 3pm. 1st Sat each month except Au1st Lampeter Brownies. Meet gust. Next market: Sat 4 Oct. Wednesdays, 4.30-6pm, term-time. move your body _________ Contact: Nikki, 07790 987070 N e w Am e r i c a n T r iba l S t yl e "Lampeter Little Ones" is a Bellydancing: Tues 1-2pm and 6-7 Facebook group for parents of pre- pm, Victoria Hall. Wendy Steele, schoolers in the Lampeter area. 01570 472921, 07752 478779 Wondering what groups and activities Lampeter Belly Dance and Belly Fit are available for your baby or toddler, Mondays, Lampeter at Shiloh Church then please join up and have a look: Hall (next to Police Station): w w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m / g r o u p s / Beginners' Belly Dance (all ages) 1.30lampeterlittleones 2.45pm (£5) Lampeter Youth Theatre and Stage Belly Fit for over-50s, 3-4pm (£4) School runs 3 terms per year every There is space in both classes. First Tues and Fri at Victoria Hall. class free.

Summer Term from 29 April to 4 July. Contact Rose Barter: 01239 851737, Tues, 4.30-5.30pm, Fri, 4.30-6.30pm. rosebarter@btinternet.com Cost per child: £30 per term.

Belly Dance & Yoga classes. Belly Contact: Annie May 01570 423080, Dance: Tues 7.30-8.30pm. £3.00. annie@themay.co.uk Beginner Yoga: Thur 7-8.30pm, £5.00.

Little M’zzz indoor soft play centre, Crugybar Village Hall. Contact: 01558 Llanybydder (in old church hall near 685321, elenamgilliatt@hotmail.com Evans Bros market). Open Mon, Tribal Dance with Lyza. Alternate Thurs, Fri, Sat & Sun 10am-6pm, 7 Wednesdays 6.30-8pm, Shiloh Church days a week in school holidays. Hall, High Street, Lampeter.

Birthday Party bookings welcome. Contact: lyza_darkestwish@live.com Tasty menu & free WiFi. Contact: Coedwig Gymunedol Long Wood 01570 480268, www.littlemzzz.co.uk Community Woodland. Do you need NCT 'Move and Groove' is a music to get out and about more? Join our a n d m o v e m e n t g r o u p f o r FREE ½ hour Health Walks on the pre-schoolers. Every Tuesday, 10am last Sunday of each month. Next in the Catherine Stott room, upstairs in walks: Sun 29 June, Sun 27 July & Lampeter Students' Union. Let your Sun 31 Aug. Especially for people who little one do what comes naturally by find walking difficult. Please wear making noise and not staying still! sensible shoes. Meet at Penlan Playsessions on Maes y Deri playing Goetre, SA48 8NE at 2pm. Contact: field every 3rd Sunday each month 07557 386755, throughout the year, 11am-3.30pm, info@longwood-lampeter.org.uk with Ray Ceredigion playworkers. On 18

move your body contd _____ Footpath Maintenance volunteering with Ceredigion County Council rights of ways staff every Friday. Trashing, clearing, erecting stiles, footbridges and installing gates mainly in the south of the county. Fun and cost toward transport included. No experience needed, just join our team! Contact: James Williams, 01570 480743 Flamenco Dance classes Wed 67.30pm, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, with live flamenco guitarist. Men and women welcome. Please bring strongheeled shoes. Private lessons available in studio near Llandysul.

Contact: 01559 362540, dixeyart@gmail.com Cerddwyr Ramblers, Lampeter, Do you enjoy exploring the local countryside, discovering historic sites, socialising and mixing, having fun and chit-chat? Lonely, low in mood, recently widowed? Need a change or inspiration to exercise enjoyably, meet up with people outside your usual circle? Do you have a passion to maintain and improve our footpath network by surveying footpath problems or legal diversion orders? Or perhaps lead walks that you know and would like to share. Then join Lampeter Ramblers, we have much in common! Choice of varying walks throughout the year. See our programme in Library or Creative Cove. James Williams, 01570 480743.

Walk Out Workout. Join me (Rachel Schroder) on Thursday evenings for a walk in and around Lampeter. Each week starts with a gentle warm-up stroll followed by a brisk -andbreathless walk around town. If that’s enough for you, then stop off there. If you really want to get your heart pumping, blast up a local hill with me for extra fitness. Meet at 6.30 pm outside Lampeter Leisure Centre. Free and fun!

Yoga, Wednesdays 5.30-7pm Cellan Millennium Hall. Small friendly group led by Pat Beaton, 01558 650594.

Friday Walkers: meet up for ambling rambling on a Friday morning. Easy access walking for an hour, depending on the weather and the mood. Meet rain or shine, 10am at Rookery Car Park. Free, followed by coffee and chat. Not able to manage the stroll but would like company? Just meet up for coffee. Philip Lodwick, 01570 422181 Jane Guy School of Dancing.

Established 1977. Ballet and stage work; annual production; RAD exams.

Classes: Tue eves and Saturdays, Shiloh Chapel, Lampeter. Thursdays 4.30-7.30pm at Theatr Felinfach.

Contact: 01570 470645 Sarn Helen running and cycling club welcomes all abilities. Junior runners (ages 8-16) meet at Leisure Centre, Tues 6.15pm. Adult runners meet Rookery Car Park, Tues 6.15 & 8pm, Thur 6.15pm.

For cycling (road and MTB) please see: www.sarnhelen.org.uk Mat-based Pilates. Suitable for beginners. Benefits include increased energy; improved posture and co-ordination; physical and mental toning; increased strength and stamina; greater mind/body/spirit connection. Llangeitho Village Hall, Mondays 2pm. Shân Rees, OCRqualified instructor.

Contact: 01570 218138, 07940 375147, www.livingexcellently.co.uk Dances of Universal Peace. From earliest times, dance has been a way of bringing people together, to create harmony and connection. In Dances of Universal Peace, we dance in a circle using simple steps and chants from many traditions. Contact: Shân, 01570 218138, 07940 375147. DUP Qualified Canolf an Hamdden Llambed Leisure Centre. 01570 422552, Lampeter-leisure@ceredigion.gov.uk Activity programme as follows:  Cardio Circuit Training gyda/with Sands & Paul Butch. £3.50. Mon 6.307.30pm. All-over body workout.

Conditioning. Resistance training.

Improve mobility, strength & stamina.

Ymarfer i’r corf i gyd. Cyflyru. Ymarfer gwrthsafiad. Gwella symudadwy, cryfder ac egni.  J’s Workout 01559 362690.

Oedolion/Adults £3.90, Henoed/ Myfyrwyr/Iau/O.A.P/Student/Junior £3.20. Tocyn consesiwn/concession ticket (12 dosbarth/classes) Oedolion/ Adult £39, Conc. £32. Mon 5.306.30pm, STEP. Tues 5.30-6.15pm, Zumba. W ed 12noon-12.45pm, Ffit rw ydd Rhw ydd/Ease into Fitness. Wed 6.30-7.30pm, Kettlecise. Thurs 5.15-6pm, Dawns Aerobig/Aerobic Dance.  Clwb Rhedeg Sarn Helen Running Club Thurs 6.15-7.15pm. Croeso i blant dros 8 oed/ All children over 8 years welcome.  Yoga/Pilates Ann Inshaw, 01570 481319, 07826 692110. Mon 5.307pm, Yoga (pob lefel/all levels). Tues 6-7pm, Pilates (pob lefel/all levels).

Wed 5.15-6.15pm Pilates (canolol/ cynyddol/intermediate/advanced).

Thurs 6-7pm, Pilates (pob lefel/all levels). Fri 10-11.30am, Yoga (pob lefel/all levels).  Spinning £3.90 sesiwn/session, £39 for 12 sesiwn/sessions. Bwcio gyda 19

taliad yn unig!/Booking with payment only! Tues 5.30-6.15pm, Wed 7.158.15pm, Fri 5.30-6.15pm. Cofiwch ddod a photel o ddŵr a thowel/ Remember a bottle of water & a towel.  Clwb Ymladd Cleddyfau Llambed/ Lampeter Town Fencing Club Sean Slater, 01570 493139, anpiobaire1@aol.com Croeso i bawb dros 10 oed. All aged 10+ welcome. £4.50. Os ydych am hwyl, ffitrwydd a her o frwydro yna ymladd cleddyfau yw’r peth i chi. If you want fun, fitness and a challenge of combat then fencing is for you. Tues 3.30-5pm & Fri 6.30-8pm. Darparir offer/equipment provided.  Clwb Badminton/Badminton Club Dydd Gwener/Friday 5-6.30pm. All players welcome.  Ysgol Gymnasteg REES School of Gymnastics Islwyn Rees, 01570 422979. Sat 9.15-10am, Oed meithrin (dan 5)/Pre-school (under 5); 1011am, Dechreuwyr (6 oed i fyny)/ Beginners (6yrs+); 11am-12noon, Gwellhawyr (6 oed i fyny)/Improvers (6yrs+).  Disco Sglefrio/Roller Disco every Saturday 3-4pm. Oedolion/Adults £2.60, Plant/Children £1.90. ‘sgidiau i’w llogi/boots for hire £1.30

music_________________ Kirtan / Bhajan singing. Sunday, 35pm, twice monthly. Please call to check dates. At Perth Yr Onnen, Gorrig, Horeb, Llandysul, SA44 4JR. Bhajans are devotional songs from India in a call and answer format, using ancient chants. Open to anyone, no spiritual belief system required. It doesn’t matter if you think you can’t sing - just come and join in. £2 donation appreciated where possible, Tea and Chai provided. For directions and to confirm dates, contact Iain or Dixey, cameronbodywork@gmail.com

permaculture & conservation ___________ Forest Gardening, Permaculture & Wildlife Gardening Short courses and inspirational site visits! For more info and 2014 dates, Contact: Angie, 01974 831300, info@purposefulpermaculture.co.uk Smallholders and Landowners: bespoke conservation advice; create your own nature reserve!

Contact: Angie, 01974 831300, info@purposefulpermaculture.co.uk Lampeter Permaculture Group is a collective of like-minded people, interested in principles and practice of permaculture & sustainability. More info: www.lampeterpermaculture.org

photography ___________ Lampeter Photography meet on 1st & 3rd Friday of every month, 7.30pm at the Kings Head, Lampeter. Monthly competitions, exhibitions & workshops.

All welcome. FREE. Contact: Stef, 07958 772035, lampeterphotography@yahoo.co.uk

religious services & groups ________________ Lampeter Parish St Peter’s Church, Lampeter. Main Sun Service: 10.30am (bilingual), Other services: 8am Holy Communion (English), 9.15am Cymun Bendigaid (trydydd Sul yn y mis yn unig, Cymraeg). Church Hall available for hire, £8.50 per hour. Kitchen facilities.

Enquiries/bookings contact: Beryl, 01570 422324, www.lampeterparish.org St Cybi’s Church, Llangybi. Main Sun Service: 9am (bilingual).

St Bledrws’ Church, Betws Bledrws.

Main Sun Service: 10.45am (English or bilingual).

St Sulien’s Church, Silian. Main Sun Service: 2pm (bilingual /Cymraeg).

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church, Lampeter Sunday Mass is 10am. For other services see church notice board.

St Thomas' Methodist Church Sun service 10.30am, creche & youth activity. Tues Coffee morning 9.30noon. All welcome. See notice board.

St Mary’s Church, Maestir. Main Sun Service: 2.30pm (2nd Sun in month only, English).

Times apply to the first four Sundays in each month. For the few fifth Sundays there will be a single United Parish Service at 10am: location will be published in the local newspapers Emmaus Christian Fellowship meets Sundays, 10.30am and 5pm, at rear of 78 Bridge Street, Lampeter. Contact: David Patterson, 01570 422529 All Saints' Church, Cellan. Bilingual services every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month, 2pm. A warm welcome to all. Baptisms and weddings by arrangement. Contact the Revd. Bill Fillery, 01570 421425.

St M ary's Chur ch, Llanf air Clydogau. Bilingual services every 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month, 10.15am. A warm welcome to all.

Baptisms and weddings by arrangement. Contact the Revd Bill Fillery, 01570 421425.

Capel Bedyddwyr, Silian. Cwrdd yr ail a pedwerydd Sul y mis am 10.15yb.

Croeso i bawb.

Interested in Buddhism?

A Study Group for Women. Exploring the underlying principle of Buddhist Practice and how we can apply this in our daily lives. Meets one day a month near Aberystwyth. Meditation, shared lunch. Contact: Lesley, 01970 617129 or Noel 07988 745364 Lampeter Evangelical Church meets every Sunday at Victoria Hall, 10am– 7pm. Contact: Gareth Jones at The Mustard Seed café, 01570 423344 Lampeter Quakers. Every Sunday at Canolfan Steffan, Peterwell Terrace at 10.45am. All welcome. ww.quakersinwales.org.uk (English) Crynwyr Llambed. Cwrdd bob ddydd Sul, Canolfan Steffan, Rhodfa Peterwell, 10.45 yb. Croeso i bawb. www.crynwyrcymru.org.uk (Cymraeg) Contact / Cysylltwch: Deborah Rowlands, 01570 480083, deborahjrowlands@gmail.com

social _________________ Cellan Millennium Hall Film Nights.

See film listings box on page 22 Coffee Stop, Thursdays 10.30am3pm at Emmaus Christian Fellowship, 78 Bridge Street, Lampeter. Soup, toasties, cakes. W arm friendly environment. Contact: David, 01570 422529 Custard Queens WI: Ages 18-80+, all very welcome. Meet at Victoria Hall, 7 -10pm every 3rd Sun of month. Next meeting: 20 July & 17 Aug. Contact: Jen, 07540 383835 for further details: custardqueenswi@gmail.com or check out the new website or facebook page http://custardqueenswi.weebly.com www.facebook.com/custardqueenswi CY D Llambed. Ym arf er eic h Cymraeg/Practise your Welsh. Dydd Mawrth 11 yb-12yh/Tuesdays 11am12 noon, Gwesty y Llew Du, Llanbedr P.S./Black Lion Hotel, Lampeter.

Croeso i bawb/All welcome. Croeso i unrhyw Cymro/Cymraes sy'n fodlon i ymuno â ni. Cysyllt â/Contact: Mary Neal, 01570 470092 Golden Broth Lunch Club: Mon 14 July in Llanfair Mon 28 July in Cellan, 11.30am-2pm. We offer a FREE light lunch of soup, roll & butter, followed by cake, tea and coffee. Our main aim is to gather for a social and play cards or Scrabble, or just relax and natter to friends. Please contact Amanda (Cellan) 01570 421338, or Linda (Llanfair) 01570 493706, to register your interest.

Social Club at Cellan Hall on Wednesdays from 1pm to 4pm. If you would like to join others for a board game, or just want to chat to friends, come along and join in the fun.

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Everybody welcome. £2 - tea, coffee and biscuits provided. Call Amanda on 01570 421338 for further information.

Whist Drives, Wed 2, 16 & 30 July.Wed 13 & 27 Aug. Wed 10 Sept at Hafan Deg, Lampeter, every fortnight.

All welcome. All Funds to Hafan Deg League of Friends.

Contact: Gwen Davies, 01570 481152

storytelling, books & creative writing _________ Lampeter Writers’ Workshop welcomes new members and meets weekly. Tuesdays 7-9pm, Wolfson Room, Trinity Saint David University, during college term time. Come and join us. Contact: Sue, 01570 423167 Meanwhile, the Storytelling Circle, third Thursday each month (17 July & 21 Aug), 7-9pm, Lampeter Students' Union (Andy Lawson Room). Open to all, storytellers and listeners, come along and shape the tale.

Creative Writing Workshop. Full programme of workshops. Tysul Hall, Llandysul. £10. Refreshm ents available. Sponsored by Literature Wales. Contact Kelly, 01267 235336 Llangeitho Book Group meet monthly in Llangeitho Village Café.

Informal chat about our chosen book.

Contact: Gillian, 01974 821213

volunteering ___________ Lampeter Credit Union. Would you like to do something that will make a positive difference to local people? For more details contact: 07891 632614 British Legion Lampeter is recruiting members now. This is your opportunity to become a member of the Legion.

Contact Sharon, 07971 806886.

Home-Start is a national charity supporting families who are struggling to cope in more than 300 communities across the UK. Our support is delivered by volunteers, in the family’s home, for a couple of hours every week. We also run family groups and social events for families. We are looking for volunteers to join us and become part of our team.

Contact Jan Young, 01570 218546.

Final Copy Deadline: Fri 8 Aug Don’t forget - If you miss the copy deadline you risk not being included!

Please note we have a new email address for listings lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com

complementary & alternative therapists Charlotte Allen RSHom Homeopath 14 years' clinical experience.

Homeopathy is a safe, holistic method of treating both emotional and physical conditions. Llanfair Clinic, 41 Bridge Street, Lampeter, SA48 8EG. 01570 493746 Val Allen, BACP senior accredited counsellor/psychotherapist. UKRC Registered. Offering counselling, ps yc h oth erap y, h yp n oth er ap y, EMDR. 23 High Street, Lampeter SA48 7BA, 01570 493522, valallen@surfanytime.net Jo Camlin BSc WSHom. Homoeopathy. Empower your own healing (or your child's) by telling your own story. Then a vital, energetic remedy is matched to your unique, personal experience. 01570 421480 (a.m.)

The Light of Love, a short but powerful treatment harnessing and directing the power of the Universal Life Force, relaxing, healing by touching into the heart's gentle energy. Ceredwin (thirty years of energy work experience), 01570 421476 Cathy Crick Stanton. Yoga teacher / therapist (Iyengar trained) and Barbara Brennan Healer. For class details, or to book 1-2-1 yoga or therapy/healing sessions: 01570 421144, 07748 031614, cathycrick@hotmail.co.uk Glynis Florence, BA, Cert. Couples Counselling, Dip Psychosexual Therapy. Member of COSRT. Relationship counselling and therapy to address sexual concerns in Aberystw yth and Lampeter .

Contact: 07780 458763 The Art of Well-Being: Reflexology and Indian Head Massage. Glennis Gratwick, MAR, FFHT, fully qualified, insured, 10 years' experience. Stall at Lunar Market (see listings) selling aromatherapy products.

Contact: 01570 493288 Wild Cherry Coaching. Battling stress, low confidence, or simply

women's workshop ______ Wed 10.30am-3pm, St James’ Hall, Cwmann. 11am Qi Gong gentle ex er c is e. 1 2n oo n lu nc h. 1 pm workshop. Disabled access & toilet.

Free car park. £2.50 a session (includes vegetarian lunch and all activities). Pay on the day, no m em b e r s h i p o r a d v a n c e f e e .

Drop in when you please. New

feeling stuck? Move forward with sensitive and holistic life coaching with Ros (BSc (Hons) Psychology, Diplom a Stress Managem ent, Advanced Diploma Life Coaching).

Free consultation. 07462 746248, www.wildcherrycoaching.co.uk Bowen Technique and Reflexology Fully qualified and registered practitioner. Practises from Aberaeron and Tregaron. Contact: Pearl, 01974 299224, 07967 647920 www.bowen-reflex4wales.co.uk Alison Kaye MBAcC. Traditional Chinese Acupuncture. Llanfair Clinic, 41 Bridge Street, Lampeter, SA48 8EG. 07779 256388 Susan McAllister (Bsc Hons).

Transformational Teacher, Therapist & Consultant. Over 20 years of teaching, complementary therapy & healing experience. Available now for Crystal Healing Workshops & Angelic Tarot Readings. Contact: 01570 493006, 07572 672986, sue@tranquillight.vpweb.co.uk Louise Nadim BSc Hons, Ph.D. Fully qualified, insured Brennan Healer.

Working in the Human Energy Field assessing, balancing and healing, to restore physical, emotional and spiritual health. Contact: 01570 421144,07920 112228, louise_nadim@hotmail.com Dr Colette Power. Mindfulnessbased Stress Management, MB Pain & Illness Management; Introduction to Mindfulness Courses; 1-2-1 coaching. For future courses, or to discuss ways of working with mindfulness for you/your group.

Contact: 07890 835873,

Confidence-Building, Assertion Skills, Mat-Based Pilates, Style Coaching, Life Coaching. Shân Rees BA, Dip.Couns, Dip Style & Life Coaching. 01570 218138, 07940 375147, shanharmony@aol.com, www.livingexcellently.co.uk Eva Ryan MTI. Wholistic massage to help rebalance and heal body, mind and emotions. Treatment tailored to your unique needs.

Registered, insured practitioner. At Taliaris, or arrange home visits.

Contact: 01558 822390, 07792 748191 Remedial Massage Therapy. Kelly Smith, LCM dip. 4, Maesyfelin, Llangybi, SA48 8LY. 01570 493774, 07582 170181 Christine Stephenson BSc MNIMH. Medical Herbalist at Llanfair Clinic, 41 Bridge Street, Lampeter - for a holistic approach to health and use of herbs with an emphasis on the importance of a good diet. Call: 01239 858946 Ashley Ward MAR GJC (Dip Reflex).

Dan cing T re e R efl exo log y .

Reflexology in the comfort of your own home, within 15-mile radius of Lampeter. Fully-insured member of Association of Reflexologists.

Contact: 01570 422985, 07811 767563, www.dancingtree.co.uk Bones for Life: practices to stimulate bone strength, protect vulnerable joints, improve posture and increase vitality. Contact: Marye Wyvill, 01570 421027, maryewyvill@hotmail.com Reflexology. Annie Zakiewicz MAR is a fully-insured member of the c o l e t t e @ m i n d f u l n e s s c o u r s e . c o . u k Association of Reflexologists and practises from Cellan. Contact: www.mindfulnesscourse.co.uk 01570 493295, 07790 107521, Taiga R. Przibylla B.A.DipHSEC. www.reflexologywithannie.co.uk Shiatsu. Seiki. Buqi Vital Energy and Oriental Bodywork. Werndriw Natural Health Clinic, 23 High Street, Lampeter. SA48 7BH. 07974 674243, taigaprzibylla@hotmail.com Living Excellently: assisting people to make the most of themselves. lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com members always welcome.

Workshops: Wed 2 July: Papier Mache modelling with balloons Wed 9 July: Making Boxes Wed 16 July: Painting the Papier Mache moulds Wed 23 July: Painting the Boxes There will be no meetings in August.

See you all again in September.

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Polite reminder to all listings Please could you let us know if you no longer require your listing to be included in future editions of Grapevine.

Please also contact us if you wish to be removed from the monthly reminder email.

Thank you, The Newsletter Team NB. We have a new email address just for listings: lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com

CELLAN MILLENNIUM HALL CLASSES AND GROUPS Classes subject to change: please check www.cellanmillenniumhall.co.uk for updates & contact details.

See our website What’s On page for one-off events

Film Night Fri 4 July “Las Vegas” (12A) Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman & Kevin Klein

MONDAY Line Dancing 7-10pm Golden Broth Lunch Club 11.30-2pm (28 July) TUESDAY Lampeter Home Education Group 12-5pm Qi Gong 6-7pm Tai Chi 7-8pm WEDNESDAY Table Tennis 10am-12midday, all ages, suitable for intermediate players Sew, Knit and Natter 1-4pm Yoga 5.30-7pm THURSDAY Village Improvement Society Cttee1st Thurs of month 7pm W.I. 2nd Thurs of month 7.30pm FRIDAY Art Group 10am–1pm Film Night fortnightly 7.15pm (see advert for full details)

Fri 18 July TBC DOORS OPEN 7.15pm for 7.45pm start Admission by Donation BIG SCREEN & DIGITAL THEATRE SOUND WWW.CELLANMILLENNIUMHALL.CO.UK

VOLUNTEER PROJECTIONIST REQUIRED TO TAKE OVER THE FILM NIGHTS AT CELLAN HALL

Please contact Amanda Newman, 01570 421338

Copy Deadline: Sept, issue 22 Fri 8 Aug Theme: ‘Preservation’

Lampeter and District U3A Update Many thanks to the people who responded to the call to spearhead the forming of a new U3A in Lampeter. There still needs to be a few more people willing to be active in promoting a launch in September. The deadline for contacting is the end of June. If you are interested and haven't yet made contact, please phone me on 01570 421476.

Ceredwin

A Brighter Future for Red Squirrels in Mid Wales The new Mid Wales Red Squirrel Officer, Becky Hulme, will be working to co-ordinate and expand volunteer efforts and community engagement in the Red Squirrel Conservation Zone.

Anyone interested in getting involved and helping with surveys, promotion or in gaining training and support in grey squirrel control please contact Becky: 07972 201202, b.hulme@welshwildlife.org For more detailed information: www.wtwales.org or

check out the next issue of Grapevine.

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For Your Information: New email address for Listings lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com

COEDWIG GYMUNEDOL LONG WOOD COMMUNITY WOODLAND If you go down to the woods today…

group structure and decision making. I was surprised to learn that in many of their countries the ownership of the trees and the land they grow on were not always in the same hands.

In the evening, the group “retired” to Llanfair Village Hall for some food, which turned into an impromptu jamming session, complete with African dancing.

What’s on in the Woods Work continues on the Visitor Centre build as we enter the final stretch before completion, and it’s looking great. Now is the perfect opportunity for more locals to get involved and be a part of this unique eco-build project. So, throughout July & August, Long Wood are pleased to be hosting a number of Green Building Skills Days which will be welcoming anyone who wants to learn about lowimpact building techniques. Participants will get hands on experience trying out straw bale walling, applying hempcrete and lime, timber cladding and carpentry skills.

Sessions are free, led by experienced timber framers.

You can sign up for just one day, a few or all of them, depending on your availability. Booking is not essential but places are limited on each day so call ahead if you want to secure your place. Calling ahead also helps us plan our work day for the right number of volunteers.

Here are the dates…

… You might well see all sorts of activities happening.

We’ve had a really busy few months recently, what with the VINE (Volunteering in the Natural Environment) project hosting community activity days, as well as a visit from Mark Williams, MP, to see how Long Wood is progressing. We’ve also been hosting pupils from Ysgol Y Dderi for a six week programme of Forest School sessions which have been a great success. Children have learned about photosynthesis, predator/prey relationships and woodland ecology. There’s been plenty of time for outdoor games, arts & crafts as well as hot food, cooked on our campfire. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed leading these sessions and meeting all the children, and I hope they’ve taken away some great memories of their time with us.

As well as all that, we also hosted an international group of fifty delegates from as far away as Central Africa, Asia and South America. They were in the country to learn about Forest Governance in the UK and, as part of that course, they came to see us as an example of a community group who are governing their own woodland.

It was interesting to field all the many, varied questions that the delegates had to ask us about land ownership,

Green Building Skills Days July Wed 2 • Wed 9 • Sat 12 • Wed 16 • Wed 23 • Mon 28 –Thurs 31 August Fri 1 • Tues 5, Wed 6 • Tues 12 • Tues 19, Wed 20 • Mon 25 – Thurs 28

Theft at Long Wood Sadly, we have also recently been the victims of another theft up at the woods. On the night of Thursday 22 May a large amount of MDF boards and sawn timber were stolen from the Visitor Centre building site. This is sad indeed, as such behaviour only serves to harm this positive community project, aiming to provide a great facility for all to enjoy. As a result of this theft we have now erected CCTV cameras at key points across the site.

If anyone has any information, we urge you to come forward.

James Kendall Join our mailing list or find us on Facebook. Contact: 07557 386755 or info@longwood-lampeter.org.uk 23

LETTERS

Congratulations

grapevine, victoria hall, bryn road, lampeter SA48 7EE email: lampetergrapevine@gmail.com

to our Local Knowledge/Cryptic Crossword

Competition Winner Nanna Davies

Dear Grapevine I write in response to the article on real bread in your February issue (Cookie’s Corner), and whilst I acknowledge that you have already responded to the kind letter written by Jennifer Thomas (March issue), I felt compelled to write a few words.

This year Bara Gwalia of Llanybydder (also at Briwsion, Lampeter) is celebrating 20 years in business. We are a small family run business that takes great pride in the quality of our produce that is freshly produced on site every day.

I’m sure there’s a lot we could do to improve the way we promote our business, but the fact that we don’t use words like ‘artisan’ to describe ourselves does not mean that our produce is nothing more than ‘flour and water in a bag’ and I was more than a little insulted by the insinuation. We certainly wouldn’t need to start at 2am every morning if that was all there was to it!

Much of our range of bread is produced using a traditional starter dough; we also produce an European style rye bread using a traditional rye starter based on an old family recipe just like the ones described in your article, and an organic wholemeal bread that we have been supplying to the Mulberry Bush for many years. In addition, we produce a range of handmade and homemade pasties, pies and pizzas and a variety of pastries and sweet goods. I think therefore, that we can safely be described as a ‘real bakery’.

Whilst I appreciate that your article intended to highlight the range of produce available in the town I can’t quite fathom why a publication intended to promote Lampeter would make reference to a producer from Carmarthen whilst ignoring Lampeter based businesses that directly contribute to the town’s prosperity by paying business rates, providing employment for local people and supporting other local businesses, not to mention playing our part in helping to distribute the Grapevine!

If you are going to use the Grapevine to promote Lampeter and all it has to offer it would be great if you could do so in a fair and balanced way for the benefit of all the town’s businesses.

Dymuniadau gorau Gethin Jones Bara Gwalia/Briwsion.

Nanna receiving her hamper from Josie Smith of Mulberry Bush

Thanks to everyone who entered: Deanne Cook, Daniel Davies, Jen Davies, Phil Edwards, J Ganley, Llinos Griffiths, Ken Guy, Trevor Harris, David Hyde, Ian Jones, John Jones, Joyce Jones, Dawn Kenwright, Delyth Latham, Sue Moules, Ann Owen, Marilyn Pocock, Angela Roberts, Sarah Robert, Catrin Schröder, Angie Smith, Caroline Smith, Marye Wyvill.

Check out your answers below and don’t forget this month’s crossword competition. See page 33 for more details about the prize from the sponsor - Creative Cove

corrections & clarifications Apologies to Jan Williams for not including her name in the list of entrants last issue …we had a slight technical hitch finding the entry form - sorry!

NB. To ensure safe delivery of competition entries please use the box at the library. Thank you.

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VINE (Volunteering in the Natural Environment) at Coedwig Gymunedol Long Wood Community Woodland

“The kids and I really, really loved it, please let me know of other events like that, it was fabulous! and Ben was so patient with all the kids.”

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Fabulous Family Fun Day really was wonderfully magical. Saturday 14 June, saw over 70 people visiting Long Wood Community Woodland to try their hand at circus skills or get creative making dream catchers with Lea Wakeman; whilst close by experienced woodsman Benjamin Grey and his apprentice Eifion Wakefield, taught people of all ages the skills of carving green wood to create spatulas and spoons. There was quite a production line going all afternoon, with many proud faces all round on the completion of their crafted creations. The event was one of Tir Coed’s VINE

~ “Absolutely fantastic day and the kids thoroughly enjoyed.

We will definitely be back for more!” FB

The VINE team can organise an activity to suit your needs, whether as a local group of individuals or as a club or society. Thanks to the support of our funders, these activities can be offered to you free of charge over the next three years.

Another of the VINE activities currently running for two days a week, over three months at Long Wood, is a course led by Benjamin Grey involving 8 volunteers who are making improvements to the access and structures within the woodland.

There will be more opportunities for people to learn traditional coppicing skills, in the Autumn when a further two day-a-week course is planned. If you are interested in learning these skills please contact the Lampeter VINE Project Officer, Meinir Evans

project Open Days.

VINE is part funded by the Big Lottery Fund, Ernest Cook Trust, The Millennium Stadium Charitable Trust, Natural Resource Wales and the Tudor Trust, and is based at three different sites including Long Wood Community Woodland, Coed Ty Llwyd, Llanfarian and Allt Goch, Llanidloes. VINE offers a

Lampeter@tircoed.org.uk, 07476 880699

wide range of opportunities to tempt you into the woods, including the creation of carved items, walking sticks, willow weaving, and construction of gates, styles and hurdles to more leisurely activities such as guided walks.

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Anyone for singing?

All natural materials, sustainable and ethical.

Hello! I am Louise Broome and am thinking about starting a choir in Lampeter. I am a musician and experienced choir leader and have written this article for Grapevine to gauge the interest in starting this choir in September. It would be fun and informal, with a good mixture of music, (old and new pop songs, standards and musical theatre). Anyone over the age of sixteen can join, and no previous experience of singing or music is necessary. I am hoping for all voice types, men and women, young and old.

I am an experienced choir leader and have recently started a choir in Aberaeron, called ‘Musical Magic’. After just a few weeks practice, the choir there is sounding fabulous.

My aim is to have fun and enjoy singing. It’s a great way to unwind and meet new people. So tell your friends and family, and if you would like to be involved with a new choir in Lampeter, please do get in touch.

There would be a modest charge to cover the hall hire & running costs.

Contact: loobroo@hotmail.com, 01545 560222 (emails preferred, if possible).

Many thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you.

Louise Broome

Natural Craft Stall People’s Market, Victoria Hall, Lampeter, 2nd & 4th Saturday of the month, 10am - 1pm

The Food and Craft Market, Llansawel Village Hall, 3rd Saturday, 10am -12.30pm

Buy pre-packed or pick and mix ranges of plant dyed textiles; needlework and felting kits; fair trade upcycled jewellery, hand felt purses, embroidered bags, cushions; gifts; bespoke commissioned designs; or book a place on a workshop direct from the stall.

Natural Craft Workshops 10–4 pm Small friendly, informal groups with all materials and a light lunch included.

Regular venues include 1st Lampeter Scouts Hall, Llansawel Village Hall and The Quercus Rooms, Carmarthen.

Raised needlework, creative use of plants like nettles, natural plant dyeing, wet/dry felting, & making textiles all on offer. £35 per person (unless otherwise stated). Booking essential Please see websites or visit Pam’s stall for further details. www.pottingsheddirect.co.uk www.facebook.com/pottingsheddirect www.pinterest.com/pamdirect www.etsy.com/uk/shop/pottingsheddirect

Celtic Christianity: Part V Saint Pabo Royalty; Reposed 510; Remembered Nov 9 St Pabo was a Romano-British king from the Old North (which stretched all the way to Strathclyde). He went by the name Post Prydain, ‘Pillar of Britain’. It is said he became a Christian and retired and founded a church at Llanbabo in Anglesey. A fine grave slab of the 14th century shows a Royal with crown and sceptre bearing his name and written on it: Hic iacet Pa Post Priid Co el ma That is short for: Hic iacet Pa[bo] Post Priid Co[nf Gr] … [t]el [i]ma[ginem obtulit] And in English: Here lies Pabo the Upholder of Britain, Confessor. The practice of truncating words is very common on Latin gravestones and can be frustrating for modern eyes. This stone was hidden during the Reformation but rediscovered in 1680. Faces above the church door may represent St Pabo and his two children looking out at their graves in the churchyard.

He is probably the grandfather of St Deiniol the Elder, St Asaph and St Tysilio. There were many ancient churches in Anglesey, but Llanbabo alone has a circular wall around it typical of very early, perhaps pre-Christian, foundations. Why do we remember these saints? Because it is through their example of a life in a structured relationship with God that we learn of the way of spiritual fulfilment.

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Recent Reviews services.

When bus users are asking for thousands and are told it isn’t available, it seems so outrageous to suggest that millions ought to be spent on reopening a railway line. This opened the debate on the floor.

Bus users asked the Traws Link Cymru members to support them in their efforts for getting improved bus services, explaining they had been campaigning for years on this, which some members did at the end of the meeting and which was gratefully received.

A man with learning disabilities came to talk to us and told us he is going to lose his bus pass soon because the Welsh Government won’t support disabled people any longer who, although clearly always have to rely on public transport, are only in receipt of the lower rate of mobility allowance because they’re able to walk. It would have been really useful had this kind of issue come out in the open during the official meeting. How is it possible that in a wealthy civilised society people at the bottom end will be punished like this?

We also want to know why it is that bus users are still treated like second class citizens and told they can’t have mere thousands spent on them while, at the same time, others are encouraged in a campaign which would potentially cost hundreds of millions.

At one poignant moment one of our members asked Stuart Cole and Alun Williams how they would get home on a Sunday from Cardigan, home being between Aberaeron and Lampeter. The ignorance displayed by the pair of them was enough to make one mad. Our member spends the whole day travelling via Fishguard and Carmarthen at considerable financial cost and huge personal sacrifice. Would Stuart Cole and Alun Williams do this? No, of course not, they would get in their cars and drive the forty minute journey.

We tried to question Stuart Cole on some of the figures regarding Bwcabus but he just walked away, unwilling to engage with us but inviting us to write to him. We tried to explain to Alun Williams why Bwcabus is so inefficient. He wasn’t interested in the figures but agreed to receive some of our FOI r eq u est s and r es p o n se s.

He b l am e s Carmarthenshire County Council for the current 40/40c situation as they are the ‘lead partner’, he blames the Welsh Government for lack of funding, he blames his predecessor for the dangerous situation at Aberystwyth bus station; does he take responsibility for anything? We think not.

Public Transport in Cardigan Bay. Report on the meeting in Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Mon 9 June 7-9pm, run by the Institute of Welsh Affairs, discussing Public Transport in Cardigan Bay. This report has been compiled by bus users, members of Rural Areas Need Transport (RANT) and Bus Users in Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire Unite (BUCCU), who attended the meeting.

Short presentations were given by Alun Williams (Cabinet Member on Ceredigion County Council with responsibility for Transport), Professor Stuart Cole from the University of Glamorgan and architect of the Bwcabus Scheme, and Glyn Jones from Rail Futures.

Alun Williams outlined the problems of funding for bus services with cuts from the Welsh Government, the challenges that are due to Ceredigion’s rurality and the pleasure at having received £100,000 to use in the Tregaron area. He also commented on the improved rail service between Aberystwyth and Shrewsbury and finished by stating his support in principle for the re-instatement of the Aberystwyth to Carmarthen line.

There wasn’t a lot to add to that by Stuart Cole and Glyn Jones but both supported the words of Alun Williams in agreeing with an expansion of Bwcabus as being the right way forward. Glyn Jones did say that campaigners for the railway re-instatement had to be realistic and that a fast, direct bus service might be an alternative answer. He also said that a train service would not speed up the journey.

The interesting part of the evening came when there were questions from the floor, although at least fifteen minutes were wasted on one question regarding whether potential funding for the M4 Newport by-pass could be more usefully spent in rural Wales, for instance on opening up disused railway lines. Stuart Cole outlined the various options and the audience was left frustrated as they wanted to have a conversation about Ceredigion, not Newport. Then members of Traws Link Cymru explained their vision and their campaign.

One of our members finally managed to get the microphone and gave full details of the problems faced right now by bus dependent residents, problems such as there being no bus arriving by 9am in Lampeter from the Aberaeron direction, expensive tickets, no Sunday or evening services, Bwcabus vehicles sitting empty in a lay-by, and had the temerity to suggest that the £3.6M spent on Bwcabus would have been better spent on conventional

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Bramble Swirly Whirly What you will Need 500g blackberries 500g apples 150g honey Juice from 1 lemon 2 baking trays lined with greaseproof paper

For more activities like these visit naturedetectives.org.uk

Bramble Unscramble Slot the words from this poem about brambles into the grid. The letters W and F are there to start you off Three cheers for the mighty bramble bush!

A tough, quite common shrub.

Find it growing in gardens, hedges and woods, In barren wasteland and scrub.

The bush itself is a prickly thing, Long scrambling stems, sharp spines.

The Romans used to use these As their version of barbed wire.

Each season brings a brand new change, Lots to see throughout the year.

Robins, finches, thrushes and wrens Build nests in spring right here.

In full leaf the bramble’s a brilliant green, It’s a vibrant summer sight.

Keep your eyes peeled in June and July, For its flowers, pink and white.

The nectar is sweet, it’s such a treat, Attracting lots of minibeasts.

Butterflies, wasps, hoverflies, moths, And the buzzing bumblebee.

What to Do  Peel, core and chop the apples, put them in a saucepan with the blackberries and lemon juice and simmer gently over a low heat until it’s all soft and pulpy  Push the fruit through a sieve to create a smooth puree, then add the honey and stir really well  Divide the mixture between the two baking trays, spreading it thinly and evenly  Cook in the oven at about 60°C, or on the lowest setting, until the fruit has dried out and can be pulled/peeled off the trays easily - this can take a loooooooong time, several hours!

So don’t forget it’s there! :O)  Cut into strips and roll up into swirly whirls  Eat straight away or store in an air-tight container and save for a snack or picnic later Yum!

From green to red to black.

They’re yummy in pies, on cakes or in jam, In smoothies or ice cream they’re lush.

But the best way by far is to pick them by hand And eat them straight from the bush!

But blackberries are not just for people, no, Lots of animals eat them as well.

An autumn feast for badgers and mice, Blackbirds and red admirals.

As autumn moves on the leaves start to change To a colourful, dazzling red.

They brighten the woods in the dull winter months When much wildlife is tucked up in bed.

So a year in the life of a bramble bush, From blossom to bright red leaves.

Look out for it next time you’re out in the woods And munch on its tasty berries!

Late summer brings the fruit we love, A juicy, sticky snack.

Watch closely as the berries ripen,

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DID YOU KNOW? Ancient Earth Centre for Well-being

If you place a paid advert for your local event

Beautiful peaceful, intimate, retreat space and Yoga studio for hire with or without cottage accommodation, available all year round.

in the Grapevine, you can also have it included on the Victoria Hall and Cellan Millennium Hall websites for no additional charge?

Please email your poster (JPEG format) to: admin@vichall.org.uk Thanks!

Custard Queens The Custard Queens Women’s Institute aimed for (but didn’t always get to) the bulls-eye when they played a friendly match with fellow W.I. members from Cellan, at the Castle Green Pub, Lampeter on the Friday 30 May. Though sadly losing to the Cellan champs, it was decided, after having so much fun, that a Custard Queen W.I. Darts Team was a future group target to aim for.

The Quiz night went very well on the Monday 16 June with a challenging range of questions and an offering of a delicious array of cakes to tempt members and visitors alike and the only question unanswered was, how come there was so much food?

The CQ ladies would like to thank Bwlch Llan members for hosting their lovely Garden Day at The Winllan Wildlife Garden, Bwlch Llan on the 14 June, such a lovely place to go, with an astounding amount of wild flowers and orchids in the meadow.

Finally a thank you goes to Ruth Packham, a local textile artist who joined us to show us her amazing work, and let us have a go at needle felting some animals and brooches in our last meeting.

The Custard Queens have many more events coming up and you can ring, or visit us on our website and Facebook pages to find out more.

Ages from 18 to 80+ all very welcome.

Custard Queens meet Every Third Sunday of the Month at the Victoria Hall, Lampeter, 7pm start till 10pm.

Further details available: 07540 383835, custardqueenswi@gmail.com NEW website http://custardqueenswi.weebly.com or https://www.facebook.com/custardqueenswi Carole Elizabeth

Set on a 20 acre smallholding with lovely views, woodland, fields and farmyard with free ranging animals, the centre nestles on the hills above Cellan only10 minutes’ drive from Lampeter.

Call Cathy or Louise on 01570 421144 enquiries@lanlasfarm.co.uk

NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS Advertising Rate Increase The Grapevine has become a victim of its own success. The first edition had 12 pages and a print run of 1000 but has grown to the point where the September 2014 issue will have a run of 2500 and we are regularly publishing 32 pages or over.

To help offset some of the additional costs, Lampeter Grapevine advertising rates will, from the September issue, increase by around 20%.

We are committed to remaining 'free at the point of delivery’, but only do so through advertising revenue and the financial support of Transition Llambed Development Trust.

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Growing our future? - Wi-Fi has already been installed in all schools in Ceredigion Wi-fi emits a similar type of radiation to that given off by mobile phones and masts.

Although the government and the council assure us that levels are well below the current limits, many scientists think the basis of our safety limits is wrong; current limits only consider the thermal effects of electromagnetic radiation (whether it actually causes organs to heat up) and not the potential long-term health risks associated with the non-thermal effects.

The European Environment Agency (EEA) Bio-Initiative report 2007 states “the limits on exposure to electromagnetic fields which have been set for the public are obsolete.”

In a school in Norwich the levels of radiation from a Wi-Fi enabled lap-top during downloading were three times the amount they had monitored whilst standing under a mobile phone mast. (BBC Panorama, on Youtube) This is particularly significant for children, as their skulls are thinner than adults and tests have shown that they absorb more radiation than adults.

Phillip Parkin, General Secretary of the Professional Association of Teachers, says; “I think schools should be very worried about it. I’m asking for schools to consider very seriously whether they should be installing Wi-Fi” (Panorama).

France has legislated to discourage Wi-Fi in schools “the time for inaction is past” says the Director of the French Health and Security Agency Martin Guespereau. The German Teachers Union for Education and Knowledge has told its members to resist the roll out of Wi-Fi into schools on safety grounds. The Israeli Ministry of Education has told schools to use wired computers in preference to Wi-Fi in classrooms. The Austrian Medical Association recommends Wi-Fi free school environments. The Irish Doctors Environmental Association recommends “to avoid Wi-Fi in home or work if possible, and particularly in schools and hospitals, and to use wired technology wherever possible”. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) recommends that member states take “all reasonable measures” to reduce the exposure of children and young people to manmade electromagnetic fields, and that preference should be given to adopting wired as opposed to wireless connections.”

There is some evidence that Wi-Fi may have an effect on: changes in cognitive function e.g. concentration capacity or short term memory, epilepsy, fertility, pregnancy, puberty, electrical activity in the brain, possibly leading to cognitive impairment or dementia, damage to DNA, behavioural problems, cardiovascular

changes and altered hormone concentrations. Studies have shown links with headaches and neurodegenerative conditions, melatonin suppression and sleep disorders, fatigue, hormonal imbalances, immune problems, genotoxic effects like miscarriages, cancers such as childhood leukemia, childhood and adult brain tumours and more (see ‘Working for Safe Technologies for Nurseries, Schools and Colleges’ and wifiinschools.org.uk’s report Safe Schools 2012).

Symptoms of electromagnetic hypersensitivity (estimates range from 1.5% to 9% of the population) include ‘headache fatigue, stress, sleep disturbances, skin symptoms like prickling, burning sensations and rashes, pain and ache in muscles and other health problems’ (World Health Organization, 2007) Some also describe digestive disturbances, dizziness, eczema or rosacea (WHO 2006).

The American Academy of Environmental Medicine approved the following statement in June 2012: “Adverse health effects, such as learning disabilities, altered immune responses, headaches etc, from wireless radio frequency fields do exist and are well documented in the scientific literature. Safer technology such as using hard-wiring, must be seriously considered in schools for the safety of those susceptible individuals who may be affected by this phenomenon.”

Sir William Stewart, chairman of the Health Protection Agency and chief scientific advisor from 1990-1995, advocates the Precautionary Principle for Wi-Fi in schools; this is defined by the EEA: “The Precautionary Principle provides justification for public policy actions in situations of scientific complexity, uncertainty and ignorance, where there may be a need to act in order to avoid, or reduce, potentially serious or irreversible threats to health or the environment, using an appropriate level of scientific evidence, and taking into account the likely pros and cons of action and inaction.”

This report summarizes over 1,500 studies concerning Wi-Fi, bluetooth and cordless phones. The report concludes that repeated and /or excessive exposure to wireless electromagnetic waves may cause cancer, acoustic neuroma, DNA damage, modify brain function and effect the immune system.

There is so much scientific evidence to suggest caution. However, the UK Government and Ceredigion Council have chosen to put Wi-Fi into our children’s classrooms. Why not take the advice of the chairman of the UK Health Protection Agency; use the precautionary principle and hardwire classrooms instead.

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small ads & Classified Issue 22: Sept Copy Deadline: Friday 8 Aug Theme: ‘Preservation’

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For more info contact Sue 01974 298100 www.ragartstudios.com

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Regular supply available.

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This 5th Local General Knowledge and Cryptic Crossword is sponsored by Creative Cove, which PRIZE: Creative Cove Voucher has kindly offered a voucher to spend in the shop for the winner.

Creative Cove was opened more than eight years ago by Charlotte Clarke. Having attended school in Lampeter and returning after university she had always found it frustrating that there was nowhere in Lampeter where she could buy the stationery or art and craft materials she needed. So, she decided to open Creative Cove and fill this gap with a much needed local venue for people’s art, craft and stationery needs. Creative cove offers a very wide range of art supplies, craft materials, Prize Local Knowledge/Cryptic Crossword No 5 (Jeep) stationery, `1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 as well as gifts, greetings cards, computer consumables, wedding and party supplies, and how-to books. It 9 is also possible to order other products that are 10 not displayed on the store’s shelves.

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Down 1. Titled designer of the Lampeter war memorial (3,1,8,4) 2. I patch a label around system for sorting books in Lampeter library (12) 3. Type of standing stone found at the centre of the stone ring in Coed Gwarallt forest (7) 4. No end to DIY with style that makes a structure with two columns (7) 5. One of a pair of sound protectors worn by farmers round Lampeter (7) 6. Type of Indian chant evolving from bashing tin cart? (7) 7. Range of hard flooring offered by Gwyn Lewis of Bridge Street (6) 8. Village where the Lunar Market is held (8,8) 14. Word play that you would find at the beginning of Punch (3) 15. Abbreviate role of Justin King at Sainsbury Plc? (3) 16. Gently throw toy bells around losing style (3) 17. One man found at the heart of dualism (3) 19. French buttery flaky pastry available at the Town Hall Café-Deli (9) 21. Push north east using dugout in the middle (5) 22. Bird used as symbol for the blog for a group of Lampeter based poets (5) 23. Type of railings when alcohol has been added to soft drink (6) 25. Mars change for some horned sheep (4) 26. Land where a moth might be drawn (6) 27. Little thanks for starting the territorial army (2) 31. The Welsh name for river (4) 33. Irate? i.e taken out to be a pest (3)

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