Lampeter Grapevine Issue 25 Dec 2014 Jan 2015

cysylltwch â ni / contact us: lampetergrapevine@gmail.com Rhagfyr-Ionawr / Dec ‘14 January ‘15

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

STOP PRESS Don’t Miss

The Christmas People’s Market Sat 20 Dec Victoria Hall

Out with the

New & In with the

Old FREE/ AM DDIM

contents in this issue…  and in with the old...  welsh quilt centre raffle  bbc school report  clonc  reach out project  new and old rugby stars  traditional remedies that every parent should know  tregaron talent  apple day 2014  traws link cymru  more confessions of an amateur gardener  an unloved vegetable  festive frolics  cellan beer festival  athena healing  poetry corner  why did the chicken cross the road? regular features …  lampeter loyalty card  letters  reviews  listings & events  ads & classified  town council news  ian’s final tweet  jottings  what’s on in the woods  celtic christianity  creative ideas  vine project update  crossword competition  kids in action

The Lampeter Loyalty Card has continued to grow apace.

Almost 8000 cards have now been issued, we have half a dozen new businesses waiting to join the scheme once new supplies are available, and over £500 of Lampeter Loyalty Vouchers are now being spent in local shops.

Congratulations go to Siân Davies, winner of £30 of Loyalty Vouchers in the October Prize Draw The November Draw will be on Sat 13 Dec, and the December Draw will be on Sat 10 Jan 2015, at the People’s Market, Victoria Hall. To enter these draws, make sure you get your completed cards in one of the Collection Boxes, located at Ruby Rose, Eryl Jones Insurance, The Mulberry Bush, Organic Fresh Foods or the People’s Market by the end of November and December respectively.

Get ready for the Great Lampeter Christmas Loyalty Hunt December is going to see a further boost for the Loyalty Card scheme with the Great Lampeter Christmas Loyalty Hunt.

Running from 1 December to 12 December, and supported again by Ceredigion County Council, the event will have up to £240 in prizes.

The Hunt will run for 12 days, with 12 questions to answer and with 12 prizes of £10 of Loyalty Vouchers up for grabs - and the prizes will be doubled if a completed Loyalty Card is included with an entry.

More details about the Christmas Loyalty Hunt will be on our Facebook page and online at: www.lampeter21.co.uk/christmas-loyalty-hunt www.lampeter21.co.uk/loyalty/lampeter-loyalty-card-participating-businesses

Lampeter Loyalty Card Cerdyn Teyrngarwch Llanbedr Pont Steffan 01 – Lomax’s 02 – The Mulberry Bush 03 – Organic Fresh Foods 04 – AJ Williams Embroidery 05 – Town Hall Cafe Deli 06 – Eryl Jones Insurance 07 – Ruby Rose 08 – Compass Office Supplies 09 – Gwyn Lewis Carpets 10 – Cascade Florists 11 – The Falcondale 12 – The People’s Market @ Victoria Hall (2nd & 4th Saturdays each month) 13 – CWN Design 14 – Calico Kate 15 – Creative Cove 16 – Hag’s Records

17 – Gwilym C Price Son & Daughters 18 – Red Apple Yarn 19 – Robert’s Garden Centre 20 – The Wash Tub 21 – The Spar Lampeter 22 – DL Williams 23 – Lambi’s 24 – Sosban Fach 25 – DD Evans 26 – AAA Decorating Centre 27 – Trysor 28 – Duet & Lan Lloft 29 – The Black Lion Royal Hotel 30 – Panacea 31 – Evans & Hughes Optometrists

If you want more details, or would like to join the Lampeter Loyalty Card scheme contact: Chris Studman 01570 493649 or loyalty@lampeter21.co.uk

32 – Jones Bros Butchers 33 – JH Roberts & Sons 34 – Jenkins of Ffarmers 35 – Pont Steffan Dental Practice 36 – Denmark Farm Conservation Centre 37 – Brondeifi Garage 38 – Cadi & Grace 39 – Artisans Food & Drink Boutique 40 – Delwedd Newydd Hairdressers 41 – Huw Lewis Tyres 42 – The Welsh Quilt Centre 43 – The Fruit Box 44 – Adrian Thomas Pharmacy

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45 – Carpet Corner 46 – Merlin’s Cave 47 – Nehar Indian Takeaway 48 – WD Lewis & Son 49 – Bargain Box 50 – Dere i Dorri 51 – G & M Coaches petrol stn 52 – Quality Fill Bargain Foods 53 – Steffan Veterinary Services 54 – Premier Siop y Gymuned 55 – Lampeter Farmers Market 56 – J & E Woodworks 57 – Smotyn Du 58 – Mark Lane Bakery & Café 59 – Little Gem

Chris Studman

GRAPEVINE

Croeso / Welcome … to this bumper issue of the Grapevine.

no. 25, Dec/Jan 2014

The theme this time is ‘Out with the New and In with the

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 submit an article, letter or to make an enquiry: lampetergrapevine@gmail.com To add your event or course to our Free listings: lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com or post to address above Please include the reason you are contacting us in the subject box of your email (Article, Letter, Enquiry)

Old’ - perhaps designed as a backlash to all the predictable

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New Year comparisons, and the presumption that ’New’ is better than ’Old’. It’s fascinating in this era of new technology, when a robotic probe has just landed on a comet (how mind blowing is that?!), to take time to reflect on some of the ‘Old’, traditional methods of doing things.

It’s not about a ‘rose-tinted’ view of the ‘good-old-days’ where progress is a bad thing, more a thought of how we can or could adapt both to provide greater benefits for all.

Do you ever wonder or try to remember how we survived before mobile phones and the internet? Do you think life is more or less complicated as a result? Maybe that’s a debate for the next issue (‘Less is More’) - so get your thinking caps on for that one.

Meanwhile, we have a mixture of contributions for you to contemplate, some connect us back to nature; ‘And in with the Old’ page 5, ‘Ian’s tweet’ and ‘Jottings’, p7, ‘Traditional Remedies’, ‘Athena

p13/14,

‘Festive Frolics’, p27, VINE, p32,

Healing’, p35 and ‘Young Rangers’, p39; whilst

others bridge the gap between Old traditions and New developments; ‘Tregaron Talent’, p15, ‘Traws Link Cymru’, p16, ‘CLONC’, p9, ‘BBC School Report’, p8, ‘Magic Lamp Cinema’, p4, ‘Welsh Quilt Centre’, p5, ‘New and Old Rugby Stars’, p 11 and ‘Why did the chicken cross the road?’, p37.

Plenty to keep you going through the dark evenings, I think.

Darllen wch yn Hapus / Happy reading Angie Martin, Editor

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LETTERS

LUNAR MARKET RETURNS FOR CHRISTMAS

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

Many

readers

of

the

Grapevine will have been

THE MAGIC LAMP CINEMA

to the Lunar Market in

@VICTORIA HALL

Llanfair Clydogau, either as

That’s a wrap…

The initial 4 week trial of the Magic Lamp Cinema is now over - ending with the marathon extended edition of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.

Thank you to everyone who came along and supported the cinema. And a big thank you to all the volunteers who helped run the cinema, and to the local filmmakers who provided the short films.

Over 50 feedback forms were completed. These have provided lots of useful comments and ideas that will help shape the next phase of the Magic Lamp Cinema.

Congratulations to Barbara Baller who was drawn from all the feedback forms as the lucky winner of £30 of Lampeter Loyalty Vouchers.

All the numbers, the comments and the popcorn will be crunched over Christmas, then the Magic Lamp Cinema will be back on the scene as a multiscreen complex in the new year....

To keep up to date with the plans ahead, watch the Magic Lamp Facebook page facebook.com/MagicLampCinema or contact Chris Studman: 01570 493649 magiclamp@lampeter21.co.uk

a

stallholder,

to

browse or to enjoy the refreshments and a chat with friends.

This monthly event was the brainchild of Jane Stevens who saw the need for a venue for locals to sell their crafts, produce and goodies.

The Lunar Market became famous for the bacon

butties

and

being

a

friendly,

social

occasion. As most regulars will know, Jane sadly

died

October

suddenly

at

the

beginning

of

after a short illness.

On Saturday 6 December there will be a Special

Christmas

Lunar

Market

in

Jane's

memory and also to carry on an event that was very popular in Llanfair Clydogau. There will be the usual mix of crafts, fresh goodies, festive refreshments and unusual ideas and gifts for Christmas. The market will be open from 11am until 3pm.

To find out more please contact: Lesley Stevens, 07876 794098.

University of the Third Age (U3A): Update The University of the Third Age (U3A) is a movement which provides life-enhancing and life- changing opportunities. It provides opportunities for retired or semi-retired people to come together to learn. It’s not necessarily about qualifications but the joy of learning and education. The U3A allows members to share their skills with others; there is no distinction between teachers and learners.

After attempting to launch a new branch of the University of the Third Age in Lampeter, it was decided to appeal for a small group to spearhead a new launch in the Autumn. However, the call for this in the Grapevine has produced scant results.

It needs a keen person, or a couple, or a small group of friends to take this worthwhile project forwards. I have all the information and there is support from regional and local branches. If anyone is willing to take this on, please contact me on 01570 421476 for all the details and information.

This will be the final appeal; if there is no response, we shall have to conclude that there is no way forward for the U3A in Lampeter.

Ceredwin

Banc Bwyd Llambed Food Bank would like to thank the people, churches and businesses of Lampeter and surrounding areas for their recent generosity in supporting the Food Bank with donations of food and funds. This is much appreciated, and has helped us to prepare for helping families and individuals in need over the coming winter period.

Any further donations can be left at the Hedyn Mwstard, or with local supporting churches:  St Thomas’s Methodist Church  Mount Carmel Catholic Church  Emmaus Christian Fellowship  Lampeter Evangelical Church  St Peter’s  Noddfa Baptist Chapel They can also be made by phoning 07582 905743, when arrangements can be made for delivery of food items.

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More recently, in Scandinavia, nature-based stress management courses have begun to spring up.

There is clearly a growing trend towards nature-based stress relief which can range from the simple advice to spend more time outdoors, to developing a deeper reconnection with nature (which often involves an engagement with pre-industrial forms of wisdom). Nature really does seem to inspire, nurture and heal us on a very deep level.

'And in with the old...'

“If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence, we could rise up rooted like trees.”

Rainer Maria Rilk

Recently, a growing body of evidence has strongly supported the link between our mental well-being and spending time in nature (and I'm not just talking wilderness here - a walk in the park, gardening, playing with your dog or cat, sitting in your garden or tending to house plants can, and do, help). However, believing that nature is healing and can relieve our modern day stress isn't a new discovery by any means - people all over the world have known this for a long, long time. For centuries people of all cultures have found great emotional and spiritual sustenance when looking at nature - watching a beautiful sunset, gazing at a turquoise sea, or peaceful lake, walking in a lush green forest or field of golden corn. Living so closely and intimately with nature and being dependent on it for their very survival, our ancestors very likely experienced a very deep and physical sense of connection with the earth and the whole web of life...

It is only in recent years that we have become relatively disconnected from nature, living as we do most of the time indoors or in our cars, cut off from nature and perhaps coming to see it as something 'other' from ourselves - something to be subdued, tamed or controlled - and in the process cutting ourselves off from a vital source of support and nourishment, from a part of ourselves. According to ecopsychology, this mental and physical disconnection is incredibly harmful to our well-being, causing us stress and pain on a very deep level. It is also harmful, they say, to the well-being and survival of the planet upon which we depend, as we are quickly destroying it, and in the process our home, our own survival and a very deep part of ourselves.

Ecotherapy seeks to remedy this, helping people to once again reconnect with nature and heal this rift.

Of course, you may or may not believe what the ecopsychologists say, that a deep rift has developed and is causing us and the planet harm.

However, leaving aside this notion of a rift, as mentioned above, many researchers have been exploring the link between our mental well-being and being in nature. Some have also found that healing images of nature can help to lower blood pressure and relieve stress and pain. In recent years 'forest bathing' has become a recognised relaxation and stress management activity in Japan. Forest bathing involves visiting a forest for relaxation and recreation while breathing in the aroma of the trees' essential oils (akin to aromatherapy). Furthermore, 'healing gardens' have been around for many, many years.

“The indescribable innocence of and beneficence of Nature - of sun and wind and rain,

of summer and winter - such health, such cheer, they afford forever!”

Henry David Thoreau

So, is it time to look back to our ancestors and remember what we have lost? And to somehow find our way back home? There are lots of ways we can allow nature to help us. We can simply utilise its healing properties to improve our well-being, or we can go further and deepen our connection with nature - thereby also building our resilience to stress.

Nature can teach us so much too, if we just slow down, observe and listen.

If any of this resonates with you, there is more information at www.wildcherrycoaching.co.uk, where you can read my Nature Wisdom blog and find details of my unique, nature inspired stress management e-course.

Ros Hunwicks Welsh Quilt Centre Raffle This year the Welsh Quilt Centre Lampeter held a raffle for a beautiful antique quilt. The proceeds from this raffle will

help

us to

conserve another antique Welsh Quilt that will be exhibited in the 2015 exhibition.

The draw was held on Tuesday 28 October and drawn by Kate Barnes of Calico Kate.

The lucky winner

was Gwyneth Evans of

Llangybi. Gwyneth visited the exhibition with Llangybi Merched Y Wawr.

The

picture

Jen

Jones

shows of

the

Welsh Quilt Centre presenting the prize to

a

very

happy

Gwyneth Evans.

Jen Jones

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Gwasanaeth Dydd Sul y Cofio ger y Gofgolofn: Y Cadlywydd oedd y Cyngh. David Smith. Bu i’r Cyngh. John Davies ymwneud â’r Anogaeth. Y Canon Brendan O’Malley oedd yng ngofal y gwasanaeth ger y Gofgolofn ac yn yr Eglwys San Pedr. Y Biwglwr oedd Benedict Webb myfyriwr o Goleg Prifysgol Abertawe. Boed i’r utgorn (sef Y Safle Diwethaf a’r Reveille) gael ei ganu mewn ffordd ystyrlon ac yn weddus i’r achlysur. Roedd y Gwasanaeth eleni yn un teimladwy iawn gan ei fod yn nodi canrif i’r adeg pan ddechreuwyd y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf, pan gollwyd cenhedlaeth o bobl.

Diolch i aelodau’r Ford Gron, Llanbedr Pont Steffan a’r Heddlu a oedd yng ngofal cau’r ffordd a hefyd i Mr Gwynne Davies am ddarparu’r Uwch-Seinydd.

Diolch yn fawr i bawb a oedd wedi cyfrannu mewn unrhyw ffordd i’r achlysur.

Aros y mae’r atgofion yn ymwneud â’r rai a wnaeth yr aberth mwyaf, o hyd.

Remembrance Sunday Service at the War Memorial: Cllr David Smith assumed the role of Marshal at this event. Cllr John Davies delivered the Exhortation. The service at the War Memorial and the service at St Peter’s Church were officiated by Canon Brendan O’Malley. Benedict Webb, a student at Swansea University undertook the role of Bugler. The trumpet (Last Post and the Reveille) was played in a manner which was very fitting for the occasion. This year’s Service was particularly poignant as it commemorated the Centenary of the start of WW1, when a whole generation had been wiped out.

Thank you to the Members of Lampeter Round Table and the Police, who manned the roads and also to Mr Gwynne Davies for the provision of the loudspeaker. Many thanks to all who attended and who contributed in any way to this event.

The memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice remains.

Llongyfarchiadau!

Datganwyd llongyfarchion i Mrs Marx, Heol Y Bryn, Llanbedr Pont Steffan ar gyrraedd can mlwydd oed ar yr 8fed o Dachwedd 2014.

Cyflwynwyd blodau iddi ar ran y Cyngor Tref gan y Dirprwy-Faer Y Cyngh. Chris Thomas a’r Faeres Mrs Lis Williams. Dymunwn yn dda iddi yn ystod y dyfodol.

Congratulations!

Congratulations are extended to Mrs Marx, Bryn Road, who celebrated a landmark birthday, viz 100 years of age on Saturday 8 November 2014.

Flowers were presented to her, on behalf of the Town Council by the Deputy-Mayor Cllr Christopher Thomas and the Mayoress Mrs Lis Williams. Best Wishes for the future Mrs Marx.

Sinema-Neuadd FIctoria Braf oedd clywed bod y Sinema wed ail-agor ei ddrysau o fewn Neuadd Fictoria. Deallwyd bod Mrs Margaret Davies-Evans (cyn Gynghorydd Tref), 4 Rhes Harfod, Llanbedr PS, wedi mynychu’r Noson Agored o’r 25ain o Hydref (agorwyd yn swyddogol gan Y Maer y Gyngh.

Elsie Dafis). Roedd siwr o fod wedi dod â llif o atgofion i Margaret gan ei bod wedi ymwneud â’r swydd o Dywysydd degawdau ynghynt. yn yr unfan.

Cinema-VIctoria Hall Members were pleased to hear that the Cinema had re-opened its doors at the Victoria Hall. Mrs Margaret Davies-Evans, 4 Harford Row, Lampeter (formerly a Town Cllr) attended the Opening Event (which had been officially opened by the Mayor Cllr Elsie Dafis) on Saturday 25 October 2014. It must have brought back many memories to Margaret as she had been an Usher many decades ago at the Cinema.

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Ian’s Final Tweet:

Jottings

Without their leaves, trees and hedgerows reveal nests that had been so expertly hidden by the birds that built them. Many will not stand up to the rigors of winter and will not be used again, e.g. the spider web and lichen construction of Long-tailed tits and the mud- lined nests of Song thrushes.

Some nests however are used for a number of years. The colonial nesting Rooks will visit their stick constructions over the next few weeks to assess any damage, if the neighbours are not around they will steal sticks. Herons return to the trees at the end of January and behave in a similar fashion. Red kites like to decorate their nests with pieces of coloured paper amongst other things; in times past they stole clothing from washing lines. The House martins’ mud pellet nests can survive the winter but will almost certainly need refurbishment, it is a shame that some are hosed down. Other creatures use the abandoned homes of other animals. Some Bees will take up residence in old mice runs. If you have the chance to visit the coast and look in the rock pools you could find that master recycler the Hermit crab.

David Price

December by Ian and Tomos Morris For this, our final monthly tweet, I would simply like to urge readers to explore the beautiful countryside where we live as much as possible for themselves. What I love about birding in Ceredigion is that with so few people on the ground there are always new things to discover.

Everyone can contribute something to our understanding of the local bird life however small that contribution may be. Perhaps you have seen a particularly large flock of Wood Pigeons in the autumn or know of a pair of Mute Swans with cygnets. When added to the records sent in by others they help to create a better picture of the ebb and flow in the lives of the birds that live amongst us.

County Bird Recorder Russell Jones would be David Price very happy to receive interesting sightings and can advise you on what sorts of information to send him. These are summarised in an annual report. Contact: russell.jones@rspb.org.uk Alternatively, check out the website; www.ceredigionbirds33.blogspot.co.uk This has up to date records of what is being seen and a list of regular monthly bird walks.

Finally, Tomos and myself would like to thank everyone for their lovely comments about his drawings.

Ian Morris H a p p y birding!

POTTING SHED DIRECT All natural materials, sustainable and ethical.

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

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, and The Quercus Rooms, Carmarthen.

Raised needlework, creative use of plants like nettles, natural plant dyeing, wet/dry felting, & making textiles all on offer.

Booking not always essential Dates for NEW Drop in Workshops to be arranged Private Tuition Workshops also available 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

Heron by Tomos (age 9) On behalf of all Grapevine readers Thank You Ian and Tomos for inspiring us all. Eds.

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BBC School Report is a joint BBC News and BBC Learning initiative. It gives 1116 year old students in the UK the opportunity to create unique media content, and to present it to a real audience, via television radio and the internet, on School Report News Day 19 March 2015.

BBC News presenter Huw Edwards is working on School Report and has stated,

“Over the years… I’ve seen how much fun it can be”.

At Bro Pedr’s School Report, the management team are excited to be able to offer this fantastic experience to pupils at this school for a third time; in weekly lessons the Young Reporters receive tuition to improve a variety of skills such as speaking and writing.

In past years, Bro Pedr’s Young Reporters have had the chance to interview public figures such as ex-Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, and created content that has been featured by the BBC. We hope that this year will be as rewarding for our Young Reporters as the last, and we look forward to News Day in March.

BBC School Report will be live on Thursday 19 March on the BBC School Report website, with our reports going onto www.bropedr.ceredigion.sch.uk live.

For more information visit the BBC School Report website on http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolreport/.

Max Project Manager

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www.clonc.co.uk

Papur bro ardal plwyfi: Cellan, Llanbedr Pont Steffan, Llanbedr Wledig, Llanfair Clydogau, Llangybi, Llanllwni, Llanwenog, Llanwnnen, Llanybydder, Llanycrwys ac Uwch Gaeo a Phencarreg.

The Welsh language community newspaper for Lampeter and the neighbouring parishes.

Papur Bro Clonc has been a Welsh language monthly Papur Bro Clonc yw’r papur misol Cymraeg i ardal community newspaper for Lampeter and the Llanbedr Pont Steffan a’r pentrefi cyfagos ers surrounding villages for the last 32 years. It 32 o flynyddoedd. Mae’n dathlu llwyddiant celebrates the achievements of individuals and unigolion a chymdeithasau’r ardal. Ond gyda societies in the area. But with the growth of thwf gwasanaethau hyper lleol, bwriada Clonc hyper local services, Clonc intends to develop ddatblygu ymhellach. further.

Eleni, gyda chymorth Golwg360 rydym yn This year, with the help of Golwg360 we seek ceisio datblygu lle ar y we, sef gwasanaeth to develop a Welsh language community cymunedol Cymraeg gan ddefnyddio’r service on the web by using social gwefannau cymdeithasol. websites.

Golwg360 yw’r Gwasanaeth Golwg360 is a Welsh language Newyddion Cymraeg Cenedlaethol a National News Service based at leolir yn Ystâd Ddiwydiannol Llambed Industrial Estate. At Gŵyl Llambed. Yn ystod Gŵyl Golwg a Golwg, a festival held this year on gynhaliwyd eleni ar gampws the campus of Trinity Saint David Prifysgol Y Drindod Dewi Sant University Lampeter in September, Llanbed ym mis Medi, fe lansiwyd Clonc360 was launched.

Clonc360.

Currently Clonc360 is a new Ar hyn o bryd mae Clonc360 yn service to this area on Twitter, wasanaeth newydd i’r ardal hon Facebook and Youtube. The gyda phresenoldeb ar Trydar, Llun Seremoni’r Gadair yn Eisteddfod CFfI intention in December is to bring it Facebook a Youtube. Y bwriad ym Ceredigion a drydarwyd gan @Clonc360 all together on a new website for the mis Rhagfyr yw dod â’r cyfan at ei The Chairing Ceremony in Ceredigion YFC community. gilydd ar wefan newydd i’r gymuned. Eisteddfod photograph as tweeted by @Clonc360 Individuals and societies are Anogir unigolion a chymdeithasau i encouraged to tweet in Welsh about drydar yn Gymraeg am local events as well as including ddigwyddiadau lleol yn ogystal â photographs. Messages in Welsh, chynnwys lluniau. Gellir hefyd bostio pictures and videos of local interest negeseuon Cymraeg, lluniau a can be posted on Clonc360’s fideos o ddiddordeb lleol ar dudalen Facebook page.

Facebook Clonc360.

Tweeting results and photographs Cafwyd tipyn o lwyddiant yn recently live from both YFC ddiweddar wrth drydar canlyniadau Eisteddfodau was successful. a lluniau yn fyw o’r ddwy Eisteddfod Members from Cwmann, Dyffryn CFfI. Bu aelodau Clybiau Cwmann, Cothi and Llanllwni Clubs helped in Dyffryn Cothi a Llanllwni yn the Carmarthenshire Eisteddfod in cynorthwyo o Eisteddfod Sir Gâr yng Llun perfformiad CFfI Cwmann yn Eisteddfod CFfI Carmarthen, and members from Nghaerfyrddin a bu aelodau Clybiau Sir Gâr a drydarwyd gan @Clonc360 A performance by Cwmann YFC in Bro'r Dderi, Llanwenog and Bro’r Dderi, Llanwenog a Phontsian Carmarthenshire YFC Eisteddfod photograph as Pontsian Clubs helped in the yn cynorthwyo o Eisteddfod tweeted by @Clonc360 Ceredigion Eisteddfod in Ceredigion ym Mhontrhydfendigaid.

Pontrhydfendigaid.

A unique service, bringing Welsh Gwasanaeth unigryw yn dod â bwrlwm Cymraeg y language excitement of this successful organization to mudiad llwyddiannus hwn i gartrefi’r ardal. homes in the area. Journalists from Golwg360 were Bu newyddiadurwyr Golwg360 yn ddigon caredig i kind enough to offer training to individuals and gynnig hyfforddiant i unigolion a chymdeithasau ar organizations on the skills needed to use Twitter, sgiliau Trydar, Facebook a Youtube. Os hoffai eraill Facebook and Youtube. If others would like to learn ddysgu mwy am hyn er mwyn cynorthwyo, cysylltwch more about this, and help out, please contact one of the ag un o wirfoddolwyr Clonc.

Clonc volunteers.

Yn y cyfamser defnyddiwch @Clonc360 yn eich neges In the meantime please use @Clonc360 in Twitter Trydar a phostiwch yn Gymraeg ar dudalen messages and post your message in Welsh on www.facebook.com/Clonc360. Beth am rannu www.facebook.com/Clonc360 page. Why not share canlyniadau eisteddfodau a sioeau, rhoi eisteddfod and show results, publicise local events, cyhoeddusrwydd i ddigwyddiadau lleol, rhannu sgôr share football, rugby and hockey scores, and even timau pêl-droed, rygbi a hoci, a hyd yn oed son am announce times of services in chapels and churches? oedfaon mewn capeli ac eglwysi?

Geirfa ~ Vocabulary

Papur Bro – Welsh language Community Newspaper Golwg360 – Welsh language National News Service Gŵyl Golwg – A Welsh language Arts Festival held in Lampeter

Clonc360 – The new local Welsh language community service on the web Eisteddfod – A Welsh festival of literature, music and performance 9

Reach Out Project

Starting a debate ...      

Are you struggling with transport issues?

Is it difficult to get volunteers to where they need to be?

Do you need help transporting sports teams to fixtures?

Would you like to offer more off-site activities?

Can mobility problems create barriers to accessing events or activities?

Is the cost of transport prohibitive?

What are the options?  Get in touch with the Reach Out Project  If you are over 21 with at least 2 years driving experience, and you are a youth leader or work with young people, you can complete the free MiDAS minibus training and become a driver for your group  This is a great volunteering opportunity and a positive qualification to add to your CV  You can then use the Reach Out Project minibuses giving a donation towards their sustainability  The Reach Out Project are willing to look at options for locating a minibus further south in the county, if there is enough demand from local groups as the aim is to provide transport for young people, and break down the barriers for people living in isolated rural communities

The Reach Out Project is a new initiative funded by the Big Lottery Fund (People and Places) to support groups of young people by providing Accessible, Affordable, Community Transport throughout Ceredigion. It has been set up by Ystwyth Community Transport Group.

We celebrated the Official Opening of the project during the school half term at Pantyfedwen, Community Hall in Pontrhydfendigaid.

Ceredigion MP Mark Williams attended and was invited to ceremoniously cut the red ribbon, which hung across the two new 17 seat light weight mini buses.

Commenting after the event, Mark Williams said;

Alternatively  Are you are a group or organisation who has access to transport that is not in constant use?  Would you be willing to allow others to use it?

Please get in touch via lampetergrapevine@gmail.com if any of the above is relevant to you.

Let’s see how we can help each other.

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“There is no age barrier to feeling the effects of rural isolation, and the Ystwyth Community Group is an example of community engagement, assisting people of all ages... giving them access to opportunities they may not otherwise be able to experience, and is a very valuable resource.”

Invited guests, including young people, from youth groups and organisations, enjoyed home baked treats provided by the Cwtch Tearooms. The younger generation had fun on the bouncy castle and games outside. Invited speakers included Ian Williams, Chairman of the Ystwyth Community Transport Group, Rod Bowen the Community Transport Officer for CAVO and Ceredigion County Council and Geraint Blayney one of the first volunteer Reach Out bus drivers for Tir Coed, who now use the Reach Out Project regularly. A big thank you to them all for their support , which made it a very successful and enjoyable event.

Suzanne Williams Ystwyth Community Transport Group, Reach Out Project Development Officer ystwythreachout@gmail.com

Film Night Fri 28 Nov “The Fault in our Stars” (12A) Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Willem Dafoe

DOORS OPEN 7.15pm for 7.45pm start Admission by Donation BIG SCREEN & DIGITAL THEATRE SOUND WWW.CELLANMILLENNIUMHALL.CO.UK NO FILM NIGHTS PLANNED DURING DECEMBER AND JANUARY

Volunteers required to help with our popular film club Please contact Amanda Newman, 01570 421338

Trafnidiaeth Ystwyth Transport Cynllun Ymestyn Allan Reach Out Project 0845 020 4322 10

New and Old Rugby Stars have recently provided excitement for junior teams at Lampeter Rugby Club. Training sessions on 4 Nov with Darran Harris and Wyn Jones from the Scarlets were followed by an Aussie themed day (8 Nov) to coincide with the Wales vs Australia match and a visit from Australian legend David Campese. A great time was had by all.

Lampeter Town RFC

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Photos: Tracey O’ Grady

DAVID CAMPESE

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SAWN TIMBER FOR SALE Locally grown sawn timber products, milled to order

Slab Wood: £18 per bundle Waney edge Boards: £1 p/m Cladding • Beams • Firewood Logs Firewood offcuts - car boot/small trailer load: £20 Please ring Andrew on 07557 386755 Each purchase supports this Community Project www.longwood-lampeter.org.uk

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Traditional Remedies that Every Parent Should Know There is something very comforting about using home remedies that have been passed down through the generations and when you become a parent you often find yourself turning to traditional remedies that your mother or grandmother used, such as honey and lemon to soothe a sore throat, perhaps it is because you remember how comforting, gentle and effective those home cures were. With children in the household it is a certainty that you are always in need of treatments for minor ailments whether it is for cuts, bruises, nettle stings or tummy upsets; and undoubtedly it is most helpful to discover the value of simple plant-based cures that can be made at home.

With the danger of antibiotic overuse becoming well publicised in recent years there is an increase in wanting to treat minor conditions such as coughs, colds and tummy upsets without asking the Doctor to reach for the prescription pad. For centuries families have relied on plant based remedies to treat everyday illnesses, these gentle yet effective remedies are currently enjoying a resurgence in interest, quite rightly too.

Healing Touch Anyone that has ever experienced a massage will know how relaxing it is and so it is not surprising that massaging babies helps to alleviate inability to settle and colic. To perform a baby massages warm one egg cupful of grape-seed oil by standing it in a bowl of warm water. Add one drop of pure Roman Chamomile essential oil and mix well. Lay your baby on a warm towel on your lap for the massage. Using gentle and soothing strokes work from your baby’s fingers along the limbs, towards the heart. Use light, circular motions over the tummy. Throughout the massage be guided by your baby and their reactions. After massaging the front of your baby, turn them over and work either side of the spine and down the back. Finish by wrapping your baby up in a warm towel. This is a great way of helping to alleviate tension in your baby, stimulate sleep as well as being a lovely bonding activity.

Rose Hip Tonic A few decades ago it was a common practice to give children a spoonful of rose hip syrup to top up their vitamin levels and ward off colds. Then, almost overnight rose hip syrup vanished from the shelves due to the outcry that it was causing infant tooth decay. However this recipe for Rose Hip Tonic contains all the vitamin C packed rosehips without any of tooth decay issues associated with the original syrup.

To make Rose Hip Tonic Take 1 teaspoon of dried rose hips or 1 ½ teaspoons of fresh rose hips and mix with ¼ teaspoon of ground cinnamon. Pour over one cup of freshly boiled water and leave to stand for ten minutes before straining. Add a squeeze of fresh lemon juice and serve as a tea. A little honey can be added to make it more palatable if necessary.

Milk Aid for Nursing Mothers: The sweet tangy, mildly aniseed flavoured fennel has been used for centuries as an aid to nursing women to help stimulate milk production. Not only has it been used to help stimulate milk production but it passes through breast milk to help the baby’s digestion and relieve symptoms of colic. Eating fennel is of benefit and you can also make a soothing tea.

To make fennel tea, crush 40g of fennel seeds in a mortar and pestle and then cover them with 1 pint of freshly boiled water. Leave to stand for 10 minutes, before straining.

Drink a cup at least three times a day. It will not only help to stimulate breast milk production and ease colic, but will also help with your digestive system and helps with balancing your menstrual cycle.

As a breastfeeding mother I was conscious of not wanting to take so much as a Paracetamol, but I still found myself in need of a headache cure or tonic from time to time; thankfully I found that a rosemary oil scalp rub chases headaches away whilst garlic is a cure all. Women have acted as the key to the families’ health for generations: dispensing advice, home-made remedies and employing the odd old wives tale here and there. With a long standing female preoccupation in natural remedies it is not surprising that there is a long list of folk remedies devoted to addressing temporary glitches in the menstrual cycle, to aid nursing and childbirth; alleviate frayed nerves and soothe the passage of the menopause.

Simple quick tips such as knowing that half a teaspoon of turmeric powder in warm milk helps alleviate cold symptoms, whilst raspberry vinegar is excellent used as a sore throat gargle or sipped a teaspoonful at a time it works as a good cough remedy means that your kitchen can soon become your natural pharmacy.

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Seren Evans-Charrington

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An Old Fashioned Kitchen Remedy for Diarrhoea: Lemon Barley Water Children can quickly become dehydrated when suffering from tummy upsets and lemon barley water can help to replace lost fluids and it tasting good is a real bonus.

To make lemon barley water cover 125g of pearl barley with water and bring to the boil. Strain, return the barley to the pan and add 1 ½ pints of cold water and the grated rind of one unwaxed lemon.

Simmer, gently until the barley is cooked, topping up with water as required. Once the barley is cooked leave to cool and then strain the liquid and sweeten with a little honey if necessary. Serve chilled.

Marigold Rinse to the Rescue: for minor Wounds, eczema, insect bites and athletes foot Marigold rinse is an invaluable treatment for all manner of skin ailments. For centuries pot marigold has been cultivated for its soothing antiseptic and antifungal properties. In history marigold’s healing properties were so highly regarded that Henry VII recommended using it to cure the plague; as a modern parent it is well worth making a marigold rinse for the treatment of eczema, roundworm, athletes’ foot, insect stings, sore skin and inflammation.

To make Marigold Wash, place 125g of fresh marigold heads (50g dried) in a large jug, cover with a pint of boiling water. Leave to cool, strain into a bowl. For the treatment of minor wounds such as cuts and grazes or sore skin and eczema, bathe the affected area in the marigold wash or apply with clean cotton wool.

To treat conditions such as inflammation or insect stings mix the prepared marigolds rinse with an equal quantity of cider vinegar and apply with clean cotton wool.

Traditional Remedies that Every Parent Should Know Continued from page 13

PMS Salad Premenstrual Syndrome is something that effects a great deal of women and with its symptoms of bloating, headaches, breast pain and irritability it can make being a mother a difficult task with patience being at low ebb. For painful periods try drinking raspberry leaf tea, this is known for easing menstrual cramps, but to combat the bloating effects of PMS try this vitamin rich salad that has a natural diuretic effect that is mild but effective: Ingredients: (a handful of each) Lettuce Young dandelion leaves Chopped celery Parsley Young nettle tips Spinach Watercress

For the dressing: 50ml Walnut oil 1 Clove crushed garlic Juice of 1 lemon

Method: Combine all the salad ingredients in a large bowl and combine the dressing ingredients together before drizzling over the salad. This should be enjoyed daily in sandwiches or as a part of main meals.

Stress is definitely not pleasant, but increasingly unavoidable when faced with parenting challenges and the strains and pressures of modern living. Gentle home remedies can help and these quick tips will help as general tonics to alleviate stress and strain: Add two cloves to a cup of herbal tea to aid your mood and lift depression.

Have a healthy helping of porridge – oats are full of vitamin B which is vital to the nervous system. Take 15 minutes a day to do nothing, but relax and try adding a few drops of rosemary oil to your next bath Constipation, Colds and Food Poisoning Garlic is an ancient cure-all remedy that amongst other things is good for warding off colds, as well as aiding the recovery of anyone suffering from food poisoning. Studies have shown that garlic can fight infection and can eliminate harmful bacteria in the gut and so two cloves of garlic a day may indeed keep the doctor away. A handy garlic recipe to keep to hand is a mild, yet effective remedy for constipation. Warm one cup of milk in a saucepan, add five peeled cloves of garlic and simmer for three minutes, gradually bring to the boil. Strain and drink just before bedtime. It will work as a laxative that is mild enough for adults and children alike.

More and more people are turning to natural solutions in preference to chemical substances. As a parent the interest in safe, simple and effective home remedies often increases, but it goes without saying that any child that has sickness, diarrhoea, pain or fever for more than twenty four hours should be referred to a doctor and that if you are worried about the health of your child you should seek the advice of a GP without delay, however, for mild ailments and minor first aid traditional remedies can be a great aid for parents and their children alike. There’s a wonderful world of traditional home remedies just waiting to be discovered in your garden and kitchen cupboards and I hope you will enjoy exploring some of them.

Seren Evans-Charrington

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Tregaron Talent The annual Ysgol Tregaron Eisteddfod was held at the end of October and this year pupils in year eleven were the leaders of the three houses, Aeron, Teifi and Ystwyth.

Following weeks of enthusiastic rehearsing the event was very successful with a high standard across the various stage and academic competitions.

Aeron were the winning team at the end of the day and also won all three choral competitions.

Nest Jenkins (centre) being presented with a new trophy kindly donated by two former pupils, Meleri and Meirian Morgan, Bwlchllan, which is awarded to the best choral conductor at the eisteddfod

Recent Reviews Lampeter Apple Day 2014 QUESTION: WHAT DO YOU GET IF YOU MIX A QUARTER OF A TONNE OF APPLES, 100 PEOPLE, SOME GADGETS AND LOTS OF GOODWILL? ANSWER: THE LAMPETER APPLE DAY AND ABOUT 100 LITRES OF APPLE JUICE.

One of the highlights was the Chairing and Shield Ceremony to honour the winning bards.

Nest Jenkins who won the Chair (on left in each photo) and Rebeca James who won the Shield (on right in each photo)

This year the chair was awarded for the best Welsh poem titled ‘Llwybrau’ (‘Pathways’) and the Shield awarded for an English poem entitled ‘Beauty’. Both competitions were held under examination conditions during a school afternoon and the adjudicators praised all the entries highly. For the second year in succession Nest Jenkins (year eleven) won the Chair and the Shield was won by another year eleven pupil, Rebeca James.

Beauty Rain poured as tidal waves of tears crashed against his shoulder, though the rock was still.

He held her, tightly.

A sea of black drowned her beauty.

The soft, mellow curls Strange to the palm.

And innocence clear to see, as she wept.

Rebuild, revive, rejected, Her eyes dull with despair.

But he wouldn’t release his hold.

He saw a true beauty, A reflection of her soul.

He would nourish, care, love.

For beauty is a gift.

Rebeca James (Ysgol Tregaron 2014)

The winning poems in both the Chair and Shield competitions, along with other winning works have been published in ‘Plu’r Gweunydd’ and are for sale from the school. 01974 298231, admin.tregaron.ceredigion.sch.uk, Rhiannon Lewis 15

Lampeter Apple Day is almost a tradition …… well, almost. It has been running for 6 years and has attracted more and more people each year. If you have never been – why not?

The weather was not the best and a couple of the tents took it onto themselves to blow to new pitches, but by 11:00 we had the apple presses, cheese, green woodworking, Wild Pickings, beekeepers, Wales Air Ambulance, and cake stalls, all ready to wow the apple growers of Lampeter.

Some apples arrived in carry bags, others came in buckets and then there was the van load! The Lampeter Permaculture Group was on hand, with all the necessary equipment and know-how needed, to turn the world’s second most popular fruit (no, I don't know which is the most popular) into my favourite drink – nothing beats freshly pressed Apple juice.

Thanks must go to all at Organic Fresh Food for all their organisation and support. Without them, the day could not happen, and what would we do without Ben’s Raclette, potatoes and gherkins!

Over 40 varieties of apples were on show, all grown locally, and the majority being Welsh varieties that have adapted to our local climate. The washing machine press put in an appearance, but pride of place went to the shiny new, high volume press, recently bought by the Permaculture Group. It was a good job we had it given the high volume of apples that people brought.

All in all, great fun, a great day, and great juice.

Tim Martin

Traws Link Cymru: update and call for volunteers to help restore the station at Llanio

TRAWS LINK CYMRU (TLC)

West Wales Rail Campaign/Ymgyrch Rheilffordd Gorllewin Cymru A great deal has happened since the last report from Traws Link Cymru in Grapevine.

Firstly, support for our campaign to re-open the railway between Carmarthen and Aberystwyth has received a very important endorsement. The First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones, in response to a question by Elin Jones (Ceredigion AM) at the Whitland First Minister Scrutiny session on 9 October, stated that he supported the principle of re-opening the line. Although there are many challenges to be overcome, he said that such a project would benefit the economy of Ceredigion and west Wales.

We have also received support from 34 Town and Community Councils and from 13 Ceredigion County Councillors. Carmarthen County Council passed a motion on November 12 proposed by Councillor Calum Higgins that, “This Council supports the campaign by Traws Link Cymru to re-open the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth railway line.”

We expect Ceredigion to follow suit shortly.

Our petition (online http://www.trawslinkcymru.org.uk/?p=536 and paper) has grown to nearly 8,000 and we continue to receive signatures on a daily basis.

We are holding two important public meetings. The first is to be held at the Black Lion Hotel in Llanybydder at 7pm on Thursday 27 November. Please come along to hear details of our progress so far; our plan for the route and to answer any questions or concerns you may have. The meeting will be attended by AMs and local Community Councillors.

The second meeting will be held at the Morlan Centre, Queen's Road, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 2HH on Thursday 15 January starting at 6pm. At the Morlan Centre meeting we expect to have in attendance several AMs, County and Community Councillors and our local MP, Mark Williams.

We are planning to clear the railway station at Pont Llanio in connection with the 50th anniversary of the closing of the line. We hope that Bob Symes, the celebrated TV presenter and railway modeller will install a short track with a model of a Great Western diesel rail-car. We require volunteers to help us clear the track and the undergrowth from the platform. Please call John Lewis who is co-ordinating this effort on 01545 570080, if you are prepared to work a chain-saw or a brush-cutter West Wales Rail Campaign or just help to clear the line.

Ymgyrch Rheilffordd Gorllewin Cymru A recent report on the experimental and successful Cyfarfod Cyhoeddus shifting of timber by rail from Aberystwyth to the Kronospan Mill near Wrexham indicated that the one of I adrodd ar gynnydd yr ymgyrch i ail-agor y rheilffordd rhwng Aberystwyth a Chaerfyrddin the largest industries in west Wales (worth £400 million 7yh Dydd Iau 27 Dachwedd 2014 per year) could significantly benefit from the Carmarthen Gwesty’r Black Lion Hotel, Llanybydder to Aberystwyth rail link. This link would help reduce the Public Meeting number of huge timber lorries on our narrow and twisty to report on the progress of the Campaign to re-open the rail roads and our canvassing of the timber industry has line between Aberystwyth and Carmarthen 7pm Thursday 27 November 2014 demonstrated that they are in favour.

At the Black Lion Hotel, Llanybydder Adrian Kendon, CROESO I BAWB - ALL WELCOME Chair Traws Link Cymru

Traws Link Cymru

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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 also have office space, committee room and small therapy/ class/ conference room.

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

Day Monday

Tuesday

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

Time

Activity / Class

9.30am12.30pm

W NEW Choir W

Name

Number

WEA Sewing class

Hannah Cutler

01570 421236

7.309pm

Magical Music in Lampeter

Louise Broome

01545 560222

1-2pm & 6-7pm

American Tribal Style Bellydancing

Wendy Steele

01570 472921 07752 478779

4.305.30pm

LYTSS: Lampeter Youth Theatre & Stage School

Annie May

01570 423080

7-8pm

Boxersize

Oliver Leighton

07918 661194

W

6-8pm

Welsh Class

Meryl Evans

01545 572715

W

10am1pm

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

Becky Turton

07875 272834

W

10-12pm

Welsh Class

Meryl Evans

01545 572715

W Welcoming newcomers W NEW

Wednesday

W F

Thursday

Young at Heart

Drop in session for learning computer skills and general advise Sandwiches & social for the wiser folk of Lampeter

Zumba keep fit session

Louise Evans

07584 199372

W

6-7pm

Jujitsu

James Masters

07564 666530

W

1-3pm

Welsh classes

Meryl Evans

01545 572715

6.307.30pm 8-9pm

Line Dancing: Class for beginners

Heather Boothby

01570 493458

Boxersize

Oliver Leighton

07918 661194

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

7-9pm

Transition Llambed ‘Big Gathering’

W

10am12pm

Welsh classes

Meryl Evans

01545 572715

W

4.306.00pm

LYTSS: Lampeter Youth Theatre & Stage School

Annie May

01570 423080

2nd & 4th Sat each month

10am1pm

People’s Market

No Market 27 Dec Sunday

Age Cymru

7-8pm

W NEW! M 3rd Thur each month

Saturday

10am1pm 24.30pm

W

W

Friday

Contact

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

STOP PRESS: Extra Christmas Market Sat 20 Dec

W

10am7pm

Lampeter Evangelical Church

Gareth Jones at the Mustard Seed café

01570 423344

W

6-9pm

Jujitsu

James Masters

07564 666530

M

7-10pm

Custard Queens WI

Jen Pink

07540 383835

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

courses_______________ Denmark Farm Conservation Centre, Betws Bledrws Fri 21-Sun 23 Nov: Introduction to Permaculture Thurs 27-Fri 28 Nov: Graphic Design Fundamentals (FREE CiDs course) Sun 30 Nov: Volunteer Activity - Habitat and Trail Maintenance Sun 7 Dec: Volunteer Activity - Putting up Nest Tubes for Dormice Wed 10 Dec: Craft and Cake - all welcome Wed 10 Dec: Festive Evening Celebration (more details on page...)

Sun 18 Jan: Volunteer Activity - Coppicing and Woodland Management Sun 18 Jan: Drawn to Paint Nature (part 1 of 4 seasonal workshops) Sun 8 Feb: Volunteer Activity - Habitat and Trail Maintenance Sat 14, 21 and 28 Feb: Introduction to Outdoor Digital Photography Wed 25-Fri 27 Feb: Ecology I Full details and more opportunities: www.denmarkfarm.org.uk 01570 493358 Coedwig Gymunedol Long Wood Community Woodland: * Making a Shave Horse. Sat 22 & Sun 23 Nov. 9am-3pm. This course is offered FREE by Tir Coed’s VINE project! A shave horse is the ‘black & decker workmate’ of the greenwoodworker. This two day course will give you the skills you need to construct it. Based at Long Wood’s workshop in the woods. Led by woodworker Rob Smith.

Contact: 07476 880699, lampeter@tircoed.org.uk to book your place. * Introduction to Coppicing course will run on two consecutive Sundays, 23 and 30 Nov. 9am-3pm. This course is offered FREE by Tir Coed’s VINE project! Join tutor and experienced woodsm an, Tony Eames, at Long Wood Community W oodland to learn the skills associated with this traditional woodland management technique.

Contact: 07476 880699, lampeter@tircoed.org.uk to book your place.

Bike Demonstrations at People’s Market, Victoria Hall, every 2nd and 4 th 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_______________

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.

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Traws Link Cymru - West Wales Railway Campaign Ymgyrch Rheilffordd Gorllewin Cymru: Cyfarfod Cyhoeddus I adrodd ar gynnydd yr ymgyrch i a i l - a g o r y r h e i l f f o r dd r h w n g Aberystwyth a Chaerfyrddin 7:00yh Dydd Iau 27 Dachwedd 2014, Gwest y’r Black Lion H otel, Llanybydder Public Meeting to report on the progress of the Campaign to re-open the rail line between Aberystwyth and Carmarthen 7pm Thur 27 Nov 2014, Black Lion Hotel, Llanybydder CROESO I BAWB - ALL WELCOME www.trawslinkcymru.org.uk Events taking place in the School of Classics, Lampeter: The Classics research seminars: All public lectures will take place in the Founders’ Library, Lampeter, on Thursdays at 6.15pm, accompanied by a reception (free entry) 27 Nov 2014, Barry Burnham (Lampeter) ‘Britain produces gold and silver and other metals’ (Tacitus): the Dolaucothi connection?

4 Dec 2014, (Classical Association Lecture) Francesco Meo (Dipartimento di Beni Culturali, University of Salento) 5 Feb 2015, Textile production in preRoman southern Italy: first data.

(Classical Association Lecture) Maria Papadopoulou (Ministry of Education, Athens) City and memory: the foundation myth of Alexandria and 18

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the chlamys of Alexander the Great (Classical Association lecture) Pumpsaint Annual Crafts Fayre in aid of Breast Cancer Wales. Fri 28 Nov 2-6pm Sat 29 Nov 10am-4pm at the Coronation Hall Lampeter Christmas Fayre, Arts Hall, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter campus, Sat 29 Nov, 12-4pm. Annual Christmas Fayre in the Arts Hall at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, craft and Christmas gift stands, mince pies, mulled wine. To be opened by the Mayor of Lampeter, with performances by Cor Meibion Cwmann Llanerchaeron: Begin the countdown to Christmas this year with a visit to Llanerchaeron. On the Tues 2 Dec, 2-4.30pm and Thurs 11 Dec 6 -8.30pm there will be wreath making workshops using greenery from the Llanerchaeron gardens. All materials supplied as well as hot drinks and mince pies. All welcome, £15 booking required.

For more details, contact gwen.morgan@nationaltrust.org.uk Christmas Fair: Soak up the magic of the festive season and enjoy a great day’s shopping with over 60 local food and craft stalls at our Annual Christmas Fair, Sat 6 and Sun 7 Dec. The Villa will be decorated for the Christmas and there will be a visit from Father Christmas as well as a treasure hunt for the children. £4 for Adults, children and NT members go free.

For more details about our events and opening times please visit our website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ llanerchaeron or call 01545 573024 Christmas Craft Fayre Sat 6 Dec at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Lampeter 10am-3.00pm.

Crafts, Christmas Cards, Refreshments, etc. Hiring of stalls £6.50 contact 01570 472968.

Rajesh David, Pete Stacey and Rachel Hargrave playing at The Mulberry Bush, Sat 6 Dec, 7.30 pm.

Gourmet three-course vegetarian food and excellent music. £19.95.

Booking essential 01570 423317 Christmas Lunch & Entertainment

by Smudger at The Mulberry Bush, Sat 20 Dec, 12.30. Two courses and a lot of fun and carols £12.00.

Booking advisable 01570 423317

events cont.d _____________ People's Kitchen. Sun 7 Dec, 2pm, Llanfair Clydogau Village Hall. Join us for a delicious vegan meal and friendly social.

School Carol Services: M o n 8 D e c : Ys g o l T r e g ar o n (Llanddewi Brefi Campus) Christingle Service at Eglwys Dewi Sant, 6pm.

Wed 10 Dec: Ysgol Tregaron Christmas Fair (Secondary Campus) * Thurs Dec 11: Ysgol Tregaron/ LLanddewi Brefi Campus – Christmas Concert, 6.30pm Mon 15 Dec: Ysgol Tregaron/Primary Campus – Christmas Concert 6.30pm Fri 19 Dec: Ysgol Tregaron (Senior Campus) Carol Service at Bwlchgwynt Chapel * (* times to be confirmed) Coedwig Gymunedol Long Wood Community Woodland:  AGM & Open Public Meeting. Mon 8 Dec, 7.30pm, Victoria Hall, Lampeter. The Long Wood team welcomes 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). info@longwood-lampeter.org.uk for more information and to sign up for this unique project.

Facult y of Hum ani t ies and Performing Arts Research Lecture Series 2014-15.

Venue: Founders’ Library, Old Building University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter Campus. All lectures start at 5pm Monday 8 Dec: Prof Keith Robbins: “The largest university press in the world”: Editing and Writing the Contemporary History (1970-2004) of O.U.P. (Learned Society of Wales Inaugural Annual Lecture) Mon 26 Jan 2015: Prof Tom Harrison (Rathbone Professor of Ancient History and Classical Archaeology, University of Liverpool): ‘Herodotus’ Travels in Britain – and Beyond’ Mon 16 February: Dr Gary Bunt (UWTSD): ‘Islam, Social Media and the Cloud’ Lleoliad: Llyfrgell y Sylfaenwyr, yr Hen Adeilad Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant, Campws

Llambed. Bydd pob darlith yn dechrau am 5yh Dydd Llun 8 Rhagfyr: Prof Keith Robbins: “The largest university press in the world”: Editing and Writing the Contemporary History (1970-2004) of O.U.P. (Darlith Flynyddol Gyntaf Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru) Dydd Llun, 26 Ionawr 2015: Prof Tom Harrison (Rathbone Professor of Anc ient Histor y and Classical Archaeology, University of Liverpool): ‘Herodotus’ Travels in Britain – and Beyond’ Dydd Llun 16 Chwefror 2015: Dr Gary Bunt (PCYDDS): ‘Islam, Social Media and the Cloud’ Lampeter Music Club: Lampeter Music Club: Clare Hammond: piano.

Tues 9 Dec, 7.30pm, The Arts Hall, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter Campus.

Clare Hammond has been acclaimed

by The Daily Telegraph as a pianist of “amazing power and panache”, and her performances praised by the Guardian for the “crisp precision and unflashy intelligence”. Her programme will include: Bach - Italian Concerto, BWV 971; Sibelius - The Trees, Op.75; Beethoven - Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathétique'; Scriabin Prelude and Nocturne for left hand, Op. 9; and Chopin - Études Op. 25.

The Hepplewhite Piano Trio. Sun 11 Jan 2015, 2.30pm, The Arts Hall, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter campus.

The Hepplewhite Piano Trio was formed in 2009 by students at the Birmingham Conservatoire. In 2010 they won the Sylvia Cleaver Chamber Music Competition, and soon after were awarded the Derek Young Memorial Award from the Birmingham Chamber Music Society. They also won a place in the finals of the Ludlow Concerto Prize, and were the first chamber group to win the Birmingham Symphony Hall Prize.

Tickets at the door: £10; concessions £8.50. Students free with a Union Card. Two children free with a paying adult. To receive information about our concerts by e-mail, or receive our annual brochure by regular post, please contact us at: 01570 422436, cockburn.david@gmail.com.

Cymdeithas Hanes Llambed: The December meeting is for Members only, and will be held at the Church Hall on Tues16 Dec at 7.30pm.The Cymdeithas Hanes 2015 Calendar is now on sale, and commemorates the Lampeter of 1915. Price £5. By Mon 20 Jan we will be back at the Old Hall of the University of Trinity St. David 19

at 7.30pm, when Jonathan Riley will be giving a talk on 'The Royal Welch Fusiliers and the great Christmas truce.' Croeso cynnes i bawb; all welcomed.

Amgueddfa Llambed / Lampeter Museum The Museum is now closed over the Winter months, but if a group should like to pre-book a visit from now to the beginning of March, please contact Selwyn Walters on hanesllambed@btinternet.com.

We are also inviting businesses and individuals to show their support by becoming Patrons of the museum.

Forms are available from members of the Committee or on-line. All donations of £30 or more will be named as Patrons on the Cymdeithas Hanes web-site www.hanesllambed.org.uk for the 2014-15 season.

Young Rangers: Winter In The Woods Mon 22 Dec 10am-4pm. A special day of Christmas themed activities for kids, in the woods at Denmark Farm. £25 per child and £20 for each additional sibling. Games, crafts and a cooked campfire lunch with festive goodies for all. Led by Lea Wakeman and James Kendall. A chance for parents to get some shopping and wrapping done while the kids are having fun. Open to all regular Young Rangers and any other children aged 6-11 years. Advance booking is essential. Phone Lea, 07920 408849

health & well-being _____ 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 lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com

health & well-being cont.d__ 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

kids___________________ 1st Lampeter Brownies. Meet Wednesdays, 4.30-6pm, term-time.

Contact: Nikki, 07790 987070 Young Rangers “Play, Explore and Discover” A weekly club for 6-11 year olds. Woodland crafts and activities in nature led by Forest School trained staff. £4.50 per session. Led by Lea Wakeman and James Kendall. 4:006pm every Thurs at Denmark Farm.

Advance booking is essential. Phone Lea, 07920 408849 Little M’zzz indoor soft play centre, Llanybydder (in old church hall near Evans Bros market). Open Mon, Thurs, Fri, Sat & Sun 10am-6pm, 7 days a week in school holidays.

Birthday Party bookings welcome.

Tasty menu & free WiFi. Contact: 01570 480268, www.littlemzzz.co.uk NCT 'Move and Groove' is a music and movement group for pre-schoolers. Every Tuesday, 10am in the Catherine Stott room, upstairs in Lampeter Students' Union. Let your little one do what comes naturally by making noise and not staying still!

Playsessions on Maes y Deri playing field every 3rd Sunday each month throughout the year, 11am-3.30pm, with Ray Ceredigion playworkers. On the right up hill beside St Peter's Church, all welcome.

"Lampeter Little Ones" is a Facebook group for parents of preschoolers in the Lampeter area.

Wondering what groups and activities are available for your baby or toddler, then please join up and have a look: www.facebook.com/groups/ lampeterlittleones

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Lampeter Youth Theatre and Stage School runs 3 terms per year every Tuesday and Friday at Victoria Hall, Lampeter. Winter Term from Fri 3 Oct to Fri 12 Dec. Tues 4.30-5.30pm; Fri 4.30-6.30pm. Cost per child: £30 per term. Contact: Dinah Mulholland 01559 395391, facebook: LYTss mulhollanddinah@yahoo.com

markets_______________ People’s Market, Victoria Hall, Lampeter, 10am-1pm every 2nd & 4th Sat each month. Next markets: Sat 13 & 20 Dec, no market 27 Dec, back Sat 10 & 24 Jan 2015.

Poultry Auction, Victoria Hall, 9am12, Mon 22 Dec. Lampeter Farmers' Market Market Street, Lampeter, 9am-2pm alternate Fridays.

Next markets: Fri 12 & Thurs 18 Dec, 23 Jan 2015.

Ffarmers Market Neuadd Bro Fana/Village Hall, Ffarmers, 10am-12.30pm 1st Sat in the month. Next market: Sat 6 Dec, no market in Jan. Llansawel Market Llansawel Village Hall, 10am-12.30pm 3rd Sat of the month Next markets: Sat 20 Dec & Sat 17 Jan 2015.

Special Christmas Lunar Market Llanfair Clydogau Village Hall, 11am3pm. Local produce, crafts and festive refreshments. Contact: 07876 794098 (See notice on page 4) Next market: Sat 6 Dec.

move your body _________

Twmpath, folkdancing, every first Saturday of the month from 8-10.30pm in Talsarn Village Hall. No partner required, no experience required, just come along and join in the fun.

Entrance £2.50 which includes good food. For more information call Elly on 01570 471476 or Hazel on 07875095066.

N e w Am e r i c a n T ri ba l S t yl e Bellydancing: Tues 1-2pm and 6-7 pm, Victoria Hall. Wendy Steele, 01570 472921, 07752 478779 Lampeter Belly Dance and Belly Fit Mondays, Lampeter at Shiloh Church Hall (next to Police Station): Beginners' Belly Dance (all ages) 1.302.45pm (£5) Belly Fit for over-50s, 3-4pm (£4) There is space in both classes. First class free.

Contact Rose Barter: 01239 851737, rosebarter@btinternet.com Belly Dance & Yoga classes. Belly Dance: Tues 7.30-8.30pm. £3.00.

Beginner Yoga: Thur 7-8.30pm, £5.00.

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Crugybar Village Hall. Contact: 01558 685321, elenamgilliatt@hotmail.com Yoga class - mixed abilities: St Thomas' Hall, Tuesdays 7.30-8.45pm £6 Contact: Su Bates (BWY teacher) 07588 527512 Coedwig Gymunedol Long Wood Community Woodland. Do you need to get out and about more? Join our FREE ½ hour Health Walks on the last Sunday of each month. Next walks: Sun 30 Nov, 28 Dec & 25 Jan. Especially for people who find walking difficult. Please wear sensible shoes.

Meet at Penlan Goetre, SA48 8NE, 2pm . Contact: 07557 386755, info@longwood-lampeter.org.uk 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 Yoga, Wednesdays 5.30-7pm Cellan Millennium Hall. Small friendly group led by Pat Beaton, 01558 650594.

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 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.

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 Copy Deadline: Fri 9 Jan 2015

move your body contd_____ 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!

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 Canolfan 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, Stepio/Step. Tues 5.30-

6.15pm, Aerobeg i Bawb/Aerobics for Everyone. Wed 12noon-12.45pm, Ffitrwydd Rhwydd/Ease into Fitness. Wed 6.30-7.30pm, Kettlecise.

Thurs 5.15-6pm, Ecclectic Mix  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 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 2-3pm. Oedolion/Adults £2.85, Plant/Children £2.10. ‘sgidiau i’w llogi/boots for hire £1.50

music_________________ Magical Music in Lampeter, New Choir. Mon 7.30-9pm. No auditions.

No experience. 16+. Contact: Louise Broome 01545 560222

permaculture & conservation ___________ Forest Gardening, Permaculture & Wildlife Gardening Short courses and inspirational site visits! For more info and 2014 dates, Contact: Angie, 01974 831300, 21

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 ________________ Parish of Lampeter - Christmas Services St Peter’s, Lampeter Sun Dec 21: Service of Lessons and Carols 7pm Wed Dec 24: Christingle Service 4pm Wed Dec 24: Midnight Mass 11.30pm Christmas Day: Eucharist 10am St Cybi’s Church Llangybi: Sun Dec 21: Service of Lessons and Carols 2pm Christmas Day: Holy Communion 9am St Betws’ Church, Betws Bledrws: Sun Dec 21: Advent Carol Eucharist 10.45am Christmas Day: Holy Eucharist 10.am St Sulien’s Church, Silian: Sun Dec 21: Carol Service 6 pm.

St Mary’s Church Maestir Sun 14 Dec: Service of Lessons and Carols 2.30pm Wed17 Dec: Carols by Candlelight 7.30pm 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: 9am (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.

religious services & groups cont.d____________ 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 Service: Eucharist 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 Capel Bedyddwyr, Silian. Cwrdd yr ail a pedwerydd Sul y mis am 10.15yb.

Croeso i bawb.

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 ar y' s Chu rc h, Ll anf 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.

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 below Coffee Stop, Thursdays 10.30am-3pm 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, 710pm every 3rd Sun of month. Next meeting: Sun 21 Dec. 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 CYD Llambed. Ymarfer eich Cymraeg/ Practise your Welsh. Dydd Mawrth 11 yb-12yh/ Tuesdays 11am-12noon, 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: 11.30am2pm. Mon 1 Dec Llanfair. Christmas Lunch, Mon 8 Dec. Please ring Amanda if you want to attend. 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.

Green Drinks in the Castle Green, Lampeter from 8pm Thurs 18 Dec. Meet other people interested in green issues, hear the news from local organisations, talk over new ideas & have a general natter (& a drink!).

Whist Drives, Wed 3 & 17 Dec 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, Storytelling Circle, the first and third Thursday of the month.

Come along and learn new skills or improve old ones. It’s easier than it looks. Wolfson Room, Old Building, Lampeter University, 7.30pm.

Contact: h.addis@live.co.uk Creative Writing Workshops with professional tutors at Tysul Hall, Llandysul. £30 for four workshops or £10 for one. Refreshments available.

Sat 13 Dec, with Damian Walford Davies and Sat 10 Jan, with Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch, both from 2-4pm.

Contact Kelly for further details: 01267 235336 22

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

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Fri 9 Jan 2015 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 MONDAY Line Dancing 7-10pm Golden Broth Lunch Club 11.302pm, 8 Dec Christmas Lunch £5 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 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 on page 10 for full details)

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 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 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, colette@mindfulnesscourse.co.uk

www.mindfulnesscourse.co.uk Taiga R. Przibylla B.A.DipHSEC. 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.

Confidence-Building, Assertion Skills, Mat-Based Pilates, Style Coaching, Life Coaching. Shân Rees BA,

women's workshop ______

Break for Christmas Holidays. Resume Wed 7 Jan: Painting Wed 10.30am-3pm, St James’ Hall, Wed 14 Jan: Crafting Cwmann. Disabled access & toilet.

Wed 21 Jan: Creative Writing Free car park. £2.50 a session Contact 01570 423167, 01545 590391 (includes vegetarian lunch & all activities). Drop in when you please.

New members welcome.

Wed 26 Nov: Painting Wed 3 Dec: Discussion on Christmas Fair Wed10 Dec: Painting

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Reindeer Quiz Answers 1. b. Caribou - In America the reindeer is known as a caribou - they’re the same species 2. c. Both - Reindeer are the only deer where both the males and females have antlers 3. b. Latin 4. a. Steve isn’t one of Santa’s reindeer 5. b. It's more than 3,000 miles, or 5,000 kilometres. When the North American herds travel each year to the Arctic, they go further than any other land mammal.

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COEDWIG GYMUNEDOL LONG WOOD COMMUNITY WOODLAND What’s Going On in the Woods:

for the last year to identify projects and match them with volunteer requirements is about to enter its second year and Long Wood look forward to more interaction with this project.

It has been a busy and interesting few months here at Long Wood. Regular readers of our Facebook page will have noted that the Project Manager, James Kendall, has moved on to another project.

James was instrumental in establishing Long Wood as a community resource and Long Wood wishes him all the best in his next project. Long Wood Directors have taken on the voluntary role of running the day to day management of the project in the short term to enable them to focus on thinning operations, the annual coppicing cycle and completing the visitor centre build. Andrew is working an addition day a week and will be the initial contact at Long Wood. As well as coordinating staff and volunteers he is working on a long term business plan in order to future proof the project.

Neighbourhood Watch Despite all the positive gains and efforts by Long Wood, its volunteers, staff and supporters, thieves have targeted Long Wood again, breaking into a storage facility and stealing a Husquvarna chainsaw and some other items. Substantial damage was caused to the storage facility which has had to have costly repair work. This extra cost, together with the likelihood of higher insurance premiums are a drain on the limited resources of Long Wood. It is such a shame that a very small minority of people visit Long Wood with the aim of vandalism and/or theft. Much of Long Wood’s work is carried out by volunteers working with staff and we are grateful to them for their hard work and achievements. Anyone with any information regarding the theft is asked to contact Dyfed Powys Police or Andrew at Long Wood.

Forestry Operations The thinning programme has started within the predominantly spruce area of Long Wood adjacent to the car park and visitor centre. These coups have different thinning regimes prescribed but the overall effect will be a 20% thin across this whole area. This work is expected to continue throughout the month of November and we ask that woodland users adhere to any forest operation warning or advice signs that they come across. The path through this section of woods will be closed whilst operations are underway as a matter of health and safety.

The thinning is essential in order to allow more light to reach the forest floor and encourage diversity of both floral and faunal species in the ground layer. It will continue Long Wood on it’s path towards restoration of broadleaved woodland whilst providing revenue to enable other projects within the wood and therefore contribute towards turning the Long Wood Project into a self-sustaining community resource.

Although the effects of thinning are well documented already Long Wood has established two surveying plots in which we will, over time, monitor and record the number of different species of plants and less mobile animals such as insects. This surveying is being undertaken with the aid of Scott Roe from the Coed Phoenix project near Bronant and some volunteers and will help us to quantify the effects of the thinning activities both in the short and long term.

The association with Scot was orchestrated by Tir Coed’s VINE project.

The VINE project which has worked with Long Wood

Congratulations On a more positive side: one of Long Wood’s directors, Ivor Williams, together with Gwynfor Lewis, recently cycled from London to Paris in aid of the Royal British Legion. Together they have raised a fantastic sum of £7320. Congratulations to both for an outstanding effort. Ivor has, more recently, been in hospital for an unrelated operation and Long Wood wish him a speedy recovery and hope to see him “back in the saddle” soon.

Looking forward In order to celebrate the completion of the build and in recognition of our funders, the Big Lottery Community Asset Transfer Fund and the Ceredigion Social Enterprise Development Fund, Long Wood will be holding an open day in spring. The event will be held in early May 2015. Our last big open day back in May 2008 was attended by over 700 visitors.

Work is underway to plan next year’s event and we are hoping to build on the success of 2008. Activities will take place throughout the woodland and it is hoped that a programme of performances can be arranged at the theatre site. Long Wood welcome ideas for the open day and appreciate any offers of help to make this another successful event.

Andrew Gajlikowski

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More Confessions of an Amateur Gardener “Rain, rain, go away; come another washing day” is an old rhyme from my childhood when clothes washing was always done on a Monday. That was before the days of spin or tumble dryers.

If you didn’t get your clothes out on the line and dry on Monday, the whole week’s housework was out of sync and we viewed each other through a smog of steam, arising from the clothes draped on a wooden clothes horse around an open fire. I thought about that old rhyme this week when the skies have been unremittingly grey and it has rained all day and every day. I couldn’t grumble, after the fantastic summer we’ve had, the ground needs the rain. It’s important though, not to walk on sodden earth in your vegetable plot as it can detrimentally break down the structure of the soil. If you have to walk on it, use a plank to step on, moving it along as you go.

(Thanks for that tip Malcolm – my teacher at the Growing Your Own course at Denmark Farm) This month was the final session of the year long course, and it was time to take stock of what had grown well and what we might change next year. My own feedback began with describing how well I had just pruned my flowering current bush, taking the branches back a third and making sure that the top bud faced outward so that the bush would retain its good shape. I had cut out branches that grew inward and generally opened up the shrub to more space and light. I proudly recounted my work, only to see Malcolm hitting his head in despair; shrubs that flower in early summer should be pruned back after flowering, whilst shrubs that flower late summer through autumn should be pruned in spring. (Oh dear!

Another boo - boo!) The reason for this seemingly arbitrary rule is that the flowers grow on the wood from the previous year; if it flowers after mid-summer, prune in early spring on wood grown in the present season. Prune evergreens in May; it’s logical really!

On the whole, my garden has given me endless delight this year as well as tasty vegetables and fruit. I had a wonderful crop of onions that I stored on netting in the roof of my shed. Last week I found that about a third of them were rotten.

The cause was not mildew, bugs or fungus but the fact that those in the middle had clumped together before they were completely dry. A better way to store onions and garlic is to spread them out on upturned crates in a dry place so that the air can circulate around them.

Next year I’m going to try growing my carrots in pots as this year they were deformed in amusing, and sometimes downright vulgar, shapes. If the ground is stony, the carrots will obligingly wiggle their way around the stone but they won’t be the ‘acceptable’ nicely tapering carrot shape.

I had some nasty swellings on my red and black current bush leaves. A good insect deterrent is poached egg plant (Limnanthes Douglasii) grown beneath the fruit bushes. I am in two minds about ‘sacrificial’ plants to divert unwary insects. It didn’t seem to work too well for my brassica. Even quite large clumps of nasturtium didn’t tempt them away from the kale. The good news is that the denuded Kale plants are now sprouting new and succulent little leaves with not a caterpillar in sight. Pick leaves as you need them, always leaving some on the plant to encourage further growth.

A couple of good pest deterrent tips came from group members. It seems that beer traps do attract slugs. Take an empty baked bean can with the top not completely cut away so that it can leave enough room for the slugs to enter but make it difficult for them to escape. I have never yet seen a drunken slug; but what a way to go!

If you have a plague of ants and really can’t cope with them, find the nest and sprinkle borax in it. I don’t know if this is a humane death but it won’t harm other creatures.

Lastly, if you haven’t planted your garlic yet, do so as near to the solstice as you can. Equal length of light and dark seems to be the optimum time.

Lastly again, gather up fallen leaves from trees and collect in bin bags, making holes in the bag for worms to penetrate.

This is better than composting them with other material as they take longer to decompose. Hurry up and plant your bulbs for the Spring and I’ll be back with more confessions next year.

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An Unloved Vegetable: The Brussels Sprout Brussels sprouts are famed for being an essential part of the British Christmas dinner, perhaps because they are at their best around Christmas time. They are a little like marmite in that you either love or hate them, and their reputation for aiding flatulence has done little to broaden their appeal to the modern diner. There are those who avidly proclaim a hatred of these little vitamin packed vegetables, probably as a result of childhood encounters with overcooked, soggy monstrosities, but, let’s be h o n e s t , o v e r c o ok an y vegetable and it becomes a tasteless mush.

When prepared with a little care and imagination, sprouts are a satisfying vegetable with a fresh taste and a bit of crunch. With one sprout containing as much vitamin C as an orange they offer a much needed vitamin boost in these long winter months.

They are also a good source of iron, potassium and fibre as well as vitamin A and K. It is believed that the Brussels Sprout was first cultivated in Italy during Roman times and perhaps as early as the thirteenth century in Belgium.

The Brussels sprout that we know today was first grown on a large scale in Belgium as early as 1587 and is where it takes its name from. There was no mention of a Brussels sprout in a British cookery book until 1845, when Eliza Acton gave a recipe for buttered sprouts to be served on sippits of toasted or fried bread in her book, Modern Cookery for Private Families.

In January Brussels sprouts are still in season and if stored correctly they can keep for several months.

Seren Evans-Charrington

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Celtic Christianity: Part IX Congratulations Saint Tathan or Tathyw to our Local Knowledge/Cryptic Crossword Abbot: Competition Winner Reposed 5/6 century: Angela Roberts Remembered December 26 St Tathan (Tathyw) was an Irish monk, son of a prince, who sailed up the Severn looking for a place for a hermitage. Later he founded a monastery in the old Roman ruins of Caerwent at Llantathan in the Vale of Glamorgan.

He was known for his learning and called the "Father of all Gwent". St Cadoc and St Malo (6th century) trained under him. A body was found in 1910 and reburied in the church; it was believed to be that of St Tathan. The attached picture is that of the tomb stone.

In 1906 a pewter bowl with a faint Chi-Rho monogram scratched on it was also found. This is dated to about 375 and is the first direct proof that Christianity had arrived in Wales. It is now in Newport museum.

Note: Chi-Ro are the first two letters of "Christ" in Angela receiving her hamper from Nathanial Holt of Town Hall Greek. Using English letters it sort of looks like XP. Café Deli Sometimes the hoop of the P (the Greek sign for R) is attached to the top right arm of the X (the Greek sign Thanks to the following puzzlers who entered: Owen for Ch). The Ch is pronounced Welsh style as in Barnicoat, Deanne Cook, Daniel Davies, Jen Davies, Nanna Davies, Dave Denney, Phil Edwards, Vanessa chwech, not English style as in Church.

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Florence, J Ganley, Llinos Griffiths, Ken Guy, Stuart Hartley, Jane Holmes, David Hyde, John Jones, Joyce Jones, Sue Moules, Marilyn Pocock, Jenny & Clare Ryan, Schröder Family, D. Williams.

Check out your answers below. See page 33 for more details about the prize from the sponsor for issue 26, Lisa-Marie Hairdressing Salon.

Don’t forget you can also post your entries into the new letter box at Victoria Hall. Happy Puzzling.

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Our little event is part of a larger movement around Wales promoting local food for Terra Madre Day, all co-ordinated by Slow Food Cymru.

We have been caring for nature for almost thirty years. In addition to looking after our unique forty acre nature reserve, we’ve supported local communities and individuals to learn

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professionals and those seeking to live more sustainably gain valuable training by taking part in our courses. People from the local community access our nature reserve for recreation and leisure.

All in all we’re very proud of all our achievements.

However, we are always in need of support and this event is just one way you can help us continue our work.

The evening will include a delicious buffet of local produce and drinks. There will be entertainment: sweet music and song from Georgia Owen, the talented magician Luke Jugglestruck to keep us enthralled, plus a chance to pick up some lovely local produce Christmas presents.

We’ll also be launching our ‘Sponsor a bird box at Denmark Farm’ project and selling tickets for our grand raffle.

Why not join us and celebrate the festive season naturally?

Tickets are £15 per person and limited in number.

If you’d like to buy tickets, please contact me on 01570 493358, info@denmarkfarm.org.uk Mara Morris 27

Star Wars Snowflakes

X Wing

Y Wing Fighter Captain Rex

Darth Vader

Storm Trooper Chewbacca

If you’re up for a challenge …

These snowflakes could test your skills and patience!

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What you will Need White paper  Scissors  Sharp craft knife & Cutting mat  Bags of Patience Optional: 

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Note from the Designer These designs are provided FREE to everyone to use to make themselves snowflakes.

You may NOT use any of these designs for resale purposes, including producing other types of products using these designs.

Thank you

What to Do        

Download the templates from http://anthonyherreradesigns.com (if you are able to enlarge these to A3 size it might make cutting easier!)

Watch the video that explains how to fold the template for cutting Make precise folds otherwise you could lose bits of the design - as you are cutting through several layers of paper Take your time and slowly work through the layers The designs can be much trickier than they look!

Carefully unfold when complete and stick to another sheet of paper or card Alternatively - stick the design carefully to coloured tissue paper and use to decorate your windows If these designs are a little too tricky - ask for some help or perhaps just design some of your own instead Take a photo of your creations and send to lampetergrapevine@gmail.com 28

Handy Festive Wreath

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Some games have remained popular for decades - they often just get re-packaged or re-invented to appeal to another generation. Some have even appeared in the shops advertised as ‘Retro’ with original style packaging. Why not ask parents and grand parents what games they played when they were young … and see if you recognise any.

Dominoes Snakes and Ladders Pick Up Sticks Jacks Skipping games

Hop scotch Hoola Hoop Yoyo Skittles Tag

Playing card games Charades Monopoly Meccano Lego Which are your favourite?

Tongue Twisters

Quick Reindeer Quiz

Check out some of these old classic tongue twisters and then have fun trying to say some of these most difficult sentences in the English language.

How much do you know about reindeers?

Some of the short sentences may appear simple, but wait until you try saying them out loud.!

Say each sentence as fast as you can and see how many times you can finish each tongue twister without making a mistake!

Record your achievements and let us know how you get on.

Time for a giggle - why not challenge your friends to a Tongue Twister competition. It should be great entertainment.

Good luck!  She sells seashells on the seashore

1. What is another name for a reindeer? a.

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Moose 2. Do male or female reindeer grow antlers? a.

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Both 3. What is the missing word to complete the sentence?

 Flash message. Flash message  Mix a box of mixed biscuits with a boxed biscuit mixer  A proper copper coffee pot  I saw Esau sitting on a seesaw. Esau, he saw me  Toy boat. Toy boat. Toy boat  Lovely lemon liniment  Six thick thistle sticks. Six thick thistles stick  Good blood, bad blood  Three free throws.The instinct of an extinct insect stinks  Comical economists. Comical economists

‘Rangifer tarandus’ is ………………for reindeer a.

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Steve b.

Prancer c.

Donner (Can you name all 9?)

 Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?  Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, A peck of

pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?  One-One was a racehorse. Two-Two was one, too.

When One-One won one race, Two-Two won one, too Do you know any others?

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5. How far can reindeer travel on their annual migration? a.

Over 1,000 miles b.

Over 3,000 miles c.

500 miles

Answers on page 23

Santa’s Reindeer Answer Prancer, Donner, Dasher, Dancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Blitzen & Rudolph

How many of these have you played?

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

products, so as to open up and create an interesting new footpath; all under the experienced leadership of Tony Eames and supported by Ben Allen.

A big thanks is extended to all who have given their voluntary time for the benefit of Long Wood during 2014. Perhaps they have given you inspiration to join us on VINE activities? The VINE team can organise

With the New Year upon us we can look back and celebrate what has been achieved since the launch of the Tir Coed VINE initiative in March 2014 supported by the Big Lottery Fund. It has certainly been a busy year with people of all ages engaging with VINE activities 464 times and contributing a tremendous total of 3,230 voluntary hours to date.

Activities have been varied and tailored to the needs of the individual groups that have requested VINE

an activity to suit your needs whether as a local group of individuals or as a local club or society.

Thanks to the support of our funders these activities can be offered to you for free over the next two years.

There will soon be opportunities for people to learn more about Sustainable Woodland Management.

This two-day-a-week Agored Cymru Accredited Course includes an introduction to Woodlands for Wildlife and People and is being planned to run from January to March.

If you are interested in learning these skills please contact the VINE Project Officer, Meinir Evans,

opportunities. The activities have ranged from the 2nd Aberaeron Scouts Group staying overnight, sleeping in hammocks and achieving their forestry badge; wildlife surveys and walks, family days where circus skills and green wood craft skills were taught to the most recent activity which was gate construction. This involved the regular Long Wood ‘Woodland Wednesday’ Volunteers being offered an opportunity to cleave and carve wood to make a beautiful Ash Gate under the guidance of experienced woodsman Benjamin Grey.

If you’ve been for a walk up at Long Wood recently you may have noticed improvements to the access routes with beautifully crafted Ash kissing gates and horse stiles installed to BTCV Standards on either end of the Bridleway.

A magical walkway which adds to the adventure of arriving at the Forest School has been created using stepping logs, the construction of a boardwalk, steps and a bridge with a handrail.

More recently volunteers on the VINE

Lampeter@tircoed.org.uk, 07476 880699.

Introduction to Coppicing and Coppice Products course learnt how to survey, clear brash and fell small trees. They also learnt how to construct and install a stile and create steps from coppiced

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This ninth Local General Knowledge and Cryptic Crossword is sponsored by Lisa-Marie PRIZE: Voucher Hairdressing, which has kindly offered the winner a Cut-and-Blow-Dry voucher at the salon. competition Lisa-Marie’s hairdressing salon started up in March 1999. It was run by just two people: Lisa-Marie and her mother, Mags. Before then, Lisa-Marie had worked for nine years at Tony’s salon in Harford Square, as well as attending college in Aberystwyth for two of those years on a day-release basis, gaining certificates in hairdressing practice and theory.

Hairdressing has always been Lisa-Marie’s passion and her particular expertise is cutting and styling. This is something that she really enjoys.

Her customers come from a wide catchment area – from Lampeter, Carmarthen and even as far as Reading where she has a regular customer who visits her salon every six weeks.

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Down 1. Are members of Sarn Helen Club after the silver with this third course of their Dinner on the 6th of December? (9,7) 2. Held at midnight in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church on Christmas Eve (4) 3. Horse-like queen I manoeuvre around (6) 4. Fowl available from Jones Bros Butchers and sometime served as a main dish for Christmas dinner (4) 5. Pilau rice contains acid from the berries of an evergreen bush (6) 6. Correct musical pitch found at the heart of well-attuned music (4) 7. Quantity of wine delivered for Christmas or it could be a trial or lawsuit (4) 9. Cut of meat taken from bashing after bag is removed (4) 11. Amend and leave the egotistic object that I would have (2) 13. Practice carried out for the pantomime at Felin Fach Theatre (9) 14. Parrot without usual condition may deteriorate slowly (3) 15. Warmth from taking everything from hall tea and mixing (4) 16. Inn light set out when all is calm in the carol (6,5) 18. Consent in arrangement for those Herod ordered to be killed (9)

Across 1. Advertisement that describes what many people think Christmas has become (10) 6. Metal cup holds a common powdery Christmas gift from Boots (4) 8. Revolutionise fun or rescue less ability to deal with difficult situations (15) 10. The male is in the middle of them (2) 12. What might be expected as a gift from Lampeter’s twin on the 27th of December (5,6,4) 17. Lampeter Youth Theatre presented this Dickens Yuletide story in 2012 (1,9,5) 22. Had food from one side of the plate (3) 23. Traditionally this simple sounding singing would have be sung at Christmas by monks in Ceredigion (9) 24. Short advertisement with outlet that introduces a Christmas calendar (6) 26. Bag-like cavity found in oak’s acorn (3) 28. Goes hard for what’s needed to win tennis matches (4) 30. A red one might deliver your Christmas presents in the front (3) 31. Sketch queen holding cutlery in cabinet (6) 32. Old male sheep I make into thin highly spiced strips of meat in the USA (8) 34. First name of Mr Bigley, President of the Lampeter Welsh Stallion Show in 2012 (3) 35. Short pint used to provide this pre-Christmas tipple (3) 36. Partial neglect is not positive in urban slang (3) 37. Tipple offered in some Lampeter households before Christmas dinner (5,2,6) 19. To be served with tea of coffee in the lounge after Christmas Day lunch at the Falcondale (5,4) 20. Available to show loyalty at nearly 60 shops and service in Lampeter or to send at Christmas (4) 21. Any clever new layout for the quality of legal pertinence?

(9) 24. Pass penniless donkey in a nativity scene (3) 25. Ornament holds what each present under the tree should have on it to avoid confusion (4) 27. Wonder as we leave out the south (3) 29. Pat turns around a water dispenser (3) 33. Drink Reg starts to rip a hole in (4)

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Closing Date for Entries: Fri 9 Jan, 5pm Name: ............................................................... Tel: ............................................( Day)................................................(Eve) Email: .....................................................................................................................

Place in Competition Entries box in Lampeter Library or Postbox at Victoria Hall By post: Cryptic Crossword No. 9, Grapevine, c/o Victoria Hall, Bryn Rd, Lampeter SA48 7EE.

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Athena Healing Ancient Traditions: personal growth

vibration of being which is governed by fear, and through fear we are easy to control and manipulate.

If we want to change this world then we have to change ourselves. It will have a massive knock on effect on all around you, the society in which you live and so on. It’s time to be responsible and be our own masters of our own path in life.

When is the last time you experienced “joy” pure joy in your heart? Do you even know what this feels like?

The heart chakra is the centre of our being and I believe it holds the key to our health and happiness.

We need to start living in the here and now. It’s the only place where we can find peace and joy. To feel alive in the moment, and that moment is now, it’s the only place with any power. A place where we can manifest what we desire in life.

Join me in 2015 on a journey into yourself, exploring the inner psychology of the chakra system as a model for transformational healing and personal growth. Or if you prefer a personal chakra healing/ balance please contact me.

Athena Healing Sue Dilworth (sva) 01570 493385 / 07741200233 suedilworth22@gmail.com

I have recently moved into the area, and what a beautiful area this is! It’s been a calling for me to be here. I have been working as a Crystal Therapist for many years, giving talks, workshops, healing. I think we should embrace the old philosophies of healing. Modern medicine does not look at the cause of illness.

An understanding of self can be obtained by looking to Ancient Traditions. Vedic philosophy taught metaphysical concepts of how our bodies were governed by prana or life force. This life force enters our bodies through the chakra system. The Sanskrit word for chakra is “wheel” or spinning discs of light.

The seven main chakras sit within our subtle bodies in our aura. They are constantly interacting with our environment allowing stimuli to permeate into our being. If we have an imbalance in our bodies the chakra function is greatly impaired and life force is reduced or blocked. This is usually when the imbalance manifests as a physical dis-ease. By healing and balancing the chakras the cause of the imbalance can be brought to the fore thus recognizing the cause.

Modern medicine only treats symptoms of dis-ease, not the dis-ease itself. Dis-ease within yourself or the environment to which you live could be creating your physical symptoms. Many conditions arise because we do not live in our truth. We betray ourselves by not living in our truth and as a result our health suffers as we hold onto old worn out patterns of thought and behaviour. Ultimately we are afraid to move forward into the great unknown, so we cling onto the familiar and compromise our wellbeing.

Nothing is stagnant, everything in our universe is in a state of ebb and flow, and we are a part of the universe, yet we choose to be separated from it.

The separation comes from belief systems, fed to us through society on how we should live. A new dawn is coming, a new way of thinking, of being, is in our grasp. We are not just global citizens but universal beings connected to the cosmos. It’s time to change and make this planet a better place. How is this possible? That’s where you come in, yes you!

Everything you do, say, think has a knock on effect around you, the law of attraction comes into play here with cause and effect. If we explore different ways of being, living we will attract it and life will change. Out with control, manipulation of societies, this is a low frequency of being. Who do you know that wants a war? No one! Yet we are lead to believe that we need them. It keeps us locked into a low

Mulberry Bush Award The Mulberry Bush has won another award in their fortieth year! We have been named as

Natural Lifestyle Retailer of the Year 2014 for Wales. This prestigious award is based on nominations from our customers and a visit from one of the judges. The award also includes a visit to the Alfred Vogel Bioforce herbal remedies farm and production centre in Switzerland to see how the herbs are grown and prepared into medicinal tinctures, ointments and tablets.

Earlier this year the Mulberry Bush was a finalist in the national Best Retailer for Organic and Natural Products 2014 award.

The Mulberry Bush team; Stella, Barbara, Andy, Kelly, Lorraine, Emily, Jaani, Trish, Josie and Smudger would like to thank all our wonderful customers for your great support and smiling faces over the last 40 years.

Thank You; our shop would be a very different place without all of you supporting us.

Josie Smith

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Poetry Corner

Lampeter Town RFC Junior Fixtures Nov/Dec

Toodle Do’s and Don’ts I tried to grow a Toodle from the Toodle Pip you sent but when I added water, it coughed, and sneezed ……….. and went!

I tracked it down to Paris, France. Found hiding on a trifle.

But when I arrived to claim my prize, I was splodged beneath the Eifel.

Clearing cream from off my face I raced in hot pursuit Pip still had cherries on it’s feet while I wore running boots.

We chased along the riverbank and as I began to gain, it dived into the water. I cried: “Help, a Pip in Seine!”

I leapt onto a river boat: “Follow that Pip!” my shriek and as we caught it in a fishing net, I thought I heard Pip squeak.

But then we heard the squeak again, sweet and soft and minor, followed by a mother’s yell, like a foghorn on a liner.

She’d strayed too far, run too fast, tripped and fallen in.

Her hair was wet, her dress was splashed and worse, she couldn’t swim.

Pip dared to dangle from the net to grab the drowning daughter and I dunked both my running boots to make sure that I caught her.

As we placed the dripping babe in her grateful mother’s lap a cheering crowd that gathered round broke out into a clap.

“Hip Hip for Pip,” they all proclaimed, “and also for Pip’s friend.”

We’d learned when both out of our depth, on whom we could depend.

The daughter’s dad was also glad, Captain JeanMarie, He gave us bread with chocolate in and tickets for his ferry.

They bumped us up to premiere class, reclining seats and telly, the service was: “Oh, so sublime.” Free food and drink and jelly!

The first half of the journey Pip ate trifle, cakes and stew, but spent most of the second half locked in the Toodle loo!

At last we docked in Britain, returned to our little plot.

But no more thoughts of Toodles, Pip’s one seed I’ll never pot!

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Why did the chicken cross the road?

This is a question that has puzzled society since early Victorian times. It poses one of those elusive mysteries, and we have been searching for the true answer ever since. Indeed, out of all the possible questions that can be asked with the opening words ‘Why did the...?’ this one ranks highest in popularity on Google’s search engine, outranking questions of seemingly greater significance that have played a crucial role in shaping society as we know it today, such as ‘Why did the Vietnam War start?’, ‘Why did the Holocaust happen’ and ‘Why did the Spanish Armada fail?’.

Clearly, our pre-occupation with understanding the chicken’s motivation for crossing the road merits deeper investigation and, whilst a multitude of academics, sociologists and philosophers (not to mention school-children) have attempted to answer this question in the past, no-one has as yet satisfactorily unravelled the mystery.

In order to understand the potential hidden depths of meaning contained within the question, let us break it down into its key components; Firstly, ‘Why’? Well, why indeed? If this word was omitted, then we would be left with an altogether different and greatly simplified question of ‘Did the chicken cross the road?’ There are only three feasible answers to this question; Yes, No or I don’t know and, whichever of these options one chooses, one cannot help but feel a tad dissatisfied with the entire exchange. The question is unworthy of academic attention because no-one is really interested in the answer. It simply and inevitably leads to the retort ‘so what’.

But in asking the question ‘why’, we are invited to consider prima facie that chickens have the ability to rationalise, perform situational analysis and, crucially, take consequential actions. Fantastic as this may sound, particularly if you are an ornithologist and cognisant of the fact that a chicken’s brain is not much larger than a pea, it is a scenario that has some considerable popularity amongst the ‘Chickens will one day rule the Universe’ [1] fraternity.

Moving on, it is significant to note that ‘the chicken’ is referred to by using the definite article, rather than the indefinite.

Clearly we are not talking here about a chicken, or any old chicken crossing the road. By elevating its status to the chicken, we must undoubtedly consider it to be a special, ‘one-off’ and uniquely identifiable life-form, in much the same way as we might refer to the Queen.

Indeed, given that there is a growing body of evidence to support the theory that chickens will one day rule the universe, it would be not at all unreasonable to presume that aspiring to become the Monarch of a major western power would be a worthwhile stepping stone for any such minded chicken. I hasten to add I do not personally subscribe to the outrageous conspiracy theory that our Queen is in fact a heavily disguised chicken [2], but it would be only prudent to remain ambivalent on the matter given their similarity in appearance, particularly when both are sporting ermine capes. Quite possibly this is how the word ‘Capon’ originated?

Now let’s consider the action of crossing the road. Was this merely an act of bi-pedal perambulation by a chicken with royal pretensions? I think not. If that was the case, then we would hardly be conjecturing about it in such hallowed company as your good selves!

I offer the theory that, if we assume a chicken does not in fact know what a road is, then ‘crossing the road’ might well be a euphemism for what is known today as ‘coming out’. In Victorian times when all matters relating to sex were hush-hush, even though gay relationships were as common then as they are now [3], this is a feasible explanation. The question could, for example, be used as a conversation starter at society dinner parties to covertly let someone know that one was of ‘that’ persuasion. If the person to whom the question was addressed was ‘in the know’ and like minded, they could respond with an appropriate ‘nudge-nudge, wink-wink, I know where you’re coming from guv’nor, meet me in the cloisters at midnight’.

And if they weren’t, or they were simply bamboozled by the question, then one could offer the innocuous explanation that the chicken merely wished to get to the other side. Such would be the relief at saving one’s face with this escape tactic; it would immediately lead to an uproarious bout of infectious laughter. And today we still chuckle merrily at this simple deception, without really knowing the reason why.

So, the next time someone asks you ‘Why did the chicken cross the road?’ I hope you will take heed of my humble suggestions before proffering your reply. Whether or not you support the compelling notion that the chicken had pretensions to rule the universe and was on its way to a gay party whilst impersonating the Queen, I guarantee you that the questioner will not have previously encountered such a logical and clearly thought-out riposte. © Richard Onslow, August 2014 1 [ ]‘Chickens will one day rule the Universe’ – Theory first published in ‘A brief history of egg timers’ by Professor Stephen Fowling, Albumen Press 1989.

[2] This conspiracy theory was first popularised following publication of ‘Kings, Queens and other Rulers of the Roost’ by I B Cockrell, Bantam Press 1994.

[3] Results of the 1865 National Census indicated that eight out of ten cats preferred whiskers.

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Young Rangers: Learning Through Play

Young Rangers is a weekly after-school club for sixeleven year olds which has been running at Denmark Farm since late August, with great success. We’ve been welcoming local children to the group where they get the opportunity to learn about nature, gain new camp-craft skills and let off some steam in the woods.

Our motto is “play, explore and discover.” Sessions are inspired by the Forest School model, with the aim of learning through play. So far the group have done target archery, painting using colours from nature, splitting firewood with an axe, whittling skills, minibeast hunting and night-time awareness.

Having run an initial pilot scheme for ten weeks, we’re pleased to say that the club has been a success with most sessions filling up and many children coming back to us week after week, which has been rewarding for us as leaders. We’d also like to make an honourable mention to Tracey Reynolds who has taken great photos of the sessions, some of which you can see here.

So what happens when it rains? Well, we do run sessions in wet weather, it’s all part of the outdoor experience and we don’t feel that children should be sheltered from the wetter side of outdoor life, but we are thankful for the roundhouse which we can dive into for relief from the rain when needed. Now that the days are shorter with the nights closing in, we’re having a campfire to bring some light and warmth to the woods, which the kids love gathering round.

The club will be running up to Christmas, including a special full day of festive fun on Monday 22 Dec called Winter in the Woods. Then we’ll be taking a break through January (there’s only so many activities we can run in the dark) before returning as usual in February. See the listing on page 19. Thanks to everyone who has supported us this far.

Try This at Home - Damper Bread We’ve had a lot of fun making damper bread over the campfire, as it’s quick, simple and kids love it. You can try it at home over a log fire.

For an added festive twist, once cooked, why not give each piece a sprinkling of sugar and cinnamon.

Ingredients • 4 cups self raising flour • 1½ cups milk (or water) • ½ teaspoon of salt (makes enough for 10 dampers) • Green sticks (fresh hardwood) will need to be about as long as your arm and as thick as your thumb.

Method 1. Mix the ingredients into a soft, light dough by adding the liquid to the flour slowly, constantly mixing with a knife, then knead for 5 minutes 2. Divide the dough into balls slightly larger than a golf ball 3. Strip the sticks of their bark with a knife to ensure they’re clean 4. Work each portion of the dough onto the end of a stick in the shape of a sausage, making sure to cover the end of the stick 5. Cook each damper over the embers, turning constantly so as not to burn. After about 15-20 minutes, the damper should be golden on the outside and have doubled in size.

6. Remove the damper from the stick, break it open and add your own topping; jam, butter or anything you like. Enjoy!

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