Lampeter Grapevine Issue 31 Jul Aug 2015

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Gorffennaf/Awst - July/August 2015

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

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Everything in Good Measure

contents in this issue…  lampeter food festival  remembering greg evans  lampeter museum  alternative voice  lampeter women receive national recognition  jane’s open garden party  age cymru  theatr felinfach  custard queens everything in good measure  take another look at lampeter  tŷ glyn davis trust  hedgehogs  local artists invitation  cothi gardeners  we are many regular features …  letters  reviews  listings & events  ads & classified  town council news  traws link cymru update  ysgol henry richard  karen’s creative compendium  theatre felinfach  uwtsd - rugby world cup tour  jottings  clonc  yr efail  ms support group  vine  what’s on in the woods  kids in action  crossword competition  huw’s nursery

This year’s Lampeter Food Festival, M a e ' r F f a i r F w y d L l a m b e d which is now in its 18th year, is held flynyddoedd sydd yn ei 18fed on Saturday 25 July starting at flwyddyn yn cael ei gynnal ar 25 10am in the Trinity St David Gorffennaf yn dechrau am 10 y bore University grounds - and it's looking yn y garddau Prifysgol y Drindod as if it will have record breaking stall Dewi Sant ac mae'n edrych fel y bookings! We will have a huge bydd yn cael torri recordau archebiau mixture of delicious foods to try on stondin! Bydd gennym gymysgedd the day, and to take away with you, enfawr o fwydydd blasus i chi cael ar real ales and local wines, crafts and y dydd ac yn mynd i ffwrdd gyda chi, local organisations. cwrw go iawn a gwinoedd lleol, There is a full bill of entertainment crefftau a sefydliadau lleol. during the day which ranges from Mae bil lawn o adloniant yn ystod y local musicians, belly dancing dydd sy'n amrywio o gerddorion company Tribal Unity, storytelling lleol, cwmni dawnsio bol Tribal and also Lampeter Youth Theatre Unity, adrodd straeon a hefyd bydd and Stage School (LYTSS) will be LYTSS yn gwneud ymddangosiad. making an appearance. For children Ar gyfer plant bydd digon o there will be plenty of activities weithgareddau gan gynnwys teithiau including donkey rides! The chef asynnod! Mae'r demos cogydd eleni demos this year are all by local i gyd gan gogyddion lleol gan chefs, including celebrity chef Gareth gynnwys cogydd enwog Gareth Richards, who will be doing a variety R i c h a r d s f y d d y n g w n e u d of dishes for you to sample and try amrywiaeth o brydau i chi i flasu a and replicate at home. cheisio ailadrodd yn y cartref.

We would also like to thank the Byddai e hefyd ddiolch i'r brifysgol University for their continued support am eu cefnogaeth barhaus yr ŵyl a'r for the festival, and the use of the defnydd o dir prydferth brifysgol a beautiful University grounds. Thanks hefyd yn diolch i'r holl fusnesau lleol also to all the local businesses who sydd wedi dangos cefnogaeth i ni have shown massive support for us flwyddyn hon a diolch arbennig i'r this year - and a special thank you to Mulberry Bush, Hedyn Mwstard, Pont The Mulberry Bush, Mustard Seed, Steffan Dental Practice, Cyngor y Pont Steffan Dental Practice, the Dref a Hefyd y Cyngor. Mae'r sirol Town Council and also the County cyfarwyddwyr ar gyfer bwyd Llambed Council. The voluntary board festival - fy hun, Jane Norris-Hill, of directors for Lampeter Food Chris Studman, Chris Thomas ac Festival - myself, Jane Norris-Hill, mae ein cyfarwyddwr cogydd newydd Chris Studman, Chris Thomas and Gary Brown wedi bod yn gweithio'n our new director chef Gary Brown galed i wneud hyn yn ŵyl y have been working flat out to make blynyddoedd mae'r yet - gorau ac this year’s festival the best yet - and rydym yn edrych ymlaen at eich we are really looking forwards to gweld i gyd yna! seeing you all there!

Welwn ni chi yna!!

See You There!!

Elin Jones- Chairperson 2

GRAPEVINE no. 31, July/Aug 2015 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 Printing costs sponsored by:

Croeso / Welcome to this issue of the Grapevine.

Sitting here in the early hours of the morning, staring at the computer screen and waiting for broadband to summon up enough strength to download articles and photos for inclusion in the latest issue … I begin to wonder how to begin this editorial. The theme is ‘Everything in Good Measure’ and I guess this is something that encapsulates what the Grapevine has become. It is a little bit of everything … a combination of articles, events, listings, adverts and news about the local community, from the local community and for the local community. Grapevine continues to grow in strength and popularity as a way of informing, sharing, questioning and promoting everything local. My role is to bring together all this information into some kind of cohesive whole, with ‘everything in good measure’. Certainly, from the feedback the newsletter team receives, it would suggest that we are fulfilling an

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corrections & clarifications Apologies for the misspelling of Llanfihangel-Ar-Arth, the birthplace of the four lambs from the front cover of the June issue. Eds. Other contact details:  Transition Llambed: www.transitionllambed.co.uk email: transitionllambed@gmail.com  Victoria Hall: www.vichall.org.uk To make bookings for Victoria Hall contact: admin@vichall.org.uk or phone/text 07891 632614  People's Market: To book a stall contact: rhydygwinfarm@talktalk.net or ring 01570 471432 3

A lot of people will know Greg as a devoted family man to Dawn his wife and Delun his daughter, loyal employee of Royal Mail, a dedicated Town Councillor, fully committed and founder member of Menter Llambed and Transition Town, but aside from these he also enjoyed his hobbies.

From a young age he got involved in rallying, he spectated, marshalled, drove and navigated. As a navigator he brought his dedication and determination to a pinnacle by winning the Welsh 1300 Road Rally Championship. He also organised events for Greg Evans Lampeter and District Motor Club and acted as a steward guiding organisers and 1961 - 2015 competitors all over Wales.

Greg also discovered a passion for mountain biking where he loved nothing better than attacking a long steep hill, indeed on one memorable weekend he combined the navigating with the cycling by competing in an orientating cycling race - he wasn’t necessarily the fastest or the fittest but again his determination and cunning with a map were utilized and, after sweating around the hills and forest above Llangadog, second overall was the result.

In the last few years he took part in a charity banger rally across Europe driving and navigating from Lampeter to Venice and back in five days which also involved another interest of his a little drop of wine but maybe that event is a story best left untold.

More recently he really enjoyed supporting Delun’s boyfriend Andy with his rallying endeavours and could be seen KevinEvans Evans wielding a spanner or giving advice in a way that only Greg could.

Kevin Greg Evans was an integral part of Transition Llambed Development Trust as a director from its formation in 2009. Before that he was the first elected chair of Transition Llambed once it became constituted.

Previous to this he worked with Mentor Llambed who also contributed to improving life in Lampeter.

He was always a great link between the Trust and the wider community of Lampeter because of his work as a Town Councillor and his vast local knowledge. He was always ready to help both practically, with projects around the Victoria Hall, (he was the first up the ladder to paint the outside of the building), and with negotiating and dealing with officialdom.

He was always really positive about all we embarked on as a Trust and was convinced all would be well during the three years it took to negotiate a lease for the Victoria Hall. He was a signatory to the finally agreed lease.

All those involved with the Development Trust and Transition Llambed will miss his humour, warmth and friendship hugely. For us, and we are sure for many, Lampeter will never be the same without him.

We will be renaming our newly refurbished committee/ meeting room upstairs in the Victoria Hall the ‘Greg Evans Room’.

We are full of admiration for the way his wife Dawn and daughter Delun have managed the last six months during his illness.

Greg’s Career Greg started with Royal Mail in 1984, where he was based in Lampeter delivering to the surrounding area. He quickly became noticed as a professional member of the Lampeter Team, who always had the community and the customers he delivered to at the forefront of his mind He was singled out over the next two years as a natural leader and one that was undoubtedly seen as a future leader. Greg was very forward thinking in the way that he saw the business blossoming into what it is today - by way of technology playing a major part, but also the customers being at the heart of what we do.

He attended management courses, both internally and externally, where he gained a business diploma and was promoted to Delivery Office Manager. Greg worked as the manager at both the Llandysul and Lampeter Delivery Office and he held this role for 18 years.

Having always had an interest in the fleet within our company, due to his knowledge of both the area and terrain that we delivered to, and to his experience in the Lampeter and District Motor Club, Greg felt that he could best make an impact here, after being a Delivery Office Manager.

He successfully applied for the Regional Fleet Safety Manager post, a senior management role within the South Wales and Gloucester delivery area. His main role was to reduce the level of road traffic collisions in the area through training and meeting with staff at ground level. This was reduced by 25% in 2014 and was testament to Greg’s hard work and professionalism, as this was no mean achievement given that there are 5000 members of staff and a fleet of over 10,000 vehicles Greg was seen by his peers as a professional Manager who was respected by all within the business, especially those closer to home, and he will be dearly missed by all those who had the pleasure to have worked with and known him.

The Directors TLDT

James Lambert Delivery Office Manager Royal Mail / Post Brenhinol

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When I joined the Town Council in 1999, I already knew

Greg Evans 1961 - 2015

Greg Evans first became a member of Lampeter and

Greg Evans by reputation. He had served the people of Lampeter as a

District Motor Club when it was

member of the Town Council for well over a

reformed in 1978, and soon

decade even then. He was a hardworking and well

became a regular competitor,

respected councillor, and an enthusiastic and energetic

driving and navigating, although his driving exploits came

man to work with. He had no time for self importance.

to an end prematurely after a significant off on what was

He was there to get the job done. He cared passionately

then known locally afterwards as “Greg’s Leap” on the

for our town and was outspoken in our meetings, always

Epynt Ranges. Greg returned to competing as a navigator

ready to challenge the staus quo. He was willing to take

for many years, becoming Welsh Champion Navigator in

anyone or organisation to task when he felt that

his class alongside Gary

Lampeter wasn't getting the deal it deserved. He made

Davies in 1988.

council meetings challenging, lively, and on occasion fun.

Greg was for many years Chairman of Lampeter and District Motor Club, and also progressed to be Clerk of the Course of what was then the club’s premier event the Rali Bro Caron, alongside Aneurin “Pinky” James. He continued to be involved in the event for many years as a marshal, and navigated in the Course Opening Car alongside Paul Jones on numerous occasions.

Latterly Greg was very proud to be the President of Lampeter and District Motor Club and took this role very seriously, always on hand to offer advice and encouragement to what he called the “new blood”, the young club members and competitors, although this was often mixed with a fair degree of leg pulling and banter, which he gave in large amounts, but could take equally as much!!

Greg Evans and Lampeter and District Motor Club seemed to go together hand in hand, and his loss leaves a huge hole in the club, as it will in many other organisations in and around Lampeter.

Dorian Evans

But Greg was much more than a man of words. It may be a cliché but he really was a man of action who was prepared to put time and energy to making positive change in the town. He was instrumental in setting up Menter Llambed to attract funding for economic development and tourism projects. He saw the potential for Lampeter as part of the Transition movement and became committed to the Victoria Hall and the wider Transition Llambed project. He was also key to setting up the Traws Link Cymru rail campaign and one of its most vocal supporters.

People who have vision, and who are prepared to champion radical new ideas, projects and campaigns are rare in local government. Greg was one of those people.

He lived and breathed Lampeter. His passing is a personal tragedy for family and friends, but it is also a terrible loss to the community. We can be grateful however for the legacy of his work. He has left his mark on Lampeter and our whole town will miss him.

Rob Phillips

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Amgueddfa Llambed / Lampeter Museum

Cofio Greg Bu i aelodau barchu munud o osteg yn ystod y Cyfarfod diwethaf o’r 11eg o Fehefin er cof am y Cyngh. Greg Evans a fu’n drist, farw’n ddiweddar. Bu Greg yn Gynghorydd ymroddgar a gweithgar dros ystod eang o flynyddoedd. Roedd bob amser yn barod ei gymwynas a’i frwdfrydedd parthed materion, yn heintus. Yn sicr bydd bwlch ar ei ôl. Estynnir cydymdeimlad dwysaf â Dawn, Delun, Andy a Mark yn eu profedigaeth lem o golli gŵr, tad, brawd a ffrind arbennig.

Cyfieithu ar y Pryd Y mae gwasanaeth cyfieithu ar y pryd wedi cychwyn bellach yn ystod Cyfarfodydd Misol y Cyngor Tref. Mrs Carol Thomas, Llanwnnen sy’n ymwneud â’r gwaith.

Ffair Fwyd 2015 Disgwylir presenoldeb y Cyngor Tref yn ystod y Ffair Fwyd o’r 25ain o Orffennaf.

Penderfynwyd anfon llythyr o gefnogaeth at Bwyllgor y Ffair Fwyd yn y cais am gymhorthdal dan law Cynllun Grant Cymunedol Cyngor Sir Ceredigion. Roedd aelodau o’r Cyngor Tref o’r farn fod y Ffair Fwyd yn hwb fawr i’r dref a’r ardal, yn hybu twristiaeth, yn annog y defnydd o gynnyrch lleol ac yn cael effaith barhaus ar bob ymwelydd.

Gwledd y Cymrodyr er Anrhydedd a Diwrnod Graddio 2015 Bydd y Maer a’r Dirprwy-Faer a’u cymar yn mynychu’r uchod ar y 9fed a’r 10fed o Orffennaf a gynhelir ar gampws Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod y Dewi Sant Llanbedr Pont Steffan.

Remembering Greg Members observed a minute’s silence during the last Meeting of 11 June in memory of Cllr Greg Evans, who sadly passed away recently. Greg had been a very active and dedicated member of the Town Council, spanning decades. He was always ready to help and his enthusiasm was indeed contagious. He will be greatly missed. Deepest condolences are extended to Dawn, Delun, Andy, Mark and the entire family in their deep loss of a special husband, father, brother and friend.

Simultaneous Translation Simultaneous translation is now on offer at monthly meetings of the Town Council.

Mrs Carol Thomas, Llanwnnen undertakes the role of Translator.

Food Festival 2015 The Town Council will have a presence at the Food Festival on Saturday 25 July 2015. It was resolved to forward a letter of support to members of the Food Festival Committee in their quest for grant funding under the auspices of the Ceredigion County Council’s Community Grant Scheme. Councillors believe that the Food Festival adds value to the town and the surrounding area; it promotes tourism, encourages the use of local produce and has a lasting impact on all of its visitors.

Honorary Fellows’ Feast and Degree Day 2015 The Mayor, Deputy-Mayor and Partners will attend the above functions, which will be held on Thursday 9 and Friday 10 July on the Lampeter Campus University of Wales Trinity Saint David.

A good response was had on the Valuation Day on 8 June, when Mr Ian Taylor from Peter Francis & Co. Carmarthen was in attendance. A steady flow of people brought in their valuables, and Ian Taylor is eager to hold another such day before long. Keep your eyes open for further notices.

In order to run and develop the Museum, it needs funding; raffle tickets are now being sold at £1 per ticket, and will be drawn at the Christmas Fair at the end of November. Please show your support by buying a ticket (or more!).

Before long, there will be Quiz sheets available at the Museum, suitable for all ages. Come and test your knowledge and have a bit of fun at the same time.

These again will be sold for £1 each - money towards the Museum fund. There will be a set date by which to return the sheets, and all correct entries will be put in a draw, with a prize for the lucky winner.

If you have not seen the current displays at the Museum do come in the next few weeks, as some of our collections will be changing again. Visitors are most encouraging in the comments they leave in the Museum’s Visitors Book. A second news-sheet has been produced, and is now available for all to see.

Yvonne Davies

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After a hectic few months meeting Welsh Assembly Finance Minister Edwina Hart, Secretary of State Stephen Crabb and Welsh Assembly Director-General James Price, Traws Link Cymru members have been enjoying a brief respite from their usual busy schedule.

This is while we await a formal response from the Welsh Assembly civil servants, who have promised to look into our request for a fully-funded feasibility study into re-opening the Carmarthen-Aberystwyth railway.

Nevertheless, on the evening of 11 May TLC members were pleased to give a coach load of Aberaeron 41 Club members a guided tour of the newly-cleared Pont Llanio station site. We were able to point out the virtually intact long platform, water tank, old toilet block, shunting hoist and goods shed, as well as walk around the abandoned milk and cheese processing plant.

The latter closed in 1973, apparently, after British Rail wanted to raise charges for use of the line for freight.

Great interest was shown by the visitors and we were able to explain our vision of re-opening the line and the benefits that it would bring to the area. Thanks are due to TLC member John Lewis for leading on the site clearance and co-ordinating a very successful awareness-raising occasion. Hopefully we will be able to hold more such events in this the 50th anniversary year of closure of the line to passengers. Who knows, perhaps the re-opened railway will once again make Pont Llanio attractive as a site for food processing, or even a timber distribution point for the extensive mature conifer forests in the hills around?

We will be able to expand on some of these themes at our next public meeting at the Memorial Hall, South Road, Aberaeron on Friday 26 June at 7pm. We also have another public meeting planned for Lampeter on Saturday 25 July at the Victoria Hall again at 7pm. This will be after the Lampeter Food Festival held at the University campus on the same day, where we will have a stall. So why not come over and find out more about the campaign? Two days earlier on Thursday 23 July, Traws Link Cymru will also be hosting an Open Evening at Lampeter Museum at 6pm (in the University old porter’s lodge) to coincide with an exhibition of memorabilia of the old line. All are welcome. Further meetings are also planned for local schools where we hope to engage with future users of the re-opened line!

Pont Llanio Station , newly cleared

Pont Llanio Milk Lorries

Aberystwyth and also the line between Afon Wen and Bangor in Gwynedd. I love walking in the Welsh countryside and re-opening the line would make it easier to reach the Wales Coast Path and the mountains of mid-Wales. I am sure it would also help tourism as well, by encouraging more people to visit our beautiful country and enjoy some of the best scenery in the world. I wish Traws Link Cymru good luck with the campaign and hope it will be successful.

Cofion cynnes a phob lwc!”

Derek gets it- thanks Derek! Now all we need is for the Welsh Assembly Government to get it and find funding for a full feasibility study.

For more information please visit our website at www.trawslinkcymru.org.uk or visit our Facebook page – simply type in Traws Link Cymru. Better still come to one of our public meetings!

Gareth Walters for Traws Link Cymru STOP PRESS

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Edwina Hart has confirmed, in a letter to Elin Jones AM, that Welsh Government will commission a Scoping Study into reopening the railway line between Aberystwyth and Carmarthen, by providing funding of £30k.

Last but not least, we have had a message of support from Derek Brockway, the popular weatherman and presenter of the Weatherman Walking series on BBC One Wales. He says:

This is Great News! Well done Traws Link Cymru and everyone else who has played their part. Eds.

“I am pleased to offer my support to the campaign for re-opening the railway between Carmarthen and

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other movement so as to encourage the attendance of groups based nationally in Wales, or in London, without any kind of conflict.

Amongst the ideas mooted for the future included the provision of food banks in certain areas of the county, the organisation of speakers and presentations in order to inform the population on social and environmental issues, and the continuing planning of events like the upcoming Anti-Austerity Picnic in Aberystwyth on 20 June.

The main problem in dealing with austerity is the lack of understanding until the effects are being felt at home and Alternative Voice wants to bring itself to the forefront as the point of contact when those cuts fall on workers or services.

Anyone interested in learning more about Alternative Voice or any of its affiliated groups, please email alternativevoice@btinternet.com or come along to the next meeting on 7 July at 7pm in the Cambrian Hotel. If you can’t come along, feel free to set one up in your own locality. Even if you can only get five likeminded people to come along, you can still do a great deal more than if you were alone. There is also an Alternative Voice Facebook group, which can be found after a quick search on the site.

Alternative Voice The Alternative Voice movement takes its inspiration from the Scottish Independence movement, where groups organised on a street by street basis in order to spread the social message. Although the ‘Yes’ campaign ended up losing the referendum, it mobilised the Scottish people into a socio-political fervour. The plan here in Ceredigion is to follow suit, and to foster and develop similarly minded community groups across both the County and the Country. With the group divided almost equally on gender lines, and with all age groups and social positions represented, all people from all walks of life are invited to join.

The second Alternative Voice meeting took place in Aberystwyth on 11 June with representatives from fourteen different social movements, trade unions and political parties in attendance. The group has been set up as a central point for all similarly minded organisations to pool resources and promote each other’s interests in order to increase solidarity throughout the County, with its first meeting organising its agenda.

One of the main decisions reached was that Alternative Voice would stand independent of any

Brian Dafydd Williams

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Lampeter Women Receive National Recognition Lampeter has a growing reputation as a centre of World Dance and this month women from Belly Dance and Fit for Life Classes featured in national email magazine 'Zameena'.

Here are some extracts from the article by local Belly Dance Teacher Rose Barter.

I took up learning Belly Dance at 51 and started teaching five years later. I particularly wanted to attract older women to my classes as I was (and still am) passionate about keeping older women mobile, flexible and able to have fun.

I call my business 'Fit For Life' because I hope to provide a way for women to stay fit, as well as keeping myself fit too.

I realised quite soon that I would have to offer two levels of class. One for women of all ages who wanted to learn the dance and did not have fitness issues and one for women over 50 , who found exercise classes or the gym boring or intimidating and wanted to try something different. I also decided that as my 60's were approaching and I did not want to travel at night , I would only offer daytime classes.

From the six classes I started back then , five are still continuing . What is more shocking to me is that women who came to my very first (and not very good) classes are still turning up every week, still enthusiastic and eager to learn.

Along the years others have joined them and I now have nearly fifty women in classes. In the past five years the women have all got to know each other and have formed a strong bond. Some have become really close friends with each other.

What has staggered me is the willingness of all these women to take risks, get out their comfort zones and try new things. Some will never perform in public and are very clear that that is not the reason for coming to class and that is a choice I always respect. Others love to dress up, learn a routine to performance standard and strut their stuff.

Sometimes I wonder how this has all happened in these short years. Some of the clues were revealed when I did a survey of all the dancers over 60 for Age Concern in late 2011. Here are some of the quotes from that survey which mention physical fitness .

“Paying attention to posture has made me feel more graceful.”

“My movement is easier and my balance is much better” “Helped me to be aware of breathing and has helped me to relax” “More strength in my ankles, so able to do much more” “Beginning to get my waist back!”

“Works on the core muscles, it’s like Pilates with dance and rhythm!”

“Have enjoyed every session" But more telling were the comments on 'emotional wellbeing'.

When asked "Has attending classes improved your emotional well being in any of the

following areas ?"

The results were..... learning something new

100%

self confidence

80%

improved body image

90%

making new friends

80%

stepping outside your comfort zone

90%

expanding cultural horizons

80%

I am reminded each time I take a class of how astonishing women are, how resilient, witty, generous, daring, supportive and also how beautiful. Some of my pupils are now in their 70's and are my role models of how I'd like to be at that age.

As a little community we have dealt with illness, exhaustion through caring for others, a whole list of broken bones and also the death of a much loved member of our group. Each time we gear up to help women recover, or help ourselves come to terms with the cruel facts of life, I realise how important the dance and the classes have become to us all. At Christmas we all joined together to have a ceremony (lead by one of the class members) to remember our much loved colleague, Sue Phillips, from the Lampeter class. Many of us were in tears. At the end we all danced her favourite dance together. That moment and the power of all those dancing women will never leave me.

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Ysgol Henry Richard - News Urdd National Eisteddfod

Once again this year many pupils achieved success at the Urdd National Eisteddfod which was held at Llancaiach Fawr near Caerphilly at the end of May. Congratulations to our public speaking team (Lowri Jones, Gwion Jones, Cadi Jones and Nest Jenkins) who came third in the competition for teams under 19 years old, and a dozen winning items by Aysha Williams Dean, Cynan Evans, Keely Powell, Gwyn Davies, Nia Rees, Siwan George, Elinor Griffiths, Carys Davies, Hanna James, Ceris Davies and Rebeca James were on show at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition. Congratulations also to the pupils in years 7, 8 and 9 who came second for their Welsh literature and creative writing project on the theme of ‘Agriculture’.

The pupils in years 7,8 and 9 who came second for their project at the Urdd National Eisteddfod.

Ysgol Henry Richard pupils were certainly the stars of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition at the Urdd National Eisteddfod and here they are with their winners’ medals and certificates.

Unfortunately both Rebeca James and Ceris Davies were sitting their GCSE exams when this photograph was taken.

Success once again for the Ysgol Henry Richard senior public speaking team (Lowri Jones, Gwion Jones, Cadi Jones and Nest Jenkins) – this time at the Urdd National Eisteddfod where they came second.

Will Gwion Llyr (Year 13) be the next T.Llew Jones or Dylan Thomas? His work certainly impressed the adjudicators, Aneurin Karadog (Children’s Poet of Wales 2014/15) and Mererid Hopwood, (former winner of the Chair, Crown and Prose Medal at the National Eisteddfod) at the St. Dogmaels Eisteddfod recently where he was awarded the Youth Literary Award.

Careers A very successful Enterprise day was held recently for pupils in year 9 in collaboration with Careers Wales.

During the first session of the day Andrew Evans, from Llandeilo, gave a very inspiring talk about his personal background, his work and what had inspired him to become a professional artist after a successful career in industry. He also talked about his current work and projects before visiting the GCSE Art work exhibition in the hall and talking to some of the year 11 pupils. Year 9 pupils then went on to complete the main task of the day which was to work in teams in order to set up a successful pizza restaurant. They had to create a business and finance plan, a menu, marketing and advertising strategy and even design a box for their take away pizzas! The final task was to make an interesting presentation outlining their ideas.

We’re already looking forward to seeing the first pizza restaurant opening at Tregaron!

The most successful team financially at the end of the ‘Going for Profit’ day were Lindsay, Keely, Katrina, Jade and Samantha, with a profit of £89,000!

Year 11 pupils, Rhiannon James and Catrin Jones showing their work to the artist Andrew Evans (second from left) during his recent visit to Ysgol Henry Richard. In the photograph also is Huw Williams, Head of Art at Ysgol Henry Richard.

Rhiannon Lewis

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Karen’s Creative Compendium 006 Medusa

Plastic Island

by CEG Manwell

by Majikle

She looked into the mirror and didn’t like what she saw. The snakes wriggled and hissed. Cobra, adder, mamba. Spotted snakes with double tongue.

How would she feed her wig – go down to the pond and let them catch frogs?

She returned to Goddesses and clicked on Io. Under crescent horns her face mutated to a mixture of woman and cow. Ych a fi.

Another click on Athene.

Her face stared out nobly from under a war helmet.

Much better.

I'm flying across a plastic Island I'm looking for a place to eat And there are plenty of places to land on So I'm sure to find a real treat

"every piece of plastic manufactured in the last 50 years that made it into the ocean.....is still there" No problem landing on the island then

Oh!

Coz it's the size of Wales times four

by Karen Gemma Brewer

My Lady

by Tess Blackburn Shield red as blood Spotted skim milk white Head polished black Matt black bent angle legs

And even though it doesn't smell very foodie

God is good

I can't help thinking that I'm gonna score!

but

"200,000 albatross chicks die

in the beginning

each year from plastic their mothers feed them.

letters

They can't digest it.

were rationed.

They die of starvation & dehydration... their bellies full of trash"

Our friend of childhood Not a lady nor a bird Flying on gossamer wings Suddenly unsheathed

Please send in your poems, stories or any other writing for Publication.

Mark clearly with Or trundling her ovoid body KCC Across leaves around stems in the subject line Well known friend of the garden and send to Even crossing hands Diolch / Thank you lampetergrapevine@gmail.com Karen, KCC Editor We sang our song to her Diolch / Thank you Berating fairytale negligence Karen, KCC Editor

Talking of awesome tragedy For offspring who need no parenting

I can swallow down a couple of toothbrushes Chow down on a lighter or three Bottle tops are as pretty as shellfish and plastic bags feel like fish eggs to me

"there are over 29,000 yellow plastic rubber ducks to play with in the ocean" And they're all coming to my party I'll have to hurry up with this feed Coz here come the whales and the turtles and everyone know about their greed

We grew older showing our children Respect for her tiny life Taking them into the real world On the path we trod ourselves

"plastic soldiers, plastic bags, plastic flip-flops , plastic toys, plastic lighters, plastic pens, plastic bottles, plastic buoys"

Where is she now our ladybird Is she gone in the flurry of time Another loss to the climate of change No, here she is still Softly plodding the leaves

And it's not going away, there's no such thing as away, it's not going away, there's no such place as away.

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Fly on a cow (or everything in good measure)

by Karen Gemma Brewer

Belonging

by Sarah Eyles

One lazy, sunny afternoon a fly was sitting on the back of a cow in the middle of a green field. The cow tried to swot the fly with her long tail but it was too quick for her and jumped out of the way.

Just then a plump, red faced farmer came into the field to fetch the cow.

“C'mon girl, milking time,” he called. But she ignored him and continued to munch grass. The farmer put a rope around her neck and pulled. He put his shoulder against her rump and pushed. He caught hold of her ears and tugged. He twisted her tail and shoved. But the cow did not move so much as one step.

Belonging to people, ideas, Groups or Gods is not my yearning.

To belong to my job, my earning Is alien and cold.

To be in thrall to what I love Is dangerous but nearer home.

(To be in love with where I roam It’s a wild adventure all my own.)

Panting hard, the farmer took out a blue spotted handkerchief and wiped sweat from his beetroot head. He was thinking what to try next, when the fly To be deep within the sea buzzed up to him and said: Of peace is in my soul.

“I can make the cow move.”

I belong beyond “You!” said the farmer. “A tiny little fly, what could you do?”

Everything I consider me.

“Yes me,” said the fly. “If you give me a pot of jam, I'll make the cow move.”

“Alright, you make the cow move and I'll give you a pot of jam.”

Making the Best

By Tess Blackburn Good company at the feast Friends who can be called upon At the best or worst of times To share the present Creating time for all things Industry, lazy days, travel Peaceful working Restful sunny afternoons Hard working energy Making something new In the quiet of my garden Digging order out of chaos Walking the long mile To stretch the body Out of lethargy Into energy

Once they had shaken hands on the deal, the fly flew across to the cow and landed on her back. The cow swished her long tail but the fly was too quick for her and jumped out of the way.

“There,” said the fly.

“There what?” demanded the farmer.

“The cow moved.”

“That's no use,” the farmer said. “I need to get her in for milking.”

“I didn't say I would get her in, only make her move,” said the fly, “and a deal is a deal.”

The farmer grumbled as he handed over the pot of jam and made his way back down the lane to the farm. Without the cow, who continued to munch grass.

“Hey! Get on there, whoa, hup!” A white coated herdsman, jumping up and down, waving his arms and shouting at the still stationary cow, woke the fly from an afterjam nap. After stretching its legs, it buzzed up to the herdsman and said: “If you give me a pot of jam, I'll make the cow move.”

The overweight herdsman readily agreed and the fly flew on to the cow's back.

She swished her long tail, but the fly was too quick for her and jumped out of the way. A very disgruntled herdsman made his way back down the lane to the farm, without the cow. The fly, tucked in to a second pot of jam. The cow, stood.

Making favourite meals Taking time to create Thinking and planning How to delight the palate

The dairymaid wagged her finger: “You are a naughty girl,” she said. But the cow would not be shamed into moving. A dozing fly watched the scene, through one lazy eye, before buzzing its weary way over to the dairymaid. “If you give me a pot of jam, I'll make the cow move,” said the fly, hopping once again on to her back. The cow swished her long tail but the fly …... …... was too fat and too slow and slipped.

I find it strange That no-one told me Ageing doesn’t need To mean regression.

The cow decided it was time for milking and trotted off down the lane to the farm. The dairymaid slipped a pot of jam and a spoon from the pocket of her apron and made herself comfortable in a corner of the field. As she sucked raspberry preserve from the silver spoon she was surrounded by a swarm of the fly's relatives, each demanding a share of their inheritance.

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Dance Sessions The community dance and drama groups in the theatre are all currently busy preparing towards a performance that will take place on Saturday, 11 July at Theatr Felinfach. ‘Y Llew-fan’ will bring together the theatre’s various performance companies of all age groups between 0 and 50+ as part of the centenary celebrations for T. Llew Jones, by bringing his work as an author to our stage.

Tic-Toc sessions are held on Tuesday and Friday mornings at 10am in Y Gwndwn on the theatre campus Story, dance and song sessions for children 0-3 years and their parents.

Creative Dance – Catherine has been working with local schools conducting creative dance sessions for children in the KS1 age sector.

A warm welcome to Lia Mair Jones who is about to start work with us for the next 5 months as a Creative Community Project Officer. Lia will be responsible for developing drama with children and young people within the area.

We also welcome Sioned Hâf Thomas who has also started work with us for a period of two months on an Apprenctice Scheme in partnership with the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.

For further information, contact: Catherine Young, Dance Officer, Theatr Felinfach Catherine.Young@ceredigion.gov.uk 01545 572708 Sewing Club The classes are continuing on Monday and Tuesday evenings between 6 and 8pm.

For further information, contact Anneliese on 01545 572365 / 01570 470697 anneliesem@ceredigion.gov.uk

Sesiynau Dawns Mae Tic-Toc yn cwrdd ar foreau Mawrth a Gwener am 10yb yn Y Gwndwn ar gampws Theatr Felinfach.

Sesiynau stori, dawns a chân i blant 0-3 oed a’u rhieni.

Dawns Creadigol – Mae Catherine wedi bod yn gweithio gydag ysgolion lleol yn cynnal sesiynau dawns creadigol i blant CA1.

Mae Lia Mair Jones ar fin cychwyn fel Swyddog Creadigol Diwylliant Bro yn Theatr Felinfach am 5 mis. Bydd hi’n gyfrifol am ddatblygu gwaith drama gyda phlant a phobl ifanc yn yr ardal.

Mae grwpiau cymunedol dawns a drama’r Theatr yn brysur yn paratoi ar gyfer perfformiad ‘Y Llew-fan.’ Bydd grwpiau o bob oedran rhwng 0 a 50+ yn cymryd rhan yn y perfformiad terfynol ar Nos Sadwrn, 11eg Gorffennaf.

Am wybodaeth bellach cysylltwch â: Catherine Young, Swyddog Dawns, Theatr Felinfach Catherine.Young@ceredigion.gov.uk 01545 572708 Clwb Gwnïo Mae’r gwersi’n parhau ar Nosweithiau Llun a Mawrth rhwng 6 ac 8 o’r gloch.

Am wybodaeth bellach, cysylltwch ag Anneliese ar 01545 572365 / 01570 470697 anneliesem@ceredigion.gov.uk Rhian Dafydd

What’s On in the Theatre? Beth sy’ Mlaen yn y Theatr?

3& 4/7/15

Ysgol Ddawns Sally Saunders

presents a musical theatre spectacular!

yn cyflwyno sioe theatr gerdd ysblennydd!

11/7/15 Y Llew-fan

A production by the theatre’s various performance companies to celebrate T. Llew Jones’s work.

Cynhyrchiad gan gwmnïau perfformio’r Theatr i ddathlu T Llew Jones, yr awdur a’i waith.

16/07/15 OLIVER

Ysgol Gymunedol Cilcennin’s Summer Show

Sioe Haf Ysgol Gymunedol Cilcennin

Contact: Rhian Dafydd, Business and Marketing Manager, 01545 572369, Rhian.Dafydd@ceredigion.gov.uk Box Office: 01570 470697, www.theatrfelinfach.com, Facebook /TheatrFelinfach, Twitter @TheatrFelinfach

The People’s Market Victoria Hall, Bryn Road, Lampeter Every 2nd and 4th Saturday 14

10am-1pm

Webb Ellis Cup to visit Lampeter as part of Rugby World Cup 2015 Trophy Tour

“The University is planning a series of celebrations and will launch a programme of events at the start of the season in September.

In the meantime, both the tournament and the trophy visit will help raise awareness of Lampeter’s connection with the game whilst also allowing local enthusiasts the chance to see the historic cup.”

Although the majority of our students have left for the summer, the next two months will be busy and happy ones filled with celebrations and events.

On Monday, 29 June, rugby’s greatest prize, the Webb Ellis Cup, will visit Lampeter as part of the Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour.

Launched on 10 June, with 100 days to go to the opening match, the Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour will travel through Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Wales and England before arriving at Twickenham Stadium on 18 September ahead of the Opening Ceremony.

As part of the Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour, the University of Wales Trinity Saint David is hosting a junior rugby tournament in Lampeter for local schools, which is being organised by the Welsh Rugby Union and will be held at Lampeter Rugby Club.

The event will give local children the opportunity to take part in a friendly fun-filled tournament as well as giving them the chance to have their picture taken with rugby’s most coveted trophy. The event will also be open to the public and the University is encouraging rugby fans across Ceredigion to come along to see the cup.

With the University preparing to celebrate the 2015 /2016 season as the 150th anniversary since the first rugby match in Wales was played in Lampeter, it’s very apt that the Webb Ellis Cup is visiting the town as part of the trophy tour.

More Diary dates: On 10 July, we will welcome hundreds of proud families who will be attending our 2015 Graduation ceremony. This is a day of celebration for all concerned and an opportunity for visitors from all over the world to visit Lampeter.

And then on 25 July, the University will host the Lampeter Food Festival. This annual event brings hundreds of visitors to the town and campus and in recent years has also brought sunshine and blue skies! Staff from the Marketing team will be available on the day to talk about the courses we offer on all our campuses, so please feel free to come and see us for an informal chat.

“We are really looking to hosting the rugby tournament and are very excited to welcome the Webb Ellis Cup to Lampeter – the birthplace of rugby in Wales.

The 2015 / 2016 rugby season will mark 150 years since Rowland Williams, Vice-Principal at St David’s College, Lampeter - now the University of Wales Trinity Saint David introduced the sport to Wales” says the Venerable Randolph Thomas, Chair of the University Council.

For further information regarding the Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour, please visit: rugbyworldcup.com/trophy-tour Trawsnewid Addysg; TrawsnewidBywydau Bywydau -- Transforming Transforming LivesLives Trawsnewid Addysg; Trawsnewid TransformingEducation; Education; Transforming

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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 £14/hour; Small hall £9/hour; Combined £22/ hour. We also have office space, committee room and small therapy/ class/ conference room.

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

Contact

Day

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

Time

Activity / Class

Monday

W New

5.307pm

Tuesday

W New

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Name

Number

Power Yoga

Anne Inshaw

07826 692110

6-7pm

Pilates

Anne Inshaw

07826 692110

W

6-8pm

Welsh Class

Meryl Evans

01545 572715

W

10-12pm

Welsh Class

Meryl Evans

01545 572715

F

24.30pm

Young at Heart

Sandwiches & social for the wiser folk of Lampeter

Sandwiches & social for the wiser folk of Lampeter

W New

5.306.30pm

Yogalates

Anne Inshaw

07826 692110

M First Wed each month

8pm

Lampeter Folk

W

1-3pm

Welsh classes

Meryl Evans

01545 572715

W New

6-7pm

Pilates

Anne Inshaw

07826 692110

W

8-9pm

Boxersize

Oliver Leighton

07918 661194

W New

1011.30am

Power Yoga

Anne Inshaw

07826 692110

W

4.306.00pm

LYTSS: Lampeter Youth Theatre & Stage School

Tracey Reynolds

07976 052888

2nd & 4th Sat each month

10am1pm

People’s Market

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

W

2.30pm & 7.30pm

The Magic Lamp Cinema - Take 2

Chris Studman

01570 493649

W

10am7pm

Lampeter Evangelical Church

Gareth Jones at the Mustard Seed café

01570 423344

M Every third Sunday

79.30pm

Custard Queens WI

Jen Pink

01570 471209

W

6-9pm

Jujitsu

James Masters

07564 666530

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courses________________ Denmark Farm Conservation Centre, Betws Bledrws Mon 29 Jun-Wed 1 July: Identifying Grasses, Sedges and Rushes Fri 3-Sun 5 July: Understanding British Mammals II Fri 10-Sun 12 July: Invertebrate Macro Photography Sun 19 July: Drawn to Paint Nature (Botanical Painting) Wed 22 and 29 July: Wild in the Woods (ages 6-12) Sat 8-Mon 10 Aug: Willow Basket Weaving Mon 10-Fri 14 Aug & Mon 7-Fri 11 Sept: Tree to Frame: 5 day Roundwood Timber Framing courses Sun 6 Sept: Moth Morning (free event) Sat 19-Sun 20 Sept: Shave Horse Making Workshop Wed 23-Thurs 24 Sept: Cob Oven Building Workshop Tues 6-Wed 7 Oct: Phase I Habitat Survey Course Thurs 8 Oct: Wildlife Identification Apps and Online Resources Full details & opportunities: 01570 493358, www.denmarkfarm.org.uk

creative_______________

Air Drying and Clay Workshops During the sessions students will have the opportunity to explore the versatile qualities of clay, using an array of craft tools and pattern making techniques and at the end take their piece home to dry and paint. For an extra charge work can be glazed, fired and collected or posted 2-3 weeks. Taster Session: I hr 30min £10. Full day session: 10-5pm, £36 Half Day Session: Either 10am–1pm or 2–5pm, £18 Jug workshop for adults - materials included, £80 First session: 10am–4:30pm and Second session 10am-12pm On this 2-part course Joanna will show you how to make a beautiful slab built jug, patterned using leaves, stamps, found objects and other materials.

Work will be left to dry for a week then bisque fired ready for your return in two weeks time.

For the second part (this is a shorter day) you will learn about staining with oxides, glazing and preparing your jug ready for the final firing. Work will be ready to collect a week later.

Adult Pottery Classes £110 for 6 x 2 ½ hr sessions During this course students will have

the opportunity to develop their creativity whilst exploring the versatile qualities of clay; learning techniques such as drawing and designing for pottery, tile making, pattern making and texturing, slab building and colouring using slips, oxides and glazes. Please phone for bookings and/or appointment to view unique ceramics on sale at the studio, or browse through website shop: www.joannabond.co.uk: joanna.bond@gmail.com, 01545 581157 Abercoed Studios, Tregaron.

Creative wool shop, hand-made crafts, art and prints, tuition, supplies. Coffee shop & Wi-Fi. Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm. www.sue2.co.uk, 01974 299105, www.blacksheeptregaron.co.uk Make Lampeter Festival will be held on Sat 19 Sept. In collaboration with Lampeter Chamber of Trade we are planning this year’s festival to celebrate local making and creating.

Do you hold workshops and make something - hats, clothes, quilts, beautiful music or anything else? If so we want to hear from you. Contact Jude Howard, 01570 423715, make.lampeter.festival.gmail.com, https://makelampeter.wordpress.com/ or facebook events page.

Art Exhibition of works by local artists at Coffee Stop, 78 Bridge Street, Lampeter. The exhibition will be open every Thursday throughout spring and summer, 10am-3pm or other times by appointment. Please contact Celia, 01570 423134 Spinning Lessons with Ann Fisher Rhodes at Ffarmers Neuadd Bro Fana/Village Hall. Improvers every Thursday 1.30-3.30pm, £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.

nibbles to sustain you during the dancing and laughing.

Lampeter Ecumenical Service Thurs 16 July 7pm, hosted by Lampeter Quakers at Canolfan Steffan, Peterwell Terrace, Lampeter.

A chance to experience a Quaker Meeting for Worship, followed by informal discussion over refreshments.

All are welcome.

Oedfa Eciwmenaidd Llambed Nos Iau 16 Gorffennaf am 7 o'r gloch yng Nghanolfan Steffan, Peterwell Terrace Llambed. Cyfle i brofi Cwrdd Addoli'r Crynwyr, gyda thrafodaeth anffurfiol dros baned i ddilyn. Croeso cynnes i bawb.

Cerddwyr Llambed (Ramblers): A warm welcome is extended to new walkers or those who may like to try us out for a ramble or two! Forthcoming walks include: Evening Ramble, Fri 3 July, Llangeitho. Please contact James, 01570 480743 or Kay 01570 480041 for further details & walks programme.

The Truth about Cancer is a series of talks about the quest for the cures for cancer. We would like to share these talks, with anyone who wishes to see them, at The Mulberry Bush Café from 3.30 to 4.30pm every Wed & Sat from 3 June until 8 July. They will be shown on a lap-top computer at a table in the café. Each episode is filled with advice about how to avoid and/or treat cancer in line with a natural and holistic lifestyle. This global movement aims to educate, expose and eradicate cancer. You can log-on to the website for more information: www.thetruthaboutcancer.com .

Charity Open-Garden Day "Jane's Garden Party". Sun 5 July, 1-6pm @ Glan-yr-Afon, Pumsaint, SA19 8DJ. 20+ acres including orchid meadow, woodland walks, orchard & productive vegetable garden, perennials and shrubs. Plant Stalls, raffle, live music, tea/coffee & cakes. In aid of the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation, suggested entry £4 Cymdeithas Hanes Llambed: The current season of talks has now come a close, but will re-start again in events ________________ to September. Further notice of speakers Twmpath at Cellan Millennium Hall: nearer the date. on Sat 18 July at 7.30pm with Erdwyd Howells as caller, accompanied by Don’t Forget Bryan on the keyboard. £2.50 per Copy Deadline: Fri 7 Aug person, tea and coffee provided during the break, but please bring your own lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com 17

events cont.d _____________ Theatr Felinfach Performances: Beth sy’ Mlaen yn y Theatr? What’s On in the Theatre?

Ysgol Ddawns Sally Saunders – yn cyflwyno sioe theatr gerdd ysblennydd!

Sally Saunders School of Dance – presents a musical theatre spectacular!, 3 & 4 July Y Llew-fan – Cynhyrchiad gan gwmnïau perfformio’r Theatr i ddathlu T. Llew Jones, yr awdur a’i waith. / A production by the theatre’s various performance companies to celebrate T. Llew Jones’s work, 11 July OLIVER - Sioe Haf Ysgol Gymunedol Ci lc en ni n / Ys go l G ym un edo l Cilcennin’s Summer Show, 16 July Box Office: 01570 470697, www.theatrfelinfach.com For more information see page 14 Traws Link Cymru - West Wales Railway Campaign-Ymgyrch Rheilffordd Gorllewin Cymru: Public meetings planned for Lampeter on Sat 25 July at the Victoria Hall, 7pm.

On Thurs 23 July Traws Link Cymru will also be hosting an Open Evening at Lampeter Museum at 6pm (in the University old porter’s lodge) to coincide with an exhibition of memorabilia of the old line. All are welcome Coedwig Gymunedol Long Wood Community Woodland:  Open Public Meeting. Mon 6 July, 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). For more information and to sign up for this unique project. info@longwood-lampeter.org.uk Workshops at The Welsh Quilt Centre. Decorative Shellwork: An Introduction and Practical Workshop with Suzannah Flemming Sat 11 July, 10.30am–4pm, £55. If you have ever wondered about the decorative possibilities of using natural seashells to create beautiful heirlooms, this is your opportunity to participate in a practical workshop on the subject.

For more information: Sarah Jane,

01570 422088 www.welshquilts.com Amgueddfa Llambed / Lampeter Museum We welcome people of the community to come and view the collection. Should anyone have some artefacts that they would like to give, or lend for a short time to the museum, please call in and talk to one of the volunteers. Opening times: Tues, Thurs and Sat 10am–4pm. Contact Selwyn Walters: hanesllam bed@btinternet.com, www.haneslambed.org.uk

health & well-being ______ Age Cymru Ceredigion are running a drop in service in Lampeter every W ednes d a y, 1 0 am - 4p m . Fre e, confidential, impartial advice and information from our officer, Fiona Williams, on any aspect of getting older. Call 01970 615151 or visit www.agecymru.org.uk/ceredigion.

Weight-Watchers meets in Lampeter every Tuesday night. St Peter’s Church Hall (opposite Police Station).

Join any week, weigh anytime between 5.30pm-6.30pm / meeting talk 6.30-7pm. For more details please contact: Eleri, 07748 270439 eretallick@weight-watchers.co.uk otherwise just turn up on the night.

Support Group for people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in Lampeter: Meets first Monday each month at Y Hedyn Mwstard/Mustard Seed Café, College St, Lampeter. 1.30-3.30pm.

Next meeting: Mon 6 July & 3 Aug. So, if you suffer from MS, you and your Carer will be very welcome to join us.

This is a very suitable meeting place with full disability facilities. Croeso i bawb. For details contact: Judith McKay, 01570 493509; Iona Evans, 01570 423263 or Julian Eastwood, 01970 828197.

Headw ay, T he Br ai 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 m o n t h, f r om 2 – 4 pm a t M i n d Aberystwyth, Mill Street, SY23 1JB. 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 rhwng 2-4pm yn Mind Aberystwyth, Stryd y Felin, SY23 1JB. Dewch draw i ymuno â ni am baned a sgwrs. Bydd diodydd a 18

bwydydd ysgafn ar gael ar ôl y sesiwn.

Cont ac t: Da v e M agg s , W ales Development Manager, Headway UK, 01446 740130, 07941 855935 walesdm@headway.org.uk 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 26 July & 30 Aug. 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 Yoga Classes suitable for all, with Cathy Crick Stanton, a Scaravelli inspired, Iyengar trained teacher: Mon 6-7.30pm & Tues 10-11.30am & Thurs 10-11.30am at Ancient Earth Centre for W ell-being, Lanlas Farm, Cellan. Tues 5.30-7pm, Church Hall, Ystrad Meurig; Wed 5.30-7pm, Chapel Vestry, Tregaron; Thurs 67.30pm, Village Hall, Ffarmers.

Co nt ac t: 01 5 70 42 1 14 4, 07 7 48 031614, cathycrick@hotmail.co.uk Mindfulness Movement, (Clear Light Q i G ong), Thurs da ys , 6 - 7pm ; Mindfulness Meditation, Tuesdays, 6 -7pm; Kirtan Singing, (ancient Indian chants), monthly from 15 Feb. Dates will vary thereafter, so please contact us or see website for details; Physical Therapy for all types of pain, headaches, anxiety, stress, health and wellbeing is also available by a p p o i n t m e n t : T h e Al e x a n d e r Technique, Thai Massage, Deep Release System. For more information on classes, confirmation of sessions and questions contact: Iain, 0785 26026 001, cameronbodywork@gmail.com, www.transformationalbodywork.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 ___________________ 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.

Art and Pottery Club Wed & Fri 4-5:30pm snacks and drinks available, £8 per session. Children will work on developing self expression and learning new skills in drawing and designing for pottery. To book and find out more contact: Joanna, 01545 581157, www.joannabond.co.uk Unique Ceramics for Sale online.

Clwb celf a chrochenwaith Dydd Mercher a Dydd Gwener 4-5:30 £8 y sesiwn Byrbrydau a diodydd ar gael.

Little Rangers. “Play, Explore, Discover.” A weekly parent & toddler club for children aged 2-5 years. Childled play sessions led by Forest School trained staff out in the woods. £4 per adult, £2 per child each session. Led

by Lea Wakeman and James Kendall.

1pm-3pm every Thursday at Denmark Farm. Advance booking is essential.

Phone Lea, 07920 408849 facebook.com/woodlandclassroom Young Rangers. “Play, Explore, Discover.” A weekly after-school club for 6-11 year olds. Woodland activities, games, nature awareness and bushcraft led by Forest School trained staff. £5 per session. 4pm - 6pm every Tuesday & Thursday at Denmark Farm. Advance booking is essential.

Phone Lea, 07920 408849 facebook.com/woodlandclassroom Bushcraft Skills For Teens Tues 11 Aug, 10am-4pm. For 12-16 year olds.

Do you see yourself as the next Bear Grylls? Join the Forest School trained staff from Woodland Classroom for a day of knife skills, fire-lighting, axe work, wild cooking, shelter building and wilderness awareness, all in the backdrop of the wild woods at Denmark Farm. Enjoy a cooked campfire feast at lunch. £30 per person and £25 for each additional sibling. Advance booking is essential.

Phone James, 07876 794098 facebook.com/woodlandclassroom The Real Minecraft Adventure! Mon 17 Aug, 10am-4pm. For 6-11 year olds. A full day of Minecraft themed activities. Kids will be set a number of challenges: find fire, gather food, “mine” for precious stones and all the while they’ll be building their homes (dens) before "night" falls and monsters wake up. We'll also be enjoying a cooked campfire feast at lunch. £25 per child and £20 for each additional sibling. Advance booking is essential - this is going to be a popular one. Phone James, 07876 794098.

Look out for more dates to be announced on our facebook page: facebook.com/woodlandclassroom Lampeter Youth Theatre and Stage School (LYTSS) runs 3 terms per year

every Tues and Fri at Victoria Hall.

Juniors, Tues 4.15 -5.45pm & Seniors, Fri 4.30-6pm. £40/child/term, £35 siblings, £30 concessions. Contact: Tracey Reynolds, 07976 052888 1st Lampeter Brownies. Meet Wednesdays, 4.30-6pm, term-time.

Contact: Nikki, 07790 987070 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 "Lampeter Little Ones" is a Facebook group for parents of pre-schoolers 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

markets_______________

People’s Market, Victoria Hall, Lampeter, 10am-1pm every 2nd & 4th Sat each month. Next markets: Sat 11 July, Sat 25 July (at Lampeter Food Festival), Sat 8 & 22 Aug. Lampeter Farmers' Market Market Street, Lampeter, 9am-2pm alternate Fridays.

Next markets: Fri 10 & 24 July, 7 & 21 Aug. Ffarmers Market Neuadd Bro Fana/Village Hall, Ffarmers, 10am-12.30pm 1st Sat in the month. Next market: Sat 4 July & 1 Aug. Llansawel Market Llansawel Village Hall, 10am-12.30pm 3rd Sat of the month Next markets: Sat 18 July & 15 Aug.

move your body _________

Hydrospin (Aqua Cycling) class at Lampeter Swimming Pool on Mondays at 10.15am and 8pm, also at Aberaer on Swimm ing Pool on Tuesdays at 11.30am & 6pm. Contact: David Maund to book 07792351607 Couch to 5K Running Group meet every Monday and Wednesday in the Rookery Car Park, Lampeter at 6.30pm. It is aimed at beginners and those who have recently started and would like company when they run and is completely free!

New Am e r i c an T r ib al St yl e Bellydancing: Tues 1-2pm & Wed 6-7 pm, Dance Studio above the University Sports Hall. Wendy Steele, 01570 472921, 07752 478779 Next Copy Deadline: Fri 7 Aug 2015 19

Belly Dance & Yoga classes. Belly Dance: Tues 7.30-8.30pm. £3.

Beginner Yoga: Thur 7-8.30pm, £5.

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

Lampeter Egyptian Belly Dance Fridays 9.45-11am (£5) Very few spaces left in this class.

Lunchtime Fit For Life For Over 50's Fridays 12.15-1.15pm (£4) Gentle exercise based on Belly Dance.

Spaces available. Both classes at Sally Saunders Dance Studio, Unit 22, Lampeter Industrial Estate, SA48 8LT. First session Free.

Contact: Rose Barter, 01239 851737, rosebarter@btinternet.com Twmpath, Folkdancing, if you need a caller for an event, phone Elly on 01570 471476.

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 Walk Out Workout. Join the WOW posse for a brisk fitness walk around Lampeter on Thursday evenings. Meet at 6.30pm at the Leisure Centre for a 3 -4 mile walk, including an optional hill at the end. Expect to be out for around an hour. It’s fun and it’s free!

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) see: www.sarnhelen.org.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

lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com

move your body contd _____

workout features upper and lower body conditioning drills, as well as solo and partner-based fight sequences which incorporate kicks, punches, strikes and blocks. Correct form and technique is made a priority. Wed 5.30-6.30pm.

Adults 16yrs+. £4.  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+).  J’s Workout 01559 362690.

Oedolion/Adults £4.75p, Henoed/ Myfyrwyr/Iau/O.A.P/Student/Junior £3.85p. Tocyn consesiwn/concession ticket (12 dosbarth/classes) Oedolion/ Adult £47.50p, Conc. £38.50p. Mon 5.30-6.30pm, Stepio/Step. Tues 5.306.15pm, Aerobeg i Bawb/Aerobics for Everyone. Wed 12noon-12.45pm, Ffit rw ydd Rhw ydd/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.  Spinning £4.60p sesiwn/session, £46p for 12 sesiwn/sessions. Bwcio gyda taliad yn unig!/Booking with payment only! Tues 5.30-6.15pm, Wed 7.15- 8.15pm , Fri 5.30- 6.15pm .

Cofiwch ddod a photel o ddŵr a thowel/Remember a bottle of water & a towel.  Disco Sglefrio/Roller Disco every Saturday 2-3pm. Oedolion/Adults £3.15p, Plant/Children £2.30p. ‘sgidiau i’w llogi/boots for hire £1.65p  Zumba Fitness Party into shape.

Exhilarating, effective, easy-to-follow, latin-inspired, calorie-burning dance fitness-partyTM. Thurs 7.30-8.30pm.

Adults 14ys+. £4  Zumba Atomic Designed exclusively for kids (aged 4-12), Zumbatomic classes are rockin’, highenergy fitness-parties packed with specially choreographed, kid-friendly routines and all music kids love, like hip-hop, reggaeton, cumbia and more.

Parents love Zumbatomic because of the effects it has on kids, increasing their focus and self-confidence, boosting metabolism and enhancing co-ordination. Wed 4-5pm. Kids 412yrs+. Free.

Mat-based Pilates. Suitable for beginners. ‘The elegance of a dancer and the strength of an athlete’. This sums up what you could attain through regular practice of Pilates. Here are some of the benefits - energy increase; improved posture and body shape; muscle toning; increased strength, agility and stamina; greater mind/body/ spirit connection. Give it a try!

Llangeitho Village Hall, Mondays 2pm. Shân Rees, OCR-qualified instructor. Contact: 01570 218138, 07940 375147, www.livingexcellently.co.uk Flamenco Dance classes Wed 6-7.30pm, 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 Canolfan Hamdden Llambed Leisure Centre. 01570 422552, Lampeter-leisure@ceredigion.gov.uk Activity programme as follows:  Clwb Badminton/Badminton Club Dydd Gwener/Friday 5-6.30pm. All players welcome.  Ballroom Blitz Get a slice of ballroom magic with this new fitness workout. Taught as a partner free dance fitness class, includes Quickstep, Foxtrot, Waltz, Cha Cha and Jive styles. This easy-to-learn format is suitable for all levels, no matter what your ballroom experience. Expect great fitness results and plenty of fun.

Thurs 8.30-9.30pm. Adults 14yrs+. £4.  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.  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.  Fight Fx uses mixed martial arts music_________________ programming and training techniques Lampeter Folk. The next acoustic to enhance body composition and music night at Victoria Hall, Lampeter elevate fitness levels. This multi-peak is on Wed 1 July, 8pm. Come along to 20

play some songs/tunes, or listen by candlelight. Entry is £2 and includes a free tea/coffee, or BYOB. Later dates for Lampeter Folk: 5 Aug & 2 Sept.

Visit: facebook.com/lampeterfolk or email lampeterfolk@hotmail.com for further details.

Café Musique is a family friendly e v e n t wi t h a l o v e l y e v e n i n g meal and performances by two excellent music acts. It is held monthly on a Friday at Victoria Hall, Lampeter and future dates are 31 July & 21 Aug, 8pm. Advance booking is advisable, tickets are available from www.bernadetteogrady.co.uk or from Hag's Records, Lampeter. For further information please visit : facebook.com/cafemusiquelampeter Email: cafemusique@outlook.com, or call 07429 854683.

permaculture & conservation ___________

Gardening & Permaculture Courses Short courses to help you grow food, encourage wildlife and live more sustainably.

Contact Angie, 01974 831300, info@purposefulpermaculture.co.uk Landowners, Smallholders & Gardeners - Conservation & wildlife advice to suit you and your place.

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

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

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

religious services & groups ________________

Lampeter Parish St Peter’s Church, Lampeter.

Main Sun Service: 10.30am Bilingual.

Other services: 8am Holy Communion (English), 9.15am Cymun Bendigaid Cymraeg (ail a phedwerydd Sul yn unig).

Church Hall available for hire, £8.50 per hour. Kitchen facilities.

Enquiries/Bookings contact: Beryl, 01570 422324 St Cybi’s Church, Llangybi.

Main Sun Service: 9am (Bilingual).

St Bledrws’ Church, Betws Bledrws.

Main Sun Service: 10.45am

St Sulien’s Church, Silian.

Main Sun Service: 2pm (Bilingual).

St Mary’s Church, Maestir.

Main Sun Service: Eucharist 2.30pm (2nd Sunday only) English.

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

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

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. Crynwyr Llambed. Cwrdd bob ddydd Sul, Canolfan Steffan, Rhodfa Peterwell, 10.45yb. Croeso i bawb. Contact / Cysylltwch: Deborah Rowlands deborahjrowlands@gmail.com, www.crynwyrcymru.org.uk (Cymraeg) 01570 480083

social _________________ Banc Bwyd Llanbed /Lampeter Food Bank Food & Fellowship lunch, Tuesdays 12 -2pm. A simple free lunch cooked from surplus food provided by local food

retailers, with friendly conversation. All are welcome. This is an initiative of the Lampeter Food Bank and takes place at Emmaus Christian Fellowship, 78 Bridge St, Lampeter.

Cellan Millennium Hall Film Nights.

See film listings page 10 Cinio Cymraeg Tregaron. Welsh language monthly dinners at the Talbot Hotel, Tues 7 July and every first Tues of the month. Not suitable for absolute beginners but anyone who has attended classes or conversation groups for a year or two will probably find the events enjoyable. Completely informal. We meet in the bar at 7pm for 7.30pm. A small group, normally 6 to 8, including 2/3 fluent Welsh speakers.

Order a light meal or main from the Talbot bar menu - in Welsh. To join the group mailing list and have a say in planning future events, contact: Myra Mortlock, naturals@btinternet.com 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: meet Every Third Sunday of the Month at Victoria Hall, Lampeter. 7-10pm. The Custard Queens would like to invite you to their forthcoming events: 19 July – Summer Quiz 16 Aug – Trip to Talley Abbey, picnic and walks (Friends and Family) 20 Sep – History of Wales TBC 18 Oct – Pumpkin Night 15 Nov – AGM and 2nd Annual Membership Party 13 Dec – Christmas Crafts Then, further on in the year, we have a Sloe Gin Making session, Apple Festival Trip, Archery. Ladies of Lampeter come and join an active and friendly group; we would love to see you there! Ages from 18 to 80+ all very welcome. More details: 07540 383835, custardqueenswi@gmail.com 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: following our second successful year we are hoping more local people will join us for lunch and cake, on Mondays, from 11.30am -2pm. W e play cards, 21

Scrabble, and/or just relax and natter to friends and charge £1/person.

Dates for Cellan, 13 July & Llanfair, 27 July. Contact Linda (Llanfair) 01570 493706 or Amanda (Cellan) 01570 421338, to register your interest.

Sew, Knit and Natter Wednesdays, 1-4pm, Cellan Hall. All welcome.

Whist Drives, every fortnight at Hafan Deg, Lampeter. Wed 15 & 29 July, 12 & 26 Aug. 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 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. PLEASE NOTE: we're not meeting in August but will be back in September.

If interested in joining please email Hayley: h.addis@live.co.uk Creative Writing Workshop Tysul Hall. Llandysul, 2-4 pm. Refreshments available. Cost: £10. Contact Kelly for further details of dates: 01267 235336

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. This is your opportunity to become a member of the Legion.

Contact Sharon, 07971 806886.

Home-Start are looking for volunteers to become part of our team for a couple of hours every week. A national charity supporting families struggling to cope. Can you help? Contact: Jan Young, 01570 218546

women's workshop _____ Wed 10.30am-3pm, St James’ Hall, Cwmann. Disabled access & toilet.

Free car park. £2.50 a session (includes vegetarian lunch & all activities). Drop in when you please.

New members welcome.

Workshops:

Wed 1 July: Painitng with Jane Wed 8 July: Singing with Carol Wed 15 July: Play Reading with Anne Wed 22 July: Crafting for Christmas Contact: 01570 423167, 01545 590391 Copy Deadline: Fri 7 August

CELLAN MILLENNIUM HALL CLASSES AND GROUPS Classes subject to change: please check www.millenniunhallcellan.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, 13 July TUESDAY Lampeter Home Education Group 12-5pm Qi Gong 6-7pm Tai Chi 7-8pm WEDNESDAY Sew, Knit and Natter 1-4pm Yoga 5.30-7pm THURSDAY Village Improvement Society Cttee1st Thurs of month 7pm W.I. 2nd Thurs of month 7.30pm FRIDAY Art Group 10am–1pm Film Night fortnightly 7.15pm (see advert page 10 for full details)

complementary & alternative therapists Charlotte Allen RSHom Homeopath over 15 years clinical experience. Homeopathy makes a difference and is excellent at helping with chronic ill health, gently, safely and holistically. Llanfair Clinic, 41 Bridge Street, Lampeter, SA48 8EG. 01570 493746 Val Allen, BACP senior accredited counsellor/psychotherapist. UKRC Registered. Offering counselling, ps yc hotherap y, h ypn otherap y, EMDR. 23 High Street, Lampeter SA48 7BA, 01570 493522, valallen@surfanytime.net Iain Cameron Watson, Alexander Technique for immobility (agerelated, accident, stroke) posture, alignment, stress, pain (back, shoulder, neck, headaches, PMT).

Also Thai Massage for deep relaxation and well-being. 07852 626001, cameronbodywork@gmail.com Denmark Farm, Lampeter.

Jo Camlin BSc W SHom. 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.)

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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 Alison Kaye MBAcC. Traditional Chinese Acupuncture. Llanfair Clinic, 41 Bridge Street, Lampeter, SA48 7AA. 07779 256388 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 Bones for Life: practices to stimulate bone strength, protect vulnerable joints, improve posture and increase vitality. Contact: Marye Wyvill, 01570 421027, maryewyvill@hotmail.com Reflexology. Annie Zakiewicz MAR is a fully-insured member of the Association of Reflexologists and practises from Cellan. Contact: 01570 493295, 07790 107521, www.reflexologywithannie.co.uk

Measured Preparation at Yr Efail

I am convinced that grass grows at an inversely proportional rate to my choice! Weeding is a major chore but the rewards when visitors comment upon the garden’s delights are plenty  Successful visits by WI and Merched y Wawr groups have luckily been in good weather.

Cabbage root fly cunningly attacks brassicas invisibly, so that, without any warning and with no chance of remedying the problem, you have to watch the protracted demise of the healthy plants that you’ve nurtured over the previous six weeks. Over one hundred and twenty casualties so far! So the battle commences. Growing replacement plants in slightly bigger cells and planting them out when they are larger, making and fitting collars for this new army of sprouts, summer cabbage, cauliflower and khol rabi; hoping that we have chosen the right dimensions for our home-made roofing felt squares. Time will tell.

We have invested in a ‘slinky’ hose pipe to make the watering of tubs and baskets easier – carrying endless cans of water had lost its attraction. Watering and dead-heading daily and feeding weekly means the baskets should be looking their best for our NGS Charity Open Day on Sunday 19 July.

I continue to pick slugs off red hot pokers every night and look in disbelief at the damage done by one slug to the growing top of a sunflower, replacing the plant being the only option. Are all Welsh slugs such good mountaineers?

Our table has been adorned by tender baby broad beans, stunningly tasty carrots, baby beetroot and spring cabbage.

All the hard work of the previous months is being well rewarded. Tomatoes are in full growth and little orange beauties (Sungold) will soon be a favourite, often not reaching the plate. Delicious strawberries from the polytunnel have been replaced by the first of the outdoor crops. Their flavour is simply marvellous and a bark mulch seems to be keeping slug damage to a minimum. Blackcurrants and gooseberries are looking very promising too; time to ensure a stock of jars is ready for jam, jelly and cordial making.

It is now time to continue planting and weeding in readiness for our big NGS charity Open Day on Sun 19 July. We look forward to welcoming you from 11am ‘til 5.30pm. Enjoy the fruits of our labour as you wander around our garden, polytunnels and young woodland; offer suggestions, chat about gardening and enjoy our produce with a cuppa.

NGS gardens open this summer include: Sun 5 July Pantyfod (including freshly cooked pizzas), Sat 18 & Sun19 July Penybont, Llanafan, Sun 19 July Yr Efail, Sun 2 August Ty Glyn Walled Garden and others by arrangement. See NGS booklets and www.ngs.org.uk for further details.

Shelagh and Steve Yeomans nominated for a best Beauty Salon in Wales.

Alongside these we have an excellent local butcher and some superb bread makers, a variety of cafés and hairdressers, hardware shops that have everything imaginable, as well as the History Museum and Welsh Quilt Centre. The list goes on.

Take another look at Lampeter. Find out where these award winners are. It has a lot to offer. At the same time top up your Lampeter Loyalty Card and maybe win £30 of Lampeter Loyalty Card vouchers.

Take another look at Lampeter Allow me to point something out to you that you may not be aware of.

In our town we have the Best Fish and Chip shop in Ceredigion, a café that has consistently won the Best Ice Cream in Wales accolade since 1948, a winner of the Best Haberdashers in the UK competition, winners of the Best Wholefood and Natural Food shop in the UK award, winner of the Best Fresh produce award, winners of a category of the best Superfoods in the UK in the Free From Food Award. Another has been

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Jane’s Open Garden Party

Ann Inshaw

Sunday 5 July 1-6pm at Glan-yr-Afon, Pumsaint, SA19 8DJ.

has moved to Victoria Hall

This is a unique opportunity to visit a beautiful private three acre garden set amidst the rolling hills near Pumsaint.

Surrounding the old farmhouse, watermill and out buildings, it’s been developed over the last decade into a peaceful haven bounded by the loop of the stream you cross to arrive. Lush plantings of perennials, shrubs, many mature trees, colour themed borders, and meandering paths with viewpoints throughout enticing visitors to wander and explore. There is even a shady pool linking to a productive vegetable plot, an orchard and beyond…walks through the twenty acres of gently sloping meadows and wood teeming with orchids and butterflies. Come rain or shine do visit and be inspired.

In addition to the garden there will be many and varied plants for sale at the Plant Fair, a basket weaver, live Welsh folk music, second hand cookery and gardening books, and the all important teas and lots of homemade cakes. Suggested entry donation £4 including a charity wristband.

Do come and support Jane by raising as much money as possible for The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation. Jane was diagnosed with lung cancer last year and started a fund in January on the charity website www.justgiving.com/janeholmes-rclcf/4 where you can read her inspiring story and find out how much she has raised so far.

Anne Large

PILATES AND YOGA CLASSES Monday: Power Yoga, 5.30-7pm All levels bring a mat plus blanket for relaxation

Tuesday: Pilates, 6-7pm All levels - bring a mat

Wednesday: Yogalates, 5.30-6.30pm a combination of both yoga and Pilates A challenging class open to all levels

Thursday: Pilates, 6-7pm All levels - bring a mat

Friday: Power Yoga, 10-11.30am All levels bring a mat plus a blanket for relaxation If you do not have a mat, I have a few Contact: Ann Inshaw 01570 481319 / 07826692110 abi.pilates@hotmail.co.uk or Yoga and Pilates with Ann Inshaw on Facebook

POTTING SHED DIRECT All natural materials, sustainable and ethical.

Jottings Damsels and Dragons - not the title for the latest video game but for an introduction to some of our most glamorous insects.

Damselflies and Dragonflies in their nymph stage (which can last up to five years in the larger species) would not look out of place as monsters on the set of Dr Who. During the summer months both of these insects frequent standing water, the reaches of slow flowing rivers, hedgerows and woodland glades.

A good place to see a number of species is between Lampeter Rugby Club and Castell Allt-Goch in Long Wood.

Identifying the many different species of Blue Damselflies requires dedication; however two Dragonfly species are unmistakable: the Southern Hawker and the Emperor. The most noticeable characteristic of the former insect is that it will come close to investigate anybody in its territory, while the size and colour (blue male and green female) of the Emperor dragonfly leaves no doubt as to its identification. At all stages of their life cycle both insects are carnivorous and some will hide in bank side vegetation to ambush any passing insect including their own kind.

David Price

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 Join me on Creative Textile Tuesdays Would you like to get creative with textiles?

No idea where to start?

Have a go at Book/ Casket making, Raised/ Dimensional Embroidery, Wet/Dry Felting, Plant Dyeing. Always working creatively with nature.

Morning, day or evening sessions available.

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Learn new skills in small friendly, informal groups.

Working with natural materials, receive guidance to develop your creativity at your own pace.

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Who are we, what do we do and why do we do it?

We are an incorporated charitable organisation supporting older people in and around Ceredigion.

Every year we reach out to nearly 12,000 people over the age of 50.

One of them could be you, a friend or a relative.

We provide bilingual services and support for people in later life, their families and carers. We’re here to enable people to live independently, to make informed choices and to have control over their lives.

We work locally and our services are of the highest standard. Action when you need it, how you need it and delivered by those you can trust. We work alongside statutory authorities and other agencies to deliver efficient and cost effective services.

But, we couldn’t do it without our volunteers. Volunteers make a difference and we pride ourselves on being the best – our Investing in Volunteers accreditation reflects this. Many of our fantastic volunteers have been with us for a long time and each one knows they make a difference to someone else’s life.

All of our volunteers, like our staff, are recruited in a way that assures they’re safe to deliver our services and that they’re trained and supervised at all times. We don’t just talk about safeguarding people, we do it.

Volunteers work in our office and in the community. They offer direct support to people, support that changes lives.

They are a part of all our services, they are the lifeblood of Age Cymru Ceredigion.

People volunteer for different reasons whether it’s a pathway to employment, a part of your studies or simply because you want to give time to your local community.

We’re always keen for our team to expand so if you have an hour to spare why not join us? It’ll be the best return on investment you’ll ever make because you really will make a difference to someone’s life – now that’s what you call a great way to spend your time.

A typical case study: Mr. & Mrs. D A couple in their seventies was referred to Age Cymru Ceredigion by one of our volunteers. The volunteer heard that Mr. D was in poor health therefore thought that he’d benefit from the service. Both Mr. & Mrs. D had mobility problems.

Our fully-trained volunteer visited the clients at home and established that they were eligible for a whole raft of welfare benefits.

Successful applications have resulted in them being considerably better off and have dramatically changed their life. Their quality of life has improved immeasurably.

If you think you could make a life-changing difference for someone or to find out about the other things we do, go to our website www.agecymru.org.uk/ceredigion or phone us on 01970 615151.

Let’s get together to make later life a great place for everyone!

Annmarie Butlin

Custard Queens - 'Everything in Good Measure' As many will already know, this year is the Centenary of the Women’s Institute. An organisation that perhaps is not given the credit it deserves with its stereotypical image of fuddy-duddy women, Jam and Jerusalem.

However, I am about to suggest that the reality is as far away from stuffiness and tweed coats as you could get.

Well it is true - never has it been so vibrant, active and modern or forward thinking in its hundred years, though each generation has built on its common sense principles striving to advance the cause.

A good number of you may have seen the fabulous wartime series “Home Fires” on television, portraying an older, iconic time during the Second World War, one which needed to be organised and rigid but also stable and secure when war was at its height and everyone was working to keep the lions at bay.

Things happened for a reason, with values based on expectation and basic limitations of supply, making this period the quintessential example of “Everything in good measure”.

‘Too much’ may have caused hardship to some and ‘too little’ would have not been enough, with people compensating with things they can provide, an era of rationing, make do and mend and taking a bad situation to create good where they can.

Many people turned over their gardens for food, iron railings for guns, aluminium pans for planes, and with a resilience to beat all odds, all doing their part and sustaining a national ‘value’ of comradeship and national pride. People had that British tenacity, the ‘Bulldog breed’, which got us through the war and helped those who survived carry on.

The modern Women’s Institutes have not lost these values. Last June saw the celebration of its hundredth year in the Albert Hall, with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, patron and long time member, honouring the history of an incredible organisation.

The Lampeter Custard Queens Women’s Institute is crafting a scrapbook of memories of the exciting events they have been holding. They have visited the medieval past, in Strata Florida and been crafting a new hobby in button jewellery. However, whilst the Women’s Institute is steeped in history, a recent competition asked its members how they see the WI in another hundred years?

I think the most accurate answer, would be an organisation of fun, laughter and frivolity together with a serious side of social awareness and a commitment to change for the common good, but of course ‘everything in good measure!’

Carole Elizabeth For details of events see listings page 21, 07540 383835, custardqueenswi@gmail.com custardqueenswi.weebly.com www.facebook.com/custardqueenswi 25

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Summer Shows By the time you read this edition of Grapevine, two of the main shows in the area will have been. The standard of competing was good at the Lampeter Stallion Show and the Llun: Swyddogion Sioe Amaethyddol Llanbed yn y Sioe Feirch yn ddiweddar.

West Wales Shire Horse Show Pic: Lampeter Agricultural Show officials in the Stallion in Llanybydder, and they were Show recently. days to remember.

But there is still a wealth of shows remaining this Ond mae yna wledd o sioeau i ddod yr haf hwn, fel summer, like every year in this area: they are usually sy bob blwyddyn yn yr ardal hon: Sioeau agricultural and horticultural shows which are the amaethyddol a garddwriaethol ydynt fel arfer yn highlight of the social calendar in small villages as uchafbwynt calendr cymdeithasol y pentrefi bach yn well as Lampeter town itself. ogystal â thref Llanbed ei hunan.

They are events that bind us together and remind us Dyma’r digwyddiadau sydd yn ein clymu ni at ein that we belong so close to the land. Farm animals gilydd ac ein hatgoffa ein bod yn perthyn mor agos i’r are seen at their best as well as garden and kitchen tir. Gwelir yr anifeiliaid fferm are eu gorau yn ogystal produce. â chynnyrch yr ardd a’r gegin.

A successful show means that a team of active Golyga sioe lwyddiannus fod tîm o wirfoddolwyr volunteers are in charge preparing the schedule, gweithgar wrth y llyw yn paratoi’r rhaglen, cysylltu â’r contacting the judges, organizing the field and beirniaid, trefnu’r cae a stiwardio ar y diwrnod. Yn stewarding on the day. As well as this, competitors ogystal â hyn bydd y cystadleuwyr yn codi ben bore i will get up early in the morning to arrange their drefnu eu hanifeiliaid a’u cynnyrch er mwyn cystadlu. animals and produce in order to compete.

Dyma beth yw bwrlwm y bröydd hyn.

This is what you call a buzz in the community.

Gwnewch nodyn o’r dyddiadau canlynol er mwyn Make a note of the following dates in order to cefnogi sioe leol eleni. Cewch amser wrth eich bodd. support a local show this year.

You’re sure to have a delightful time.

Sioeau’r Haf Erbyn i chi ddarllen y rhifyn hwn o Grapevine, bydd dwy o brif sioeau’r ardal wedi bod.

Cafwyd cystadlu da a diwrnodau i’w cofio yn Sioe Feirch Llanbed a Sioe Ceffylau Gwedd Gorllewin Cymru yn Llanybydder.

Dylan Lewis

8 Awst – Sioe Cwmsychpant Show - 8 Aug 14 Awst – Sioe Llanbed / Lampeter Show - 14 Aug 15 Awst – Sioe Gorsgoch Show - 15 Aug 12 Medi – Ffair Ram, Cwmann Show - 12 Sept Gellir lawrlwytho rhaglenni sioe leol ar wefan www.clonc360.cymru Local show schedules can be downloaded from the www.clonc360.cymru website.

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MS Support Group

Hypnos brings much needed comfort to a holiday centre for people with special needs.

The Ty Glyn Davis Trust has received a remarkable and generous donation of super new mattresses for all the beds at the holiday centre in Ciliau Aeron, Ceredigion, West Wales.

After already sourcing new beds, Kelly Melnicenko, Centre Manager, contacted several manufacturers in order to source a full new complement of mattresses, looking for the best possible deal. Kelly was overwhelmed by the response she received from Hypnos Managing Director, Stephen Ward. Stephen kindly offered to donate all the mattresses required free of charge and also to arrange delivery, again free of charge.

Hypnos Ltd are a Buckinghamshire based family-run company specialising in manufacturing luxury handmade beds using traditional, time-honoured methods for over 100 years. They are renowned around the world as the experts in making handcrafted deep pocket spring beds. Combining traditional skills with constant innovation, and using only the finest natural materials, Hypnos has a reputation for making the most comfortable beds in the world.

For more information please visit: http://www.hypnosbeds.com Kelly Melnicenko, Centre Manager at The Ty Glyn Davis Trust said: ”On behalf of The Ty Glyn Davis Trust I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Hypnos, especially to Stephen Ward and John Woolley for the generous donation of the new mattresses. I am overwhelmed not only by their generosity, but also the lengths that they have gone to in order to specially modify some of the mattresses to suit our needs. This will be of huge benefit to our guests in ensuring that they have the most comfortable sleep possible during their stay at the holiday centre.”

Stephen Ward, Group Managing Director of Hypnos said: “We are absolutely delighted to be able to help with this project. Making a positive impact to needy causes is important to us as part our Corporate Social Responsibility charter. We wish Kelly and all at Ty Glyn Davis Trust every success in the future.”

About The Ty Glyn Davis Trust The Ty Glyn Davis Trust is a small registered charity based in Ceredigion, Mid Wales. A unique holiday centre providing self catering holiday accommodation, fully accessible for groups, organisations and families throughout the UK whose members have special needs.

For more info: http://www.tyglyndavistrust.co.uk/ If you feel that you could help with a donation or contribute in any other way please contact Kelly Melnicenko on 0845 094 4364 Thanks to Katie Pimbblet for the photos. Katie is a local young woman who is building up her portfolio and kindly donated her time to photograph this event.

Kelly Melnicenko

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'If you have an illness such as Multiple Sclerosis it can seem as though life no longer has much of a future. Many things you used to do are no longer achievable and other things are such an effort. It is then that we people with MS can understand the meaning of the term 'everything in good measure'. The generosity of others enables us to regain our confidence which can often be shattered with our MS diagnoses.

As Marie Curie said “Life is not easy for any of us.

But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained."

At our MS Support Group we are seeing that the generosity of others is certainly in good measure.

The staff at The Mustard Seed café are kind and helpful, and the facilities are very good for disabled people. Annie Zakiewicz continues to treat us with extreme care during her reflexology on our hands. This was very much appreciated by new people to the group. Thank you Annie for the voluntary help.

It was good to welcome these new people who shared their experiences of MS, and their knowledge of the availability of help, with us.

Anybody is welcome whether a person with MS or a carer. We meet at the Mustard Seed Café, 17, College Street, Lampeter, SA48 7DY, 1.30-3.30pm on the first Monday of the month. Next meeting 6 July 2015 Judith McKay, Support Volunteer, Ceredigion MS Branch

VINE (Volunteering in the Natural Environment)

The VINE (Volunteering in the Natural Environment) initiative offers a wide range of woodland activities.

On Fri 22 & Sat 23 May wildlife monitoring activities were offered.

These sessions were planned to introduce wildlife surveying methods, for volunteers to gain an understanding of the different approaches being used, and to apply the correct methods to gather data. The sessions also provide useful datasets on the wildlife in selected parts of the woods. The results obtained during the monitoring days are being analysed to observe changes in biodiversity over the course of the VINE project.

Two sections in the plantation area, which were thinned during December 2014, were revisited to measure the impact of the selective thinning.

We were pleased to discover, that even this early, there were positive signs of improved biodiversity, with small oak saplings appearing and a sighting of a Speckled Wood Butterfly drawn into the plantation as a result of increased light. This was a real delight to see.

Each morning started with the observation of the diverse wildlife captured overnight in the light traps set by experienced Leader Scott Roe. Volunteers assisted with the identification of the species prior to their careful release.

Over the course of the two days we learnt how to establish a survey area and how to use different methods for capturing data. To our amazement over one hundred species were discovered during these two days.

A few of the species we discovered are listed below:  Common pipistrelle  Soprano pipistrelle  Pied Flycatcher  Wood warbler  Poplar Hawkmoth  Cinnebar Moth  Brimstone Moth  Song Thrush  Mistle Thrush Along with a few species of burying beetles.

Further surveys of this area are being planned during the summer months. These sessions will allow us to continue measuring the positive impact of the thinning processes, by recording any regeneration as well as changes in varieties and quantity of species sighted.

Wildlife Monitoring Day: Thurs 23 July Further wildlife monitoring sessions with Scott Roe, are this time going to be aimed at families and young children.

If you wish to take part and learn about the diverse wildlife at Long Wood then please contact me to book a place: Meinir Evans, VINE Project Officer, lampeter@tircoed.org.uk, 07476 880699 Lampeter Annual Show: Fri 14 August Please call in to visit our stand at the Lampeter Agricultural Society Annual Show.

We are pleased to announce that Andrew Jones, a local expert in making shepherd’s crooks and walking sticks and author of the ‘Stickmaking Handbook’, will be joining us to demonstrate and share his in depth knowledge of creating traditional sticks.

Thanks to the support of the Big Lottery Fund all VINE opportunities are offered free of charge Meinir Evans

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

Its been a really mixed month at Long Wood.

Following a recent round of applications, Long Wood are pleased to announce the appointment of Wendy Campion as Buisness Development Manager. Wendy will help guide the woodlands towards being a sustainable community enterprise when she starts in July.

Also on the staffing front, Alice Midmore has stepped into the role of Woodland Warden, to job-share with Sarah, and will focus on the practical woodland management of Long Wood.

Both new appointees were thrown in at the deep end in June as Long Wood hosted the annual Forest Governance event for the third year running.

The event sees a host of representatives from as far afield as Guatemala, Central African Republic and Vietnam, touring the UK to see how community enterprise models can work in their own countries.

After a day of touring and trying their hand at green woodcraft skills the group was hosted at Llanfair Clydogau Village Hall with a hot meal and a rousing set from Côr Cwmann Male Voice Choir. The choir treated the international group to a selection of Welsh, English and even African songs.

A very successful day despite the inclement weather.

After such a positive day it was such a shame that over the weekend, the visitor centre suffered an act of vandalism, with a window being put through with stones. However as always, we can only pick ourselves up and keep on developing this Community project.

Our wildlife camera, bought with kind donation from Lampeter Town Council, continues to deliver the secret world of Long Wood. Video and stills will appear on the new Long Wood website very soon, but for now are appearing on our facebook page.

There will be plenty going on at Long Wood this summer, as well as our regular Woodland Wednesday Volunteers, so why not come outside and enjoy the experience.

Check out the Facebook page or our website for regular updates of details.

More Tir Coed VINE activities: Forest School activities for 8 – 12 year olds: Tues 4 August, 10am–3pm Children aged 8 to 12 are invited to join us for a day of fun in the woods. With experienced Leader Sally Harvey, children will learn how to make a fire, cook lunch and pop corn over an open fire. They will have a chance to explore, learn bushcraft skills, create a dream catcher and build their own shelter. Places are limited to 15 on this free course, so please book early to reserve a place.

A Day in the Woods for families: Mon 27 July, 10am–3pm Families are invited to come and play and explore and have a wonderful woodland experience with Leader Sally Harvey. There will only be spaces for 24 (total, adults and children) so please make sure you book in advance to secure a place.

Contact the VINE Project Officer, Meinir Evans: lampeter@tircoed.org.uk, 07476 880699 to book.

Celf yn y Coed / ‘Arts in the Woods’: Sunday 6 September An exciting event is being planned for the Autumn with a day of workshops and performances taking place at the beautiful outdoor theatre area.

Why not come along, to soak up the atmosphere and enjoy being entertained, or have-a go at music or arts activities yourself and discover hidden talents.

Regular updates will be posted on facebook.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Andrew Gajlikowski

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Woodland Classroom: Play, Explore, Discover great campfire going. We recommend this basic kit, made up of everyday household items; Newspaper, Vaseline, Cotton Wool & Matches.

Enjoy Food A great way to engage kids in nature is through their stomach!

Try these; damper bread, marshmallows, popcorn, or wild herbal teas. For wild teas, all you need is a cafetière. It’s a great excuse to go for a walk in nature, get kids looking closely at plants and dip your toe into the wonderful world of foraging. The plants you’re looking for are easy to find; Nettles, Goose grass, Dandelion and Mint. Experiment with different combinations and see which recipe they like best. Bon appétit!

Unlock the Tool Shed In our experience, kids love knives, axes, saws, anything sharp really. So let’s get using them. Learning how to use sharp tools safely is an extremely important life skill. So, why not start early? It builds confidence, teaching them not to be afraid of sharp tools whilst also managing risk for themselves. You may want to begin with a potato peeler or eating knife, and go from there.

Build Dens All kids love to have their own secret place or hideaway to call their own. The desire to build shelter is a natural human instinct. There’s no right or wrong design, it’s all about the child’s play experience and creativity. Try sitting them under their finished den and use a watering can to test how rainproof it is.

Go With the Craze If you’re trying to get your kids into the wonders of nature, do you find yourself having to compete against the latest kids craze? Well as they say, “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” This is how we’re doing it…

Our Real Minecraft Adventure!

In the game, players have to survive in a hostile environment; build their own house, hunt their food, mine for materials and fend off wandering monsters. So we thought, “This is perfect. Why can't this be done outdoors instead of onscreen?” We’re running a full day of Minecraft themed activities on Mon 17 Aug at Denmark Farm. Kids will be set a number of challenges inspired by the game. Look out for other dates to be announced on our Facebook page.

Which character is inspiring kids right now? Can you use this character’s adventures or story setting to make your own outdoors adventure?

James Kendall

Summer is here. So there’s no better time to get outdoors and explore. Look out for our Bushcraft Skills for Teens day on Tues 11 Aug. There’s also the ever popular Wild in the Woods forest school, we’ll be leading some of those sessions. See the events listings for more details. This issue’s theme of Everything in Good Measure got us thinking about how much time some children spend in front of a screen. With that in mind, here are our top tips and tricks to tempt your kids away from the console and into the wild.

10 Ways to get Kids Off-screen and Outdoors Use Water Get the hose pipe out, spray the window where your child is to get their attention if you have to. You could then use the hose pipe to make a water slide or fountain.

Get Muddy Dig a hole, fill it with water and give full permission to your child to get as muddy as they like. Mud pies, mud face paint, mud kitchens, anything goes!

How about a mud face on a tree – get creative.

Bring the Outdoors in Bringing pot plants into the house will (consciously or otherwise) stimulate their senses. Get a bird feeder that uses suction to attach to your child’s bedroom window it will be a regular interruption from gaming. Bear Grylls is popular right now. Stick him on the television in the background and notice if it entices your child away from the computer. It’s a start.

Change Your Routine Lead by example. There are loads of subtle tricks you can use by changing your habits which will not only means your child may also choose to spend more time outdoors through your encouragement but you’re also going to reap the rewards for yourself – a win win situation! Become aware of any differences that occur in you while implementing these small changes in your life and share them with your family.

Embrace the Enemy We’re talking about the mobile phone here. Harness the power of what it can do to inspire your child to get out into nature. Think about it. Phones are also cameras, video recorders, dictaphones. There are also many nature-based apps out there designed for kids which get them exploring with their phone acting as a digital guide. A lot of these are free!

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any without; such a small thing, but would make and walls stop hedgehogs from moving safely such a difference. around their territory. If we all do our bit, we will Also, slug pellets - we know that hedgehogs eat hopefully give them a chance to live and breed. slugs, and we love them for it, but the deadly

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Local Artists invite the public to visit their studios Local sculptors Angela Farquharson and Martin Duffy are to be opening up their studios to the public in conjunction with the Tywi Valley Open Studios.

Husband and wife team from Ffarmers are both professional sculptors who between them have worked throughout the UK, Europe and as far as America, Australia, New Zealand and Asia. Both sculptors have their own unique style and working practices. Angela’s work revolves around the female form and her specialist medium is ceramic.

Martin specialises in very naturalistic figurative forms including life size human form and animals for bronze and resin, much of his work is commission based.

RHS Chelsea Flower show award winners opened up their garden two years ago with the National Garden scheme (NGS). This year they will be opening up their studios to the public, Martin sculpting ‘Georgina’ so this time not only will you be able to view their sculpture, you will also be able to find out more about how they work and possibly see Martin and Angela at work.

Martin will be holding ‘Introduction to figurative sculpture in clay’ workshops on the 30 July as part of the open studios, there’s limited spaces available so must be booked in advance. Martin can be contacted for more details: farsculpt@tiscali.co.uk or 01558 650183.

We are very happy to be part of Tywi Valley Open Studios; this is an annual free event which runs from Saturday 25 July to Sunday 2 August 2015.

With twenty three individual artists many of whom have national and international acclaim and come from a wide range of disciplines including 2D and 3D, so there is something to appeal to everyone. All studios are based within a 15 mile radius of Llandeilo.

To get a flavour of the art ‘Ysbryd’ and ‘Maya’ work on display there will be a preview evening when all the artists come together for one night only. The evening is to be opened by Llandeilo town Mayor Cllr Gordon Kilby on Friday 24 July, 6–9pm at Horeb Chapel, Rhosmaen Street, Llandeilo, Sa19 6EN. There will also be music by opera singer and artist Andrew Douglas Forbes.

Everyone welcome, entrance is free.

This is a unique opportunity to meet the artists, see where they work, what inspires them, perhaps try one of their workshops or even buy a piece of art work.

All studios will be open on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 from 11am–6pm but may vary with each studio during the course of the week, so please check the website for individual opening times throughout this period.

The website will also give the locations of the studios and details of workshops and demonstrations.

Further details: www.tywivalleyopenstudios.wales or see the studio guides which are available in various local shops and tourist outlets and visit our Facebook page: Tywi Valley Open Studios.

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Down 1. Sounds like large mouthful for 1,048,576 of these (8) 2. An assembly of people against the route (9) 3. Tamed afro combed for frequent reverie in Earl of 39 40 Crawford’s “The Forsaken Maid” (3,1,5) 41 42 4. Fifth mole reformed so allow to go free (3,3,3) 5. French dry wine mix might be needed before this old 43 examination (1,1,1) Across 6. Where M.E. Thomas works for Lampeter (Town) Council 1. Ironic? Crème clot needs mixing to describe small current (4,6,6) device (15) 7.

Iron-clad hole shaped for carrying lubricant container 9 & 21 Down. Neither one way or the other! Sound like double (3,3,6) stitching (2-2) 8. Architect of the main building of Lampeter University, 10. Low hotel agent out of order? This is where the business middle name Robert (7,9) has finished up (4,2,3,4) 11.

One German found in the Seine? (3) 13. Could I start an American spy organisation? (1,1,1) 14. Business with half of Iran produces fibre from coconut husks 12. A pound, no pence! For the chop? (3) (4) 15. In other words I take solution to MC2 (1,1) 16. Unitarian place of worship on Llanfair Road (9,6) 17. Half art stripped of freeze could go a long way (3) 19. Rock mother revelled! Eve led out? (4) 18. US tax authority I find right to the south (1,1,1) 20. Public house in Llangeitho sounds one short for a 21. See 9 across sure-footed equus (5,10) 22. He’s alright with 15 Down for someone from Oklahoma 23. Bird giving its name to where the Lampeter Bowls club is (4) located (4) 24. First name of Mr Reed of Llanybydder who wrote ‘The 24. Meat butchered for the sporting group (4) War & Before @ Civvy Street (3) 26. Played at the Cwmanne Tavern on Thursday nights (4) 25.

Atmosphere sounds right for this Scottish town. Ay, right 28. Lion upset by this smooth surface (4) (3) 29. Sounds down but suggests surprise without, and, beyond (2) 27. Nothing great, but not at making a monster (4) 31. Ancient Greek city on Mediterranean coast surface (4) 32. Organiser of a cultural event arranges promised air time, but 29. Hoist not on for successful launch (7) not timed (10) 30. We end pizza for country across the pond (1,1,1) 36. Old nostril detects sodium and rhenium (4) 33. Drop arrangement and push for a result (4) 37. Foreign agent with no gin lost ten on search for provisions 34. Width of type of male-less men (2) (6) 35. Shape of the windows in Lampeter’s Roman Catholic 39. Ancient hot hall slides in new direction (3,2,3,5) Church (6) 41. Hell is not hot by this measure (3) 38. Fool let one pound go for benefit (5) 43. Grade II listed Lampeter property, Italianate-styled with 18 40. Electrical spark through gas in the form of a curve (3) bedrooms (10,5) 42. If taken from life, we have the French (2) 36

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Congratulations to our Local Knowledge/Cryptic Crossword

Competition Winner - Geoff Oldrid

Geoff with Lucy from Organic Fresh Food Company Congratulations to the following puzzlers who also entered: Owen Barnicoat, Marilyn Bray, Daniel Davies, Jen Davies, Michael & Hilary Davies, Nanna Davies, Doddy Dodson, J Ganley, Trevor Harris, David Hyde, Annwen Jones, J Jones, Elaine Pelling, Julia Raiswell, The Ryan Family, A Smith, Gloria Thomas, D Williams, and Marye Wyvill.

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People’s Market, Victoria Hall, Bryn Road, Lampeter.

Cothi Gardeners, Pumsaint The speaker at the May meeting for The Cothi Gardeners in Pumsaint, was Alison Spashatt, the owner of The Walled Garden at Treberfydd.

The garden is a show case for the plants she sells, offering different aspects and conditions showing what happily grows where. She describes it as ‘a garden selling plants’. Alison sells only hardy perennials that grow successfully in Wales. They tend to be old favourites, some are a bit out of fashion and many are heritage varieties, but all are sourced locally from good healthy stock. At the end of her talk Alison sold many of the

plants she so eloquently described to the eager Cothi Gardeners.

Cothi Gardeners are organising an open garden to raise funds for The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation to support one of their members, Jane who was diagnosed with the disease last year. Jane’s Open Garden Party will be held at Glan-yr-afon, Pumsaint, Llanwrda, SA19 8DJ on Sunday 5 July from 1-6pm. This will be the first time the garden has been open to the public, and it consists of about three acres of naturalistic planting around the house and out buildings plus a wild flower meadow. In addition there will be local nurseries selling plants at our Plant Fair, a basket maker, live Welsh folk music, teas and homemade cakes, and second hand gardening and cookery books.

Please join us at Jane’s Open Garden party and support Jane and the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation. Entrance will include a charity wrist band for a suggested donation of £4 per person.

Recent Reviews The July meeting, to be held on Wednesday 15 July, will have Sarah Jones from the National Trust at Llanerchaeron giving a talk titled ‘Save our Magnificent Meadows’.

She will be followed in August by an ‘in house’ meeting where the Tomato Growing Challenge will be discussed and Cothi members will have an opportunity to ask and give gardening advice.

As you can tell we are an active group who share their love of the great out-doors and welcomes new faces, so do join us at 7.30pm on the third Wednesday of the month, in the Coronation Hall, Pumsaint.

Members are £12/year and visitors £2 /meeting. Follow us Facebook www.facebook.com/cothigardeners or our new website, www.cothigardeners.com. More details about the group can also be obtained from Elena, 01558 685321 or Daisy 01558 650829.

Anne Large

We Are Many – an inspiring and hopeful film

Please keep an eye out for a showing of the documentary film “We Are Many” directed by Amir Amirani, at Aberystwyth Arts Centre in July.

Many showings around the UK (including Penarth from 17June) are followed by time for audience discussion.

10am-1pm Every 2nd & 4th Saturday

The film is a collage of footage and interviews about the rallies held around the world in 2003 opposing the invasion of Iraq. It traces the subtle and long-term impact around the world of these mass public expressions, and shows that, whilst the rallies did not achieve their immediate goal of stopping the invasion, they did nonetheless start something positive that has been growing ever since.

We know already that the UK’s decision not to invade Syria was primarily down to people contacting their MPs to say “never again”.

Why put this in a local Transition magazine? Transition is about building community, and this film is about community and solidarity on an international basis. We are already connected in so many ways with those people thousands of miles from us who produce our food, clothing and electrical goods, and who are affected by the impact of our energy production and consumption choices.

The film is also about hope, and for Transition is about hope too, and about how the large and the small scale are intimately connected.

A trailer for the film can be viewed at www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOpa8y2TIy8 Julia Lim 35

Maximising your harvests this year The time to begin full-on harvesting is quickly creeping up on us. Only a few weeks ago we were planting seeds in the ground, but we have still got time before those tomatoes begin to ripen. So, in order to get the most out of your garden this year, it isn’t too late to get the yields you want if you follow these simple tricks.

Plants naturally compete for space, and when weeds come into that equation they easily overpower the vegetables. And the reason behind this is that almost every vegetable is a type of domesticated weed meaning it usually won’t grow as vigorously. If only it were the other way around! Therefore it is vital that for the next few weeks you just pop into your garden and eliminate any weed you see to ensure your fruit and vegetable plants can focus all their energy towards fruiting.

Another way to maximise your harvest this year is to keep a check on the moisture levels in the soil.

Recently we have had a few dry spells which can quickly turn the soils as dry as a bone and this can lead to problems like bolting which can significantly impact your harvests. And if you’ve grown radish before you’re bound to understand what I mean by that! So be sure to keep your soil moist and if you saw my last article in the May edition I spoke about mulching, and mulching your plants is a great way to keep moisture within the soil and prevent as many weeds growing.

Patience, amazingly, is another way towards maximising your harvest. It is all too easy to grab that tomato as soon as it turns red and I admit 'Patience pays off for pumpkins'

that I do this a little too often when it is better to leave it on the vine for a couple more days to allow that red to deepen and the flavour to really build up. In short, let your vegetables ripen an extra day or two to get the benefit of flavour and when your food is great it will make it that much more worth the effort.

Did you know that picking vegetables in the morning is the best time to harvest? Well if you didn’t you do now. The reason why this is true is because they stay crisp and will store for longer. Another reason why you should harvest them 'Homegrown produce we gave at this time is due to to some friends' them having the highest moisture content resulting in a tastier and juicier harvest. It’s well worth getting up for. The early bird catches the worm after all!

I hope these tips will come in handy when you go out in the garden and begin your harvesting. If you are interested in growing your own just do it because it is great fun, it is super tasty and you get a better connection with where food comes from. If you would like any help at all in regards to growing food you can email me at huw@localfoodinitiative.com And if you want to see some video tutorials take a look at my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/HuwsNursery Thank you very much for reading this article and I hope you all have a fantastic summer!

Huw Richards

THE MAGIC LAMP CINEMA - TAKE 2 @VICTORIA HALL

The Magic Lamp Cinema continues showing in Screen 2 @ Victoria Hall Doors open at 2pm for 2.30pm show and at 7pm for 7.30pm show / Drysau'n agor am 2yp ar gyfer sioe 2.30yp, ac am 7yh ar gyfer sioe 7.30yh

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