Lampeter Grapevine Issue 39 May 2016

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Mai - May 2016

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

Ramblings Am Ddim Free

contents in this issue… reviews letters ads & classifieds secret travels of the grapevine what’s going on town council news ramblings celtic christianity ysgol y dderi friday ramble jottings celf llambed arts a walk on the wild side cymdeithas hanes llambed lampeter museum kids in action LYTss rambles i have enjoyed traws link cymru clonc 360 lampeter permaculture group long wood uwtsd taking art therapy outdoors what is pilates? griefwalker dance to a healthier brain vine cop21 ysgol henry richard ms support group kcc cothi gardeners custard queens crossword competition

Recent Reviews Green Party Leaders visit Lampeter Alice Hooker Stroud, Wales Green Party leader and lead list candidate for the party in the Mid and West Wales region, visited Lampeter last week.

Alice was joined on this leg of her tour of Wales by Natalie Bennett, Green Party leader. The duo travelled on the T1 bus from Aberystwyth, and enjoyed hearing from bus users about their experiences of public transport. “We are a car based culture. We need better public transport for small towns in Ceredigion” noted Natalie Bennett.

“I had a great chat with Natalie Bennett and Alice Hooker-Stroud this morning about public transport and its impact on students” said UWTSD student, Hope Bachmann.

The Green Party leaders met Lampeter residents to discuss local issues at the Mulberry Bush café, including members of the local Grannell Community Energy group. “Community owned renewables could be used to fund public transport, keep public services open and support local businesses.” said Alice. “Wales should be world leader in renewable energy.”

Alice, who hopes to become the first Green AM elected to the National Assembly in the elections this May, said “From public transport, to our healthcare and education, it’s time to put the public first. We have the means to create a Wales we want to see – right here, right now. Voting Green in May means that we can start to build real change. As a party we have never been closer to getting Green voices into the Assembly. It’s time to break the one-party state mentality in Wales and shake up the Senedd!”

Julie Makin

The Secret Travels of the Grapevine …

Previously we have mentioned that Grapevine is now available around the world digitally via https://issuu.com/lampetergrapevine/stacks … but we really want to know how far and wide the paper copies have travelled!

With the summer months approaching fast and lots of people getting outdoors more - Can you do better? Where will you take your copy of Grapevine?

Why don’t you send us your photos to let us know and we’ll publish them in future issues.

These might make you jealous These stunning images might Fiona Parkins in front of Mont Blanc! just get the highest altitude award. Eds. PS. the view looks even better in full colour - sorry.

And Ted too!

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GRAPEVINE no. 39, May 2016 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

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

The theme this time presents me with the perfect opportunity to ramble on a bit, as if I really need an excuse to do that!

The difficulty is more in choosing what to ramble on about. I could perhaps reminisce a little and retell stories of childhood rambles with family and friends, tramping through unspoilt countryside, up hills and through local woodlands. As I recall, the purpose of these walks was not so much about reaching a destination, but more about the interactions with people and nature, the discoveries, the skills, and the experiences that could be gained along the way. I have many fond memories of special places that we visited, of the sights, sounds, textures and smells that they evoke, and think that this was the beginning of my love for the outdoor environment, and all it has to offer. Over the years this has developed into a true appreciation of the beneficial effects the natural world holds, alongside a deeper

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understanding of how, in this technological age of instant information, it is all the more important to take time out to value the simple things and in particular, the wonderful world around us. We are so lucky to be surrounded by beautiful, wild landscapes,

magnificent

views,

historical

features

and

rich

cultural heritage - there is far too much to investigate.

Perhaps a good place to start is a little closer to home - by delving into the pages of Grapevine to see what others have

identified for us to share. Recommendations, inspirations and opportunities to name a few - an alternative landscape to explore and ramble through maybe, but one which will be worth rambling on about.

Darllenwch yn hapus / Happy reading Angie Martin, Editor

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The Newsletter Team 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

COMMEMORATIVE BENCH Ceredigion County Council has granted Mrs Dawn Evans permission to locate a memorial bench, at the Memorial Garden, North Road, Lampeter in memory of her late husband, namely Cllr Greg Evans - adjacent to the places, which had meant a great deal to him. The bench will be made and given, by a good friend of Greg’s, namely Mr Alan Thomas.

FLORAL DISPLAYS WITHIN THE TOWN Ceredigion County Council is entering the final year of a Contract for the supply of annual bedding plants and floral planters to Ceredigion Towns. The intention therefore, is to supply Lampeter with its floral display, similar to last year, providing the Town Council agrees to the continuing agreement regarding the watering of the displays. The cost of the watering will be the same as last year viz £4,200. It was resolved to pay the watering costs.

FOOTPATHS 2016 Mr Eirwyn Williams will maintain the footpaths in the vicinity, over the summer months, which are as follows: Footpaths: 61-14,15,16,17,18 & 20.

62-6,7,8,9,10,11,14.

PARC-YR-ORSEDD (Park opposite the Victoria Hall) Dyfed Garden Services, Llangybi will maintain Parc-yr-Orsedd, which will involve 2 grass-cuts per month, April-September, collect and dispose of litter twice per week and check for damage and vandalism.

ANNUAL SCHOOL DISCO The Event took place on Thursday 24th March at Ysgol Bro Pedr. Many thanks to all who helped, to make the event an enjoyable one, to include Rhodri Young the DJ. FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS Citizens’ Advice Bureau £500.00 Urdd Gobaith Cymru £50.00 Radio Glangwili Carmarthen Hospital Radio Service £50.00 Tenovus £25.00 Teenage Cancer Trust £25.00 MAESYDERI FIELD LAMPETER It was resolved to contact Ceredigion County Council to express the Town Council’s interest to purchase the field. The land is included within the County Council’s Local Development Plan.

MAINC GOFFA Caniatawyd lleoli mainc goffa, yn yr Ardd Goffa, Ffordd y Gogledd, Llanbedr Pont Steffan, gan Gyngor Sir Ceredigion, ar gyfer Mrs Dawn Evans, er cof am ei diweddar ŵr, sef y Cyng Greg Evans - ger y lleoedd, a oedd wedi golygu llawer iddo. Y mae’r fainc yn rhodd ac yn cael ei gwneud, gan ffrind da i Greg, sef Mr Alan Thomas.

ARDDANGOSFEYDD BLODAU O FEWN Y DREF Mae’r Cyngor Sir bellach ar flwyddyn olaf ei gontract ar gyfer darparu’n flynyddol y planhigion i’w plannu mewn gwelyau blodau a chynwysyddion blodau. Y bwriad yw darparu’r dref â’r un arddangosfa flodau â llynedd ar yr amod fod y Cyngor Tref yn parhau â’r cytundeb parthed rhoi dŵr i’r arddangosfeydd. Bydd y gost o roi dŵr i’r arddangosfeydd yr un peth â llynedd sef £4,200. Penderfynwyd talu’r costau dyfrio o £4,200.

LLWYBRAU CERDDED 2016 Bydd Mr Eirwyn Williams yn ymwneud â gwaith cynnal a chadw’r llwybrau cerdded yn y cyffiniau, dros fisoedd yr haf, sydd, a ganlyn: Llwybrau cerdded: 61-14,15,16,17,18 & 20.

62-6,7,8,9,10,11,14.

PARC-YR-ORSEDD (Parc gyferbyn â'r Neuadd Fictoria) Bydd “Dyfed Gardening Services” Llangybi, yn cynnal a chadw Parc-yr-Orsedd i gynnwys 2 doriad-glaswellt y mis, o Ebrill tan mis Medi, casglu a gwaredu sbwriel ddwywaith yr wythnos ac edrych am arwyddion difrod a fandaliaeth.

DISGO YSGOL FLYNYDDOL Cynhaliwyd ar ddydd Iau 24ain Mawrth yn Ysgol Bro Pedr.

Diolch i bawb a gynigodd help llaw er mwyn gwneud y digwyddiad yn un i’w fwynhau, gan gynnwys Rhodri Young y DJ. CYFRANIADAU ARIANNOL Cyngor ar Bopeth £500.00 Urdd Gobaith Cymru £50.00 Gwasanaeth Radio Ysbyty Glangwili Caerfyrddin £50.00 Tenovus £25.00 Ymddiriedolaeth Cancr yn ystod yr Arddegau £25.00

CAE MAESYDERI LLANBEDR PONT STEFFAN Penderfynwyd cysylltu â Chyngor Sir Ceredigion i fynegi diddordeb y Cyngor Tref mewn prynu'r cae.

Cynhwysir y tir o fewn y Cynllun Datblygu Lleol y Cyngor Sir.

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LETTERS

Dear Editor, Thank you very much for publishing your point of clarification last month to clear up the misunderstanding regarding the aims of Transition Llambed Development Trust expressed in a letter. Perhaps I could take the opportunity to ‘ramble’ a bit further about what TLDT actually is and what it aims to do?

I understand that there was indeed at one time a link between Menter Llambed and the wider Transition Llambed group originally set up in Lampeter, with Menter helping the group get established and helping them to access some funding at the time: I wasn’t involved myself then, so I don’t know all the details.

TLDT was created somewhat later by a number of people within Transition Llambed who wanted to use and improve Victoria Hall in Lampeter, as a way to increase the community’s resilience: through providing a good local venue for groups to use, for entertainment and to help local businesses. TLDT is now a distinct organisation from the general Transition Llambed group, though still closely linked. It is a not-for-profit company, with ‘proper’ accounts etc. run by unpaid volunteers.

Our main activities to date have been to access funding (including quite a lot from Lampeter Town Council, which I’d better point out since their finances were the subject of the previous letters! Thank you!) which has enabled us to carry out considerable improvements to the building, the most visible being the new toilets, new kitchen and the upstairs Greg Evans Room. The hall is now used a lot more than previously with several thriving community groups making it their home. We also hold the People’s Market in the hall every second and fourth Saturday of the month, giving everyone a chance to buy local food and crafts (and to listen to live music while shopping and have something to eat in our community café – it’s a bit more fun than just a shopping trip!). The Market is our main way of supporting local business at present, though we did also host the very successful ‘Make it’ festival for a wider group of local craftspeople some time ago, and would like to repeat this event if we can.

Our next main project is to make big improvements to the hall itself – we need a good sound system, lighting for the stage, proper – comfier – seating, decorating and many other things to make it into a venue that people will really look forward to spending an evening in; whether listening to music, watching a theatre performance or film, or eating a three course meal prepared in our kitchen. We’re currently investigating the exact specifications of what we need, before putting together more applications for funding. If we’re

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successful then, once all the work is complete, Victoria Hall should become an excellent and thriving venue for even more groups and events – giving the residents of Lampeter and its surrounding villages a really good range of activities and entertainments without having to travel for miles to bigger towns or cities. Watch this space ...

As volunteers, we can always use extra help – if there’s a way you feel you’d like to contribute please let us know.

You can contact us via our website http://www.vichall.co.uk/ or just pop into a People’s Market for a chat!

Jane Langford Transition Llambed Development Trust

Transition Llambed Development Trust

AGM Thursday 26 May 2016 7.30pm Victoria Hall All Welcome

Calling all artists A new art group is being set up to support and encourage local artists. Its rationale is to promote local Ceredigion artists but without the need to spend out on membership and with a willingness to support each other through joint exhibitions, shared website, etc.

Please contact Sheila or John for full details theeps@btinternet.com 01570 493177

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Along the way I like pondering why the path is here, who used it, why does it take a dog turn here? I’m aware that I am more than probably walking on a path that has been used for hundreds, maybe thousands, of years. Hollow ways, green lanes, Sarn Helen, a ridgeway or a simple footpath connecting dwellings to a farm or abandoned mill all hold a fascination as to the purpose of the people who travelled by, certainly not for recreation like today.

There’s those you meet along the way, spend a few pleasantries with, who will inform of some local knowledge not written in the history books. The aroma of a bluebell wood, a secluded waterfall or spectacular view, the call of the curlew on Mynydd Llanllwni are those moments that in a second will lift the heart and replenish the soul.

Walking is healing and calming, it inspires the imagination, reassures that all is well by putting troubles into perspective, it replenishes and revives faith for it is greatly spiritual.

Soon I joined a rambling group as I wanted to venture further afield up into the hills and the company of others was appealing. This has been one of the better things I have done in life.

Life is comparable to a ramble. Sometimes the way is clear and the going easy, then the path you’re on may take an unexpected turn or throw up a problem or two. There are times the hardest path to walk transpires to be the most rewarding. Then just as you feel you’ve reached the top of the hill there’s further to climb. You’re not always certain or confident which is the right way forward, or you arrive at a parting of the ways. One day the journey will end.

What makes a good ramble? Many things but surely, a lovely walk with the best of friends to end in a cosy pub with an open fire and real ale (or cider) is trumps. Bliss!

Kay Davies

RAMBLINGS I have always enjoyed a ramble. Growing up in Lampeter in the late sixties and early seventies we entertained ourselves for hours by following the streams and the old railway line, wandering through fields having fun imagining having Enid Blyton adventures. I don’t remember any angry farmers but I recall hiding if we thought somebody was coming, just in case. In those days locals walked without hindrance and menacing PRIVATE NO ENTRY signs on the track up from the railway yard to Mount Pleasant Wood where, aged ten, I once saw a red squirrel. We didn’t associate our explorations with rambling but that’s what we were doing. I loved it!

Our play taught us important social and organisational skills, how to look after ourselves, to take risks and be responsible and develop resilience through being reprimanded when we came home muddy (no washing machine or spin drier) or when late for tea (no microwave).

Then came adolescence and a rambling Dark Age but by the early nineties I was married and my three sons were growing up and establishing their own independence by doing much the same adventuring. Now living in Llanybydder, I knew my way around but lacked that sense of place. I asked: where are the local footpaths? There were none, I was told. Undeterred, I bought an OS Pathfinder map (pre Explorer) and a new era of discovery beckoned.

Sacred wells, springs, cairns, hilltops, stream valleys and stream names, woodland and copses, ruined dwellings and more besides – there they all are, enticing and teasing you to find and locate them by a maze of green broken lines that give you permission to walk there. We’re so lucky to have this system of public rights of way in the UK, as they are a wonderful asset. We may live in the heart of the countryside yet these paths are our only way in.

Celtic Christianity: Part XXII Saint Gwyndaf / Gwnda Abbot Reposed 6th century No memorial date known St Gwyndaf came in early times from Brittany and founded the church at Llanwnda on the cliff near Strumble Head in Pembrokeshire. Seven ancient carved stones lie in and around the 8th century church.

Five 7th-9th century inscribed stones can be found in the outer walls of the

church, including a cross in the south wall of the chancel and a head with seraph wings. There is also a holy well.

The shrine of Saint Gwyndaf was the first sacred stopping place for pilgrims on the road from Caernarfon to Bardsey Island. The father of Saint Gwyndaf was Emyr Llydaw, one of Brittany’s royal family, who established a small monastery on Bardsey in the 5th century in co-operation with Einion, also known as Engan, who was great grandson of Cunedda Wledig, King of Gwynedd (c.386–c. 460) who had come from the Old North, (now in Scotland).

But many maintain that Saint Cadfan

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was the first to consecrate a cloister on the island.

It is said that we die two deaths; when our body dies, and the last time that our name is ever said. Almost nothing is known about Gwyndaf himself, making him one of Wales' most mysterious saints. However the Church remembers its own and his name will not be forgotten.

Harry Harrison

Daeth cwmni “Zoolab” i’r Cyfnod Sylfaen fel rhan o’u thema “Gwingo ac ymlusgo”. Cafwyd y cyfle i ddal neidr, llygoden ffyrnig, crwban, chwilen ddu, tarantiwla a malwod tir enfawr! Roedd gennym llawer o blant dewr iawn! Profiad dysgu cyfoethog tu hwnt.

As part of their “Wriggle and Crawl” theme, the Foundation phase enjoyed a workshop at school by “Zoolab”. They met a snake, tarantula, tortoise, black beetle, rat and a giant land snail. I think the animals enjoyed the visit as much as the children!

16 pupils and 6 teachers from Slovenia, Italy and Greece visited Ysgol Y Dderi for a week as part of our Erasmus+ project. Visual Learning was the focus of the week and we enjoyed workshops by many artists such as Meinir Mathias, Gwenllian Beynon, Lowri Pugh and Eirian Evans. A very memorable week indeed with many fantastic experiences.

Daeth 16 disgybl a 6 athro o Slofenia, Yr Eidal a Groeg i ymweld â ni fel rhan o’n prosiect Erasmus+.

Addysgu a dysgu yn weledol a chreadigol oedd prif ffocws yr wythnos. Cawsom wythnos i’w chofio.

Yn dilyn hanner tymor o waith ar y thema “Oriel”, agorwyd Oriel Y Dderi yn neuadd yr ysgol.

Gwahoddwyd y cyhoedd i grwydro o amgylch yr oriel a oedd yn arddangos efelychiadau celf y plant o gyfnod y dadeni, bywyd llonydd, swrealaeth, celf pop a modern. Diolch i Miss Helen Duffee a Mr Dylan Davies am eu holl help gyda’r gwaith.

Llwyddodd i nifer o’r disgyblion werthu eu gwaith!

Year 5 and 6 opened a gallery in the school hall to show the work they had created during their theme “Gallery”. Parents and friends were invited to view their work which celebrated different periods of art such as the reinassance, impressionism, cubism, surrealism, still life modernism and pop art. Many of the children managed to sell their work too! Thank you to Miss Helen Duffee and Mr Dylan Davies for all of their hard work.

Daeth Mr Wilson o Techniquest i ddysgu blwyddyn 3 a 4 am Gylchedau Trydanol fel rhan o’u thema “Dotio ar y robot”.

Cawsom gyflwyniad ymarferol gwych a gweithdai campus i ddilyn.

We were excited to welcome Mr Wilson from Techniquest into the school to enjoy an electricity workshop with year 3 and 4.

This fitted in brilliantly with their “Robot Rampage” theme.

Year 5 and 6 recreated and celebrated VE Day at the school as part of their theme “Blitz.”

They came all dressed up as land girls, evacuees, army officers and even King George himself came!

The children prepared an authentic tea party taking rations into account and made lovely bunting to decorate the hall. A very memorable day indeed!

Fel rhan o’u thema “Blits” daeth yr hanesydd a’r awdur lleol Mr Peter Cornelious i fewn i flwyddyn 5 a 6 i drafod llyfr y mae wedi ei gyhoeddi o’r enw “Poppy.”

Diolch am eu weithdy bendigedig.

Yn dilyn llwyddiant ysgubol mewn dau bencampwriaeth golff, enillodd Dion Teilo o flwyddyn 3, yr hawl i gystadlu mewn pencampwriaeth yn Sbaen rhwng yr 22ain 28ain o Hydref!! Dion oedd y cystadleuydd â’r nifer fwyaf o bwyntiau ar draws pob categori oedran ac felly yn ennill lle ym Mhencampwriaeth Rhyngwladol “Ras i Sbaen 2016”. Tipyn o gamp wir!

Following two brilliant wins in recent golf tournaments, gaining the highest marks across all age categories, Dion Teilo who’s in Year 3 has been invited to compete in an International Golf Championship “Race to Spain”. We wish him all the best out in Spain in October.

We are very proud of you Dion.

Llongyfarchiadau i’r holl ddisgyblion a fu’n cystadlu yng nghystadlaethau Celf a Chrefft yr Urdd dros Geredigion yn ddiweddar. Llwyddodd yr ysgol i ennill deugain o wobrau!

Well done to all of our Urdd members who competed in Ceredigion’s Urdd art competitions recently. The children of the school did very well gaining 40 prizes in total!

Croeso cynnes i chi i fynychu noson ddiweddaraf y CRhA i godi arian i’r ysgol. Mi fydd noson “Charleston a chyw iâr” yn cael ei chynnal yn Neuadd Fictoria ar nos Wener, 20fed o Fai am 7 o’r gloch. Tocynnau ar werth o’r ysgol, £10 i oedolion a £5 i blant.

A very warm welcome is extended to you all to our next PTA fundraiser which is a “Chicken and Charleston” night at the Victoria Hall on Friday, 20 May at 7pm. Tickets available from the school reception. Adults £10 and children £5.

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Heini Thomas

FRIDAY RAMBLE LAMPETER

where the Swagman from Tregaron is buried, and the

The Friday group started ten years ago to walk local ways

trail goes around Neuadd Farm and Mansion Back to

in town and district.

Llanwnnen. Wild daffodils grow in the hedges and there

Set up by Age Concern as a community project, there

are wide views of the valley below. Maestir church is also

were twenty-five members.

a popular venue, and great for farming interest.

After exploring town and college grounds, we ventured

The village of Cellan has a quiet charm and a back road

on riverside paths recently cleared by volunteers and

meanders to Pentrefelin, which has many old cottages

council workers.

and a mill house by the stream.

It can be on roads or country paths, and adapted to the

The get-together for tea or coffee after, in the Black Lion

weather conditions. Naturally in wet weather the fields

is looked forward to as much as the walking. For this

can be difficult and so new ways are taken, but very few

homely, welcoming hospitality, we thank the hotel

walks are cancelled. As seasons change, we have a varied

bountifully.

landscape. Falcondale has bluebells, daffodils and lambs

Come along and you may want to join the Friday group,

galloping around in the spring.

or even the Lampeter Ramblers for further adventures,

Funding by Age Concern stopped after a few years, but

and enjoy healthy living.

the group carried on with the rambling association

Contact: Philip Lodwick 01570 422181 or Rambler Kay

members, and is still going strong.

01570 480041

Philip Lodwick

Occasionally we venture out of town to surrounding villages, which gives an added interest to the walks.

Live Music Nights in Lampeter

Parking in the layby at Parc-y-Rhos, we can walk the qui-

An article went into the February Grapevine asking for volunteers to help create a music night in Lampeter using the Victoria Hall as a venue. We had a terrific response with fifteen individuals who, with their wide range of skills and energy have fully committed to make it happen. Thanks to you all.

And so 'Celf Llambed Arts' has been born!

The aim is to create a programme of distinct live music events catering for all tastes and ages. People around here love to dance and so this will be a feature of most evenings.

An initial six-month programme has been devised with themed nights including: Indie, Blues, Rock, Ambient and hopefully some Jazz and Swing bands.

We will start with some of the brilliant local bands giving us, and them, the opportunity to build an audience. Then when we grow and the venue gains a reputation we will get some established bands from further afield.

There will be a cafÊ, bar and a DJ to keep the theme going throughout the evening. We intend to give you a full evening’s entertainment.

So if you like live music and want an excuse to dance, save the last Friday of the month for exactly that and come and enjoy this new venture in Lampeter.

The first one will be a Ska Night featuring the Dapper Cadavers on Friday 27 May! Check out our Facebook page as it evolves.

For more details see poster on page 33 Celf Llambed Arts team

et lane to Cilgell Farm, up past the mill to Parc-y-Rhos, and back from Ddeunant Farm, passing snowdrop banks now in the spring. Llanwnnen has an interesting chapel

Jottings

One of the pleasures of rambling through our countryside in May is listening for the echoing call of the cuckoo, a sound that is becoming harder to hear as their numbers decline. The reasons are unknown and have been attributed to a number of environmental factors including climate change, changing agricultural practices, and cultural traditions (e.g. indiscriminate shooting in places like Malta). A small number of cuckoos from Wales and England have been fitted with satellite tags allowing researchers to follow the birds to and from their wintering grounds in central Africa. It is hoped that this will enable them to identify the problem. One can only wonder what the early pioneers of the study of migration would make of this technology.

Sixty years ago the only way of tracking a bird or indeed any other animal was to tag it and wait until it was recovered alive or dead. Its habits in between would have remained a mystery. Now, anybody with a computer can follow its travels.

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'A walk on the wild side!' Ramblings of a Dog Trainer

pulled out of your sockets, and do you know how to walk in a straight line? Only you appear to be going all over the place! Oh, of course your darling dog is towing you wherever he wants to go.

At last we find the spot. You inform me that you have brought his favourite titbits so he might be alright.

Gingerly you unclip the lead, and he's off. Full pelt in any direction he fancies, you are oblivious to him, nose down he's away. We walk, talking, although I can see that you cannot relax as you don't really know where your dog is.

This goes on for a while until suddenly as he gallops past you spot someone walking in the distance. They haven't got a dog, they've got children. Panicking, you tell me he hasn't met many before as you don't have any children and he's just not used to “little people”.

He loves these titbits though so let's give it a try. You call, you whistle, you crouch down and make loving Mummy noises, he looks at you but you have got to be kidding him, right? Then I think there might be a breakthrough - he starts to come in your direction.

Frantically you grab for the titbit bag in your pocket, pull it out and start shaking it in the hope that sausages will win over freedom!

That moment, sad to say, is very short-lived as it looks like freedom is winning. Now you have resorted to shrieking in a high-pitched panic-stricken voice, and you seem to have taken up some kind of new dance routine which involves jumping up and down. No wonder he's decided to leg it, and guess who he's going towards?

Let us go for a walk, just you, me and your dog.

As I call at your house and knock on the door I am greeted by hysterical barking from within. “Hang on a minute,“ you shout.

I wait whilst you try frantically to grab hold of your dog so that you can let me in. Job done, you open the door and I am greeted by a wriggling mass of yapping dog and you, its dear owner, hanging on for grim death. “I’d better not let him go”, you mutter, “otherwise he will jump all over you, but once you're inside he should settle down.”

I make my way inside and, once settled, you let him go.

Well, he jumps all over me and ignores your efforts to reprimand him, but that's alright because he doesn't see that many people, as you are fairly isolated where you live, so once in a while doesn't matter does it?

Okay, so let's go for that walk. More jumping up and down as you reach for the lead and your coat, and several minutes pass as you try and clip the lead onto his collar. “Does he sit when you tell him?” I ask. “No, not really, I've never got round to teaching him!”

Lead on and we head out the door. I walk out behind you, because your dog has left the building at great speed towing you in his wake! He gets rather excited when he's going out apparently.

You decide we are going to take him to the beach, which means a trip in the car. As you try and open the back door, because obviously he needs to sit on the seat, he hurls himself at full tilt into the car, whereupon he starts to bark again. “He's excited at going out,” you say, “He loves the car. I usually put the radio on so that I can't hear him so much.”

Well, luckily for my ears and my sanity, it is only a short trip. Once there, as we get out and you open the back door, he throws himself out almost before you can grab the lead.

We head off to the inviting sand. Almost empty apart from the odd dog walker and people enjoying the peace and quiet. Well, they were until we arrived!

“Shall we let him off?” I ask. “Do you think we should?“ you reply, “only he is a job to get back as he doesn't seem to come when I call him, and he might run up to those other people and annoy them and their dogs. He might be better when there isn't anyone around to distract him.”

So we go off to find an uninhabited stretch of sand. You look to me to be rather resigned to having your arms

I'll stop there and leave the rest to your imagination, but if you have a dog like this one then you know what happens next!

It really could be so easily avoided, if you had just taken the time to get him trained properly from the beginning.

An obedient dog makes for a confident owner and it really doesn't get much simpler than that!

If you would like to know what should have happened, please read next month’s article.

Sue MacFarquhar Sue MacFarquhar runs Lampeter and District Dog Training. She is a registered Trainer and Canine Behaviourist with over 35 years’ experience.

Details of available training can be found by visiting her website www.lampeterdogtraining.co.uk

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Cymdeithas Hanes Llambed The speaker for our May meeting will be Lester Mason, from the University of Wales Trinity St David. The title of his is “Lampeter Remembers” - remembering those who fell in the Great War. The meeting as usual will be in the Old Hall of the UWTSD, at 7.30pm.

Croeso cynnes i bawb, all are welcome to attend. £2 entrance for non-members.

Amgueddfa Llambed / Lampeter Museum By now, the Museum is having a steady flow of visitors since its opening over the Easter holidays, and the ‘new’ collections are received with great enthusiasm. Friends and Patrons of the Museum were invited to a preview of the exhibits on the evening before the official opening for the new season. It was well attended, and with light refreshments being served, it proved to be a chatty informal evening, with items in the collections prompting many recollections.

It’s spring-cleaning time again, and possibly many Grapevine readers will have come across forgotten treasures and valuables in their cupboards, drawers or attics. If so, there will be another chance for you to bring items in to the Museum for free valuation on Thursday, 19 May 10am–3.30pm when an expert from Peter Francis & Co. Carmarthen will be present.

Yvonne Davies

With fantastic long fermentation sourdough loaves available Tuesday to Saturday now is the time to pay us a visit. Making bread from scratch each day from nothing more than flour, water and salt — our range now include six organic loaves as well as seasonal products.

We also now have croissants and pastries fresh out of the oven Thursday to Saturday.

Shop open Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5.30pm* (*Thursday 6pm, Saturday 5pm)

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Lampeter Youth Theatre and Stage School Lampeter Youth Theatre have been working very hard on their upcoming stage production about the life of Admiral Lord Nelson, so we were delighted to welcome Rory Butcher to one of our recent drama workshops. Rory is a re-enactor, who portrays a private soldier in the British Army during the Napoleonic era, with an organisation that aims to accurately recreate the lives and battles of Wellington’s army from 1806 to 1815.

This era captured Rory’s imagination as a young boy: “the roar of musket volleys and hundreds of marching redcoats is what attracted me to the hobby“. Now a student at Lampeter University, Rory’s interest has matured beyond the musket and march into a deeper appreciation of the historical attributes of the age and all its complexities.

Both children and tutors at Lampeter Youth Theatre were lucky enough to benefit from his expertise in this period of history. “The battles are not just what re-enacting is about, at least to me. I truly enjoy being able to teach the public, young and old, about an era that is crucial in European and British history and through a medium which appeals in a way which books cannot.”

We would like to offer our sincerest gratitude to Rory for sharing his passion with us and for bringing history to life in such an enjoyable way.

Tracey O’Grady

standing, intriguing old cottages, a special trip to the firing range on the coast, with a view out to a little island crowded with nesting birds.

I especially remember some outings. A bus dropped us somewhere near Devil’s Bridge and from there we walked to the Nant-yr-Arian country park in time to see the buzzards being fed (I think they are now fed later in the day), and to have a welcome cup of tea and cake, and then on, passing through little communities which once worked in the lead mines in the area, until we got to the Borth bog, using an old track made by the Romans. By the time we got to the seashore, the sun was setting over the sea. It made an unforgettable picture as we sat in the local pub, looking out at the view.

Another great day was spent climbing up Cadair Idris. I even climbed up the steep route. As I sat and enjoyed my sandwiches on this bright and sunny day, watching some rock climbers in the distance, and marvelling at the sheep that managed to survive so high up, I thought that I could always get up there, taking the easier route, so long as I could arrange my transport to the foot of the mountain.

But how wrong I was. Within the week or two, the whole of rural Britain was out of bounds because of foot and mouth, and even the ramblers’ programme was stopped.

But if you have never tried rambling, come and join us on a short walk, say just four miles. You can pick up a leaflet with details of forthcoming walks at the local library.

Rosemarie Williams

Rambles I have enjoyed One jaunt over several days involved staying in youth hostels to follow the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path with my daughter and a German friend, who was bowled over by the fantastic scenery. As she lived in southern Germany, she thought the way each bay was different every time you went round a headland was incredible. Looking out at the sea, she said she now understood why the British were so keen on exploring, as one just wondered all the time what was over the horizon.

I’ve gone on long distance hikes taking seven days or so with a group organised by my cousin, so I have got to know the Hadrian’s Wall area, the Dales Way, and the Pilgrim’s Way ending up in Dover. At one point we camped near the spot of the shanty town set from the recent serial Jericho, close to the railway viaduct on the Carlisle to Settle line. It was unforgettable because although it was already well into May, it was so cold overnight that our breakfast bananas were frozen solid! It is so exhilarating to finish long distance hikes like these, as one forgets the problems along the way.

But most of my ventures into the Welsh countryside over the past twenty years have been with the Lampeter Ramblers. Right from the start I was astonished at how many interesting places were within reach of Lampeter, that I had never seen, and that you couldn’t get to by car.

Amongst other things we have seen: steep valleys, with a stream rushing at the bottom, and with trees clinging to the slope, remains of lead mines, an old workhouse, still 11

Dewch Nôl â’n Rheilffordd / Bring Back our Railway

TRAWS LINK CYMRU West Wales Rail Campaign/Ymgyrch Rheilffordd Gorllewin Cymru

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING To present the accounts and elect the committee AND TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE PROGRESS SO FAR AND THE NEXT STEPS IN OUR CAMPAIGN

Wednesday 11 May 2016 7pm

Victoria Hall Bryn Road, Lampeter SA48 7EE

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www.clonc.co.uk

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

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

www.clonc360.cymru

www.clonc360.cymru

Dyma grynodeb o rai storïau diweddar.

Here is a summary of some recent stories.

Elin Williams yn ennill Tlws John a Ceridwen Hughes

Elin Williams winning the John and Ceridwen Hughes Trophy

Gan Anwen Eleri 03/04/16 Elin Williams o Gwmann wedi ennill Tlws John a Ceridwen eleni sef gwobr am gyfraniad sylweddol i fywyd ieuenctid Cymru.

By Anwen Eleri 03/04/16 Elin Williams of Cwmann has won this year's John and Ceridwen Hughes Trophy, an award for significant contribution to the life of youth in Wales.

Arddangosfeydd newydd yn Amgueddfa Llanbed

New exhibitions at Lampeter Museum

Gan Dylan Lewis 02/04/16 Ail-agorwyd Amgueddfa Llanbed yr wythnos hon gydag arddangosfeydd newydd.

By Dylan Lewis 04/02/16 Lampeter Museum was reopened this week with new exhibitions.

Eisteddfod Gadeiriol Capel y Groes

Eisteddfod Gadeiriol Capel y Groes

Gan Nia Wyn Davies 01/04/16 Holl ganlyniadau a lluniau Eisteddfod lwyddiannus Capel y Groes, Llanwnnen yn ddiweddar.

By Nia Wyn Davies 01/04/16 Full results and pictures of the recent successful Eisteddfod in Capel y Groes, Llanwnnen.

Taith Patagonia dros Ganolfan Cancr Felindre

Patagonia Trek for Velindre Cancer Centre

Gan Cheryl 30/03/16 Hanes Taith Gerdded Cheryl a Rhun ym Mhatagonia i godi arian tuag at Ganolfan Gancr Felindre.

By Cheryl 03/30/16 An account of Cheryl and Rhun’s trek in Patagonia to raise money for Velindre Cancer Centre.

Bowlio yn Seland Newydd

Bowling in New Zealand

Gan Alis Butten 29/03/16 Anwen Butten yn ennill medal arian wrth fowlio dros Gymru yn Seland Newydd.

By Alis Butten 03/29/16 Anwen Butten wins silver medal by bowling for Wales in New Zealand.

Aelodau CFfI lleol wedi eu hanrhydeddu gan eu siroedd

YFC members honoured by their local counties

Gan Dylan Lewis 26/03/16 Elliw Dafydd, Clwb Bro’r Dderi; Lauren Jones, Clwb Llanwenog a Carys Thomas, Clwb Cwmann wedi eu dewis fel dirprwyon.

By Dylan Lewis 03/26/16 Elliw Dafydd, Bro'r Dderi Club, Lauren Jones, Llanwenog Club, and Carys Thomas, Cwmann Club, have been selected as deputies.

Cofiwch fynd i’r wefan hyperlleol am newyddion Cymraeg ardal Llanbedr Pont Steffan.

Please go to the hyperlocal website for Lampeter area news in Welsh.

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Money - avoid unnecessary purchases – buy second hand, “upcycle” clothing, pass on items rather than throw them away. Investigate ethical options for shopping, banking and saving (don’t forget our local credit union). Ask what your pension invests in.

There is much information on the Permaculture Association website, including the twelve principles and the design process. That sounds very academic but in fact explores ways to apply the essential ideas to a specific situation – hence how anyone can plan changes to their life in their particular case, which could be living in a first floor flat in a city. It is not rigid or dogmatic – permaculture recognises that individuals will have differing needs and priorities, and each must find what suits their own situation. Take a look at the website and see for yourself.

As a local permaculture group we support one another, and our local community, in trying to live more sustainably. We do this by helping one another – we meet once a month to help with practical work, especially with land work. We are all trying to grow some of our food and can share knowledge, skills and effort in group tasks. We organise a group purchase of groceries from an ethical co-operative. Some members are part of the World Opportunities scheme on Organic Farms and host individuals from all over the world who want experience of organic growing. We organise the annual seed and plant swap and community apple pressing events. We have helped to establish community gardens in local schools and villages. We are starting to run a series of film events promoting a sustainable future. Do get in touch if you would like to know more, via our own local group website - www.lampeterpermaculture.org. Judy Cooper

I realise many Grapevine readers may be wondering what permaculture is (as I did myself until 7 years ago).

The Permaculture Association website www.permaculture.org.uk states that the word combines ‘permanent agriculture’ and ‘permanent culture’ – “living lightly on the planet, and making sure that we can sustain human activities for many generations to come, in harmony with nature”. It combines “an ethical framework, understandings of how nature works and a design approach to support the creation of sustainable, agriculturally productive, non-polluting and healthy settlements.”

There are situations in which groups of people have formed a community following permaculture principles, but for most of us it will be an approach we choose to follow as an individual or a household. We can look at our lives, as and where we are now, and make changes in line with permaculture principles that will make our life situations more sustainable and more in tune with nature. It is generally a very practical approach, and many of the older generation living in Ceredigion would recognise it as common sense and working with nature, that they and their forebears followed for generations in the days before fossil fuels were used so recklessly and extravagantly. Many of you will have heard the analogy that we are now living as if we had three planets not one, and permaculture is showing how we can live in a way that addresses that, and creates healthier, more equal (note the ethical dimension) and sustainable cultures.

So, where to start? The website suggests we start by looking at aspects of our lives where we can become more aware of the choices we are currently making, and find ways to reduce our impact on the planet.

What we eat – aim to eat less animal foods (because generally more wasteful of resources than plant foods) and processed foods, and more locally grown food. Support the People’s Market in Victoria Hall twice monthly and the Farmer’s Market. Increase the proportion of fruit and vegetables in your diet, and try growing some yourself.

How we travel – try to reduce car use - car sharing, cycling and walking whenever possible and using public transport. Above all avoid flying.

In our homes – reduce energy use by insulating, turning down the thermostat, only boiling the amount you need in the kettle; investigate changing to a renewable energy supplier.

People’s Market 10am-1pm Victoria Hall Bryn Rd Lampeter

Every 2nd & 4th Saturday

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COEDWIG GYMUNEDOL LONG WOOD COMMUNITY WOODLAND With the longer days and the better weather May is certainly the time when our Rambling Activities are on the increase. The cold, wet, windy weather of winter is, hopefully, behind us and the countryside is, at last, beginning to burst into life once again, making our ramblings all the more pleasant and interesting.

will be in May when the blue bells will form the theme of our Ramble. Check out our website for details.

Here at Long Wood the programme of maintaining our paths continues with the help of our Woodland Wednesday volunteers, under the watchful eye of our Warden Jon. Tir Coed, also continue to work in partnership with Long Wood, as part of the Volunteering In the Natural Environment (VINE) Project, carrying out valuable work throughout the woodland.

At Canolfan Long Wood the erection of a bird box camera, funded by Lampeter Town Council and installed by our volunteers, has been an exciting development.

We just have to wait and see if anyone decides to occupy it!

The clearance of the conifer plantation is now complete and plans are in preparation regarding restocking the area next season. If you have any thoughts on this or any other ideas on how we might use this area please feel free to contact us or call in at Canolfan Long Wood for a chat.

The end of the felling season has brought with it a quieter time at Long Wood although the job of processing our firewood and timber will continue throughout the coming months. At the end of the summer we hope to have a stock of seasoned, dry firewood and sawn timber for sale alongside rustic outdoor furniture such as benches and bird boxes. Contact us for details on what is currently available and keep an eye on our website.

There are numerous walking, riding and cycling opportunities here at Long Wood which can be accessed from Lampeter, Llangybi , Llanfair and Betws. Download the leaflet on our website to help you find your way around. So cast off the winter blues and come and get some fresh air in your local community woodland.

Reminder: Next Public Meeting Monday 9 May Canolfan Long Wood 7.30pm

Perhaps you would prefer to join one of our organised walks such as the birdsong walk, which was held in mid-April. Ian Morris, our local ornithological expert, led the walk and provided a fascinating insight into the songs of some of our local birds. A big thanks go to Ian for running this event on behalf of Long Wood. The next walk

Please come along and get involved with your Community Woodland

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

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Dathlu cyfleoedd addysgol newydd yn Aberteifi

Ar 21 Mawrth, fe ddathlodd Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant ei phresenoldeb yn nhref Aberteifi yn sgil uno Coleg Ceredigion i mewn i Grŵp Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant.

Mewn digwyddiad a gynhaliwyd yn Neuadd y Dref yn Aberteifi, fe wnaeth yr Athro Medwin Hughes, Is-Ganghellor y Brifysgol; yr Hybarch Randolph Thomas, Cadeirydd Cyngor y Brifysgol a Dr Brinley Jones, Llywydd y Drindod Dewi Sant groesawu Coleg Ceredigion i'r Grŵp yn swyddogol.

Cyflwynodd yr Is-Ganghellor ddyfyniad i’r Dref yn enwi Coleg Ceredigion fel coleg cyfansoddol Prifysgol.

Dyma oedd y cynnwys:

dywed Yr Athro Medwin Hughes, Is Ganghellor Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant.

“Gweithiwn gyda phartneriaid i sicrhau cynaladwyedd ein cymunedau drwy sicrhau bod yr addysg a ddarparwn yn ymateb i anghenion cyflogwyr a’r gymuned ac at lesiant economaidd a chymdeithasol Cymru o fewn cyd-destun byd-eang. Mae’r Grŵp yn rhoi pwyslais arbennig ar gynnig cyfleoedd dwyieithog a chyfrwng Cymraeg er mwyn gwella cyfleoedd cyflogaeth myfyrwyr yn lleol ac yn genedlaethol” atega Yr Athro Hughes.

Dywed Jacqui Weatherburn, Pennaeth Coleg Ceredigion:

Gorau Awen Gwirionedd At Arweinwyr Dinesig tref hanesyddol Aberteifi, cyflwyna’r Brifysgol ei chyfarchion ar achlysur derbyn Coleg Ceredigion yn aelod ffurfiol ac yn Goleg Cyfansoddol i Brifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant.

"Roedd yn bleser gennym ymuno â Chyngor Tref Aberteifi ddoe wrth i ni i ddathlu’r cyfleoedd y mae ein partneriaeth uno â Phrifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant yn ei gynnig i ddysgwyr yng Ngheredigion. Mae brandio Aberteifi fel Tref Prifysgol yn cadarnhau safle Aberteifi fel canolfan addysg a diwylliant rhagorol sy’n mynd o nerth i nerth yn Ne-orllewin Cymru.”

Mewn cydnabyddiaeth o’i wasanaeth rhagorol, mae’r Brifysgol yn dathlu’r cyfraniad nodedig a wnaed gan y Coleg wrth hyrwyddo Addysg Bellach ac Addysg Uwch o fewn y rhanbarth.

Mae’n nodi’r digwyddiad hanesyddol hwn ym mywyd y Coleg wrth iddo ddatblygu ymhellach gyfleoedd addysgol newydd o fewn tref Aberteifi a Sir Ceredigion.

Am wybodaeth bellach, cysylltwch â Sian-Elin Davies trwy e-bostio sian-elin.davies@uwtsd.ac.uk / 01267 676908 / 07449 998476

Fel tystiolaeth o hyn, llofnodaf f’enw fel Is-Ganghellor y Brifysgol dan awdurdod ein Siarter Frenhinol.

Yn ystod y digwyddiad, fe wnaeth Jacqui Weatherburn, Pennaeth Coleg Ceredigion ac Allison Coleman, Cadeirydd y coleg ategu manteision bod yn rhan o Grŵp Y Drindod Dewi Sant gan drafod y cyfleoedd addysgol cyffrous, newydd a fydd yn cael eu creu yn sgil y berthynas.

Roedd Cyngor Tref Aberteifi hefyd yn rhan bwysig o'r digwyddiad hanesyddol hwn, gyda'r Parchedig Cynghorydd Gwynfi Jenkins a Maer Aberteifi, y Cynghorydd John Adams-Lewis, yn dathlu cysylltiad y dref gyda'r Brifysgol.

Y mae gan Grŵp y Brifysgol genhadaeth uchelgeisiol. Mae’n anelu at drawsnewid addysg yng Nghymru a thrwy wneud hynny drawsnewid bywydau unigolion a chymunedau sy'n gysylltiedig â’r Brifysgol.

“Gyda’n gilydd rydym yn creu system newydd o addysg sy'n darparu llwybrau dilyniant o lefel mynediad i astudiaethau doethurol o fewn y rhanbarth,” Trawsnewid Addysg; Trawsnewid Bywydau - Transforming Education; Transforming Lives

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New educational opportunities celebrated in Cardigan

On 21 March ,the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) celebrated its presence in the town of Cardigan through the merger of Coleg Ceredigion into the UWTSD Group.

In an event held at Cardigan’s Guildhall, the University’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Medwin Hughes, Chair of the University Council, the Venerable Randolph Thomas, and Dr Brinley Jones, President of UWTSD officially welcomed Coleg Ceredigion to the UWTSD Group. The Vice Chancellor also presented the town with a citation naming Coleg Ceredigion as a constituent college of the University.

The Citation read:

The UWTSD Group has an ambitious mission. It aims to transform education in Wales and by doing so transform the lives of the individuals and communities who are connected to it.

“UWTSD - along with its further education partners, Coleg Ceredigion and Coleg Sir Gâr - are creating a new system of education, providing progression routes from entry level to doctoral studies within the region” says UWTSD’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Medwin Hughes.

“We are working with a range of partners to secure the sustainability of our communities by ensuring that the education we provide is connected to the needs of employers and the community and responds to the economic and social wellbeing of Wales within a global context. The Group also places a strong emphasis on providing bilingual and Welsh medium opportunities to enhance local and national employment opportunities for learners”

Gorau Awen Gwirionedd To the Civic Leaders of the historic town of Cardigan, the University presents its greetings on the occasion of admitting Coleg Ceredigion into formal membership as a Constituent College of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.

adds Professor Hughes.

Said Jacqui Weatherburn, Principal of Coleg Ceredigion:

In recognition of outstanding service, the University celebrates the distinctive contribution made by the College in promoting both Further and Higher Education within the region. It marks this historic event in the life of the College as it further develops new educational opportunities within the town of Cardigan and the County of Ceredigion.

"We were delighted to join with Cardigan Town Council to celebrate the opportunities that our merger partnership with the University of Wales Trinity Saint David offers the learners in Ceredigion. The branding of Cardigan as a University Town cements Cardigan’s position as a growing centre of educational and cultural excellence in south-west Wales."

In witness, whereof, I subscribe my name as Vice-Chancellor of the University under the authority of our Royal Charter.

For further information, please contact Sian-Elin Davies by emailing sian-elin.davies@uwtsd.ac.uk / 01267 676908 / 07449 998476

During the event, Jacqui Weatherburn, Principal of Coleg Ceredigion and Allison Coleman, Chair of the college, highlighted the benefits of being a part of the UWTSD Group and discussed the exciting new educational opportunities it will create.

Cardigan Town Council were also an important part of this historic event, with the Reverend Councillor Gwynfi Jenkins and the Mayor of Cardigan, Councillor John Adams-Lewis, celebrating the town’s association with the University.

The new memorial commemorating the contribution of Rowland Williams and Lampeter to the birth of rugby in Wales

Trawsnewid Addysg; Trawsnewid Bywydau - Transforming Education; Transforming Lives

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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.

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

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

Day

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

Time

Activity / Class

Monday

W

1-3pm

W

Name

Number

Welsh Class

Meryl Evans

01545 572715

67.30pm

Girl Guides

Sandra Carbin

07949 479185

1.153.15pm

Expressive Arts

Dilys Pugh

01974 299017 07963 866516

W

5.306.30pm

Pilates

Ann Inshaw

07826 692110

W

10-12pm

Welsh Class

Meryl Evans

01545 572715

F

24.30pm

Young at Heart

W

4.306pm

Brownies

Nikki Mead

07790 987070

W

5.306.30pm

Pilates

Ann Inshaw

07826 692110

W

6.308.30pm

Welsh Class

Meryl Evans

01545 572715

W

1-3pm

Welsh Class

Meryl Evans

01545 572715

W

6-7pm

Pilates

Ann Inshaw

07826 692110

W

11.30am1pm

Five Rhythms Practice Group

Irene Sullivan

01545 561334

W

4.306.30pm

LYTSS: Lampeter Youth Theatre & Stage School

Tracey O’Grady

07976 052888

Saturday

2nd & 4th Sat each month

10am1pm

People’s Market

Sunday

W

10am7pm

Lampeter Evangelical Church

Gareth Jones at the Mustard Seed café

M Every third Sunday

79.30pm

Custard Queens WI

Jen Pink

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

W

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Sandwiches & social for the wiser folk of Lampeter

Local food, produce and crafts.

Plus café, live music & other attractions 01570 423344

01570 471209

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

courses_______________ Denmark Farm Conservation Centre, Betws Bledrws.

Sat 7-Sun 8 May: Drum Making Sat 7-Sun 8 May: Forest Gardening Tues 10 May, Sat 14 May & Tues 17 May: Volunteer Days (all welcome) Fri 13-Sun 15 May: Entomology Sat 14 & 21 May + Sat 11 June: Raw Food & Juice for Health (WEA Cymru) Fri 20-Sun 22 May: Wildlife Digital Photography Wed 31 May: Wild in the Woods (children's event) Sun 12 June: Make Your Own Charcoal Sun 19 June: Annual Open Day More information: 01570 493358, www.denmarkfarm.org.uk Lampeter & District Beekeepers’ Association. Interested in keeping bees but not sure what’s involved?

Beginners’ Course starts 24 April, 2–4 pm Bookings and info: info@lampeterbeekeepersassociation.co.uk

Touch Base Movement Group for Wellbeing and Creativity. With Eeva-Maria Mutka and Andy Paget.

Wednesdays to 11 May, St Peter’s Church Hall. For people 16+ who are finding it difficult to keep up with all the demands life throws at us and feel stressed, depressed, lonely or anxious.

Free workshops run by HAUL-arts in health. Booking essential: 01559 362082, heather@haul-artsinhealth.org.uk

creative_______________

Basket Weaving for Beginners with Emma Bird. Make a Willow tripod for your veg plot, Sat 14 May, 10am-1pm, £20; Round Basket, Mon 13 June, 10am-4pm, £40. Gorsgoch Village Hall, SA40 9TE. Tea/coffee and cake included; bring lunch for the full days.

Small group bookings welcome. emmabird150@gmail.com 01570 434600 / 07815 710618.

The Welsh Quilt Centre Workshops: 4 June: Drawing with Cloth and Stitch with Cefyn Burgess, 10.30-4pm, £60 8 July: Making Pictures with Janet Bolton, 10.30-4pm, £60 6 Aug: Needle Felt a Welsh Cottage

with Ruth Packham, 10.30-4pm, £45 16 & 17 Sept: Welsh Quilting with Sandie Lush, 10.30-4pm, £120 Booking: 01570 480610 quilts@jen-jones.com Abercoed Studios, Tregaron. Creative wool shop, hand-made crafts, art and prints, tuition, supplies. Coffee shop & WiFi. Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm. 01974 299105, www.blacksheeptregaron.co.uk Spinning Lessons with Ann Fisher Rhodes at Ffarmers Neuadd Bro Fana/ Village Hall. Thurs 1.30-3.30pm, £8.

Contact: Ann, 01558 650760, spinwise.uk@btinternet, www.spinwise.co.uk

events ________________

Know Your Blood Pressure. Sat 23 April, 10am-4pm, Adrian Thomas Pharmacy, High St, Lampeter. Hosted by the Rotary Club of Lampeter to raise awareness of the link between high blood pressure and stroke, this is a free blood pressure monitoring service with information and advice on stroke-related health issues.

Lampeter WI Craft Stall and Coffee Morning. 10am-12noon, Sat 30 April, St. Peter’s Parish Hall, Lampeter. Entry £1.50. Come and join us to start our centenary celebrations.

Quiz Night. Fri 6 May, 7pm, St Thomas’ Methodist Church. Coffee and cakes to follow. Free but donations to sponsor students in Kenya welcome.

Felinfach W.I. Fundraiser for Guide Dogs for the Blind. Thursday, 12 May 2016, 7pm at Felinfach Memorial Hall. £3 entry (children free). Talk by Rori Roberts; stalls & raffle. Tea and biscuits included in entry fee. All proceeds to Guide Dogs for the Blind.

For more info call 01570 470136.

Jumble Sale. Sat 14 May, 2-4pm, Victoria Hall. Bring clean jumble items to Victoria Hall.

Cymdeithas Hanes Llambed.

“Lampeter Remembers”, a talk by Lester Mason (UWTSD) about those who fell in the Great War. Tues 17 May, 7.30pm, Old Hall, UWTSD. Croeso cynnes i bawb / All welcome.

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£2 for non-members.

Amgueddfa Llambed / Lampeter Museum. Free valuations. Thurs 19 May, 10am-3.30pm. Bring your forgotten treasures to Lampeter Museum for valuation by an expert from Peter Francis & Co, Carmarthen.

Transition Llambed Development Trust (Victoria Hall). AGM, Thurs 26 May, 7.30pm, Victoria Hall. All welcome.

Coffee Morning, Plant Sales, Bring & Buy (books and jigsaws). Sat 4 June, 10am-1pm, St Thomas’ Methodist Church. Proceeds to Kenyan students sponsored by St Thomas’ Church.

Unforgettable: Welsh Quilt Centre Exhibition. Quilts from the collections of Ron Simpson and Jen Jones. Open Tues-Sat, 11am-4.30pm, Town Hall, Lampeter. www.welshquilts.com.

health & well-being _____

Banc Bwyd Llambed/ Lampeter Food Bank is open Mon, Weds, Fri 9am5pm. Referrals are made by local agencies. Non-perishable in-date food donations can be left in the Banc Bwyd collection boxes at Lampeter Co-op and Yr Hedyn Mwstard Cafe.

Banc Bwyd Tuesday Food and Fellowship Lunches are from 12-2 at Emmaus Christian Fellowship, 78 Bridge St. We offer a simple free soup lunch and friendly chat (siaredir Cymraeg hefyd). All are welcome.

Banc Bwyd is an initiative of Lampeter and local churches.

Alcoholics Anonymous meet at the Catholic Church (white church opp. the police station) in Lampeter. Weds 8-9.30pm. For info, national helpline: 0845 7697555 Relaxation, Meditations and Journeying. 1-3pm every Monday, £5, Ancient Earth Centre, Lanlas Fawr, Cellan. Experience healing and shamanic practices that draw on the Wisdom of Mother Earth. Start your week with inner calm and a sense of wellbeing. Phone 01570 421144 to book. Led by Louise Nadim, a fully qualified and experienced Brennan and shamanic healer.

health & well-being cont.d __ Support Group for people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in Lampeter: Meets first Monday each month at Yr Hedyn Mwstard/Mustard Seed Café, College St, Lampeter. 1.30-3.30pm.

Croeso i bawb. For details contact: Judith McKay, 07938 571164.

Narcotics Anonymous meet at St Thomas’ Methodist Church (end of Drovers Road/Peterwell Terrace), Mon 7.30-8.30pm. National helpline: 0300 9991212 Lampeter Support for Sight Loss. New group. Meets 2nd Wed each month, 24pm, St Thomas’ Church. £2 includes home-made cakes & raffle. Open to anyone with any form of sight loss; carers, partners, friends, are always welcome. Theme for May: Tactile paving. Contact: Diana Williams, 01570 640034 Weight-Watchers meets in Lampeter every Tuesday night. St Peter’s Church Hall. Join any week, weigh anytime between 5.30pm-6.30pm. Meeting talk 6.30-7pm. Just turn up on the night or contact: Eleri, 07748 270439, eretallick@weight-watchers.co.uk Headway, the Brain Injury Association. Headway Ceredigion is holding drop-in sessions on the first Monday of each month, 2–4pm at Mind Aberystwyth, Mill Street, SY23 1JB. Join us for a cuppa and a chat.

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. Contact: Dave Maggs, Wales Development Manager, Headway UK, 01446 740130, 07941 855935 walesdm@headway.org.uk

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Little Rangers: Play, Explore, Discover Weekly parent and toddler club for children aged 2-5 years. Child-led play sessions led by Forest School trained staff, Lea and James, out in the woods.

1-3pm every Thurs at Denmark Farm.

Early bird tickets £4.50 adult, £4 2nd adult, £2.50 child. Or just drop in on the day: £5 adult, £4.50 2nd adult, £3 child. Kids under two free. Contact: James, 07876 794098. Tickets www.woodlandclassroom.com/kids-clubs

Young Rangers: Play, Explore, Discover Weekly after-school club for 6-11 year olds. Woodland activities, games, nature awareness and bushcraft led

by Forest School trained staff. £6 per session, £5.50 for siblings. 4-6pm Tues & Thurs at Denmark Farm. Booking essential. Phone 07876 794098.

Tickets and details at www.woodlandclassroom.com/kids-clubs

1st Lampeter Brownies. Meet Weds, 4.30-6pm, term-time. Contact: Nikki, 07790 987070.

1st Lampeter Girl Guides. Meet Tues, 6-7.30pm. Contact: Sandra Carbin, 07949 479185.

Clwb Dawns (Dance Club). Tuesdays 4-4.45pm. Theatr Felinfach. An opportunity for children aged 4-6 years to learn dance and creative skills, make new friends and have lots of fun. £2 a child with free wi-fi for parents. 01570 470697 www.theatrfelinfach.com TicToc. Story, dance & song sessions for children, 0-3 years and their parents. Every Friday, 10-11am term-time. £3 per child and £1 for each additional child. 01570 470697, www.theatrfelinfach.com Ray Ceredigion Free Play Sessions.

Parc yr Orsedd & Victoria Hall every Thurs, term time only, 4-6pm. Croeso i bawb/All welcome. Rhaid i blant dan 8 fod yng nghwmni/Children under 8 must be accompanied. 01545 570686, rayceredigionadmin@btconnect.com Facebook: RAYCeredig.

Lampeter Youth Theatre and Stage School (LYTSS) runs 3 terms per year every Friday at Victoria Hall, 4.306.30pm. £40/child/term, £35 siblings, £30 concessions Contact: Tracey O’Grady, 07976 052888.

Little M’zzz indoor soft play centre, Llanybydder (nr 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? Please join up 20

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: 14 & 28 May. Lampeter Farmers' Market, High Street, Lampeter (new location), 9am2pm alternate Fridays. Next markets: 29 Apr, 13 & 27 May. Ffarmers Market, Neuadd Bro Fana/ Village Hall, Ffarmers, 10am-12.30pm 1st Sat in month.

Llansawel Market, Llansawel Village Hall, 10am-12.30pm 3rd Sat in month.

Aberaeron Farmers’ Market & More!

Feathers Royal Hotel, 9am-2pm every Weds. Find us on Facebook.

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Cerddwyr Llambed (Ramblers). A warm welcome to new walkers and those who wish to try a ramble or two. Contact James 01570 480743 or Kay 01570 480041 for future dates.

Gentle Yoga: Thurs, 6-7.30pm, Cellan Millennium Hall. Contact: Karen 07547 125937.

Hydrospin (Aqua Cycling) at Lampeter Swimming Pool, Mon 10.15am & 8pm; Aberaeron Swimming Pool, Tues 11.30am & 6pm. Contact David Maund to book: 07792 351607.

Couch to 5K Running Group. Mon & Weds, 6.30pm from the Rookery Car Park, Lampeter. A 9-week course aimed at complete beginners who wants to improve health and fitness.

Free! Facebook: Lampeter Couch to 5K Running Group or contact Helen 07817 543257.

New American Tribal Style Bellydance: Tues 1-2pm & Weds 6-7pm, dance studio above the University Sports Hall. Wendy Steele, 01570 472921, 07752 478779.

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

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canolfan hamdden a phwll nofio llambed lampeter leisure centre & swimming pool am rhagor o wybodaeth cysylltwch ar ganolfan for more information contact the leisure centre

01570 422552 / 01570 422959 lampeter-leisure@ceredigion.gov.uk

Dydd / Day Dydd Llun Monday

Dydd Mawrth Tuesday

Dydd Mercher Wednesday

Dydd Iau Thursday

Dydd Gwener Friday

Dydd Sadwrn Saturday

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Amser / Time

Sesiwn / Dosbarth

Session / Class

Pris / Price

1-1.45pm

Troelli Amser Cinio

Lunchtime Spin

£4

6.30-7.30pm

Cylchredai

Circuit Training

£4

7.45-8.30am

Troelli Cynnar

Early Bird Spin

£4

3.45-4.45pm

Pêl Droed Merched

Girls’ Football

£2

3.30-5pm

Clwb Cleddyfau

Lampeter Town Fencing Club

£4.50

5.30-6.30pm

Kettlebells

Kettlebells

£4

6.45-7.30pm

Troelli Profiadol

Advanced Spin

£4

12-12.45pm

Ffitrwydd Ysgafn

Ease Into Fitness

£4.75/£3.85

1-1.45pm

Troelli Amser Cinio

Lunchtime Spin

£4

3.30-4.30pm

Pêl Fasged IZB

IZB Basketball

5.45-6.30pm

Troelli Dechreuwyr

Beginners Spin

£4

6.30-7.30pm

Kettlercise

Kettlercise

£4.75/£3.85

6.45-7.30pm

Troelli Profiadol

Advanced Spin

£4

7.30-8.30pm

Boxercise

Boxercise

£4

3.30-5pm

Gymnasteg

Gymnastics

5.15-6pm

Aerobeg

Aerobics

£4.75/£3.85

6-6.45pm

Troelli Gweledol Dechreuwyr

Beginners Spin

£4

6.15-7.15pm

Clwb Rhedeg Sarn Helen

Sarn Helen Running Club

7-7.30pm

Metafit

Metafit

£3

11.30am12.30pm

Aerobeg Dwr (yn y pwll)

Aqua Aerobics (in the pool)

£4

12.45-1.30pm

Troelli Amser Cinio

Lunchtime Spin

£4

5-6.30pm

Troelli Dechreuwyr

Beginners Spin

£4

6.30-8pm

Troelli Profiadol

Advanced Spin

£4

6.30-8pm

Clwb Cleddyfau

Lampeter Town Fencing Club

£4.50

9.15am-1pm

Ysgol Gymnasteg REES

REES School of Gymnastics

2-3pm

Disco Rhowl

Roller Disco

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£3.15/£2.30

move your body cont.d _____ Belly Dance & Yoga Classes. Belly Dance: Tues 5.30-6.30pm. £3 Beginner Yoga: Thurs 7-8.30pm, Crugybar Village Hall, and Tues 7-8.30pm, Ffarmers. £5. Contact: 01558 685321, elenamgilliatt@hotmail.com.

Yoga class. Mixed abilities: St Thomas' Hall, Tue 7.30-8.45pm, £6.

Contact Su Bates (BWY teacher) 07588 527512.

Yoga & Pilates with Ann Inshaw.

Power Yoga: Mon 5.30-7pm and Fri 10-11.30am, UWTSD Sports Hall.

Pilates: Tues 9.30am, Memorial Hall, Aberaeron. Tues 5.30pm and Thurs 6pm, Victoria Hall, Lampeter.

Yogalates: Weds 5.30pm, Victoria Hall, Lampeter.

Contact: Ann, 07826 692110 Lampeter Egyptian Belly Dance. Fri 9.45-11am, £5. Lunchtime Fit For Life For Over 50s, Fri 12.15-1.15pm £4.

Gentle exercise based on Belly Dance.

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

Rose Barter, 01239 851737, rosebarter@btinternet.com Jane Guy School of Dance.

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

Classes: Tues eves and Sat, Shiloh Chapel, Lampeter. Thurs 4.30-7.30pm, Theatr Felinfach. Contact: 01570 470645.

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!

Fabulous Friday Walkers: meet 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 for coffee. Philip Lodwick, 01570 422181 Sarn Helen running and cycling club welcomes all abilities. Junior runners (age 8-16) meet at Leisure Centre, Tues 6.15pm. Adult runners meet

Rookery Car Park, Tues 6.15 & 8pm, Thurs 6.15pm. For cycling (road and MTB): www.sarnhelen.org.uk.

Black Wolf Karate Club. Every Thurs at St James Hall, Cwmann: 6.30pm juniors; 7.30pm intermediate juniors/ seniors. £3.50 a class, first lesson free.

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 Rees, 01570 218138, 07940 375147.

Mat-based Pilates. Suitable for beginners. Please bring a mat or equivalent. ‘The elegance of a dancer and the strength of an athlete’ sums up what you could attain through regular practice. Benefits include improved posture and body shape, muscle toning, increased energy, strength, agility and stamina, and greater mind/body/spirit connection.

Llangeitho Village Hall, Mon 2pm with Shân Rees, see details above.

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Lampeter Chamber Orchestra. Sat 7 May, 7.30pm, Arts Hall, UWTSD. Programme to include works by Haydn and his contemporaries. Admission: donation on the door. www.lampeter-orchestra.co.uk Theatr Felinfach 7 Mai/May, Ysgol Theatr Maldwyn, 7:30yh yn cyflwyno MELA – Sioe Gerdd gan Linda Gittins, Derec Williams a Penri Roberts. Sioe am bobl ifanc a’r ffordd mae pobl mewn oed yn ‘Mela’ yn eu bywydau.

12 Mehefin/June, Cwmni Theatr Bara Caws yn cyflwyno ‘Allan o Diwn’ Sioe un dyn sy’n dilyn hanes Emyr ‘Himyrs’ Roberts. Cynhyrchiad llawn hwyl a cherddoriaeth.

Mwy o wybodaeth/More info: Facebook, Twitter, theatrfelinfach.cymru Lampeter Folk. Thurs 12 May, 7.30pm in the small hall, Victoria Hall, Lampeter. Bring your instruments, voices and friends. Special guest Chris Rust on tour to raise money for the War Child charity. We welcome folky friends who've been before as well as new faces to share music or poetry in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

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£2 (£1 students) entry includes tea/ coffee/light refreshments. BYOB. Cothi Valley & District Music Club.

21 May, for musicians of all abilities and friends at Pumpsaint Coronation Hall. Contact Jan or Brian 01570 481544 or visit our Facebook group.

Celf Llambed Arts. Fri 27 May, 7pm, Victoria Hall. Ska Night with the Dapper Cadavers, and Miss Mitten, café and bar. £6/£5 (£1 children). See page 32. More info on Facebook.

permaculture, gardening & conservation ___________

Cae Hir Annual Plant Fair. Cae Hir Gardens, Cribyn, 10am-4pm, Bank Holiday Monday 2 May. Free entry, parking £2. Plant stalls, 6-acre RHS Partner Garden and Tea room. Run in association with the Ceredigion and District Growers’ Association. 01570 471116, www.caehirgardens.com.

Lampeter Permaculture Group is a collective of like-minded people, interested in principles and practice of permaculture and sustainability. www.lampeterpermaculture.org Cothi Gardeners meet at 7pm on 3rd Weds each month, Coronation Hall, Pumsaint. Membership £12, visitors £2 per meeting. Contact: Daisy, 01558 650829, www.cothigardeners.com, www.facebook.com/cothigardeners Living Willow Creations. DIY or expertly installed in your garden.

Great activity for older children.

Contact: Angie, 01974 831300 info@purposefulpermaculture.co.uk Live an Abundant Life! Let permaculture open the door for you.

Short courses/advice.

Contact: Angie, 01974 831300 info@purposefulpermaculture.co.uk Create a Paradise for You and Nature.

Simple, low input conservation and wildlife gardening advice.

Contact: Angie, 01974 831300 info@purposefulpermaculture.co.uk

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religious services/groups _ 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. Cysylltwch/ Contact: 01570 480083, deborahjrowlands@gmail.com, www.quaker.org.uk www.quakersinwales.org.uk 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 Capel Bedyddwyr, Silian. Cwrdd yr ail a pedwerydd Sul y mis am 10.15yb.

Croeso i bawb.

Lampeter Parish 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 Peter’s Church, Lampeter.

Main Sun Service: 10.30am Bilingual.

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

Church Hall available for hire, £8.50 per hour. Kitchen facilities. Enquiries/ Bookings: Beryl, 01570 422324 St Mary’s Church, Maestir.

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

Times apply to the first four Sundays in each month. For the few fifth Sundays there is a single United Parish Service at 10am: location will be published in local newspapers.

St Thomas' Methodist Church.

Sunday Service 10.30am, crèche and youth activity.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church, Lampeter.

Sun Mass 10am. For other services see church notice board.

Emmaus Christian Fellowship meets Sun 10.30am and 5pm at rear of 78 Bridge Street, Lampeter. Contact: David Patterson, 01570 422529

Noddfa, Eglwys y Bedyddwyr, Stryd y Bont, Llanbedr Pont Steffan.

Oedfa Gymun ar Sul cynta'r mis am 6.00.

8 Mai: Rihyrsal Cymanfa'n Bedyddwyr am 2.00.

15 Mai: Y Gymanfa Ganu am 4.00 yng nghapel Bethel, Cwm Pedol ger Ffarmers, dan arweiniad Mrs Delyth Morgans Phillips.

29 Mai: Oedfa Unedig i'r Cylch am 10.30 yng Nghaersalem.

Ysgol Sul bob nos Wener o 4-5 yn Noddfa.

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: Revd. Bill Fillery, 01570 421425.

St Mary's Church, Llanfair Clydogau.

Bilingual services every 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month, 10.15am. A warm welcome to all. Baptisms and weddings by arrangement. Contact: Revd Bill Fillery, 01570 421425.

Lampeter Evangelical Church meets every Sunday at Victoria Hall, 10am– 7pm. Contact: Gareth Jones at the Mustard Seed café, 01570 423344

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Golden Broth Lunch Club. Lunch, cake, cards and Scrabble, or just relax and natter to friends. Alternate Mondays from 11.30am-2pm. Cellan 16 May; Llanfair 2 & 30 May £1 per person. Contact: Linda (Llanfair) 01570 493706 or Amanda (Cellan) 01570 421338 to register your interest.

Merry Makers. Every Weds, 10.30am3pm, St James’ Hall, Cwmann.

27 April: Nurturing Day 4 May: Play reading with Ann 11 May: An interesting talk 18 May: Flower making with Bella and Ann Drop in when you please. New members welcome. Disabled access and toilet. Free car park. £2.50 a session (includes vegetarian lunch & all activities). Contact: Patsy, 01545 590391 or Bella, 01559 370981.

Custard Queens WI: We meet every third Sunday of the month, 7-10pm, at Victoria Hall, Lampeter. Ages 18 to 80+, all welcome.

8 May: Orienteering 23

15 May: Clay Workshop 10-12 June: Glamping with the Treacle Tarts 19 June: CQWI Meeting. Yearly Quiz and Bingo National Library of Wales Tour TBA Contact: 01570 471209, custardqueenswi@gmail.com www.custardqueenswi.weebly.com www.facebook.com/custardqueenswi CYD Llambed. Ymarfer eich Cymraeg/ Practise your Welsh. Dydd Mawrth 11yb-12yh/ Tues 11am-12pm, 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.

Third World Lunch at St. Peter’s Church Hall, First Friday of the month, 12-1.30pm. Payment by donation, all donations to Christian Aid Food Growing Programme. Your support appreciated.

Cynhelir Cinio’r Trydydd Byd yn Neuadd Eglwys Sant Pedr bob dydd Gwener cyntaf y mis, o 12-1.30yh.

Anfonir pob rhodd i Brosiect Tyfu Bwyd Cymorth Cristnogol.

Gwerthfawrogir eich cefnogaeth.

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

Whist Drives, every fortnight at Hafan Deg, Lampeter. All welcome. All Funds to Hafan Deg League of Friends.

Contact Gwen Davies, 01570 481152.

Cinio Cymraeg Tregaron. Welsh language monthly dinners at the Talbot Hotel, first Tues each month.

Not suitable for absolute beginners but anyone who has attended classes for a year or two will probably find the events enjoyable. Completely informal We meet in the bar 7pm for 7.30pm. A small group, normally 6 to 8, including 2/3 fluent Welsh speakers. Contact: Myra Mortlock naturals@btinternet.com Hwyl a Hamdden. A social group for the over-50s. Wednesday, 1.30-3pm.

A variety of talks, visits and light entertainment.

01570 470697, www.theatrfelinfach.com

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storytelling, books & creative writing _________ Lampeter Writers’ Workshop welcomes new members and meets weekly. Tues 7-9pm, Wolfson Room, UWTSD Lampeter, during college term time. Come and join us. Contact: Sue, 01570 423167.

Meanwhile, Storytelling Circle, first Thursday each month. Come along and learn new skills or improve old ones. It’s easier than it looks. Wolfson Room, UWTSD Lampeter, 7.30pm.

Contact: Hayley, h.addis@live.co.uk

volunteering ____________

Age Cymru Ceredigion. We are recruiting volunteers for our Information & Advice project in Lampeter and surrounding areas. The role entails facilitating welfare benefit applications for clients, particularly Attendance Allowance, Personal Independent Payment, and Carer’s Allowance in the clients’ homes. Full training provided.

Contact: Carol Williams, 01239 615777.

Coedwig Gymunedol Long Wood Community Woodland: Woodland Wednesdays. Join our regular Wednesday volunteering sessions at Long Wood. Develop 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. Visitor Centre, 10am. info@longwood-lampeter.org.uk Lampeter Credit Union. Would you like to do something that will make a positive difference to local people?

For details: 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.

Denmark Farm Conservation Centre.

Volunteer Days: Alternate Saturdays

Copy Deadline: Fri 13 May

and Tuesdays, starting at 10am and finishing around 4pm – or as much time as you can spare. Activities include practical conservation tasks on our 40 acre nature reserve as well as helping with our wildlife monitoring programme. All welcome, no previous experience needed. Drinks and cakes provided – just bring lunch and outdoor gear. For dates, see Events listings.

Denmark Farm Conservation Centre is looking for trustees to join our charity ‘Shared Earth Trust’. We are seeking individuals with diverse experiences and skillsets. If you would like to be considered for this rewarding and varied voluntary role, send your CV to: trustees@denmarkfarm.org.uk For more information please visit our website www.denmarkfarm.org.uk or call us on 01570 493358

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CELLAN MILLENNIUM HALL CLASSES AND GROUPS Classes subject to change: please check www.millenniumhallcellan.co.uk for updates & contact details & What’s On page for one-off events

Film Night Fri 29 AprFilm “Star Night Wars: The Force Fri 29 Apr “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (12A) Awakens” (12A) Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher

Fri 20 May “The Danish Girl” (15) Fri Redmayne, 20 May “The (15) Eddie AliciaDanish Vikander,Girl” Amber Heard

MONDAY Line Dancing: 7-10pm Golden Broth Lunch Club: 16 May, 11.30-2pm

Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard

Fri 3 June “Youth” (15)

MichaelFri Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel 3 June “Youth” (15) Weisz Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz

TUESDAY Lampeter Home Education Group: 12-5pm Qi Gong: 6-7pm Tai Chi: 7-8pm

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complementary & alternative therapists Charlotte Allen RSHom Homeopath with 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, psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, EMDR. 23 High Street, Lampeter SA48 7BA, 01570 493522, valallen@surfanytime.net Thai Massage. Lose your aches and pains. Deep remedial massage to soothe aching joints and muscles, improve mobility, release trauma, stress, headaches, PMT, allowing state of deep relaxation and wellbeing. Contact: Iain 01570 493066, 07852 626001, cameronbodywork@gmail.com Joanne Camlin WSHom BSc. Homoeopathy is a safe and effective system of medicine. With

lots of experience of treating children’s ailments, Jo now works from Cellan / Victoria Hall. 01570 421480.

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 Dylis Pugh: Art Therapy, a fantastic way to engage your creativity in your own healing / personal development - you don’t have to be ‘good at art’! Llanddewi Brefi.

Qualified 1997. www.dylispugh.co.uk;

to sound their note in the world.

Individual Coaching & groups.

Contact: Shân, 01570 218138, 07940 375147, shanharmony@aol.com www.livingexcellently.co.uk Irene Sullivan is a qualified and experienced massage therapist, practising total rejuvenation body massage, Indian head massage, Hawaiian Kahuna massage, chair massage, Thai massage and Reiki.

Based in New Quay but home visits available. Contact: 01545 561334 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 artandtherapywithdylis@macmate.me practises from Cellan. Contact: 01974 299017, 07963 866516 01570 493295, 07790 107521, Shân Rees: Living Excellently, www.reflexologywithannie.co.uk inspiring women to develop deep confidence to live authentically and lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com

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TAKING ART THERAPY OUTDOORS “We often forget WE ARE NATURE. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we’ve lost our connection to ourselves.”

This was said by Andy Goldsworthy, who makes art outdoors with the natural materials he finds around him, and one of the UK’s most successful artists.

I have found this disconnection works the other way around too: people suffering from depression and alienation from themselves can feel detached from the wonders of nature, as if looking out from a glass box.

In Eco-Art Therapy a direct connection occurs between the inner nature of the artist/client and the outer nature of the other-than-human world when they make an artwork outside with plants, stones, sticks, mud, and anything else they find in the environment. For many people, making something from natural materials that is intrinsically temporary frees them from their internal pressure to perform.

Other ways of spending time out of doors, like gardening and walking, are also good for our well-being, but making art adds another dimension through play and imagination. Art and play help us to express our emotions and make sense of our experiences, and the therapist is a witnessing mirror to our process. And, of course, being outdoors we experience just how alive our bodies are.

I offer traditional Art Therapy in a room with stunning views, as well as Eco-Art Therapy in my garden and the surrounding fields on the edge of the Cambrian Mountains above Llanddewi Brefi. See www.dylispugh.co.uk.

Dylis Pugh and spirit; improve concentration levels; help physical and mental toning and increase stamina and strength.

Three of the main principles: Centering - Joseph Pilates spoke of the ‘powerhouse’ i.e. the group of muscles at the centre of the torso, the centre of gravity in the body (the Japanese ‘hara’). Stability at the core leads to stability at every level of being.

Control - movements performed with control lead to increased strength and stamina throughout the body.

Flow – a Pilates session can be like a dance, with one movement connecting easily with the next.

CLASSES I run a Mat-Based Pilates class on Mondays 2–3pm at Llangeitho Village Hall. I’m a qualified Pilates teacher, and have also practised Yoga for many years. You are very welcome to come and try it out. The class is focussed, friendly and informal.

If you are coming, please bring a mat or something soft to lie on.

For more information, please contact me 01570 218138 / 07940 375147, shanharmony@aol.com Shân Rees

WHAT IS PILATES? (and why you may enjoy it) Pilates was created by Joseph Pilates, born in Dusseldorf in 1880. He is reported to have suffered from childhood diseases associated with poverty, such as rheumatic fever, asthma and rickets. Determined not to succumb to the effects of these, from an early age he worked on himself to build a fit and healthy body; and, by the age of fourteen, he had re-built his body to a level such as to be able to pose for anatomical drawings. He was interned during the 1914-18 war, and developed his method with other internees; it was praised when an influenza epidemic broke out and none of them became infected. Subsequently, he moved to New York, and set up an exercise studio with his wife, Clara.

Pilates Today: the principles which form the essence of Pilates may be applied to the whole of life. The emphasis is on quality, not quantity – it is a mindful exercise, where each movement is performed in a conscious, controlled manner and in tune with the rhythm of the individual and their energy patterns.

Benefits: regular Pilates practice can increase energy levels, improve posture, facilitate calmness and unity of body, mind

Rag Rug Making Workshop

Want to get in shape for Summer?

at the Welsh Wool Museum Dre-fach Felindre Learn basic rag rug techniques whilst making beautiful flowers and garlands

Come along and join us in one of our award winning slimming world groups Tuesdays: CWMANN COMMUNITY CENTRE Thursdays: LLWYNCELYN MEMORIAL HALL Both at 5.30pm or 7.30pm

Sat 21st May, 1-5pm

£25 Please book with Sue, 01974 298100 sue@ragartstudios.com

EVERYONE WELCOME.

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Why show a film about death, dying and grief?

Speaking with a friend recently about creating a refuge for dying people and their families or the recently bereaved, as a way to begin anew and grapple with the skill of grief, her response was “That sounds really depressing.”

Death, dying and grief, as the Dying Matters Coalition (www.dyingmatters.org) acknowledge, are so often taboos – we can feel awkward, unsure, embarrassed, scared and more when death, dying and loss are in the room. The impact this has on those who are dying or have been bereaved can be deeply isolating and confusing. As another friend of mine who died recently acknowledged, there were friends she ‘lost’ before she died as they struggled to find a way to be with her in her dying. It is heart-wrenching and perplexing for me to witness so many people not talking with or connecting to people they loved who were dying.

Being a student these past three years of Stephen Jenkinson, for me an exceptional human being and teacher, author of 'Die Wise' and subject of Griefwalker, has more fully seasoned me to the enormous necessity of developing some rooted skilfulness in grief. As Jenkinson says: “… grief is not a skill of coping and hoping and, when they fail, doping… and it is not scraping through or getting by until the hard parts of life are done with. Grief is an ability to know certain things about life well and an ability to proceed in your life as if they were true. Very few people seek grief out or want to get good at it, but grief is an ability as vital to our emotional and spiritual life as the skill of love.”

So, why show a film about death, dying and grief? Partly because as Dying Matters Coalition recognise, not being confident and skilled to have the ‘Big Conversation’ can lead to real distress. Partly because of someone who wrote to me: “Seeing the film Griefwalker, while knowing that my husband might die soon because of his heart disease, has inspired me to go for the best possible connection/bond in the last part of our life together. Partly because I think that far from being depressing, grief is joined at the hip with love and gives us a path to be fully alive.”

Whether we find ourselves navigating the terrain of death, the end of a relationship or a career, the end of robust health we have become accustomed to, or the significant and increasing changes in our world and our environment, no matter the flavour of the heartbreak, all manner of endings ask big things of us. I am drawn deeply to these matters and I come to sense grief as a long-forgotten and

necessary ingredient in our humanness.

“The crucible of making human beings is death… It's not success, it's not growth, it's not happiness, it's death that's the cradle of your love of life – the fact that it ends." Stephen Jenkinson www.giraffesocialenterprises.org.uk Gayano Shaw & Jason Stewart

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Can Dance be a ramble towards a healthier Brain?

I started learning to dance in my 50s and my path of improvement has been so twisty and turny that it feels more like a ramble! Now I am 62 and I teach other women to dance, many of whom have never had dance lessons before, so it is totally new to them.

Belly Dance is built on small and very specific isolated movements (e.g. shimmying the shoulders without the rest of the body moving) so we are learning to move in ways which we have never attempted before. I see the process of initial frustration as the brain either does not comprehend the movement, or decides to interpret it in its own way. Then gradually I watch as the women begin to do the movement with a great deal of thought, and finally as second nature. It's a fascinating journey and one which I feel privileged to be on with my students. I have often wondered what's happening during this process and whether dancing does, in fact, give the brain a workout too, and now thanks to an article by Sarah Bates I have my answer!

When we learn to dance, we may concentrate on our bodies, but our brains are working extremely hard as well. Our brains are the directors of our bodies’ movement, allowing us to move precisely in time and space. When we dance we ask our brains to manage more complex and co-ordinated movement than we do in everyday life. How does this affect the brain?

To learn a new movement the brain utilises the motor cortex. This is divided into sections, with each part in charge of a different part of the body. The motor cortex then sends signals along 20 million nerve fibres in the spinal cord to that specific part of the body, telling it to respond in a particular way. The smaller and more precise the movement, the more the motor cortex is used.

To learn a movement so well that you can do it 'without thinking', the brain has to set up a whole series of these signals or 'neural pathways'. At first the brain may have a great deal of trouble setting these up and we can be very frustrated, as anyone who has tried to learn to ride a bike has experienced! But eventually something 'clicks' or in other words, the neural pathway is finally set up, and we find that we can not only do the movement, but can

remember it with ease. This is sometimes called 'muscle memory'.

When you dance you also develop your 'proprioception', which is the sense of your body in space. When teenagers grow at a rate of knots we can see this in action, as they grow so fast that for a while they are knocking things over because their brain is not used to their arms and legs being so long! As we get older, we tend to do smaller and smaller and slower and slower movements, so our sense of our bodies in space can diminish and this in turn can decrease our confidence in our bodies and in our ability to move.

In 2008, renowned New York dancer, choreographer, and conductor Mark Morris talked with neuroscientists at their annual conference about the intersection of dance and brain science. Mark runs a project which teaches dance to people coping with Parkinson's Disease. His results have been fascinating and have given those in his classes insights into how to use their brains and senses to control movement. The classes also appear to improve mood and concentration.

So it looks as if what I suspected was right. Dancing really can start the brain on a journey towards better health.

There are four classes in Lampeter which teach Belly Dance: Wendy's Tribal Belly Dance Classes midweek and my Friday morning classes (one for all ages, one specifically for over 50s). Details are in the 'What's On' section of the Grapevine (pages 20 & 22) Rose Barter 01239 851737 rosebarter@btinternet.com

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10am-1pm

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

For the last 3 months, there has been a committed and hard-working group of VINE volunteers working at Long Wood Community Woodland through all kinds of weather, including rain, hail, strong winds, bitter cold as well as sunshine!

They have been busy improving this special woodland for wildlife through coppicing an old coupe to re-establish a coppice rotation which will help to benefit the wildlife.

Coppicing opens up the woodland canopy so that sunlight can reach the forest floor, giving spring flowers that may have laid dormant for years the opportunity to show their faces again before the leaves of the trees emerge once more. The leaves reduce the amount of light at ground level, creating shade and dappled glades which provides an ideal habitat for many insects including butterflies.

We’re looking forward to going back on a summer’s day to see what little bugs and beasties are around enjoying their new surroundings.

The group have also been learning field carpentry skills including making handles for tools and besom brooms from timber from the woodland.

As I write this, they are busy preparing the timber to replace the old rails around the car park near Canolfan Long Wood, the new visitor centre and staff office base. They are learning how to join the timber rails and posts together, using carpentry techniques and a variety of tools including chisels and draw-knives. This

new railing will enhance the entrance to the new visitor centre and provide a suitable barrier around the car park for visitors to the site.

As VINE Project Officer, my role is to provide opportunities for people in the local community and further afield to visit Long Wood and experience the wonder of the woodland environment. It may be to enjoy the peace and quiet and beauty of the woodland, or to run around and let off steam, or to make things from natural materials found and to learn about the wildlife, trees and plants that live here.

There’s something for everyone!

I’m busy contacting local groups and individuals to arrange special activities days for them, and we’ve got some really exciting ones planned!

So if you are interested in coming along to explore and enjoy the woods, then please get in touch with me to arrange your woodland experience.

I look forward to hearing from you and seeing some of you up in Long Wood!

Linda Bradshaw-Wood VINE Project Officer, 01570 493224

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COP21 climate change agreement – what’s it really worth?

I recently attended a presentation, given from a legal perspective by a researcher from the Dept. of Law & Criminology, Aberystwyth University, about COP21. COP21 was the most recent climate change conference held in Paris, Nov/Dec 2015, where an agreement to combat climate change was signed by 195 nations. Here is a summary of the presentation (in my own words) Previously (in Kyoto, 1992) it had been ‘sort of’ agreed that developed countries should take the lead/financial responsibility for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, rather than the poorer developing nations who had contributed little to GHG emissions. The United States, the largest emitter, refused to ratify the agreement.

The Copenhagen climate change summit (2009) was arguably the next hope for a strong agreement, but it achieved little and no agreement was made. This was largely because the world had changed since 1992 and there were several newly emerging economies, e.g.

China, India, Brazil. They were emitting more GHGs (China’s annual emissions were topping the United States by then) and were becoming better off financially, so developed countries argued they should share the financial burden of mitigating for and adapting to global warming. They, in turn, argued that historically their overall emissions were lower and their current per capita emissions were lower so they were not as responsible…

So, no agreement was reached.

Prior to Paris, and following the Cancun climate change conference in 2010, nations were urged to make Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) or ‘pledges’ regarding what they would do to bring their GHG emissions down. This meant that there was some optimism going into the Paris summit and it seemed likely that an agreement would be reached this time. Indeed it was, if a couple of days over the time limit! As you’re probably aware, there is general agreement that we need to keep global temperature rise below 2oC compared with pre-industrial levels. In fact delegates at Paris agreed that we really need to aim for no more than a 1.5oC rise.

However, even if all nations stick to their pledges it would leave us on course for nearly a 3oC temperature rise; and they are just pledges, there is nothing that legally binds nations to stick to these pledges. Which is really the problem with the COP21 agreement: there is very little substance to the agreement and it is more of a goal than a set of legally binding actions. Basically, nations have agreed to agree that we need to do something! For the

first time, they’ve agreed to have routine 5 yearly reviews as to how things are going with an emphasis on best efforts to reduce emissions, but with no obligations to meet certain targets, and there are no parameters listed against which this will be measured. So, five years from now the whole debate could start over again… Also for the first time, developing as well as developed nations have obligations to act on climate change. However, there is no legal clarity on who is responsible for funding efforts to combat climate change.

Regarding the UK, we are currently on track with our GHG reduction targets. However, we are not on track to meet the future EU targets of a reduction in GHG emissions of 40% compared to 1990 levels. This shortfall has been further exacerbated by Cameron’s Conservative government, who, even as they were signing the COP21 agreement, were reducing subsidies for renewables and easing the way for fracking. Further to that, in the March budget, they have given the oil & gas sector more tax cuts! So, if in the current economic climate, nations like the UK are putting economics before the environment, apparently because they are under pressure from business to reduce energy costs, how are developing nations meant to be able to afford to meet targets?

Regarding the non-legally binding INDCs, the UK government has apparently pledged to put them into a binding legal instrument. However, that won’t necessarily make them enforceable as it will depend very much on the wording used in the document.

So, the upshot is that the COP21 agreement should probably be seen more as a useful roadmap; and we can be encouraged that there was little argument against the idea that global warming is real and is being accelerated by human activity and that an agreement was reached.

However, arguably, we are only now where we should have been with the 1992 Kyoto agreement!

Sarah Watson-Jones

People’s

Market 2nd & 4th Saturday Victoria Hall Lampeter

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Ysgol Henry Richards — Ramblings

Yr 7 boys enjoying their colourful wigs.

If you’re planning to go rambling in the near future be sure to speak to our Yr 1 pupils who have been busy this term learning about road safety. Then on a glorious Friday morning in March, all the pupils ‘rambled’ around the school sports in colourful wigs and hats on a sponsored ‘Walk-a-Mile’ raising over £350 for Sports Relief.

School Visits: Yr 7 visited the National Museum in Cathays (selfie below with Glyn Wise, Big Brother ex-contestant).

They also attended a performance of ‘Gangsta Granny’ from the novel by David Walliams.

An after school drama club for pupils in Yrs 4-6 from Ysgol Henry Richard, Pontrhydfendigaid and Rhoshelyg Schools and Ysgol Y Dderi, under the leadership of Lia from Felinfach Theatre is held in school and on March 15th, they performed at an open evening to show their work.

A visit to the Welsh Food Centre in Horeb for pupils studying Food Technology at GCSE level: Pupils studying ‘Health and Care’ in Yr 10 have spent some time recently at Bryntirion Hospital in Tregaron working with staff and residents. By discussing their own background and listening to residents talking about their families and history, the pupils have helped the Centre build up personal written records on their residents.

The highlight of the term for year 9 was probably their visit to Old Trafford to support Manchester United.

Congratulations to our Healthy Schools Council on attaining Phase 1 in the Ceredigion Healthy Schools Scheme. The Healthy Schools Council, Marion Clark, Healthy Schools Co-ordinator for Ceredigion (left) and Eleri Williams, co-ordinator of Healthy School Council (right) are pictured.

Urdd Successes:

Rhys Griffiths, Siencyn Jones & Evan Rowbotham

Yr 7/8 Boys’ Choir

Keely Powell (String Solo) & Amy Yarwood (Wind Solo)

Cynradd Choir

Rhiannon Lewis

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CELF LLAMBED ARTS PRESENTS A

“SKA NIGHT” With the

DAPPER CADAVERS “Naughty but likeable”

and DJ Miss Mitten at the Victoria Hall, Bryn Road, Lampeter TH

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MAY

Shambles Café and Bar from 7pm

Entry£5/£6 (CHILDREN £1)

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Multiple Sclerosis Support Group - ‘Rambling’

interest being shown by Wendy Campion and volunteers at Long Wood with proposals for routes that will be accessible for those of us with mobility problems, and access into the compost loos! Thank you.

Like Harold Fry, the character in the novel, I too measure distances by remembering times past. This rambling in my mind has no beginning or end and is just a rambling through the days of life. It is a time to reflect. I enjoy going over the same places noting the changes from dayto-day. On my rambles I meet people and we ask each other how we are. ‘Fine’ we all say. And so we are. By using mobility aids we can do things otherwise forbidden to us. Yes we look disabled, different, not “normal”, and it can be embarrassing, but we are also enabled and can use the opportunity to go rambling into a new world of discoveries.

On 22 May, meeting at 10am, a TRACTOR RUN will start from Maesyronen fields in the village of Drefach and end up in Cefn Hafod, Gorsgoch. This is a fundraising event and this year the organisers are going to donate half the money raised to the Ceredigion branch of the MS Society. The other half is to improve the playground for the children who live in the village of Drefach.

There will be a free drink and cake and also a raffle and auction. We should like to thank them so much for this generous event. Please come and join us.

For further details please contact Peter Davies, 01570 434342.

Once again thanks to those people with MS, friends, and carers, who come to the Mustard Seed, and to the cafe for the free back room. Thanks Annie Zakiewicz for your reflexology. Whether you live in Ceredigion or elsewhere we would love to welcome you to our group on the first Monday of the month from 1.30-3.30pm.

There is a group in Aberystwyth which meets at the Methodist Church, 11am-1pm on the second Monday of the month.

For further details of the Lampeter group please contact me, Judith McKay, Support Volunteer, 01570 493509 For the Aberystwyth group contact Hazel Ellis, Chair of Ceredigion MS Branch, 01974 261640 Judith McKay

What an open word ‘Rambling’ is! There are so many things that come into my mind… so many memories. For Christmas I was given a novel called The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce. Harold led a pretty boring, ordinary sort of life until he received a letter written by a work colleague from his past. In the letter she told him that she had cancer and was in a hospice. Without any planning or luggage he set off, leaving his wife at home, to walk from a village near Exeter to Berwick on Tweed. The book tells of his journey - his rambling across the country and of the people he met. I am only halfway through the book so you will have to read it yourself to find out what happens to Harold. The author says “In the city Harold’s thoughts had stopped. Now that he was back on the open land, he was once again between places, and pictures ran freely through his mind. In walking, he unleashed the past that he had spent twenty years seeking to avoid, and now it chattered and played through his head with a wild energy that was its own. He no longer saw distance in terms of miles. He measured it with his remembering.”

I used to ramble with Lampeter Ramblers and then when MS struck I was encouraged to find out about the Disabled Ramblers. I have been on a few rambles with them which have been great fun. I have taken my Tramper to places along the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path, including the amazing Bosherston Lily Ponds. We were accompanied by both the National Park Officer and the National Trails Officer, who were very helpful and wanted to find out what is needed when out rambling with a group of large mobility scooters. One member writing on the Disabled Ramblers website said that “Going rambling means the freedom to go out and explore the countryside and enjoy the scenery and landscapes that I used to enjoy when able-bodied…” She also said that “it lifts the spirits and gives a huge sense of contentment…”(Val). Another member called Terry wrote “Disabled Rambles are for me like a ‘magic carpet’, into a ‘Garden of Dreams.”

I remember these sort of feelings from my time with Lampeter Ramblers and I am so pleased that I can still experience such thoughts as I am rambling on my Tramper through Clwedog Plantation with friends and various dogs. I have been encouraged lately by the

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Karen’s Creative Compendium 014 Opening this month’s KCC is a collaborative effort from the Merry Makers women’s group, who capture their ethos and activity in a poetic enticement to new members. See the listings pages for meeting details. Patrick and Elaine each provide thought provoking challenges to our comfort zone while Glenn takes an unromantic look at nature and Stan stretches the Ramblings theme way beyond the Pavlovian limits of confection. New writers wanted, please submit, pob hwyl, Karen

Crime

by Patrick Dobbs Crime

Friendship Food and Fun

by Merry Makers

by Patrick Dobbs

'The fruits of the earth belong to us all, theofearth itselfbelong to nobody' 'The and fruits the earth to us all, J-J Rousseau and the earth itself to nobody' J-J Rousseau ' 'Tis great offence to man or woman To' 'Tis stealgreat the goose from off the offence to man or common woman But who can plead that man's excuse To steal the goose from off the common Who steals the common from the goose.'

But who can plead that man's excuse Anon Who steals the common from the goose.'

Anon

Lonely, depressed? Need a friend?

A shoulder to cry on? You get it all with Merry Makers at St. James’ Hall.

Why not give Merry Makers a try?

Feel the warmth when friendship enfolds you. Don’t be shy.

Laughter too, with anecdotes and naughty jokes.

Have you heard the one about......?

Help yourself to coffee or tea.

A shared healthy lunch, balanced by crisps and cakes, part of the deal.

Rain or shine, Wednesdays are fine.

With a wide variety of activities, Merry Makers good cheer is better than wine.

A Pocket of Peace

by Elaine Graham Shimmering, shrouding silvered mist swirling and steaming up the valley floor.

Sheep on the hillside white on white, silent smudges in the pre-dawn light.

Somewhere guns flare and people are dying, the black nothing of night their only respite.

Tides of trauma pushing babies in barrows stream from home to an unknown tomorrow.

Sunlight is swelling across fertile fields farmhouses chatter with morning milking.

How green is our valley tucked into time Only birds are migrating on magnetic lines.

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Meringue-blings by Stan Scan Being fat used to worry Mary. Not so much the actual physical fatness, the wobbling blubbery mass that slowed her down, made her both breathless and sockless, and pounced with sudden violence on unsuspecting zips and buttons. It was other people’s reactions to her bulk that she so disliked. Gaping at her, laughing at her and calling her names.

Like: ‘Two Ton Tessie’ and ‘Titanic.’

“Meringues!” Mary never went long without saying “Meringue,” unless she was eating one. It was her favourite word and she loved the effect it had on her face. “Meringue,” she mouthed. “Meringue, meringue, meringue.” She enjoyed the tautness it brought to even her flabby cheeks and the way, when she said it to her reflection in the bakery window, it began with a kiss, and ended in a smile. A big smile, on a very large reflection. (continues on next page) 34

Meringue-blings by Stan Scan (continued from previous page) As a girl, Mary had dreamed of becoming a ballerina. It wasn’t her fault she’d grown to be a hippopotamus, it was meringues. In those dark days when her figure had depressed her, she felt the whole world was poking fun at her. Evan Walt Disney with his Swan Lake hippos. ‘Adiposal Paranoia’ her doctor had called it. “Brought on by a deep sense of shame of your physique. It’s no use treating your depression, we must treat your meringues.” “Me meringues ‘ent got depression,” protested Mary. “But they are your obsession,” insisted the Doctor. “The root of your problem and the reason I am referring you to a psychiatrist.” “That seems a long time ago,” thought Mary, as a thin, frothy elastane of saliva tried to stretch the gap from her chin to the pavement, swinging in the warm, fresh-baked air that accompanied each customer from the shop.

“Please take a seat, the Professor will be with you in a moment,” said a white, starched stick-insect, snappy as her clipboard. Mary aimed her Pastoral Idyll - Movable Feast omnibussel rear at the nearest of seven chairs and had barely landed

by Glenn Hellman when a nurse clipped: “Do come this way,” and taunted down the corridor on morse code heels, pausing at the end to wave Mary on The Kites arrive first through brass-handled double-doors. only for the Murder to forestall them Entering a large darkened room, Mary instinctively grasped the offered pecking out the soft and easy bits hand of a short, balding man who introduced himself as: “Professor Egvite,” but kept her rapidly widening, and disbelieving, eyes focussed making it not worth their while on the two-metre diameter meringue sitting on a low table in the centre. to join in as their beaks “Zis is the root of all your problems,” announced Prof Egvite, “The more used to worms subject of your obsession and cause of all your unhappiness. Zey have or ready chopped meat made you fat, ugly and depressed, zo you must learn to hate meringues!” cannot cope with the what is left A slightly tipsy Mary, later the same day, recounted the details of her unless first opened up. afternoon session with Prof Egvite to her friends in the pub. How she had to stand in front of a six-foot cream cake and hurl abuse at it.

“Harangue a Meringue,” the psychiatrist had called it. Mary told how, at Next to arrive is Fox first, she had felt silly shouting at it, telling it off, but had gradually lost but the crows her inhibitions – and temper – and really began to go at it. Swearing, aren't about to give it up shouting, cursing, turning red in the face, getting angrier and angrier. without a fight “Trouble was, whilst I was getting all worked up the meringue just sat so grabbing a leg off he runs there. Said nothing, did nothing. Well, I blew my top didn’t I? Jumped stealing it away on it screaming and shouting, biting big chunks out of it. Said I was gonto some secluded place where na eat it off the face of the earth. Dr Eggflipp, went berserk. Dragged me off the thing, slapped me round the face. Said I was a lost cause and he he can gorge in peace. didn’t ever want to see me again. Damn thing was only plastic anyway. I leaving behind only scraps bet private patients don’t get polystyrene and shaving foam. I bet private for the angry diners patients get real meringues. Maybe I should subscribe to BUPA?” That was two years ago. No-one calls Mary Titanic now. From that day, Flies then arrive she decided to be just who she was, do what she wanted, eat what she a feast but not for them liked. Two years ago today she started her diet. Her meringue diet. Six a for their shortly to hatch grubs day, every day except Sunday, when she has seven. Now everyone calls her The Meringue Queen. Mary likes that name. People still laugh, but who set about defleshing what is left she doesn’t mind anymore. And no-one is rude. Not since she’s taken up some of whom will become in turn food wrestling. Some people even ask for her autograph - a sticky, doublefor the small birds cream thumbprint. She’s a celebrity! and tiny creatures Mary, leaving the bakery with four meringues from the morning bake in that live in this sheltered place two brown paper bags, waddles along the pavement towards the by-pass safe from aerial attack. at the edge of town, smiling to all who bid her good morning as they step into the road to let her pass. “Morning Meringue Queen,” they say, “lovely day.” “Meringue,” Mary answers, in a big beaming grin. Behind Those that grow up her, people point at the brown paper bags and exchange knowing, but will become those summer pests fond, smiles. Mary doesn’t mind, just wends her way, as she does every that make their feast on us fine day, to her seat at the side of the bypass and makes herself supping perspiration comfortable. Oh what perfect bliss, sitting on her favourite bench, eating from our overheated bodies meringues, with sticky fingered hands, watching the cars go by. no matter how fast we move.

‘Merrrrringue, mer-ingue, meringue.’

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Check out your answers below. See back page for more details about the prize from our sponsor for issue 39, Compass Office Supplies.

NB: Competition entry boxes are located in the Library and Mark Lane Bakery, or you can post entries to Cryptic Crossword No 23, Grapevine, C/O Victoria Hall, Bryn Road, Lampeter or drop it into the letter box if you’re passing.

Local Knowledge/Cryptic Crossword No 22 by “Jeep”

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Compass Office Supplies is a family run business providing a wide range of products for the office for both businesses and private individuals.

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Down 1. Bridge Street sponsor of the 13th Grapevine crossword competition (6,10) 2. Floor cover specialist at 43 Bridge Street Lampeter (4,5,7) 3. Auto route way yeah! Creates warning for the over indulgent (3,3,4,3,3) 4. Fresh incomer? I blocked the known arrangement.

(3,3,2,3,5) 5. In teacups scorpions mill around and choose next in line (7,9) 6. Signify spiteful average (4) 7. Roles for actors taking spares for cars (5) 8. Same kind of part for funny man correcting Capote’s mendacity (8,8) 9. Movement wanted by Traws Link Cymru (4,12) 13. Nothing we need to repay (3) 14. Decoy found if rule is broken (4) 19. Avoid offence by not walking on these (9) 22. Sharp sound swan got when so gone and confused (5) 23. Emergency response group starts in ravaged countries (Abb) (3) 27. Boat propeller by endless hoard (3) 31. Sounds like legal successor needs space (3) 37. Be first person in the morning? (2)

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Across 1. 150th celebration has just taken place for this (5,2,8) 10. Speak endlessly for green vegetable (3) 11. Sounds like father was average (3) 12. US policy for gays and lesbians in the military told ‘talk Denton’s’ around’ (4,3,4,4) 15. New low for this bird of prey? (3) 16. Penetrate with a sharp edge at centre of elocution (3) 17. Men edge ink around to create gentle finish (4,6) 18. 11 across, right! Older than a fry, younger than a smolt (4) 20. Where 18 across might be found west of Aberaeron (3) 21. Leave out perception of things passed hitting modish anew (4,9) 24. South westerly art reveals dark gloomy colour (5) 25. Trick that is well held (5) 26. Sailing boat found in troubled pools (5) 28. All possible participants start as nervous youths (3) 29. Chinese leader! Mother had no attachment! (3) 30. Vehicle exit delivers freight (5) go 32. British first lady is usually the longest of note (5) 33. Go astray in Er-Rich when not in charge of hydrogen (3) 34. Point of getting an inside racing selection? (3) 35. Computer address found in odourless centre (abb) (3) 36. Aladdin without a loud noise was just a boy (3) 38. First name of Mrs King, died aged 34 in 1937, buried at St Peter’s Church (5) 39. ragout, partially cooked game. Is this Lima’s concoction? (5) 40. Keen start, but adjusted for what the Cuckoo is (4,5) 41. Two directions! A good start to become tangled (4)

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Closing Date for Entries: Fri 13 May 2016, 5pm Name: ............................................................... Tel: ............................................( Day)................................................(Eve) Email: .....................................................................................................................

Place in Competition Entries box in Library, Mark Lane Bakery or Postbox at Victoria Hall By post: Cryptic Crossword No. 23, Grapevine, c/o Victoria Hall, Bryn Rd, Lampeter SA48 7EE.

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