Lampeter Grapevine Issue 42 Sept 2016

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Wes Waring 1947—2016

in this issue… reviews & letters ads & classifieds what’s going on secret travels of the grapevine town council hedgehogs well-being survey celtic Christianity llansawel hall response learning to fence ysgol y dderi telling a new story cymdeithas hanes llambed lampeter museum apples & oranges learning for life learning about britain’s identity post brexit jottings learning to write your life kcc uwtsd learning - cellan millennium hall a lifelong of learning grief-working small wind co-op cylch caron LYTss vine update advanced training partnership kids in action ms support group there’s more to the new railway one planet development crossword competition

Sad news has reached us of the loss of a friend of Transition and the Lampeter community.

Wes Waring had lived locally for over forty years and as a skilled carpenter has left his mark on many buildings and homes in the area.

Wes was the craftsman the Transition Trust turned to when new doors, windows, floors and offices were required at Victoria Hall. For those of us who watched the skill and love he put into his work they will not simply be part of the building fabric, they will be a little bit of Wes ... and of course the ever present Pebble.

The thoughts of Transition and the Grapevine are with Wes's family.

The Secret Travels of the Grapevine …

Grapevine is now available around the world digitally via issuu.com/lampetergrapevine/stacks … but we are also really interested to know how far and wide the paper versions have travelled and by what means?

Can your copy of Grapevine be the most environmentally friendly traveller? Or perhaps be shared by the most people on route to a far away place?

Where will your copy of Grapevine end up? Why don’t you send us your photos to lampetergrapevine@gmail.com and we’ll publish them in future issues. Eds. To a land far, far away …

Grapevine has finally reached the planet of Naboo!

(Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones) We have known for a while that Grapevine is more than just a local newsletter but here’s the proof that it really is out of this world! … (must be why there’s a cheesy grin!)

This was an unexpected, but stunning location recently visited by Eds. during the summer break!

Naboo - (better known as Plaza de España, Sevilla)

Check out HuwsNursery You Tube channel for some inspirational tips about organic and sustainable vegetable gardening - a real chance to learn something new. Here’s a selection to get you started ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z1RVwa8_a4&feature=em-subs_digest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFfkcjqP02E&feature=em-subs_digest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dGZ5X3BRSI&feature=em-subs_digest

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GRAPEVINE no. 42, September 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 Printing costs sponsored by:

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

Having just returned from a relaxing summer break it has taken me a little longer than usual to focus on getting down to writing this editorial. The theme for this issue is ‘Learning’, partly chosen to coincide with the start of a new term in local schools and the University, but also a chance to reflect on how, what and where we learn. We often associate learning with educational establishments, being in a classroom and being taught, but it is so much more than this. It is a process that we never really stop, however old we are, so perhaps

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opportunities. If I consider just our short family holiday period then there have been countless ‘learning’ experiences - from bus and train journeys into unknown and unfamiliar territory, to discovering the historical and cultural hidden treasures of Spanish cities whilst attempting to master new skills on a

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of trying to get to grips with Pokémon Go! An interesting set

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tactical intricacies of water fights or the steep learning curve of encounters, each with its own challenges but all developing knowledge, skills and understanding in a small way and most giving a sense of achievement. If you stop to think about all the chances we get then the saying “learn something new every day” is not so hard to do. If you’re stuck for where to start - try reading through this issue of Grapevine as I’m sure you will find something that you didn’t know already.

Enjoy discovering and maybe let us know your thoughts too.

Darllenwch yn hapus / Happy reading Angie Martin, Editor

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

Cynhaliwyd y cyfarfod diwethaf ar ddydd Iau 28ain Gorffennaf, 2016 yn Neuadd yr Eglwys Llanbedr Pont Steffan. Y Cadeirydd oedd y Maer y Cyngh. David Smith.

Trafodwyd y materion canlynol:

The last meeting took place on Thursday 28 July 2016 at the Lampeter Church Hall with the Mayor Cllr David Smith presiding.

The following matters were discussed: Annual Audit 2016 Mr Derek Marshall has undertaken the Internal Audit of Lampeter Town Council for the Fiscal Year 201516. The Audit Form and supporting documents have been submitted to the External Auditors Grant Thornton.

Full Financial Accounting Statements of the Town Council are available on the website.

Archwiliad Ariannol Blynyddol 2016 Ymgymerwyd ag archwiliad ariannol mewnol y Cyngor Tref gan Mr Derek Marshall ar gyfer y Flwyddyn Ariannol 2015-16. Cyflwynwyd y Ffurflen Archwiliad a’r dogfennau ategol gerbron Grant Thornton Archwilwyr Allanol.

Y mae Datganiadau’n ymwneud â Chyfrifon y Cyngor Tref ar gael ar y safle ar y we.

FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS Lampeter Christmas Lights & Decorations £5,928 + VAT Lampeter Agricultural Show £500.00 Aelwyd yr Urdd Lampeter £300.00 Ysgol Bro Pedr Life Skills’ Unit £100.00 Ras yr Iaith £50.00 Shelter Cymru: £50.00: hosts two weekly advice surgeries within Ceredigion, which provide free housing, debt and benefit advice and are accessible to everyone.

Aberystwyth: 01554 899 369 - Surgeries vary every month & Cardigan: 01554 899 369 – Surgery held every Tuesday 10am-2pm. Advice is also on offer online via live-chat, email or by phone.

CYFRANIADAU ARIANNOL Goleuadau Nadolig ac Addurniadau’r Dref £5,928 + TAW Sioe Amaethyddol Llanbedr Pont Steffan £500.00 Aelwyd yr Urdd Llanbedr Pont Steffan £300.00 Ysgol Bro Pedr Uned Sgiliau Bywyd £100.00 Ras yr Iaith £50.00 Shelter Cymru: £50.00: cynhelir 2 gymhorthfa wythnosol yng Ngheredigion sy'n darparu cyngor tai, dyled a budd-daliadau yn rhad ac am ddim ac ar gynnig i bawb.

Aberystwyth: 01554 899,369 – Amser y Cymorthfeydd yn amrywio bob mis & Aberteifi: 01554 899,369 - bob dydd Mawrth 10:00am-2:00pm. Mae cyngor hefyd ar gael ar-lein drwy sgwrsio’n fyw, e-bost neu dros y ffôn.

CONDITION OF THE TOWN’S STREETS AND PAVEMENTS Changes have been introduced to Ceredigion County Council’s street-cleaning operation, due to local authority cut-backs and as a result it was reported that the streets of the town, in their present state, could be cleaner and tidier. Litter appears an eye-sore and has a negative effect on the quality of life of local residents; litter/trash pose a danger to children, animals and the environment. It was felt that a pro-active approach should be adopted to address the issue and individuals encouraged to dispose of litter in a responsible manner.

CYFLWR STRYDOEDD A PHALMENTYDD Y DREF Cyflwynwyd newidiadau i system glanhau’r stryd gan Gyngor Sir Ceredigion oherwydd toriadau cyllidebol awdurdodau lleol ac o ganlyniad, nodwyd y gallai strydoedd y dref fod yn fwy glân ac yn daclusach. Y mae sbwriel yn ddolur llygad ac yn effeithio’n anffafriol ar ansawdd bywyd trigolion y dref; gall fod yn beryglus i blant, anifeiliaid a’r amgylchedd.

Teimlwyd y dylid mabwysiadu dull pro-actif i ymdrin â'r mater ac annog unigolion i waredu â sbwriel mewn modd cyfrifol.

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LETTERS grapevine, victoria hall, bryn road, lampeter SA48 7EE

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Looking out for hedgehogs (draenogod) We have been happy to see more hedgehogs on our little plot this year, but sad also to see more injured or dead ones and orphaned hoglets in the lanes. Hedgehogs are an important part of the web of wildlife around us, and the most important invertebrates in their diet are worms, beetles, slugs, caterpillars, earwigs and millipedes: they cannot digest milk.

One evening in July we found a baby (hoglet) wobbling about beside the lane. We took him home and kept him overnight in a small box on top of a wrapped hot water bottle with newspaper and leaves, while we looked for advice. Next morning we were able to contact the local hedgehog rescue person, Di O’Keeffe, and I was glad to find when we handed him over that he was relatively healthy and we had got him to help in time.

Di’s advice is: if you see a hedgehog out during daylight hours it is already in an emergency situation. Please do not delay but contact a Hedgehog Rescue straight away. They will advise you in emergency remedies and then arrange for the Hedgehog to come in. Please do not handle it without gloves but just put it into a cardboard box onto to some scrunched up newspaper and then cover it with newspaper. You can put a small bowl of water in the box and some cat meat (not in gravy) if you have some.

Di is one of several Hedgehog Rescues in West Wales, her Facebook page is West Wales Hedgehog Rescue and she is based near Lampeter. She can be contacted any time on 07527 524300 or 01570 423818.

If you are further from Lampeter, you can find other rescue contacts on www.wobblyhogs.moonfruit.com/#/contact-us/4536746259 West Wales Hedgehog Rescue are looking for volunteers to care for adult hedgehogs whilst they are recuperating and then assist in rehabilitating them back to the Wild.

Hedgehogs must never be kept as pets (it is against the law) and should not be removed from their own areas unless it is to save life or to receive treatment for life threatening condition. If you would like them to visit your garden, cut a round semi-circle into any wooden fencing (with permission of your neighbour if needed) big enough for a hedgehog to crawl through. Leave an area of dead leaves and garden rubbish in one corner of your garden away from a road and you might get a surprise visitor! If you do get a visit, leave out a bowl of cat food and /or cat biscuits with some water, you never know they might become a regular!

Julia Lim

WELL-BEING SURVEY Take part in the Council’s Big Conversation NOW! Welsh Government has introduced ‘The Well-being of Future Generations Act’ to make sure that we give current and future generations a good quality of life.

The aim of the Act is to build this consideration of the long-term implications into all decisionmaking.

This is a unique and inspirational piece of legislation, and a lot of work is needed to make its intentions into concrete policy and reality.

Next year, a five year Local Ceredigion Well-being Plan will be prepared that will say how we will work together to improve the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of Ceredigion.

To ensure the plan is as useful as possible, before it is put in place the Council needs to find out what well-being means to as many people in Ceredigion as possible.

Please take 10 minutes to complete the Council's Well-being Survey and encourage as many people as you can to get involved in our big conversation - your views are really important.

You can complete the survey online at www.ceredigion.gov.uk/English/ CeredigionForAll/hscw/Pages/Well -being-in-Ceredigion.aspx You can request an alternative version of the survey and find more information: www.ceredigion.gov.uk/PSB, pressoffice@ceredigion.gov.uk, 01545 572003 The closing date for the survey is 30 September 2016.

The People’s Market Victoria Hall, Bryn Road, Lampeter Every 2nd and 4th Saturday 5

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Llansawel Hall: Adore or Ignore - Response

Celtic Christianity: Part XXIV Saint Tanwg Ascetic Reposed 6 century Remembered October 10 According to Enwogion Cymru, Tanwg was "a saint who lived in the early part of the sixth century". He was the brother of Saints Baglan, Trillo, Tegai, Twrog, Tecwyn, Gredifael, Flewyn and Llechid, all the sons of Ithel Hael the Generous of Armorica. He accompanied St Cadfan from there to Britain in the time of Vortigern "who procured wise men and divines from Gaul, now called France, to renovate Christianity in this Island, in consequence of the decay and failure that had befallen the faith in Christ". He was a member of the college of Bardsey.

St Tanwg founded a small church at Llandanwg, close to the sea near Harlech in present Gwynnedd or old Ardudwy Merionethshire. The church is medieval, probably dating from the 13th century, however there are two inscribed stones, one built into the lintel of the east window, dated from the 5th century, the second is an eight foot pillar stone, inscribed with Roman capitals.

These are an unusual formula, used in the 4th century in Italy and Gaul which indicates much earlier activity, and it has probably been a place of worship from the early 5th century. The church has had to be rescued from the sands and though now restored is so close to the sea that in stormy weather the churchyard is flooded.

The parish church of Harlech, which was built in 1840 to replace that of Llandanwg is also dedicated to Saint Tanwg.

Harry Harrison

It’s laudable that young people should be sufficiently interested to write about heritage (last month’s School Report, Llansawel Hall feature). However, as secretary of the Trust that runs the Hall and grounds, I’d just like to add a few thoughts.

The Trust has been responsible for bringing a number of improvements to both the hall and the grounds over the past nine years or so. There isn’t room to list them all here but most recently, the public toilet has been completely refurbished and can now be opened all year round. The new Meithrin pre-school, a large Portakabin, stands adjacent to the village hall. Its acquisition and refurbishment occupied the undersigned and several volunteers all through the spring, summer and autumn of 2015, but the work did not in any way interfere with the use of the hall, which continued as normal.

The discussion at the hall’s 2015 AGM centred, not on the Portakabin, but on the primary school, which closed in April 2015. The Trust has made a proposal to the County Council to take on the school and grounds as an additional community project, focussing on youth (rather than children, who are already well provided for in the hall grounds), sports, heritage and culture (language, local history, music), and economy (units for retail, counselling, light trade, crafts etc). The school’s spacious grounds allow many activities to take place that cannot otherwise be accommodated.

The new project is aimed at a wider community than Llansawel Parish (but will of course include it).

Some people at the AGM were concerned about the impact of this project on the village hall. The fact is that the hall is near the end of its life in its present form. Making it good for the future will involve closing it for a year or more. Some activities (eg the market, the Meithrin) are unlikely to start up again after a gap like this. The school can (secondarily to the main project) be used as a stopgap home for most activities, or as a means of making more sweeping permanent improvements.

So you see, far from being unconcerned about the future, the Trust is working to preserve an important old building (built c1875), with which many local lives are twined, and to use it to for purposes which will enhance many young lives today and tomorrow. It is also aiming to achieve this end without disrupting any of the activities and services available today.

Bill Davis Secretary Llansawel Recreation Field and Hall Trust

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Recent Reviews Lampeter Food Festival 2016 This year’s Lampeter food festival, held on Saturday 23 July, was a grand day out according to those attending. The sun shone on both a record crowd and number of stalls.

The event was opened by Abz love and Vicky Fallon from BBC’s Abz on the Farm and 5ive fame. Abz and Vicky proved a hit with the public and they both had a fantastic day talking with everyone and judging the best stand awards, made and donated

by The Old Board Co. These prizes were awarded to:

businesses was supported by bursaries from Tregroes Waffles. A record crowd was attracted to this year’s event with it being very busy both at the festival and also on the streets of Lampeter.

Some highlights from the day included the chef demos and the triumphant return of the belly dancers Tribal Unity who proved as popular as last year. We are, as always, very grateful to our chefs and entertainment acts who give up their time and talents to support the event year after year.

We must also thank all our sponsors and supporters: Pont Steffan Dental Practice, Lampeter Town Council, Ceredigion County Council, Ty Nant, LAS, Tregroes Waffles, Lampeter Round Table, the University of Wales Trinity Saint David and its staff, our fantastic crew of volunteers, and Lampeter Chamber of Trade who helped us purchase new signs this year. I must also say thank you to the directors of the festival who all give up their time for free to organise and run the festival and do such a great job!

Next year’s festival will be our twentieth and so we are planning a very special event. This will be held on Saturday 29 July 2017. Put the date in your diary and we hope to see you all there!

Elin Jones, Chair

Best Food Stand: Welsh Lady Preserves Best Drink Stand: Cusan Welsh Cream Liqueur Best Non-Food Stand: Spider Soft Furnishings/ Stuffing & Springs Best Stand Overall: Cusan Welsh Cream Liqueur.

There was a great mix of local food and drink producers, craft makers and organisations at the festival, as well as the People’s Market which relocated from Victoria Hall to the Quad for the day. The attendance of three new local

Liz on guitar and enhanced and coloured by Gerry's harmonies and piano. Like all great songs, they sound like songs that were plucked out the air, just waiting to be written!

Liz was ably supported by The SeaCiders (Karen Brewer on vocals) and John Bass (keyboards) giving their debut performance of well loved songs from the 50s onwards.

The SeaCiders got everyone singing along, and even dancing! The rest of the evening saw performances from other local musicians, from folk through to jazz and it's always amazing how much talent we have in this area.

Speaking of which, on Friday 2nd September at 7.30pm Lampeter Folk features a guest appearance from Rajesh David, an accomplished and versatile singer and composer, trained in Indian classical music. Rajesh is influenced by Indian classical and folk traditions as well as contemporary music and this promises to be another very special performance. We welcome all to come along and support this local music group. Georgia

Lampeter Folk club started in April 2015 and is run by volunteers for the benefit of the community.

The aim is to provide a relaxed and sociable setting for local musicians to come along and perform folk/acoustic songs for a friendly audience, an open mic without the mic (usually)!

The first Friday in August saw the Lampeter Folk summer season in full swing with a stunning set of self penned songs by guest artist, Liz Crippin, along with her musical partner Gerry on keyboard. Despite having only started learning to play the guitar two years ago, Liz is an absolute natural singer-songwriter with an effortless voice and self effacing delivery, and is becoming sought after for gigs following her prize winning song entry at Penlan Folk Festival earlier this year. As a lover of the work of the greatest songwriting partnership of all time, Lennon & McCartney, Liz has been inspired to draw on her personal experiences to create beautiful songs with interesting flowing melodies, tastefully accompanied by 7

Learning To Fence – An Essential Accomplishment For Life!!!

Learning is a lifelong process – from our infancy when we learn to cry, crawl and to walk onto learning to read and write, to play games and beyond our school and university days when we learn the rudiments of our chosen trade or profession.

Hundreds of years ago a young man would learn sword craft as part of his growing up – an essential skill in those days of knightly combat. However those days are long past and now sword craft/fencing is a sport enjoyed by girls as well as boys, young and not so young.

So why learn an LAMPETER TOWN archaic skill that at first sight has little FENCING CLUB relevance to life in the 21st century?

Well, if you want fun, fitness and the Tues - 15.30-17.00 thrill of simulated Fri - 18.30-20.00 combat in a safe, fast moving game LAMPETER of physical chess LEISURE CENTRE then fencing is for you!

Contact: Sean Slater Firstly it is a serious 01570 493139 sport that requires anpiobaire1@aol.com fitness, both aerobic

and anaerobic, dexterity, quick reactions, endurance and a keen desire to win so on these grounds it is as relevant as any other sport, for example, soccer.

Secondly, it teaches sportsmanship, respect for an opponent and encourages a self discipline which has relevance to school work and study of any sort and the rigours of a modern work environment. However, as a lesson in life, it is without comparison because, unless one is exceptionally lucky, it teaches one to lose, and to lose gracefully in a sportsmanlike manner – even in an Olympic final there can only be one winner and one fencer – equally talented and experienced as the other will emerge as a graceful loser!

Learning to fence in the wider Lampeter area is easy – join the Lampeter Town Fencing Club and join the happy band of fencers who regularly meet to battle it out on the piste. Full training in all weapons is provided by a fully qualified, registered British Fencing Coach who has many years fencing and coaching experience having trained numerous youngsters to fence on the tournament circuit and to represent Great Britain and Wales in the international arena.

New fencers always welcome – Come and join us!

Contact: Sean Slater anpiobaire1@aol.com, 01570 493139

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Recent Reviews Garden Open Day Raises £1000 for Charity After eight years of hard work, the unique meadowland garden at Ysgoldy’r Cwrt, Llangeitho was opened to the public on Sunday 3 July through the National Garden Scheme (NGS), with over 100 local people visiting, and all funds raised going to good causes.

Gill and Gaynor Kinnaird, the husband and Visitors admire the water feature wife team who run G and G Gardening, have worked on the project since 2009; transforming a boggy patch of overgrown pasture and rushes into an unusual formal garden with Italian overtones intermixed with blooming wildflower meadows that are a haven for wildlife.

Gill said, “This garden is like a hidden jewel in the Welsh hills, visitors rave over it and now thanks to the NGS it is raising cash for good causes” Brenda Woodley, the garden designer and inspiration behind the project, said “Eight years ago this was nothing but pasture” Ysgoldy’r Cwrt is viewable by appointment and two further NGS open days are scheduled for 2017.

More information available from Gill and Gaynor Kinnaird, 07798 612906

Celf Llambed Arts – Blues / Indie night Friday 24th June 2016 Straight from London multi-talented Big Joe Bone set the night alight with his blues-grass music, a mix of Delta Blues, Bluegrass, Oldtime, Gospel and Hillbilly music. Singing, playing banjo, slide guitar and harmonica was supported by a foot stomping beat.

He was followed by a young Indie/ Alternative rock band, Pretty Visitors, based in Aberdyfi, who seemed to be coming straight from a big stage themselves. Rocking and rolling the audience got dancing to the bands own songs as well as popular old ones.

Despite low numbers on referendum day, everyone who came had another enjoyable night out, as live music night came to Lampeter once again, supported

by Shambles café’s delicious food and a bar stocked with a wide range of drinks including cocktails. Vast improvements in the sound quality were noticeable by everyone.

Lots of hours of hard work were put in by the organisers in advance, who are hoping to eventually turn Victoria Hall into a popular music venue, known far and wide. Hopefully numbers will increase as this special monthly live music night becomes a recognised part of the local music scene and plays an important part for the community and old and young music lovers.

So tell your friends to come along and create the live music atmosphere Lampeter deserves! Book the last Friday of the month for a great night out!

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Brenda Woodley welcomes visitors to the Ysgoldy’r Cwrt garden

Ysgoldy’r Cwrt Wildflower meadow

Presidential handover at Lampeter Rotary Club The Daffodil Inn, Penrhiwllan near Llandysul hosted this year’s Presidential handover dinner for Lampeter Rotary Club on Friday 1 July.

The outgoing President, Bill Fillery (below left) passed on official duties to Kevin Sivyer who was later congratulated

by Lampeter Mayor, Dave Smith.

As new President, Kevin has nominated the following as his main charities: Water Aid in Kenya Wales Air Ambulance and Cleddau ward of Glangwili hospital

Why not get in touch … the Lampeter Grapevine team is always keen to hear from you lampetergrapevine@gmail.com

Ar ddydd Mawrth y 5ed o Orffennaf cynhaliwyd dau berfformiad o sioe’r plant. Ysgrifenwyd y sgript yn arbennig gan y Prifardd Dylan Iorwerth a oedd yn sôn am ddisgyblion 1976 yn teithio ymlaen mewn amser i 2016, ac yn cael eu tywys o gwmpas Ysgol y Dderi heddiw. Agorwyd y sioe gyda darllediad radio arbennig gan Hywel Gwynfryn ei hun ac roedd nifer o ganeuon adnabyddus o 1976 yn ystod y perfformiad. Daeth hyd yn oed Sali Mali i ymuno â ni!! Diolch i Theatr Felinfach am sicrhau sioe broffesiynol a graenus a fydd yn aros yn y cof am amser maith.

Nos Fercher, 6ed o Orffennaf cynhaliwyd noson ffilm yn neuadd yr ysgol a gweinwyd caws a gwin i’r gynulleidfa.

Beth oedd testun y ffilm? “Ysgol Y Dderi - An area school 1976”. Darganfuwyd y ffilm yn stordy’r ysgol a thrwy garedigrwydd y Llyfrgell Genedlaethol yn Aberystwyth, trosglwyddwyd yr hen ffilm i DVD. Roedd nifer yn y gynulleidfa yn ymddangos ar y ffilm ac er fod deugain mlynedd wedi gwibio heibio, roeddwn yn medru tystio fod amser wedi bod yn garedig iawn iddynt. Cawsom wefr wrth adnabod yr holl wynebau a chysur wrth weld cymeriadau sydd wedi ein gadael yn dod yn fyw ar sgrin unwaith eto. Cawsom noson i’w chofio.

Ar brynhawn dydd Iau, 7fed o Orffennaf agorwyd ddrysau’r ysgol i’r cyhoedd. Tywyswyd yr ymwelwyr yn hamddenol o gwmpas y safle gan ddisgyblion hŷn yr ysgol cyn dychwelyd i’r ystafell athrawon ble oedd Clwb Coginio’r ysgol wedi paratoi gwledd. Cafwyd brechdanau ciwcymbyr, sgons, bara brith, cacen lemwn a diod ysgawen – y cyfan wedi eu baratoi gan y plant. Braf oedd cael croesawu dau cyn bennaeth sef Mr Huw Jenkins a Mrs Ann Davies.

Roedd Mrs Sue ein cogyddes wedi paratoi cacen pen blwydd anferth i’r ysgol ar Ddydd Gwener, 8fed o Orffennaf. Torrwyd y gacen gan ddisgybl hynaf a ieuengaf yr ysgol sef Vicky Bruce a Duncan Spooner – blasus iawn wir. Yna, y noson honno cynhaliwyd gŵyl gerddorol yr ysgol sef “Glaston-Dderi”. Codwyd pabell anferth, hardd ar y cae chwarae a chafwyd noson o gerddoriaeth ysgafn, bwyd a diod yng nghwmni ein gilydd.

Canodd y dosbarth Meithrin “O dan y dŵr”, dosbarth Derbyn “Ben-dant”, merched Blwyddyn 1 a 2 “Under the sea”, bechgyn Blwyddyn 1 a 2 “Gemau Olympaidd”, Blwyddyn 3 “You’ve got a friend in me”, Blwyddyn 4 “Harbwr Diogel”, Blwyddyn 5 a 6 “Rhedeg i Baris” a “Together Stronger”. Cafwyd tri perfformiad hyfryd gan rieni a ffrindiau’r ysgol hefyd. Dyna beth oedd noson i’r brenin.

Diolch i bawb a gefnogodd a chyfrannodd tuag at wythnos o ddathliadau llwyddiannus iawn yn hanes yr ysgol.

Ymlaen i’r deugain nesaf!!

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On Tuesday, 5 July the children of Ysgol y Dderi gave of their all in two brilliant performances of a specially written show by the Main Bard Dylan Iorwerth. The script involved the children of 1976 travelling forward through time to 2016, and being guided through the school by the children of today. The opening of the show involved a special BBC radio Cymru bulletin from 1976 by Hywel Gwynfryn and even Sali Mali herself made an appearance! All songs performed were written back in 1976 and the children and teachers had great fun learning the music. A huge thank you to Felinfach Theatre for ensuring an excellent, proffesional and memorable show.

On Wednesday, 6 July a film night was held in the school hall with cheese and wine on the menu.

What film did we watch? “Ysgol Y Dderi – An area school 1976”. The old film reel was discovered in the school’s store room and the National Library of Wales kindly transferred it onto a DVD. Many of the audience members could be seen on the film and although forty years had passed, time had been kind to them. It was a thrill to recognise so many familiar faces and a comfort to see those who have passed come alive again on screen. It was a night to remember.

On Thursday afternoon, 7 July the school doors were opened to welcome all visitors. The older children provided guided tours of the school before finishing in the staff room where the school’s Cookery Club had prepared a wonderful vintage tea party including cucumber sandwiches, scones, bara brith, lemon cake and elderflower spritz. It was wonderful to welcome back two of the school’s past head teachers, Mr Huw Jenkins and Mrs Ann Davies.

Mrs Sue our school cook had prepared a huge birthday cake for all the children and staff on Friday, 8 July. The cake was cut by the eldest and youngest pupils, Vicky Bruce and Duncan Spooner.

Then later that day Ysgol y Dderi’s music festival was held – “Glaston-Dderi”. A large, beautiful tent was erected on the school playing field and musical entertainment was provided by each class in turn and by our musical parents, with plenty of food, drink and good company.

A truly fantastic evening.

Thank you to everyone who supported and contributed towards an extremely successful week in the history of the school. Onwards to the next forty years!!

In September, I am starting a group in Lampeter to explore these ideas. I’m an experienced trainer and facilitator, having run courses and groups in Personal Development skills for many years. The format will have links with Joanna Macy’s ‘Work that Reconnects’ groups (which I have run); using the energy of fear to focus on the world we want to create; and having the confidence to express this. Each one of us CAN make a difference.

If you would like to be part of this, please contact me: 01570 218138 / 07940375147, shanharmony@aol.com Thanks. Shan Rees

TELLING A NEW STORY For many years, I have believed that it is important to chose our actions and our thoughts with care – after all, what we focus on energetically manifests. And I have brought this teaching into my work - training, facilitating and Coaching as well as into my life.

It seems to me to be particularly important at this time to avoid focusing on the negative things that are happening in the world. That does not mean ignoring them – rather, finding a resolution through focusing on what we do want. For example, all those years ago, when the Stop the War organisation was being formed in London, I suggested it be called ‘Take a Stand for Peace’ – as that is what we wanted.

Recently, I have been using social media to disseminate the idea of telling a new story. The outpouring of feeling in Trafalgar Square following the tragic death of the amazing Jo Cox shows that this is something for which many are ready. To quote Jo in her first speech in the House of Commons “While we celebrate our diversity, what surprises me time and time again, as I walk round the constituency, is that we are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us.”

I believe this is true. But would you think it upon reading a newspaper or looking at the news? I don’t believe so.

So, it is up to us to speak and to bring into being the reality we desire. Reacting to fear-mongering achieves nothing; taking a pro-active stance and speaking the truth of what we want does.

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Cymdeithas Hanes Llambed The new season of talks will begin on Tuesday 20 September, when Dr Michael Freeman, former Curator of Ceredigion Museum will be giving a talk on The Welsh Costume. All meetings - (unless otherwise noted) – will take place at The Old Hall of the University of Trinity St David, and will start at 7.30pm.

Membership for the year is £10, - we look forward to seeing past members and hope to welcome many new ones. All are welcomed, and if you would rather attend an occasional meeting, entrance is £2 an evening.

For further information visit our website: hanesllambed@btinternet.com

Amgueddfa Llambed / Lampeter Museum The Museum continues to draw visitors from far and wide, many promising to come back for another visit. A fund raising event was held during the day of Lampeter Food Festival, when people came to find the hidden treasure, and to name the Teddy.

A prize was won every time in the treasure hunt, - and if not lucky to win the bigger money prizes, there was a choice of an old penny or sixpenny piece. Many tried to find the date of the year they were born in, and young children were fascinated to see the old coins, many being more than a century old! A chance to learn about pre-decimal coinage.

The ‘name the Teddy’ competition is ongoing until the end of October, so please come along and support the Museum by picking out a name for the Teddy at a £1 a go.

We would like to take this opportunity to make an appeal: Many people have been asking for Books on the history of Lampeter. If you have unwanted local history books, or duplicates that you could dispose of, old guide books etc., would you kindly donate them to the Museum bookstall, where we could sell them, all money going to the Museum funds.

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Apples & Oranges I had the pleasure this summer of a couple of weeks in AndalucĂ­a amid the orange and olive trees that lined almost every street in every town and village. This brought two things to mind: the upcoming ninth annual Lampeter Apple Day celebrations and a possible opportunity for the Lampeter community to emulate, in our own small way, the beauty and practicality of Spanish civic planting.

The next issue of the Grapevine will carry all you need to know about the forthcoming Lampeter Apple Day planned for Saturday 15 October and hosted by those very nice people at the Organic Fresh Food Company and Lampeter Bakehouse. For now, just put the date in your diary and make sure you are ready to collect your apples if they fall early - or find a nice neighbour who will let you collect some of theirs. A carrier bag of apples will make about a litre of juice, so you don't have to own an orchard to take part.

My other thought, as I strolled under the orange trees amongst the white washed houses (OK, dodged the sunlight in temperatures over 40 degrees whilst wandering from bar to bar looking for the perfect olive), concerned a potential opportunity for the Lampeter community to help our County and Town councils avoid, in a very small way, one of the effects of so called austerity cuts to public services. Ceredigion County Council is having to slash its spending and one small

responsibility that may be transferred from County to Town is for the maintenance and upkeep of the planters dotted around the centre of Lampeter.

Preempting his transfer of responsibilities and Sevilla orange trees in, where else, echoing similar schemes Sevilla around the country (search 'Incredible Edible Todmorden' if interested), a group of Lampeter people and organisations have proposed not spending some of the tens of thousands the Town Council has stashed away for a 'rainy day' but instead that small groups within the community voluntarily maintain the planters - with a strong preference to planting stuff that not only looks good but can be eaten too. I don't think we would see many orange and olive trees but there is no problem growing a range of fruit, veg and herbs that will enhance our streets, attract tourists, fit well with the highly successful Lampeter Food Festival and provide local produce for local people. Maybe there is such a thing as a 'free lunch'!

Watch this space for updates and how you can get involved.

Tim Martin

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We're never too old to learn new skills, though some may take us longer to perfect than others. Using our brains and bodies, challenging them with new ideas, keeps us young and healthy.

Belly dance has been danced throughout time, ever since human beings began walking on this earth.

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remember, deep within our bodies, from when our ancestors danced to give thanks and to honour the beauty of the earth.

Rose Barter and I teach belly dance in Lampeter and both of us began our belly dance journeys later in life.

Learning should be fun and belly dance is definitely that, so why not come along to a class and have a go!

Tribal Unity Wales classes begin 6 September. For more details: wendywoo@myself.com www.wendysteele.com Rose's classes begin 16 September.

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latest British Social Attitudes survey finds that 71 per cent of people think immigration increases pressure on schools and 63 per cent say it increases pressure on the NHS. There is also a divide on whether immigration is beneficial to the UK economy, with 42% agreeing and 35% disagreeing. As Goodhart said; “there is a class division: 15 per cent of graduates think immigration is bad for the economy, compared with 51 per cent of those with no educational qualifications.”

This divide was clearly shown in the appetite for Brexit; those with a degree voted 68% to remain, while those with only a GCSE or lower voted 70% to leave.

Learning about Britain’s identity post Brexit

Waking up on 24 June was like looking into a mirror and seeing a face I don’t recognise. The open, liberal, progressive, cultural melting pot Britain that I love wasn’t there; instead, I saw a country divided on race, immigration, cultural identity and economic situation. A country that was split between urbanised and rural, north and south, poverty levels and its own nations. The mirror had been shattered. The liberal, welcoming, Britain that I love was now fragmented; a shadow of what I thought it was.

“Why would you worry about ‘shaking it all up’ when your situation is already desperate?”

Worryingly for Labour, many of its core voters, in their northern heartlands and Welsh valleys, didn’t listen to the advice of their party. 35% of those who voted Labour in the last General Election voted to leave. Labour’s message of worker’s rights wasn’t heard above the clamour over the economy. Instead, many Labour voters heard the calls of the populist right railing against immigration. The doom and gloom predicted for the economy wasn’t listened to; why would you worry about “shaking it all up” when your situation is already desperate? Politics has been ‘shaken up’, but not to the advantage of the needy. People voted for change, they voted to “get rid of unelected bureaucrats” yet our Prime Minister, Theresa May, has been chosen by 329 MPs. Is this “restoring democracy”?

Now, more than ever, we need to stand up for a better Britain. An open, multicultural Britain must be fought for at the ballot box, in petitions, in newspaper columns and online. Nigel Farage, a prominent leave campaigner, said "In a 52-48 referendum [in favour of Remain] this would be unfinished business by a long way.” Now the result has been made clear, a 52-48 result in favour of Leave, those calling for a second referendum are mocked, they’re not seen as people standing up for what they believe in.

That mirror may have been fragmented, but now is the time to put it back together; to put an open, multicultural forwards, progressive Britain back on the agenda. We don’t want to “take our country back”, we want to take our country forwards. Together we can do that.

Cyffin

“A divisive campaign has led to a divided nation.”

71% of voters aged between 18 and 24 voted to remain a member of the European Union. Yet over 60% of those aged over 50 voted to leave. Older voters were twice as likely to vote in the Referendum; a key factor behind the vote for Brexit. A divisive campaign has led to a divided nation.

One of the largest factors behind the leave vote was the unexpected turnout and high Leave vote in white working class areas, especially the North of England, and other poor areas, including Wales. While we on the left may wish to claim that this was due to cuts, low pay and zero hour contracts, this was mainly a backlash on the most divisive issue of the campaign: immigration.

As David Goodhart wrote in the Prospect magazine, this was a “vote against the mass immigration society”. He writes that Britain has “never embraced mass immigration and never been asked what it thought about it - until now”. People’s fears over immigration were exploited in the days leading to the vote. Yet this is not surprising, the mainstream media has lambasted Britons with anti-immigration rhetoric, anti EU rhetoric, backed up by David Cameron who referred to a “swarm of migrants”. This damaging rhetoric bolstered the ‘us and them’ feeling among Britons over Europe, alienating many Brits from the European Project.

Those emigrating to the UK pay more in taxes than they receive in benefits, and as I said two issues ago, help ‘prop up’ our vital public services as teachers, doctors and other highly skilled professions. Yet, despite this, the

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Learning to write your life ... by Majikle

Jottings

Animals, humans included, can learn by copying. Birds are a good

Leaving our mark on the world takes many forms but each of us has a unique story to tell. Sometime it may not seem like it but all of our lives we make

example of this. Back in the 1950s

choices. Some are obvious like the large ones about

milk bottles had the old fashioned

where and how we choose to live others more subtle

foil tops: when one enterprising

like how we cope with the aspects of life that are

Blue tit learned it could tear open the top by pecking and so get at

imposed upon us but even so doesn’t every single one of these say a lot about what kind of a person we are?

Some of the things that influence our choices might seem curious to

the cream that formed at the top

our children, grandchildren or those who arrive into our families long

of the milk, it did not take long

after we have left them. Perhaps we had to make decisions that at

before all the other Blue tits were doing it! Birds spend time caring for

and

maintaining

the time we couldn’t properly explain but now would like to set the record right. Describing our life pathways in a way that is both captivating as well as convincing is a skill that can be learnt.

their

Who were your villains, what games did you play when you were

plumage. They do so by smoke

growing up? What helped and what got in the way of you being who

bathing, stroking their feathers

you wanted to be? When were the turning points from which there

with ants, dusting, water bathing and sunbathing. Sunning activity

was no going back?

The Spanish philosopher George Santayana will always be remembered for saying “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to

involves the bird adopting a

repeat it” The Life of Reason (1905) but what nugget of wisdom would

number of odd looking postures,

you leave to save future generations from reinventing the wheel?

e.g. raising one wing, or going for

We all know people who tell stories well and those who ramble on

the full posture: prostrate on the ground, head to one side, with the

without realising that their audience has given up caring but how do we stop this from happening?

Learning what makes for a captivating autobiography and how to

tongue hanging out and skin

sustain ourselves throughout the process of writing is the subject of

exposed.

a forthcoming course offered by local qualified writing tutor and

Robins,

blackbirds,

dunnocks, chaffinches and tits regularly use the grassy area in

performance poet Majikle (Masters in creative writing at University of Wales TSD Lampeter). Building on the success of several popular recent short courses on the subject Maj will be offering an

front of our cottage for this

affordable three-term course starting in late October 2016.

purpose, and it only takes one bird

Recent graduates of her courses said “if you are thinking about

to set the others off. Sunning is

writing a book this class is a must….. after years of getting caught in

disgorging

of

presumably indigestible

a

small

comprised material.

pellet of

details Maj has shown us how to plan, lay out and write…hugely helpful with structure….amazing boost to my confidence” For more details contact maj_ikle@yahoo.co.uk

While

feather maintenance is thought to be the main reason for this

People’s Market

behaviour, could it be that, like us, birds need a shot of Vitamin D to stay healthy?

Maj

2nd & 4th Saturday

David Price

Victoria Hall

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followed by preening and the

Karen’s Creative Compendium 017 Welcome to the first KCC of the autumn. Hope you found some summer sunshine somewhere and also inspiration as we look forward to sharing your writings in the months ahead. More new names feature on our pages this month and we hope many more will find the courage to make their KCC debut during 2016. We also welcome back our regular contributors and look forward to new delights in poetry, flash fiction, short stories and dialogue. Keep them coming, pob hwyl, Karen

Calm water at Penbryn

The Honourable Member

by Camilla Calder

by Rhoda Healey

Calm water at Penbryn well trodden path on a trillion grains of sand My toe stubbed a rock and as I bent got caught in the waves crashing relentlessly pushing my hurt away

They were sad times after we lost the Master, even the two cats were sad. I cried at night and could not stop by myself anymore. The Missus cried often and I worried about her when she went out without me.

Things changed when she began to go out on Wednesdays. She always came back happy and this cheered me up too. I like to see her happy. She told me she was going to the Women’s Workshop. I didn’t like the sound of this, but it made her happy so I though it must be o.k. I had the cats for company while she was out so was not alone.

One day a man brought a big thing and left it in the drive, the Missus paid him for it, so she said. I don’t understand what this means, but it must be all right if the Missus does it. This thing was a bit like a bus but smaller, it had an engine. I heard it. The Missus said it was a car and she would be able to take me out in it so we would have a better life because of this. I was not sure because I don’t like travelling on the bus, and this car thing looked like a bus, only smaller.

Then Missus began to take me out in the car. She put me into a harness, which she said would keep me safe if she had to stop suddenly. l was scared at first, but it didn’t shake me about as the bus did and it was more comfortable. I liked going to the places she took me to, we had much better walks and often met people and my own kind.

One Wednesday, she took to this Women’s Workshop place where there were lots of ladies, and they talked a lot and laughed a lot. I began to see why it made the Missus happy to go there. The ladies made a fuss of me (which I liked) and I had a run in the field behind the building. I started going every Wednesday and now I look forward to it. The name of the group has changed to Merry Makers, which I think is much more suitable because, as I said, they laugh a lot and they make things for the Christmas Fayre.

I have been going there for some time now and they call me their mascot. I’m not sure what this means, but it sounds good. The ladies give me titbits sometimes and occasionally cake. I like cake, but don’t get much of it.

Although Merry Makers sometimes have a gentleman to and come to give a talk or a demonstration, I am the only male allowed to attend on a regular basis.

Live as you live

by Sarah Eyles In my path, stones of decision Placed by my own hand Holding back the seeping ruins The chaotic intangible.

As helpless as blind pups As clever as a rock I pre-empt each moment.

Life pulsates, breathes On our flat Earth Creation vibrates In our dead universe.

The human line evolves While we watch Corrie.

Each moment new In the jumble sale.

Waiting for it to start It ends forever.

Let the day seize you.

G

by Stan Scan Geoffrey Giraffe’s gyratory gymnastic genius generates Ginger Olympic Medal

Geequette

The Wannabe

by Karen Gemma Brewer

by Brenda Old He wanted to stand for election and presented himself for selection but his party of choice refused him a voice and now he suffers rejection.

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Loving cloud storage

keep my head there repeatedly nosing backspace deleting the past to make way for our future splash memories leaking like raindrops this ain’t heaven this is rock ‘n’ scroll

Trawsnewid Addysg...

Trawsnewid Bywydau Yn Y Drindod Dewi Sant, rydym yn credu bod addysg yn

allan yn y gymuned, sy’n cefnogi trosglwyddo yn ôl i

drawsffurfiol

ddysgu i bobl nad ydynt o bosibl wedi bod mewn addysg

Gwyddwn fod dysgu’n digwydd mewn pob math o

ers peth amser. Enw’r un rydym yn ei ddarparu yn

wahanol ffyrdd, ar bob oed ac mewn llawer o wahanol

Llambed yw'r Porth i’r Dyniaethau ac mae’n cychwyn ym

leoedd felly rydym yn darparu cyfleoedd dysgu i

mis Ionawr. Bydd rhagor o wybodaeth am yr opsiwn hwn

adlewyrchu hyn.

yn Grapevine yn agosach i'r dyddiad dechrau.

Yma yn Llambed, rydym yn croesawu myfyrwyr o bob

Pan fyddwn yn meddwl am ddysgu, bydd y rhan fwyaf o

rhan o’r DU bob blwyddyn ar ddiwedd mis Medi ac mae

bobl yn meddwl yn syth am ystafell ddosbarth ond gall

rhan fwyaf y wynebau newydd hyn yn perthyn i bobl

dysgu llwyddiannus hefyd godi o brofiadau bywyd ac i

ifanc 18 oed sy’n dod yn syth o’r ysgol. Fodd bynnag, nid

lawer o bobl, mae llawer o'u dysgu mwyaf gwerthfawr yn

yw pob disgybl ysgol yn hyderus ynglŷn â gadael adref a

digwydd yn y gweithle. Mae ein Hathrofa Dysgu Seiliedig

manteisio ar gyfleoedd mewn addysg uwch felly rydym

ar Waith yn cynnig achrediad ar gyfer dysgu blaenorol a

newydd gynnal rhaglen breswyl ddwy wythnos, ein

graddau ar lefel israddedig ac ôl-raddedig sy’n seiliedig ar

Hacademi Haf y Dyniaethau cyntaf, gyda'r nod o

arfer proffesiynol unigolyn – www.uwtsd.ac.uk/wiwbl/.

gyflwyno pynciau newydd i’r dysgwyr a darparu profiad o

Hefyd, mae’r Athrofa’n cynnal prosiect newydd o’r enw

fyw ar gampws Prifysgol. Yn ogystal â’r sesiynau

GWLAD sy’n darparu cymorthdaliadau o rhwng 50% a

academaidd yn yr wythnos, cafodd y myfyrwyr rhaglen

70% i bob busnes neu sefydliad dielw yng Ngorllewin

gymdeithasol brysur hefyd, gyda Llysgenhadon Myfyrwyr

Cymru i helpu gyda’u costau dysgu gweithwyr.

ar law i gynnig syniadau a gweithgareddau fel bowlio,

Mae darparu cyfleoedd i astudio o bell yn ffordd arall o

nosweithiau ffilm, ‘boot camp’, karaoke, nosweithiau

ddarparu dysgu mewn gwahanol ffordd. I rai pobl, nid

cwisiau, ‘Diwrnod Herio’, a Gŵyl Fwyd Llambed ar 23

yw’n ymarferol astudio ar un o’n campysau felly rydym

Gorffennaf. Helpodd Academi Haf y Dyniaethau i lawer

yn cynnig ystod o gyrsiau y gallwch eu hastudio ar-lein -

o’r myfyrwyr hyn fagu hyder a gwireddu eu potensial a’u

http://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/online/distance-learning-

gallu. Roedd rhai o’r cyfranogion yn amau eu gallu i

courses/. Mae rhan fwyaf y cyrsiau hyn ar lefel

ddechrau astudio rhaglen radd israddedig erbyn mis

ôl-raddedig ac yn cynnwys MBA yn ogystal â chasgliad

Medi. Er hynny, erbyn diwedd y cwrs preswyl, mae nifer

cynhwysfawr iawn o bynciau’r Dyniaethau.

o’r myfyrwyr hyn wedi gwneud cais am le i ddechrau ym

Pa bynnag ffordd y ymgymerir â dysgu, mae ganddo’r

mis Medi ac yn barod i wynebu’r her.

grym i newid bywydau. Gall gwrs arwain at yrfa newydd

Rydym hefyd yn cydnabod bod y cyfle i ddechrau astudio

fel Addysgu neu Waith Ieuenctid neu efallai bydd y cwrs

yn y Brifysgol ddim ond yn bosib i rai yn ddiweddarach

yn rhoi cyfle ichi deithio a byw dramor. Ond un peth y

mewn bywyd. Gall dychwelyd i addysg fod yn anodd felly

mae’n gwneud bob tro yw galluogi twf a datblygiad

mae staff ar gael gennym i helpu darpar fyfyrwyr i

personol, cyfle i gwrdd â phobl newydd, archwilio i

gynllunio llwybr yn ôl i addysg ac i gefnogi gyda'r broses

syniadau a chysyniadau newydd a chael gwybodaeth a

gwneud cais. Os oes gennych ddiddordeb mewn unrhyw

sgiliau.

un o’r cyrsiau rydym yn eu cynnig ar gampysau Llambed,

Am ragor o wybodaeth am ddysgu gyda'r Drindod Dewi

Caerfyrddin neu Abertawe, peidiwch â phoeni eich bod

Sant, anfonwch e-bost at e.warburton@uwtsd.ac.uk

yn rhy hwyr gan ein bod yn derbyn ceisiadau gan y rheiny sy’n dychwelyd i addysg nes y diwrnod y bydd y tymor yn dechrau! Am ragor o wybodaeth, anfonwch e-bost at e.warburton@uwtsd.ac.uk. Rydym yn cynnal cyrsiau penodol ar draws y tri phrif gampws yng Nghymru, ac Trawsnewid Addysg; Trawsnewid Bywydau - Transforming Education; Transforming Lives

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Transforming Education …

Transforming Lives At UWTSD, we believe that education is transformational

been out of education for some time. The one we deliver

We know that learning happens in all sorts of different

in Lampeter is called Gateway to the Humanities and it

ways, at all ages and in many different places so we

has a January start.

provide learning opportunities to reflect this.

about this option in Grapevine nearer to the start date.

Here in Lampeter, we welcome new students from all

When we think about learning, most people instantly

across the UK every year in late September and the

think of a classroom setting but successful learning can

majority of these new faces will belong to 18 year olds

also result from life experiences and for many people

coming straight from school.

Not all school pupils

much of their most valuable learning takes place in the

however are confident about leaving home and taking up

workplace. Our Institute of Work-based Learning offers

opportunities in higher education so we have just run a

accreditation for previous learning and degrees at

two week residential programme, our first Humanities

undergraduate and post graduate levels based on an

Summer Academy, which aimed to introduce new

individual’s professional practice - www.uwtsd.ac.uk/

subjects to the learners and provide an experience of

wiwbl/

living on a University campus. Besides the academic

called GWLAD which provides subsidies of between 50%

sessions in the week, the students also had a busy social

& 70% to all businesses or not for profit organisations in

programme too, with Student Ambassadors on hand to

West Wales to assist with their employee learning costs.

offer ideas and activities such as bowling, film nights,

Providing opportunities to study at a distance is another

boot camp, karaoke, quiz nights, ‘Challenge Days’, and

way of providing learning in a different way. For some

the Lampeter Food Festival on 23 July. The Humanities

people, it is impractical to study at one of our campuses

Summer Academy helped many of these students grow in

so we offer a range of courses which can be studied

confidence and realise their own potential and ability.

on-line

There were some attendees who were initially doubtful

learning-courses/ The majority of these courses are at

that they could start studying an undergraduate degree

post-graduate level and include an MBA as well as a very

programme by September. Nevertheless, by the end of

comprehensive collection of Humanities subjects.

the residential, several of these students have applied to

However learning is undertaken, it has the power to

start in September and are ready to take on the

transform lives. It might be that a course leads to a new

challenge.

career like Teaching or Youth Work or it may be that the

We also recognise that for many people the opportunity

course provides an opportunity to travel and live abroad.

to take up study in a University only becomes possible

What it always does though, is provide an opportunity for

later in life. Returning to education can seem daunting

personal growth and development, a chance to meet

so we have staff available to help potential students with

new people, explore new ideas and concepts and gain

planning a route back in to education and also to support

knowledge and skills.

with the application process. If you are interested in any

For further information on learning with UWTSD, email

of the courses we offer at any of the campuses in

e.warburton@uwtsd.ac.uk

There will be more information

The Institute is also running a new project

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http://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/online/distance-

Lampeter, Carmarthen or Swansea, please don’t worry that you are too late as we take applications from returners to education right up to the day terms starts!

For more information, email e.warburton@uwtsd.ac.uk.

We run specific courses across the three main Welsh campuses, and out in the community, which support the transition back in to learning for people who may have 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 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 Day

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

Time

Activity / Class

Monday

W

6-7.30pm

Girl Guides

Wednesday

F

2-4.30pm

Young at Heart

Sandwiches and social for the wiser folk of Lampeter

W

4.30-6pm

Brownies

Nikki Mead

Thursday

W

1-3pm

Welsh Class

Meryl Evans

01545 572715

Friday

W

11.30am1pm

Five Rhythms Practice Group

Irene Sullivan

01545 561334

W

4.306.30pm

LYTSS: Lampeter Youth Theatre & Stage School

Tracey Reynolds

07976 052888

7.30pmLate

Lampeter Folk

7pm-late

Celf Lampeter Arts

Live music and dance.

See Listings for details Local food, produce and crafts.

Plus café, live music & other attractions

M First Friday of month M Last Friday of month

Contact Name

Number

Sandra Carbin

07949 479185

lampeterfolk@hotmail.com check FB for details

07817 715321

Saturday

2nd & 4th Sat each month

10am1pm

People’s Market

Sunday

W

10am7pm

Lampeter Evangelical Church

Gareth Jones at the Mustard Seed café

01570 423344

M 3rd Sunday of month

7-9.30pm

Custard Queens WI

Jen Pink

01570 471209

Mae’n anodd credu bod yr holl waith paratoi, hyrwyddo, marchnata, paentio, trefnu, y nosweithiau di-gwsg i gyd drosodd bellach, a Gŵyl TOSTA 2016 wedi bod ac wedi symud ‘mlaen am yr Alban.

‘Doedd neb ohonom cweit yn siŵr beth i ddisgwyl ,ond gallwn ddweud ein bod yn falch iawn i fod wedi bod yn rhan o rywbeth mor bwysig â Gŵyl TOSTA a hynny yn ystod yr wythnos y penderfynodd y Deyrnas Unedig adael yr Undeb Ewropeaidd. Mawr obeithiwn bydd modd i ni gael bod yn rhan o rywbeth fel hyn eto a c y gallwn adeiladu ar y gwaddol mae’r Ŵyl wedi gadael ar ei hôl a chynnal gŵyl flynyddol yn Nyffryn Aeron efallai.

Mae’n gyfnod ychydig yn dawelach ar hyn o bryd, ond eto mae digon i’w wneud. Rydym yn gweithio ar gael rhaglen tymor yr Hydref allan ac yn paratoi ar gyfer tymor prysur arall.

It’s hard to believe that all the preparation work, the promoting, marketing, organising, sleepless nights are all over now and the TOSTA Festival has been and gone and also taken place in Scotland.

None of us were sure what to expect, but we can definitely say that we were very proud to have been part of something as important as the TOSTA Festival and that in the week that the UK decided to leave the European Union. We sincerely hope that we can be part of something like this again and that we can build on the legacy the festival has left behind. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to host something similar (on a smaller scale of course) annually in the Aeron Valley.

Currently, Theatr Felinfach is a little quieter, but there’s always plenty to do. We’re working hard on getting the Autumn/Winter brochure out and preparing for another busy term.

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

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

courses________________ events _________________ Lipreading Taster sessions.

15 Sept, 2pm & 3.30pm, Victoria Hall, Lampeter. Hard of hearing? See if this is for you. Contact: Anne, 07939 567846.

Computer Classes starting Sept, Mustard Seed Café, Lampeter.

‘Beginners’, Thurs 10-11am; ‘Sharing Using Computers’, 2.30-4.30pm; ‘Intro to Facebook short course’ Weds evenings venue TBC, Lampeter.

Individual lessons also available.

Contact: Helen, 01570 423501.

Denmark Farm Conservation Centre, Betws Bledrws.

Sat 10-Sun 11 Sept: Boardwalk Construction Sat 17-Sun 18 Sept: Gate Making Fri 30 Sept-Sun 2 Oct: Ecology 1 Wed 5 Oct: Invasive Species Training Sun 9 Oct: Drawn to Paint Nature Botanical Painting Sat 15-Sun 16 Oct: Make a Pole Lathe Wed 26 Oct: Wild In The Woods (for 812 year olds) Sat 29-Sun 30 Oct: Spoons From the Woods and other woodcrafts Sun 30 Oct: Crochet for Beginners Sat 5-Sun 6: Traditional Hedge-Laying Sun 20 Nov: Basket Weaving Sun 27 Nov: Crochet a Bird Roost More information: 01570 493358, www.denmarkfarm.org.uk

creative________________

The Welsh Quilt Centre Workshops: Fri 16-Sat 17 Sept: Welsh Quilting with Sandie Lush, 10.30-4pm, £120 Booking: 01570 480610 quilts@jen-jones.com Spinning Lessons with Ann Fisher Rhodes at Ffarmers Neuadd Bro Fana/ Village Hall. Thurs 1.30-3.30pm, £8.

Beginners class starting Thurs 8 Sept.

Contact Ann, 01558 650760, spinwise.uk@btinternet, www.spinwise.co.uk Abercoed Studios, Tregaron. Creative wool shop, crafts, art and prints, tuition, supplies. Coffee shop & WiFi. Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm. 01974 299105, www.blacksheeptregaron.co.uk

Coed y Bont Open Day. Sun 11 Sept, 11-3. Pontrhydfendigaid. Activities for all the family led by Forest School leaders. Free entry but donations welcome. See Fb Coed y Bont.

The Economics of Happiness. Sat 8 Oct, 6.30 for 7pm, Victoria Hall. Film

by Helena Norberg-Hodge. A powerful message about globalisation: it is the small, local economies around the world that are preserving traditions, cultures, and communities, and ultimately safeguarding our happiness. Free entry, donations welcome. Refreshments, and informal discussion afterwards. Hosted by Transition Llambed, TLDT and Lampeter Permaculture Group. See ad page 26.

Llanerchaeron National Trust.

Sat 17 Sept, 11am-4.30pm. Farming and Rural Life Celebration. Celebrate the rich tradition and heritage of farming and rural life in Ceredigion.

Free and open to all. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/llanerchaeron

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.

Theatr Felinfach.

10.09.16 8yh.

Noson o Gomedi Cymraeg / An evening of Welsh Comedy gyda /with Jenny Collier, Sarah Breese, Steffan Evans a Dan Thomas. Lle i nifer cyfyngedig yn unig / Limited seating available.

14.09.16. Cyngerdd gan ddisgyblion ysgol gerdd Dorothy Wilson / Annual musical celebration by Dorothy Wilson’s pupils. Elw’r noson at elusen lleol / Proceeds to a local charity.

17.09.16. Cwmni Theatr y Torch yn cyflwyno / Torch Theatre Co present Oh Hello! Drama am un o sêr gwreiddiol y ffilmiau ‘Carry On’ Charles Hawtrey.

Cynhyrchiad Saesneg. / A one man show based on ‘Carry On’ star Charles Hawtrey.

English Production.

13.10.16. 7:30yh TWO gan / by Jim 19

Cartright. Wedi ei lleoli mewn tafarn dosbarth gweithiol yng nghymoedd De Cymru. Mae’r ddrama’n cylchdroi o gwmpas noson brysur yn y dafarn, yr ystod o gwsmeriaid gwahanol sy’n yfed yno, a’r berthynas rhyngddynt i gyd / Set in a working class pub in the South Wales valleys. The play centres around an action packed night in a pub, the range of different customers who frequent the bar and the relationship between them.

Mwy o wybodaeth / More info: Facebook, Twitter and theatrfelinfach.cymru

health & well-being ______

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

Banc Bwyd Tuesday Food and Fellowship Lunches have now ended but the organisers thank all who supported over the last two years.

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.

Support Group for people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in Lampeter: Meets 1st Mon each month at Yr Hedyn Mwstard/Mustard Seed Café, College St, Lampeter. 1.30-3.30pm.

Croeso i bawb. 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.

Meets 2nd Weds each month, 2-4pm, St Thomas’ Church. £2 includes homemade cakes & raffle. Open to anyone with any form of sight loss; carers, partners and friends welcome.

Diana Williams, 01570 640034. lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com

health & well-being cont’d __ Headway (Brain Injury Association).

Headway Ceredigion drop-in sessions, 1st Monday of 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. Contact Dave Maggs, Headway UK, 01446 740130, 07941 855935 walesdm@headway.org.uk Weight-Watchers every Tuesday, St Peter’s Church Hall, Lampeter. Join any week, weigh anytime between 5.30pm-6.30pm, talk 6.30-7pm. Just turn up or contact Eleri 07748 270439, eretallick@weight-watchers.co.uk 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.

Lampeter Breastfeeding Group.

Mondays, 10am-12pm, Lampeter Family Centre, Government Buildings, Pontfaen Road. Find us on Facebook or call/ text 07967 201034 (excludes bank holidays and school holidays).

kids __________________

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.

1st Lampeter Beaver Scouts. Meet Tues 5.30-6.30pm, term time. For boys and girls aged 6-8. Contact Rachel, 07730684543.

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

12-3pm every term-time Thurs at Denmark Farm. Just drop in: £5 adult, £4.50 2nd adult, £3 child. Kids under 2 free. Contact Lea, 07876 794098. Early bird discount available.

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. New term starts 13 & 15 Sept. Advance booking essential.

Contact James: 07876 794098. www.woodlandclassroom.com/kids-clubs

Clwb Dawns (Dance Club). Tues 44.45pm, Theatr Felinfach.

An opportunity for children 4-6 years to learn dance and creative skills, make new friends and have fun. £2 a child with free wi-fi for parents. 01570 470697, www.theatrfelinfach.com Lampeter Youth Theatre and Stage School (LYTSS) Runs 3 terms per year every Friday at Vic Hall, 4.30-6pm. £40/child/term, £35 siblings, £30 concs. Registration 9 Sept, 4.30pm Contact: Vanessa Read, 07814 794353 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 Little M’zzz indoor soft play centre, Llanybydder. 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 and have a look: www.facebook.com/ groups/lampeterlittleones.

markets _______________

People’s Market, Victoria Hall, Lampeter. 10am-1pm every 2nd & 4th Sat each month. Next markets: Sat 10 & 24 Sept, 8 & 22 Oct. Lampeter Farmers' Market, High Street, Lampeter (new location), 9am2pm alternate Fridays. Next markets: Fri 2, 16, & 30 Sept, 14, 28 Oct. Ffarmers Market, Neuadd Bro Fana/ Village Hall, Ffarmers, 10am-12.30pm 1st Sat in month.

Llansawel Market, Llansawel Village 20

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

Aberaeron Farmers’ Market & More!

Aberaeron Rugby Club (new location), 9am-2pm every Weds. Find us on Facebook.

move your body _________

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.

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 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!

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.

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.

Hydrospin (Aqua Cycling) at Lampeter Swimming Pool, Mon 10.30am & 7.30pm; Aberaeron Swimming Pool, Tues 11.30am & 6pm. Contact David Maund to book: 07792 351607.

Yoga & Pilates with Ann Inshaw.

Power Vinyasa Flow Yoga: Mon 5.307pm and Fri 10-11.30am, UWTSD Sports Hall.

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

Pilates on the Ball: Weds 5.30pm, Lampeter Leisure Centre.

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

facebook: hamdden llambed leisure

twitter: #lampeterleisure

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

5.45-6.15pm

Metafit

Metafit

£3

6.45-7.30pm

Troelli Profiadol

Advanced Spin

£4

12-12.45pm

Ffitrwydd Ysgafn

Ease Into Fitness

£4.75/£3.85

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

5.30-6.15pm

Troelli Agored

Open 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 _____ Vinyasa Flow Yoga: Weds 7.15pm, Memorial Hall, Aberaeron.

Contact Ann, 07826 692110.

Gentle Yoga. Thurs 8, 15, 22 & 29 Sept, 10-11.30am at Bryntelch Lodge, Crugybar, and 6-7pm in Cellan Millennium Hall. Gentle movements accessible to everyone, relax the body and the mind, and deal with life’s stresses. 1:1 sessions also available.

Contact Karen 07547 125937.

Yoga. Weds, 5.30-7pm, Cellan Millennium Hall. First Weds of the month - Yoga on a Ball - bring your own swiss ball. Small friendly group led by Pat Beaton, 01558 650594.

Yoga. Mixed abilities: St Thomas' Hall, Tues 7.30-8.45pm, £6. Contact Su Bates (BWY teacher) 07588 527512.

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.

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

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.

Dances of Universal Peace. Dance brings people together to create harmony and connection. 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, bring a mat. 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.

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.

Lampeter Badminton Club. Fri 56.30pm, Lampeter Leisure Centre, All standards welcome, £1.50.

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

Lampeter Music Public Concert Series. Sun 9 Oct, 2.30pm. Arts Hall, UWTSD Lampeter. Elinor Bennet, Harp. Tickets on door £11; concs £9; in advance from Cascade Florist.

Membership for the season, (admission to six concerts): £50; concs £40; half-price for new members. To join contact carolcook@gmail.com, 01558 650569. Students free with Union Card. Two children free with a paying adult. www.lampetermusic.co.uk Lampeter Folk. Fri 2 Sept, 7.30pm, Small Hall, Victoria Hall, Lampeter.

Special guest Rajesh David, a musician influenced by Indian classical and folk traditions as well as contemporary music. All welcome, bring your instruments, voices & friends. We look forward to sharing music and poetry in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. £2 (£1 students) entry includes tea, coffee & light refreshments or BYOB. Contact: lampeterfolk@hotmail.com, 07817 715321 or check FB for details

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.quakersinwales.org.uk 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 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.

music _________________ religious services/groups _

permaculture, gardening & conservation ___________

Lampeter & District Beekeepers’ Association. Tues 13 Sept, 8pm, Cellan Millenium Hall. Demo of shook swarming and microscope session testing bees for nosema (please bring a sample of freshly dead bees for testing). £2 (incl. tea and biscuits).

Non-members welcome. info@lampeterbeekeepersassociation.co.uk

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 £14, visitors Please check and update listings regularly £3 per meeting. Contact Daisy, 01558 Lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com 650829, www.cothigardeners.com, 22

religious services/groups _ Lampeter Evangelical Church meets every Sunday at Victoria Hall, 10am 7pm. Contact Gareth Jones at the Mustard Seed café, 01570 423344.

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 yr hwyr. Oedfa am 9.30 ar drydydd Sul y mis. Ysgol Sul nob 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.

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

social _________________

People's Kitchen. 1st Sun most months, Llanfair Clydogau Village Hall. Yummy vegan lunch and lovely people. "Magic hat" donations towards hall and ingredients. All welcome. Bring friends and good vibes. Contact Mandi 07976 536983 or find us on Facebook Golden Broth Lunch Club. Lunch, cake, cards and Scrabble, or just relax and natter to friends. Alternate Mondays from 11.30am-2pm. Contact Linda (Llanfair) 01570 493706 or Amanda (Cellan) 01570 421338 to register your interest.

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

7 Sept: Play Reading 14 Sept: Instruction in First Aid 21 Sept: Looking after your Eyes 28 Sept: Crafting Drop in when you please. New

members welcome. Disabled access and toilet. Free car park. £2.50 a session (incl. vegetarian lunch and all activities). Contact Rhoda 01570 470172 or Bella 01559 370981.

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

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

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 Third World Lunch St. Peter’s Church Hall, Lampeter. First Friday each 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.

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, meet in bar 7pm for 7.30pm.

A small group, normally 6-8, including 2-3 fluent Welsh speakers. Contact Myra Mortlock, naturals@btinternet.com

storytelling, books & creative writing _________ Telling a New Story New group starting in Lampeter creating the world we want. See article p11 for more info. Contact: Shân, 01570 218138 / 07940 375147, shanharmony@aol.com 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.

Creative Writing Workshops. Start Sat 10 Sept, 2-4 pm, Tysul Hall, Llandysul. Other dates 8 Oct, 12 Nov and 10 Dec. Each workshop is run by a professional tutor. £30 for 4 workshops or try one for £10. Contact Kelly 07888841140, yamazaki.kelly@yahoo.co.uk

Meanwhile, Storytelling Circle, first Thurs each month, 7.30pm, UWTSD Lampeter. Hone your skills and share stories of all kinds. 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 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. Canolfan Long Wood Centre, 10am info@longwoodlampeter.org.uk British Legion Lampeter is recruiting members. This is your opportunity to become a member of the Legion.

Contact Sharon, 07971 806886.

Please check the details in your listings regularly to ensure they are up to date.

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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 well-being. 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 works from Cellan or Victoria Hall, Lampeter. 01570 421480.

lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com

Alison Kaye MBAcC. Traditional Chinese Acupuncture. Llanfair Clinic, 41 Bridge Street, Lampeter, SA48 7AA. 07779 256388 Ginny Moffett, fully qualified reflexologist with The British Reflexology Association, practising for 26 years. Practices from Pumsaint or offers home visits. Speciality is treating the elderly and those suffering from acute stress and anxiety. Reflexology can help with numerous medical conditions for those seeking an alternative treatment.

Call: 01558 650572 or 07791165998 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; artandtherapywithdylis@macmate.me 01974 299017, 07963 866516 24

Shân Rees, BA, Dip. Couns. and Life Coach. Living Excellently, Confidence Building for Women. Very experienced Trainer and Facilitator; groups/ individual sessions. 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 practises from Cellan. Contact: 01570 493295, 07790 107521, www.reflexologywithannie.co.uk

Copy Deadline for October issue: Fri 9 September

LEARNING - a very apt theme for this edition of the Grapevine as this is the time of year when schools, colleges and universities welcome new and returning students of all ages and many of us think of learning a new skill or hobby.

But the classroom isn't the only place where we can do this.

In September 2001, when Cellan Millennium Hall was officially opened, one of the main aims behind our community centre was 'to provide facilities for education and leisure'.

Fifteen years on, we are still providing those facilities and, more importantly, people are still coming along to enjoy them and benefit from them.

So, what can we offer you?

Come Line Dancing with Heather - exercise those little grey cells as well as the body to some great music; Lampeter Home Education Group has a social afternoon where the children can get together; Sew, Knit and Natter - bring whatever you're working on and maybe produce something as a group; Art Group - again, work in whatever medium you prefer; Yoga - we have two classes at different levels with Pat and Karen, to teach you how to achieve inner harmony and reduce your stress levels, at the same time improving your posture; we also have Qi Gong and Tai Chi with Taiga; Lampeter Bee Keepers will be starting their beginners, course soon. Our WI has a very varied programme - and a darts team. Not forgetting our Community Garden, Friday Film Nights and our Golden Broth Lunch Club, where we are always learning new board and card games.

Details of days and times for all these can be seen below.

Of course, the opposite of learning is teaching. If you would like to start a new class we do have a few slots available during the daytime.

If you would like to learn how we make it all happen, we're always looking for volunteers to help us 'behind the scenes' Chris Lambert Secretary, Cellan Millennium Hall www.millenniumhallcellan.co.uk, 01570 422066 CELLAN MILLENNIUM HALL CLASSES AND GROUPS Classes subject to change: please check www.millenniumhallcellan.co.uk for updates & contact details, and our What’s On page for one-off events

Film Night Fri 9 Sept: Batman v Superman (12)

MONDAY Line Dancing: 7-10pm Golden Broth Lunch Club: 11.30-2pm, 5 Sept

Amy Adams, Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill

Fri 23 Sept: Florence Foster Jenkins (PG)

TUESDAY Lampeter Home Education Group: 12-5pm Qi Gong: 6-7pm, restarts 13 Sept Tai Chi: 7-8pm, restarts 13 Sept

Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant

Sat 8 Oct, at 5 pm: The Jungle Book (2016, PG) Neel Sethi, Ben Kingsley, Bill Murray

WEDNESDAY Sew, Knit & Natter: 1-4pm, restarts 7 Sept Yoga: 5.30-7pm

DOORS OPEN 7.15pm for 7.45pm start Admission by Donation BIG SCREEN & DIGITAL THEATRE SOUND

THURSDAY Gentle Yoga: 6-7.30pm, restarts 8 Sept WI: 2nd Thurs of month 7.30pm

HEARING LOOP NOW AVAILABLE

FRIDAY Art Group: 10am–1pm Film Night: fortnightly 7.15pm for 7.45pm, restarts 9 Sept

For more details:

www.millenniumhallcellan.co.uk

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Lipreading Awareness Week 12-19 September 2016

“What did you say?�

Do you struggle to hear what people say?

Try Lipreading

Lipreading can help you to understand more of what people are saying.

Discuss communication strategies, work with some brief exercises, share experiences and find out what lipreading might be able to offer you.

There will be 2 short sessions on Thursday 15 September 2016 at 2pm and 3.30pm Victoria Hall, Bryn Road, Lampeter run by a fully qualified lipreading teacher.

If you are interested just come along or contact Anne on 07939567846

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A Lifelong of Learning at Denmark Farm For almost thirty years Denmark Farm Conservation Centre has played a part in local life as a haven for learning and sharing. From the early days when all primary schools in Ceredigion had the opportunity to visit, plant trees and experience the wildlife close up. To more recent times with the development of natural crafts and sustainable living workshops. The Shared Earth Trust (the charity who manages Denmark Farm) is constantly adapting to the needs and interest of supporters and the rich wildlife.

Evolving volunteer opportunities include the ‘Veg Patch from Scratch’ programme, which ran from Dec to June.

Funded through ‘Volunteering in Wales’, a group of volunteers led by horticulture tutor Malcolm Berry have created a productive kitchen garden from a patch of grass.

In the process the volunteers have acquired a whole range of knowledge, from preparing the soil to preventing pests.

The veg garden is signposted from the car park, and can be visited at any time.

A new volunteer programme ‘Under Cover growing’ is about to start, using our newly acquired greenhouse (many thanks to our local donator!). Malcolm will continue to pass on his extensive knowledge during the sessions which run fortnightly on Sundays from 10 to 2.30pm. We still have a couple of places left, so please do get in touch if you would like to join us and learn how to grow your own food in a greenhouse or polytunnel.

Local folk can now take their pick from an exciting list of Ecology, Species Identification, Natural Crafts and Sustainable Living courses and workshops. Children who are staying at Denmark Farm with their families, or live in the area, can join in with our varied and regular activities for young people and families. In 2016 we are offering the largest number of learning opportunities ever and we do hope to continue this into 2017. Coming up in the next few months we have everything from Gate Making to Crochet and from Invasive Species Training to Botanical Painting.

Everything we do at Denmark Farm is ultimately for the purpose of maintaining our 40 acre nature reserve, raising awareness of environmental issues and helping people learn to live more sustainably. We are a very small charity and certainly couldn’t do it without the help of all our friends who live in and around Lampeter. So thank you for your support so far and if you haven’t taken advantage of what we offer at Denmark Farm to date, please do join us soon. Please have a look at our website to keep in touch www.denmarkfarm.org Mara Morris

volunteering

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Home-Start Alone this Christmas then join us, help us prepare and serve Copy Deadline Fri 9 Sept Christmas dinner for those in need. "wanted volunteers to help prepare Adverts: and serve Christmas dinner, Christmas day 25th December at Victoria Hall, lampetergrapevineads@gmail.com Lampeter" You will also get to join everyone enjoy a delicious Christmas Listings: dinner. Can you help? Contact: 01570 lampetergrapvinelist@gmail.com 218546.

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Denmark Farm Conservation Centre.

Volunteer Days. Alternate Saturdays 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 and helping with our wildlife monitoring.

All welcome, no previous experience needed. Drinks and cakes provided – just bring lunch and outdoor gear. For dates, get in touch. 01570 493358, www.denmarkfarm.org.uk

Grief-working: A note home from the front lines These past three days have found us with a dear friend in the home in Switzerland she shared with her husband, initially as part of their growing lives together as man and wife, and then, from early 2014, as the place in which he found himself ill with cancer, being treated, being told all was clear and then hearing months later that the cancer was non-curative. Thus he walked and they walked, in as full a way as possible then, into his dying time with all this asked of them and offered them. It is nearly a year now since he died here at his home. How then to pack up and leave such a place? How in this last year her grief has been met, held, invited, valued and ‘given a place at the table’? Grieving can be such a lonely thing. Who is it that lays a welcome mat at the door for broken-heartedness - whether the grief is the grief-soaked heartache for the beloved who has died, the new life conceived that miscarried, agony for the forest cut down, or the sight of starving polar bears on the receding arctic ice?

There is much around us that offers ‘healing’, being the best you can be, re-working our thinking so we don’t feel so bad - the promise of life that feels good, happy, contributing, fulfilling. Yet if we look around we see things that are utterly heart-wrenching. Think of the tent city in Calais, the utter destruction of Aleppo in Syria, polluted rivers, the effects of soil erosion - alongside day to day life: hearing a grandchild or friend has cancer, that someone’s mum has just died unexpectedly, news of accidents, job losses, challenges in education or work, and all the many everyday things that matter - surely grief is the called-for skill of human kinship in such times.

‘RETURNINGS’ 21- 25 September

This last two years have found us exploring the work of grief and broken-heartedness, love and grief as skills joined at the hip, and the bearing witness to ‘what is’. “WHAT?” you might say - “Aren’t broken hearts supposed to be mended?” and “Isn’t grief something that inflicts itself upon us - something to ‘get over’ so we can get on with life?” It seems that few people seek out grief or want to get good at it but we are beginning to understand that, as Stephen Jenkinson says: “grief is an ability as vital to our emotional and spiritual life as the skill of love.” And so we continue to gather to hone this skill and to invite others to join us in this quest.

Denmark Farm Conservation Centre, Ceredigion SA48 8PB A residential gathering for anyone moved to come, whether you are bereaved, bereft, inert, saddened, heartbroken or grappling with how it is to be human and be alive in these times. This is a time to be with others, to be part of creating a ‘non-judgmental human basket in which to thrash around in’ (Martín Prechtel) We envisage sharing, walking, ceremony, ritual, storytelling, music, tears, laughter. Interwoven through our days will be the call to stillness, to praise, to lineage and the tending of the lived relationships between others, our non-human world and the unseen world.

Our next ‘Griefwalker Day’ - is on 17 September at our home near Lampeter.

The next residential gathering at Denmark Farm is Wed 21 to Sun 25 September - http://bit.ly/2apc3U5 Anyone moved to, is welcome to join us at these events, whether or not you have connected with us before.

Any questions, comments, thoughts, bookings – Please contact gayano - gayano@ymail.com, 01558 650747 or 07933 743105

Please contact Gayano - 01558 650747, 07933 743105 or gayano@ymail.com - to explore, ask questions, reflect, wonder, or book a place.

“Slowing down offers us an opportunity to establish bonds of intimacy with those around us: partners, children, friends and out into the wider terrain of the beautiful and strange otherness” Francis Weller

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Small Wind Coop celebrates success

Copy deadline: Fri 9 September 2016 Miss it & you risk not being included in the October issue

The Small Wind Co-op, a community energy project to build a small farm wind turbine at Troed y Bryn near Llangeitho, is celebrating after the project breezed through it’s initial £700,000 target to close on 22 August having raised £881,805 from members, ensuring the project can proceed.

One of the investors is Howard Yardy from Llangeitho. Howard and his partner, Helen, have an 8-acre smallholding and are mostly self-sufficient in fruit, veg and meat. “We are keen environmentalists and climate change is a serious concern for us and the future of our family. We would have liked to have a turbine on our property but we live in a deep valley,” Howard says. “While many local people have invested along with us it would be impossible to raise the funds locally for the whole project. It is heartening to see hundreds of like-minded investors across the country supporting the scheme.”

As well as paying an annual return to investors of 4.5% (for bondholders) and 6.5% (for shareholders) the turbine is set to generate a community fund of £9,000 in its first three years of operation which would be invested by local group Grannell Community Energy in improving the Llangeitho Jubilee Hall and the play park.

The Hall was originally built in 1897 and was last refurbished in 2000. Although new central heating has been installed thanks to a Ceredigion Community Grant, the hall needs new insulation to bring it up to 21st Century standards. A wide range of committees and clubs hire the hall, ranging from the Bowling Club, to ‘Ti a Fi’ baby and toddler group, to Young Farmers. It is also widely used by local charities and other organisations for fundraising events, public debates and as the Polling Station.

Leila Sharland, Community Renewables Adviser, Sharenergy, said: “The Jubilee Hall is the hub of the community and is used almost every day of the week. The building is in a state of disrepair and the Committee are constantly fundraising and applying for grants for its upkeep. Funds raised from the community wind turbine would make a big difference to helping keep the hall warmer, lowering heating bills and reducing carbon emissions.”

For updates on the Small Wind Coop: http://smallwind.org.uk

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Canlyniad llwyddiannus ar gyfer Cylch Caron wrth benodi Partner Cyflawni

Successful outcome for Cylch Caron as Delivery Partner is appointed

Yn dilyn proses dendro agored, Following an open tender mae Cymdeithas Tai Canolbarth process, Mid Wales Cymru wedi bod yn llwyddiannus Housing Association has been wrth ennill y contract ar gyfer successful in being awarded Safle Cylch Caron yn Nhregaron cyflawni prosiect Cylch Caron.

Cylch Caron site in Tregaron the contract for the delivery of Dywedodd Rebecca Evans AC, y the Cylch Caron project.

Gweinidog dros Wasanaethau Cymdeithasol ac Iechyd y Rebecca Evans AM, Minister for Social Services and Public Cyhoedd, "Mae penodiad Cymdeithas Tai Canolbarth Health, said, “The appointment of Mid Wales Housing Cymru fel y Partner Cyflawni ar gyfer Cylch Caron yn gam Association as the Delivery Partner for Cylch Caron is pwysig arall ymlaen yn natblygiad y ganolfan arloesol. another important step forward in the development of Bydd Cylch Caron yn dod â iechyd, gofal cymdeithasol a this innovative centre. Cylch Caron will bring health, social thai ynghyd o dan yr un to. Yn unol â'r egwyddor o Ddeddf care and housing together under one roof. In keeping with Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a Lles (Cymru) 2014, bydd y the principle of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) gwasanaethau hyn yn rhoi atal ac ymyrraeth gynnar wrth Act 2014, these services will place prevention and early galon popeth y maent yn ei wneud, gan helpu pobl i aros yn intervention at the heart of everything they do, helping iach a byw'n annibynnol." people to stay well and live independently.”

Dywedodd Arweinydd Cyngor Sir Ceredigion, y Cynghorydd Ceredigion County Council Leader, Councillor Ellen ap Ellen ap Gwynn, "Rydym yn falch iawn o groesawu Gwynn said, “We are very pleased to welcome Mid Wales Cymdeithas Tai Canolbarth Cymru fel y Partner Cyflawni ar Housing Association as the Delivery Partner for Cylch gyfer Cylch Caron. Mae dyfarnu'r contract yn garreg filltir Caron. Awarding the contract is another key milestone in allweddol arall ym mhrosiect pwysig Bwrdd Gwasanaethau this important Ceredigion Public Service Board where Cyhoeddus Ceredigion ble mae Cyngor Sir Ceredigion yn Ceredigion County Council is working in conjunction with gweithio ar y cyd â Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Hywel Dda i Hywel Dda University Health Board to deliver a housing, ddarparu cyfleuster tai, gofal ac iechyd a gynlluniwyd yn care and health facility specifically designed for the rural benodol ar gyfer yr ardal wledig o amgylch Tregaron. area around Tregaron. Mid Wales Housing Cymdeithas Tai Canolbarth Cymru fydd yn gyfrifol am elfen Association will be responsible for the design and build dylunio ac adeiladu y prosiect." element of the project.”

Dywedodd Teresa Owen, Cyfarwyddwr Iechyd y Cyhoedd Teresa Owen, Director of Public Health for Hywel Dda ar gyfer Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Hywel Dda, "Mae hwn yn University Health Board said, "This is a key step forward in gam allweddol ymlaen ym mhrosiect Cylch Caron ac yn the Cylch Caron project and excellent news for the newyddion rhagorol i gymuned Tregaron. Rwy'n edrych Tregaron community. I look forward to working with our ymlaen at weithio gyda'n partner newydd, Cymdeithas Tai new partner, Mid Wales Housing Association, on this Canolbarth Cymru, ar y datblygiad pwysig hwn." important development.”

Dywedodd Siân Howells, Cyfarwyddwr Busnes Newydd ar Sian Howells, Director of New Business for Mid Wales gyfer Cymdeithas Tai Canolbarth Cymru, "Mae Cymdeithas Housing Association said, “Mid Wales Housing Association Tai Canolbarth Cymru yn falch iawn o fod wedi ennill y are delighted to have been awarded the contract for the contract ar gyfer darparu Prosiect Cylch Caron ac yn edrych delivery of the Cylch Caron Project and very much look ymlaen at weithio gyda'r gymuned a’r partneriaid sydd forward to working with the Community and Project ynghlwm gyda’r prosiect, gan wneud y Cyfleuster Gofal Partners to make this Integrated Care Facility a reality”.

Integredig yma yn realiti.”

Work will now progress on the detailed plans for the Bydd y gwaith yn awr yn symud ymlaen ar y cynlluniau Cylch Caron project working closely with Mid Wales manwl ar gyfer prosiect Cylch Caron gan weithio'n agos Housing Association for the submission of the full gyda Chymdeithas Tai Canolbarth Cymru ar gyfer business case to Welsh Government. cyflwyno'r achos busnes llawn i Lywodraeth Cymru.

ONLINE LINK: http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/English/Resident/ LINC AR-LEIN: http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/ Cymraeg/Preswyliwr/Newyddion/Pages/Canlyniadllwyddiannus-ar-gyfer-Cylch-Caron-wrth-benodiPartner-Cyflawni.aspx

Cyngor Sir

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

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disadvantaged individuals in rural Wales. With the aim to

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out more about how to get involved, please contact me at

So how do we do that in the Lampeter area?

lampeter@tircoed.org.uk or 01570-493224.

We have been working in partnership with Long Wood Community Woodland for the last three years through a fantastic project called VINE – Volunteering in the Natural Environment.

Some of you may have already been involved with Tir Coed through training courses in woodland management and greenwood crafts. Over the last three years we have

You are also welcome to join us at the

run six training courses where the participants, who are

Long Wood Community Woodland Forest Fair

all local people, have learnt new skills from expert tutors,

Saturday 24 September, 10am-4pm.

gained experience over the three months of the course,

There’s loads of exciting things going on, but come and

achieved recognized accreditation through Agored

visit the Tir Coed activities and celebrations of all that has

Cymru, socialised with other like-minded people and

been achieved during the VINE project. We’ll be in the

enjoyed being out in the woods in all weathers and

forest school area (Zone C), so come and say hello and

seasons.

find out more about us.

Many local groups have also visited Long Wood through

We’d love to meet you!

Tir Coed activity days. Family Centres, Brownies, Scouts,

Linda Bradshaw-Wood

Tribal Unity Wales, youth groups and many more of all

Tir Coed VINE Project Officer

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well as providing an extra cash crop.

But which species/mixtures are most useful and are they appropriate for every situation? How should grasslands be managed to retain the best sward composition? Can you achieve a suitable balance between managing grasslands for ruminant production and for other ecosystem services? Does the animal breed make a difference?

It’s difficult to give definitive answers to these questions as one size rarely fits all, but if this is something you’d like to know more about then check out ATP-Pasture (http://www.atp-pasture.org.uk/). This postgraduate training programme has a focus on sustainable pasturebased agriculture and is aimed at getting current research findings out to people working in the industry.

It is delivered jointly by Aberystwyth and Bangor Universities and you can do anything from a single module through to a Master’s degree or even a Professional Doctorate. And because it is entirely online you can do it all from the comfort of your own home!

The ATP Team

Advanced Training Partnership (ATP) Issues facing agriculture today are well-documented, perhaps the main conflict being between producing enough food for a growing population and the need to reduce our impacts on the natural environment.

Ruminant production has come under close scrutiny, particularly in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, competition for human-edible food and loss of natural habitat. Debates revolve around whether intensive indoor systems to meet growing global consumer demand or extensive outdoor systems and a consequent reduction in the consumption of animal products are the answer. On whichever side of the debate you fall, pasture-based ruminant production may offer many benefits.

Ruminants are fairly unique in that they can make readily available, human-edible protein from grass, which people could not otherwise access. In addition, ruminants raised predominantly on pasture seem to offer better health benefits to their human consumers, with evidence suggesting that their meat and milk have higher levels of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids than is found in concentrate-fed animals.

Grasslands also offer a variety of ecosystem services. As well as the provisioning services such as food, fibre and fuel, which are easily valued commodities, grasslands may also offer other not so easily valued nonprovisioning services, such as biodiversity and genetic resources, carbon storage, flood defence, pollution control, amenity and aesthetic appeal. However, managing pasture for ruminant production does not necessarily produce the kinds of grasslands that offer the best advantages in terms of non-provisioning ecosystem services. For example, ploughing and seeding new leys will not store carbon as effectively as a permanent pasture and the soils are likely to be more easily eroded and less healthy in terms of structure and biodiversity.

Temporary leys are also more expensive to produce and maintain than a permanent pasture.

It is generally held that most ecosystem services of grasslands increase with greater sward diversity but that livestock production decreases. However, there is evidence to suggest that, for example, mixed swards may generate higher yields of forage and milk per cow than grass monocultures; or that grazing beef cattle and sheep together can increase biodiversity and improve meat yields. And then there are projects that have shown that planting trees in pasture can have many benefits, such as flood mitigation, shelter and browse as

YOU SHALL GO TO THE BALL The Jane Guy School of Dancing will be performing Cinderella at Theatr Felinfach this November.

Term starts the week of 6 September, and the school welcomes new pupils of all ages who would like to dance.

“From 2 to 92” says Mrs Guy who adds “This is the

thirty ninth show at Theatr Felinfach . Every pupil is guaranteed a part and the chance to be involved in the performance.”

Classes are held on Tuesday and Saturday in the Shiloh Chapel hall in Lampeter and on Thursday at Theatr Felinfach. For more information please phone 01570 470645

Photo’s from last year’s performance of Coppelia

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LYTss returns with a term packed full of things to do, rehearsals for the up coming production will be well under way and a performance at Long Wood in September will get us feeling the buzz of performing.

We have been fortunate that our numbers have grown steadily, but this brings the problem of sufficient volunteers to staff the sessions. So, do you have an interest in theatre? Or like working with children of all ages? Then maybe a new volunteering venture is just round the door for you. Pop in on registration day or ring Vanessa, 07814 794353 for a chat.

See you all soon!

Vanessa Read Woodland Classroom: Play, Explore, Discover

CHAMPIONING CHILD-LED LEARNING This issue’s theme of ‘Learning’ is right up our street and at our regular after-school and parent & toddler clubs we champion child-led learning in the outdoors, with nature as a stimulus and adults acting more as a guide and facilitator to the child’s learning process, rather than the more formal approach of a class setting.

At the end of our last session before the summer break we asked all the children at Young Rangers (our woodland after-school club) what they had learnt over the past year. Of course, we got serious answers and silly ones, but as the kids spoke to us I found myself reflecting back on all the activities we had done with them over the year, following the seasons and the weather; going exploring in the sunshine, building shelters when it was raining and singing campfire songs when the nights drew in. It’s so important for children (and adults) to get regular time outdoors, as you become so much more aware of those seasonal changes, and returning to our camp circle week after week we noticed together the subtle changes in the plants and landscape around us from the arrival of new birdsong to the first falling leaves of autumn.

With all the transformation that takes place in autumn, it seems like the appropriate time for change at Young Rangers too as a number of the children who have been with us for the past 2 years are finally making the move up to secondary school. We decided that this would be a good time for them to also make a natural transition to moving on from Young Rangers. This was a hard decision to make for us as we’ve worked with a lot of these children since the beginning and seen them learn and grow as young people. But it’s also good to allow new energy into the group, which will also present itself with www.facebook.com/woodlandclassroom

new opportunities for learning for both the new kids and ourselves as teachers.

So it’s bittersweet that we say farewell (but not goodbye) to Moe, Caleb C, Tomos, Jake, Caleb B and Ryan. It’s been great to have you all at our sessions and we hope you’ll always remember your time with us. Our sincere thanks also go out to the parents of these great kids who showed their support in the early days and have been champions for us locally, spreading the word of Young Rangers. We suspect the kids are responsible for a bit of that word of mouth too The new term of Young Rangers will begin this month (see listings page 20 For details).

Perhaps your child will be one of our new learners, discovering their own adventures out in the woods?

THE LITTLE RANGERS RETURN! Younger children will also be able to get their regular wild fix as Little Rangers our parent & toddler group in the woods returns this month too. We always have a guided activity in the middle of the session, which children can choose to participate in. There’s also activities for the parents to have a go at such as whittling, axe work, felting, clay or wild cooking, we shall bring something different each session for you to try. We found that if parents get stuck into an activity then their children will watch, be inspired or even try their own version of it alongside Mum or Dad. Newcomers are always welcome.

See listings page 20 For details.

Lea & James

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Multiple Sclerosis Support Group - Ceredigion - ‘Learning’

A few weeks ago we were on our way into town when on the radio there was a song entitled ‘Three Wheels on My Wagon’ which I had not heard for many, many years. I realise I am showing my age as it was written back in 1961 but hearing it again made us chuckle for a long time. It tells the story of a family of pioneers who were being chased by Cherokees.

‘Three wheels on my wagon, And I’m still rolling along The Cherokees are chasing me Arrows fly, right on by But I’m singing a happy song.’

Gradually the wagon loses its wheels and they are captured by the Cherokees. Finally, ‘No wheels on my wagon so I’m not rolling along The Cherokees captured me They look mad, things look bad But I’m singing a happy song.

Thoughts of MS came into my mind, thoughts of our bodies maybe not working as well when we get down to three wheels, two wheels, one wheel or even no wheels but as long as we keep singing a happy song we can still be cheerful, and ‘learning’ experiences, inspired by other people. MS can mean the prospect of ‘learning’ new ways to cope, ‘learning’ to ‘be disabled’ or unable to do things as we once did, learning to cope with change but also ‘learning’ that we are, still, the same person.

Inspiration came to our Support Group Meeting on 1st August from Iestyn Evans, Fundraising Manager from MS Cymru. We discussed so many things including curling ... wheels not on ice, laser shooting, and Botcha, a form of bowling, all of which are adapted for people in wheelchairs. A lady mentioned designing bi-lingual Christmas cards. Hopefully we can have a go at this.

Iestyn, you were great, thank you so much for coming.

It was a very stimulating meeting and good to see new people. Annie Zakiewicz gave us the benefit of her relaxing reflexology. I overheard one lady say ‘It is wonderful’. Thanks Annie.

Life changes when you have MS but it is so important to maintain your positivity and enjoy life as much as you can.

We meet on the first Monday of the month 1.30 – 3.30 in the Mustard Seed Cafe in Lampeter and on the 2nd Monday in St Paul’s, Aberystwyth 11-1pm We are a friendly crowd. ‘Learning’ how to share any problems can help us to ‘learn’ how to do things that might have become difficult.

C’mon all you Cherokees sing along with me!’ sang the pioneer as he persuaded the Cherokees to sing the chorus: Higgity, hoggety, high. Pioneers they never say die...’

Croeso i Bawb / Welcome to all Judith McKay 01570 493509 Hazel Ellis 01970 261640

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There’s More to the New Railway than the New Railway

country and population. Schemes which despise and ignore the ‘externality’ of the population at large often fail, because they are not designed to serve the lives of the many, but only the selfishness of a few. The comparison between air travel and a railway makes the point. If small clients cannot use a service they cannot contribute to its viability, even if they have been forced to pay for it via taxation. An air service can have no pool of small users, which brings almost instant insolvency. We have seen examples. The new North-South railway must be very different from an air service which cannot pay its way, and by its very nature a railway does have this broader usefulness, so long as developers include local lineside developments.

A fundamental fault in our society is its psychopathic love of money, which has been called the root of all evil. Our economic system, in which schemes serving only Big Business are the major structure, is rotten to the core, not only ethically, but even in economic understanding.

Once national economies place financial profit above the production of real commodities useful for life, as they do almost worldwide, disdaining workers who produce real goods, the system destroys itself by inflation, as any mathematician would predict. Quantitative Easing, alias inflation, is the utterly delusive short-term remedy, simply putting off the system’s inevitable implosion.

Profitmaking within a metasystem divorced from the realities it should serve is also the deliberate impoverishment of those whose labour is the provision of life’s real needs. It is the deliberate devaluation of their oney by merely-mathematical ploys designed solely to make the few rich operators richer still. Our banks, the pillars of that capitalist system, are themselves already bankrupt for this very reason, despite having been bailed out by the poor, and they still seek to conceal the unreality of self-convolved unholistic finance despite decades of proof that it is inherently self-destructive. It is easy to see why, if one opens honest eyes.

These bite-size articles are, necessarily, very brief, but they interconnect holistically. I shall have more to say on both youth employment and the finance needed to rebuild the railway in a later article.

Eric Franklin

I am indebted to Louis Friedman, of Newcastle Emlyn, for an observation, based on his long experience, from which one component of this second article grows. He points out that society fails young people, girls, of course, but in this instance especially young men - Louis calls them “lost boys” - in giving little opportunity for constructive work, and thereby self-respect. He is right, but an holistic growth of activities would partially remedy this problem.

Use of the re-developed railway by as many as possible is essential for long-term success, and this will be best achieved by including youthful self-respect via employment.

However, our selfish finance-based society rejects such holistic plans, so the other component of this article is a warning against the dangerous greed of developers.

Holistic ideas can only be realised if the narrow greed of big business is defeated. The loss of British Home Stores and other employers illustrates the problem. A railway costs millions of pounds, so will never come into being without government and major civil engineers, but their aims rarely include long-term help for school-leavers, the elderly, one-person businesses, reduction of ‘food miles’, or full use of currently-derelict sites close to the railway.

High Finance is totally opposed to the egalitarian, holistic aims of a transition town, yet it is the selfish profit-seeking of the Money Metaworld hat is inherently unviable in the Real World. Big Business’s self-centred objective of quick transport for high-flying executives between distant cities far outweighs, in its own thinking, cooperative plans for holistic enterprise around a railway.

The proposed HS2 high-speed rail link from London to the North is of this kind. It would serve the greed of a few rich people, cost an astronomical sum in taxes paid not by the rich but by tax-payers of modest means, most of whom could never benefit from HS2, and it would ruin many square kilometres of farmland. It would also leave most of Wales bereft of railways, as at present.

In the real world of commodities, not the mathematically absurd world of high finance, the most economic plan for the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth railway is to serve, directly or indirectly, the whole of the surrounding

Views of Llanio station, as it now is, and as it might become with an artist’s impression of educational workshops built and used by young people under the supervision of retired skilled managers, and hire cars restored by those young people made available to rail travellers at both this, and other, stations.

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One Planet Development Policy

national Paramaethu Cymru gathering, and heard from them how using permaculture principles had helped them to prepare their management plan and to be ready to make it a reality as soon as planning consent was given. Since 2009, the nine households have transformed an open, overgrazed hillside into a site with a rich variety of wildlife habitats and working smallholdings: you can read some of their stories on http://www.simondale.net/, and there is an informative booklet on how Simon and Jasmine planned and are creating a bio-diverse and productive system on their particular plot using permaculture principles.

The policy is not yet widely known, and has been subject of some controversy as some applicants have moved from England where there is no such far-sighted Planning initiative yet. However, two Welsh-speaking households have already taken advantage of the policy, and the One Planet Council is clear that they want this to be more widely-known among locals. The One Planet Council holds open monthly meetings for anyone interested (details of how to go are on their website) and have a Facebook page with details of the meetings https://www.facebook.com/groups/oneplanetcouncil Julia Lim

One Wales: One Planet, the sustainable development scheme of the Welsh Assembly Government was passed by the Senedd in May 2009, and was steered through the Senedd by Jane Davidson, now director of INSPIRE at the university. Technical Advice Note 6 (2010 http:// gov.wales/docs/desh/policy/100722tan6en.pdf) sets out how the Policy can support sustainable rural communities and economies by allowing the development of affordable, ecologically sustainable homes in open countryside that meet their Minimum Needs from the land. The One Planet Council (OPC) supports and monitors applications under the Policy, and has a wealth of information at http:// www.oneplanetcouncil.org.uk/ .

The process is not for the faint-hearted. In 2009, our way of life was consuming 2.7 planets’ worth of resources, with the risk of this escalating to 3 planets’ worth by 2020. Therefore, every application must be supported by a clear management plan that shows how living on the land will make it possible for each household to move within five years of receiving consent to living within an ecological footprint of 2.4 global hectares per person (the equivalent of one planet for us all, the national Welsh target). The plan must also show how they will generate a cash income to cover their Minimum Needs, of which at least half must derive directly from land-based produce and the other half can include land-based education and consultancy; how any construction will be zero carbon; how biodiversity will be increased; how any transport will be sustainable and how the local community will be affected. The Planning process can take a long time, depending partly on whether the application is prospective or retrospective, and whether the initial local Planning decision is positive.

On the plus side, this is an excellent opportunity for observation of the site so that the management plan is well grounded in how the land works (eg aspect, altitude, sunlight, prevailing winds, soil types, frost pockets, existing habitats and plants).

Since 2009, twenty one applications have been passed in Wales (nine of them at the Lammas Ecovillage in Pembrokeshire), and many more are currently being considered or close to putting in an application, of which several are in Ceredigion. For the first five years each applicant must report annually to the OPC on a detailed range of indicators to show how they are meeting their management plan.

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22 23 24 25 In Delyth’s kitchen everything is cooked from scratch, using 26 27 28 fresh ingredients. Cawl is a popular dish, bara brith and 29 30 31 home-made cakes are available at good prices and there are other delicious treats on offer as well. The café is licensed, 32 33 offers free wi-fi facilities and takes the Lampeter Loyalty 34 35 card. Delyth can also do outside catering and specialises in funeral teas.

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Across Down 1. Seize power when you get the top 4 inches? (4,3,5,4) 2. Ill feeling when our narc is smashed (7) 3. Eastern horse preceded the chicken (3) 4. New lease for artist’s resting place (5) 5. This bowler nabs all opening in unusual way (3,8,1,4) 6. Where Cluedo artist might be found with sharpened pencil (2,7,4) 7. Deprived of church membership when mixed mace count went astray (14) 8. See a new effortlessness (4) 9. Sense of self found at eastern exit (3) 10. Cause of indiscipline in school disturbs rash act insolence (2,7,2,5) 16. One right? A militia fought the British in 1919-1921 war (abbr) (3) 18. Nothing? We still are beholden (3) 21. Mixed gases soar as part of North Atlantic region (8,3) 23. At the heart of matador is Welsh father (3) 25. Sounds like star is a young male (3) 27. Indefinite form of headless man (2) 30. Board used for activity available at Cardigan Bay Watersports (5,3) 31. Muscular tubes made of a pig hose when reshaped (8) 38. Chocolate cookie that has nothing about musical note either end (4) 40. I enter old penniless lubricant (3)

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1. Age range for Ysgol Bro Pedr (5,2,8) 11. Institution supporting German drinkers creating heat (3) 12. Agony without capital in the past (3) 13. Beverage server at 14 Bridge Street, Lampeter (5,4) 14. Drunkard found in Ascot without a charge (3) 15. Spanish river provided recent sporting venue (3) 17. English novelist cut short disreputable woman (7) 19. Rams new weapons? (4) 20. Head cover sounds like a hit for domed dwelling (6) 21. Ransacked the heart of a pouch (3) 22. Pot made of fired clay will hearten anew (7) 24. Russian drops alternative for major sporting competitor (3) 26. Northern Thailand town where grandmother might be found (3) 28. Snore endlessly, or not! (3) 29. Power grind egg in mixture as way of preparing spice (9,6) 32. Consume tea mixture (3) 33. Abnormal sonar causes fire to start (5) 34. Detecting without physical senses when it is half espied (Abb.) (3) 35. Bar to change makes it terminate (5) 36. Belonging to a female who has cherub but no youngster (3) 37. Half biscuit found on the flat part of a cooking stove (3) 39. Middle eastern person faces a new bar (4) 40. Ukrainian sea port that does as substitute (6) 41. Backward leg holds the hair in place (3) 42. Assistant Head at Ysgol Bro Pedr transformed mini oil side wall (7,8)

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