Lampeter Grapevine Issue 43 Oct 2016

contents in this issue… reviews & letters ads & classifieds what’s going on secret travels of the grapevine town council news jottings cymdeithas hanes llambed lampeter museum celtic christianity heritage orchard project clonc power to the people produce the juice rotary club is expanding getting around to democracy: why we need a new voting system kcc uwtsd ysgol henry richard ysgol bro pedr ms support group vine celebrations long wood update lytss lampeter rotary club events invitation childhood, childminding and forest days crossword competition lampeter apple day

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. This June ‘Bite Size’ issue of Grapevine has certainly been getting around … Here it is smiling in a very sunny Montpellier, France.

corrections & clarifications Apologies for the few errors and omissions in last month’s issue.

CYD Llambed sent a change of venue update - now meeting at Mulberry Bush Café. Unfortunately the amendment wasn’t discovered until after publication.

Apologies to the group and to anyone who might have visited the previous venue.

Corrections & Typos!

Apologies to all puzzlers for missing the page number for linking with the spare grid - can’t make things too easy for you!

The date for ‘The Economics of Happiness’ film was incorrect on poster but correct in the listings. New poster with correct date Eds.

included this time, page 12.

For reader’s who haven’t yet got around to sorting out the vegetable garden ... Need some ideas? Check out HuwsNursery You Tube channel for some practical advice and top tips about organic and sustainable gardening.

Here’s a selection to get you started ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgI5Edzkd80 www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mLHnn_ow1M&feature=em-subs_digest www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Lwy-dAQ9j4

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GRAPEVINE no. 43, October 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

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

When it comes to writing the editorial - it’s often the last thing I actually get around to doing! I seem to find other distractions that draw me away from the task at hand. This results in me becoming engrossed in something else and often forgetting what I had originally started! It doesn’t seem to be just the Grapevine where this happens either… My family recently celebrated my parents Diamond (60) Anniversary - a major achievement, an inspiration and an example to us all.

However, it was only whilst preparing for this event that I

Printed by: TSD Reprographics, Lampeter, on paper from sustainable resources

realised I have now been ‘getting around’ to completing the

Printing costs sponsored by:

I’m really very sorry for this, but I guess now I can include this

album from their Golden Anniversary for the last ten years!!! more recent very special day too!

When we first came up with the theme for this issue I think we had thought more about movement and how we get from

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one place to another, for what purpose we travel and where we go. It was an attempt to showcase what is on offer around the Lampeter area as a source of information for all the new students arriving in town. There are a few juicy items inside as tasters, (The Heritage of Orchards & Cider Making in Wales project, page 8; Produce the Juice: Easy Peasy Apple Squeezy - Lampeter Apple Day, page 11 & 40), plus lots of events,

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classes, courses, gatherings, films and tempting opportunities

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Llambed Arts Music event (see page 26 for details). Or if

Copy date for November issue 44: Fri 7 Oct, Theme: ‘Reaching Out’ Circulation this issue: 2,500 copies distributed free in the Lampeter area We reserve the right to edit all contributions for reasons of space & clarity. The views expressed in letters and articles are not necessarily those of Transition Llambed Development Trust or the newsletter group.

Cover Design: Moira Hay, www.moirahay-illustration.co.uk Image originally created for 'Making Tracks' magazine; reproduced courtesy of Moira Hay.

to check out. You could even win tickets to the October Celf you’ve not yet had a go at the Cryptic Crossword, then there’s no better way of discovering the local area whilst ‘getting around’ solving clues.

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

RHESTR ER ANRHYDEDD Gobeithir arddangos Rhestr y Gwroniaid, gan restru Meiri Gorffennol Llanbedr Pont Steffan, yn deillio’n ôl i 1884, o fewn y Neuadd Fictoria.

ROLL OF HONOUR It is hoped to display the Roll of Honour, listing the names of the Past Mayors of Lampeter, stemming back to 1884, within the Victoria Hall.

ARWYDDION BROWN Parheir ymholiadau ynghylch y posibilrwydd o gyflwyno Arwyddion Brown o fewn y dref, i ddenu twristiaid i gyrchfannau.

BROWN SIGNS Enquiries are ongoing concerning the possible introduction of Brown Signs within the town, to alert tourists of certain destinations.

CYNHADLEDD UN LLAIS CYMRU 2016 Disgwylir presenoldeb y Maer y Cyngh. David Smith a'r Gynghorwraig Dorothy Williams yn ystod Cynhadledd Un Llais Cymru, yn Llanfair ym Muallt ar Faes y Sioe Frenhinol Cymru, ar ddydd Sadwrn 1af Hydref, 2016.

Bydd y Siaradwyr Gwadd yn cynnwys Mr Mark Drakeford AC, Ysgrifennydd Cabinet dros Gyllid a Llywodraeth Leol; bydd yn siarad am yr heriau sy’n wynebu llywodraeth leol yng Nghymru a’u perthnasedd i’r sector cynghorau cymuned a thref.

Bydd Cynigion i'w trafod yn cynnwys galw ar Lywodraeth y DU i sicrhau y darperir cyllid digonol ar lefel genedlaethol yng Nghymru i gymryd lle cyllid yr Undeb Ewropeaidd allai gael ei golli yn y pendraw o ganlyniad uniongyrchol i bleidlais Brexit yn y refferendwm.

ONE VOICE WALES CONFERENCE 2016 The Mayor Cllr David Smith and Cllr Dorothy Williams are expected to represent the Town Council at the One Voice Wales Conference, at Builth Wells, Royal Welsh Showground on Saturday 1 October 2016.

Guest Speakers will include Mr Mark Drakeford AM, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government who will be talking about the challenges facing local government in Wales and their relevance to the community and town council sector.

Motions for debate will include calling upon the UK Government to ensure that sufficient funds are made available at a national level in Wales to replace the EU funds, which could be lost as a direct consequence of the Brexit vote in the referendum.

CEISIADAU CYNLLUNIO A GYFLWYNWYD GERBRON Y CYNGOR TREF DAN LAW CYNGOR SIR CEREDIGION Rhif: A160659. Lleoliad: 16 Stryd y Coleg, Llanbedr Pont Steffan. Ymgeisydd: Mr Gareth Jones. Cynnig: Adeiladu Neuadd Eglwys newydd gyda llety ategol a newidiadau i adeilad presennol yn cynnwys dymchwel estyniad wrth gefn. Sylwadau'r Cyngor Tref: Dim gwrthwynebiad.

Rhif: A160657. Lleoliad: North Gate House, Heol y Gogledd, Llanbedr Pont Steffan. Ymgeisydd: Dr O Dimmick. Cynnig: Newid defnydd o annedd breswyl i ffurfio rhan o'r ddeintyddfa cyfagos. Sylwadau'r Cyngor Tref: Dim gwrthwynebiad.

PLANNING APPLICATIONS PRESENTED TO THE TOWN COUNCIL VIA CEREDIGION COUNTY COUNCIL No: A160659. Location: 16 College Street, Lampeter. Applicant: Mr Gareth Jones. Proposal: Construction of a new Church Hall with ancillary accommodation and alterations to an existing building including demolition of a rear addition.

Town Council’s Comments: No Objections.

No: A160657. Location: North Gate House, North Road, Lampeter.

Applicant: Dr O Dimmick.

Proposal: Change of use of residential dwelling to form part of the neighbouring dental surgery. Town Council’s Comments: No Objections.

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

email: lampetergrapevine@gmail.com Small Wind Coop celebrates success - Response (Iss.42,Sept 2016, p29)

How public spirited your correspondent sounded to towards the people of this area in arranging to be built this wind turbine.

There is a down side which he failed to mention. For people who don't know it the upper Aeron valley is one of the most beautiful and unspoilt areas in the country and the easiest way way to ruin this at one go is to build a large turbine. What a shame some people have decided that lining their own pockets is more important.

Ian Carson, Llangeitho In reply to Ian Carson - we understand that not

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Ken Guy

everybody likes the look of wind turbines - though ours is a medium-scale turbine, not the largest machine available by a long way. We think that climate change is a much greater threat to our green valley and our project is not about people 'lining their pockets' - it's about people coming together to reduce carbon emissions and to share the power produced. The Small Wind Co-op is a genuine co-operative following the model set by many other community energy installations across the UK. Its aim is to reduce carbon and to provide local community funds, earmarked for refurbishment of Llangeitho Village Hall. To do this we have to date raised around £1m through a co-operative share offer. Members are ordinary people who have subscribed for shares or bonds with interest payments of 4.5% - 6.5%. We think this is a fair rate - and the share offer was open to anybody for a minimum £100 stake. There will shortly be a further opportunity for local people to join and everybody is warmly invited to join us -see our website at www.smallwind.org.uk Personally I am delighted that there will be a community owned turbine installed at Troed-y-bryn. I live within a few miles of the site and it gives me pleasure to know people are coming together to tackle climate change. We have to put the needs of our children and grandchildren above whipped up concerns about house prices and noise. This turbine is a farm scale turbine; from a distance it will be barely taller than the local trees, and most people won't even see it.

Elly Foster Chair of Grannell Community Energy

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Spare (rough working) crossword grid - No 27. Enjoy! Eds

Jottings

Many animals, insects, spiders and also seeds will be moving around over the next few weeks as they search for places to spend the winter. Some seeds can travel many miles on the wind: while working on lighthouses up to 12 miles offshore I was interested to see what were almost certainly the downy seeds of Willow herb amongst the many particles illuminated in the powerful beams. Birds are the most

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year as they migrate from the north, but they are also wanderers, and the use of satellite tags, radio tags and large plastic

Cymdeithas Hanes Llambed The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, 18 October, 7.30pm

numbered and lettered rings has enabled

at the Old Hall of the University of Trinity St David, when the

researchers to follow them on their travels.

speaker will be Nigel Nayling. His talk will be on the ‘Borth

A good example is the radio tagged Gannet

Excavations, and the Sunken Forest’.

from Alderney in the Channel Islands who travelled to Scandinavian waters and back on a foraging trip of some 2,700kms. While interesting,

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Croeso cynnes i bawb, - all welcomed.

Amgueddfa Llambed / Lampeter Museum The museum will be open for another month or so, - until the last Saturday in October,- so if you haven’t got around yet to

worrying as it could suggest the lack of

viewing this year’s collections, please come along for a visit.

food in the local waters. If birds have to

Another ‘Valuation Day’ will be held on Thursday, 20 October at

travel such distances to find food it could

the Museum from 10am–3pm, with an expert from Peter

reduce their breeding success.

Francis & Co, Carmarthen present to value your antiques/

Mediterranean gulls first appeared in Ceredigion about 30 years ago and since then they have appeared in varying numbers most years. Many have been

collectables for free.

The ‘Name the Teddy’ competition is still going, with every £1 going towards the running costs of the Museum.

We depend on contributions and subscriptions in order to meet the running costs of the museum,- creating new collections to

colour-ringed and it is easy to read the

put on display, together with its general day-to-day upkeep.

large numbers/letters with binoculars or

People and businesses who become ‘Friends of the Museum’ by

telescopes. Some individuals have been

paying an annual subscription will have their names put on the

spotted over a number of years in many different places around Europe, and for

Museum website.

Please show your support by calling at the museum for a form, or again on line through hanesllambed@btinternet.com

bird watchers it’s always reassuring to come across a known bird.

Yvonne Davies

David Price

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

Hooray, MaDCaff is back in business

Saturday 22 October 4.30-7pm Victoria Hall, Lampeter Free Entry (Magic Hat)

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

It’s been a long hiatus for MaDCaff, from the highs of winning an Epic Award in 2015 for the best Voluntary Arts project in Wales, came some long, difficult lows and MaDCaff had to be put on the shelf for a while, but we’re back and fittingly, as part of Walls: Muriau 2016, the Welsh Mental Health Arts Festival which is taking place across Wales between September and November.

This will be the second year of this Festival, a partnership between Disability Arts Cymru, Making Minds and Yns Mon a Gwyneth Mind.

The Festival celebrates the creativity of people who have lived experience of mental illness. It’s the flip side to living with a condition that may sometimes cast a dark light, but may also cast a rainbow on a different day. This year the event has a huge list of events from Cardiff to Caernarfon but MaDCaff will be the only event in Ceredigion so get down there to support MaDCaff and Walls: Muriau 2016.

MaDCaff was founded in 2013 by Miranda Betts, a musican who lives with Bi-polar disorder and Rachel Stelmach of Disability Arts Cymru who is also a Mental Health First Aid trainer, as a way to celebrate the many musicians and dancers (hence the MaD of MaDCaff) whose diverse creativity seem to somehow be connected to living with a mental health condition.

So far, MaDCaff events have opened the doors to an extraordinary spectrum of music and dance, performed by anyone who shows up; we’ve seen drumming groups, several choirs, solo singer-songwriters and bands, classical composers and virtuoso guitar duos, improvised dance and even the odd poet, actually quite a few odd poets and proclaimers. The events often close with a free for all jamming session where everyone can join in and nobody will be judged.

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If you want to perform, you can either just turn up and book a slot or contact us at: westmadcaff@gmail.com - we don’t bill anyone because we don’t want to create a situation of pressure, we want all our performers to feel relaxed and supported. As well as music and dance MaDCaff has a reputation for cake, so don’t eat too much lunch.

There’s no entry fee and the cake and drinks are very reasonable so all we ask is that you contribute to our Magic Hat at the end of the evening. Oh, and that you enjoy yourself.

Rachel Stelmach Disability Arts Cymru

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Celtic Christianity: Part XXV Saint Maelrhys Abbot Reposed 6 century Remembered: January 1 St Maelrhys was from Brittany, and a cousin of St Hywyn of Aberdaron on the Lleyn Peninsula. He had a church at Llanfaelrhys nearby and is honoured as a saint of Bardsey Island. Little else is known of him beyond popular cult and local records.

The original One, True and Apostolic church was unified in doctrine and only divided into geographical jurisdictions; the Patriarchates of Jerusalem, Antioch, Alexandria, Constantinople and Rome. The Patriarchate of Alexandria's jurisdiction extended from Egypt west across the top of Africa, getting around through Spain, France and to Britain. This area was lost to Alexandria and the empire of Europe after the Goth invasions of the around the 400s. Egypt was also the seat of Desert monasticism, and that discipline was the model used in Celtic Britain (hence the many place and family names such as Dysart). They also preferred building small wooden churches every few miles to serve small communities. This model was also used in Celtic Christianity. This was later overturned after the Roman Catholic invasion of Britain that used the Roman model of vast stone churches (Rome liked big buildings). The eventual Anglican and Chapel models of huge stone buildings every couple of miles provided the peoples with the burden of looking after these crumbling white elephants. A return to small buildings, even large sheds releases the tension of becoming a trust for a building. This has happened with some churches, such as in Northampton, Keswick, Llanelli, and they tend to be the ones that have more attendance by people who don't then have to drive so far. The accompanying picture shows a shed or Garden Church near Lampeter.

Harry Harrison

An exciting new project is being launched at Coedwig Gymunedol Long Wood Community Woodland in partnership with the Welsh Perry and Cider Society.

A small Community Orchard is to be established on the site over the next two years with support from the Heritage Lottery fund.

If you are interested in heritage fruit trees or would like to learn more about planting, pruning and maintenance, have a few trees of your own and want to know more, have some spare time you could give to help establish the orchard, or want to design or look after the site, then it could be time for you to get in touch.

Long Wood Community Group are looking to create a small working group of enthusiastic local people to build this project and the skills to develop it in future.

Do you have skills you could offer?

Want to be part of something from the start?

Want to know more?

Come and find us at the Long Wood Forest Fair, Sat 24 Sept (see details on page 30) or at Lampeter Apple Day, Sat 15 Oct (see back page).

Looking forward to meeting you and to working together.

Angie Martin On behalf of Long Wood Community Woodland Group

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Cofiwch fynd i’r wefan hyperlleol

Please go to the hyperlocal website

am newyddion Cymraeg ardal

for Lampeter area news in Welsh.

Llanbedr Pont Steffan. Dyma

Here is a summary of some recent

grynodeb o rai storïau diweddar.

stories.

Sioe a Threialon Cŵn Defaid C.Ff.I.

Llanllwni Y.F.C. Show and

Llanllwni 2016

Sheepdog Trials 2016

Gan CFfI Llanllwni 03/09/16

By Llanllwni YFC 03/09/16

Adroddiad, canlyniadau a lluniau sioe

Report, results and photographs of this

lwyddiannus iawn.

very successful show.

Celf a Chrefft Eisteddfod Llanbed

Lampeter Eisteddfod Arts and Crafts

Gan Nia Wyn Davies 01/09/16

By Nia Wyn Davies 01/09/16

Canlyniadau a lluniau cystadlaethau celf

Results and photographs of the

a chrefft yr eisteddfod.

eisteddfod arts and crafts competitions.

Oedfa Eisteddfod Llanbed 2016

Lampeter Eisteddfod Service 2016

Gan Delyth Phillips 28/08/16

By Delyth Phillips 28/08/16

Adroddiad yr oedfa a gynhaliwyd yng

A report on the service that was held in

nghapel Brondeifi yng ngofal y Parch

Brondeifi Chapel by the Rev Alun Wyn

Alun Wyn Dafis ac aelodau’r eglwys.

Dafis and church members.

Llwyddiannau lleol yn y Fenni

Local success in Abergavenny

Gan Rhiannon Lewis 27/08/16

By Rhiannon Lewis 27/08/16

Crynodeb o gyrhaeddiadau’r ardal hon

A summary of this neighbourhood’s

yn yr eisteddfod genedlaethol eleni.

achievements in this years’ national

Fy nhaith i America am 8 wythnos

eisteddfod.

Gan Sara Evans 24/08/16

My trip to America for 8 weeks

Profiadau myfyrwraig 18 oed o

By Sara Evans 24/08/16

Gwmann a dreuliodd yr haf yn Camp

The experiences of an 18 years old

America.

student from Cwmann who spent the

Sioe Gorsgoch a C.Ff.I. Llanwenog 2016

summer in Camp America.

Gan Cerys Lloyd 23/08/16

Gorsgoch and Llanwenog Y.F.C Show

Adroddiad, canlyniadau a lluniau sioe

2016

lwyddiannus iawn.

By Cerys Lloyd 23/08/16

Taith Feicio a Bryan yr Organ er lles

Report, results and photographs of this

JDRF

very successful show.

Gan Dylan Lewis 22/08/16

Sponsored Cycle and Bryan yr Organ in

Digwyddiadau codi arian i elusen gwella

aid of JDRF

clefyd y siwgwr

By Dylan Lewis 22/08/16

a drefnwyd gan

Fund raising events for

Dai Charles ac

the type 1 diabetes

Eryl Evans,

charity organised by Dai

Silian.

Charles and Eryl Evans from Silian.

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generations to solve?" So, if you are still with me, we are left with the question of what to do about it. Now this is where it gets difficult because there are many answers and many an agenda. Is it best to leave it to market forces - carbon tax is a nice idea with some merits but it will not work alone and Hinkley C proves that the market does not have the stomach to take a risk without subsidy and guarantee. Should we begin a government funded programme of home insulation that would cut the consumption by buildings by 25% (and create jobs) and of using 50% renewables by 2030 - this is not a hippy dream but something New York State has committed too, however having Niagara Falls in your backyard is cheating a bit.

Here in the UK, energy efficiency measures could provide six Hinkleys’ worth of electricity by 2030, according to the government’s own research. Four Hinkleys’ worth could be saved by increasing the ability to store electricity and making the grid smarter.

I was in southern Spain last month and whilst driving through the endless olive groves and fields of sunflowers we came across what is part of clearly a serious attempt by that country to reduce their dependence upon carbon fuels. Unlike the fields I see dotted along the side of the M4 with essentially domestic solar panels mounted on simple metal frames, the Spanish have decided to do the job properly with huge mounted panels that track the sun across the horizon - interesting that Spain has one of the world’s leading renewable manufacturing sectors - in other words real jobs making real things.

Hinkley C is a bad idea. It makes no sense on any level to proceed and I am ashamed that some Trade Unions and political parties are prepared to support it. There are alternatives - we are indeed facing a power generation problem in the next 15 years but far more importantly than a few power cuts we are facing a global environmental problem that will impact for generations. Fortunately we have the skills and knowledge to close the gap and do so without resorting to nuclear fuel. Micro and home generation is moving forward at a real pace. Battery technology and an intelligent grid offer real opportunities to tackle these problems - Hinkley C does not, it will be a white elephant that generations to come will have to deal with. Wolfie Smith may not have achieved 'Freedom for Tooting' but I think he had the right idea - power does indeed need to reach the people but maybe we the people need to ensure it comes from the right source. If you do nothing else, register your displeasure by signing a petition - a number of which can be found here www.stophinkley.org. More locally the Lampeter Permaculture Group regularly host films and discussions at Victoria Hall on this theme - see Listings.

Power to the People I am sat on the train from Aberystwyth to Birmingham as I write this, blue skies, still waters and I am struggling to take my eyes off the stunning landscape unfolding out of the window. I make a mental note to travel by train more often. I make a second mental note that I rarely remember let alone act on mental notes.

As I gaze, I see turbine blades popping over a low ridge line and my mind drifts to this week’s announcement that the UK Government is going to spend close to £50 billion of our money on Hinckley Point C nuclear power station. (For comparison purposes, the Welsh Health and Social Services Budget for 2016/17 was £7.1 billion.)

Renewable energy now accounts for 25% of UK power generation and it is growing. When Citizen 'Wolfie' Smith was calling for 'Freedom for Tooting' (no - nothing to do with the Labour leadership battle, if you don't know what I am talking about go and ask somebody over the age of 40) there was little or no renewal energy nor widespread understanding of the damage carbon emissions were causing - but things change.

Now we do know about Climate Change and the evidence is irrefutable, only the decision to believe it or not is in question.

Now, I freely admit to being a paid up member of the tree hugging squad, but am I really the only one who thinks it is reckless, shortsighted and uneconomic to build a power station to an unproven design, using a technology that requires a minimum of 1,000 years safe storage of waste, that will not deliver a kW of energy before 2026 (and nobody in the industry believes that schedule) and commits our tax pounds to guaranteeing a French company and a nation state an estimated £30 billion of top-up subsidies. For those who counter that "renewables are unreliable and expensive" I am afraid the facts tell us differently. Holland has invested in enough off-shore wind to bring the price down to £80 per MWh today - Hinkley C has to guarantee those nice people at EDF and in China £95 per MWh regardless of the market price for the first 35 years of production.

Let’s step through the arguments. If one chooses to disagree with over 99% of environmental scientists and believe that the production of unprecedented levels of CO2 is not causing a harmful heating up of the earth’s atmosphere, then probably no point reading further. If, howeve,r we accept that climate change is real and a bad thing then the next question has to be "can we be bothered to do something about it or simply carry on as we are and leave a bigger and bigger problem for future

Tim Martin

"Wonder where they got the idea from"?

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Produce the Juice: Easy Peasy Apple Squeezy - Lampeter Apple Day It's that time of year again, we've nearly drunk all of last years cider but fortunately the apples are ripening and are managing to hang on to the branches - for now. I am annoying my son as I enthusiastically point out yet another apple tree in somebodies garden or at the roadside, he seems unimpressed for some reason, but as I write we are less than a month away from the Lampeter Apple Day event on Saturday 15 October.

This year we have the privilege of joining Lucy and Ben as they host a party to celebrate the renaming of the business - move over Organic Fresh Food, welcome Watson & Pratt's! We will be entertained by music from The Hicksters, who will be 'Ploughing a deep furrow of American and Celtic County Blues' as well as the usual eclectic mix of producer stalls, homemade pizza, free face painting and that strange contraption for melting cheese onto boiled potatoes and then served with gherkins - love it. It is a tradition of Apple Days (well, it is now) to have a man playing the bagpipes during the first and last pressing and I am pleased to report we have obtained the services of such a musician! Check out the back page of the Grapevine for full details or have a look on the Permaculture website @ www.lampeterpermaculture.org/events/public-events/ For those unfamiliar with the idea of a Community Apple Day it's quite simple really.

The Lampeter Permaculture group turn up with all the equipment necessary to convert apples into juice. Amongst the kit there's a home made press that uses a washing machine drum as well as a professional scratter strapped to a Singer sewing machine base - all very 'Heath Robinson' at times but hugely practical and satisfying to use. You bring along your apples or pears and we all get stuck in to produce the juice.

There's physical effort involved but nothing too arduous and children are positively encouraged as they seem to enjoy the exertion! The strange world of scratting and pressing will soon become clear to all - it really is simple.

By far my favourite part of the day is seeing the look on the faces of small children as they taste the strange brown liquid straight from the press - I’ve yet to see a reaction other than wonderment. A carrier bag of fruit produces about a litre of juice so don't forget to bring some containers to take the juice home in - plastic milk containers are fine but make sure they are well cleaned.

When it’s busy we can’t guarantee that the juice you get back will all be from your own apples, but it all tastes pretty darn good!

We will have a display of local apples and if you have a tree in the back garden but don't know what it is, bring it along and see if we can match it to one of the known varieties.

Apples have come a bit early this year so if they are already falling from your tree, collect them up and store them - preferably in a cool dark place - check them every now and then and remove the rotten ones. Cardboard boxes are good, plastic bags are not good for storage. Remember, for juicing they do not need to be in perfect condition.

To answer the most common question we hear on the day - producing cider really is as simple as taking the pressed juice and putting it in a demi-john with an airlock on top - four months later the natural yeast on the skin of the apples when they were pressed will have fermented the juice into Lampeter Cider - easy peasy apple squeezy.

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Rotary is expanding in Lampeter!

Rotari yn ehangu yn Llanbedr Pont Steffan!

Fe'ch gwahoddir i ymuno â'r datblygiad cyffrous hwn a chymryd rhan yn eich cymuned.

Cyfarfu Clwb Rotari Llanbed ddwywaith y mis ar nos Lun ar hyn o bryd, ond daeth yn amlwg bod angen sefydlu cyfarfodydd amser cinio fel y gall gweithwyr proffesiynol lleol, yn weithgar ac wedi ymddeol, y cyfle i ddod yn aelodau a chyfrannu tuag at newidiadau cymunedol cadarnhaol yn Llanbed ac ym mhedwar ban byd!

Fe'ch gwahoddir i gyfarfod dros ginio anffurfiol i chi gael gwybod mwy am ein clwb a'r amcanion ehangach sy’n perthyn i Rotari Rhyngwladol. Cynhaliwyd y cyfarfod cyntaf dydd Llun 19 Fedi rhwng hanner dydd a 2 o’r gloch yng Ngwesty’r Castell, Y Stryd Fawr, Llanbed. Dyma leoliad arfaethedig y cyfarfodydd amser cinio misol o hynny ymlaen gan obeithio y byddwch yn medru ymuno a ni yn ein cyfarfodydd dros ginio.

Edrychwn ymlaen i’ch cyfarfod a thrafod y manteision o gael pobl ymroddedig o bob cyfandir, diwylliant, galwedigaeth a chefndir, sy'n rhannu’r un brwdfrydedd, i ymuno tan faner Rotari i fwynhau cyfeillgarwch a gwasanaethu eu cymunedau.

Os am fwy o wybodaeth, cysylltwch â'r Ysgrifennydd, Pauline Roberts-Jones, ffôn 01570 480342/07881758708 e-bost tynporth@hotmail.co.uk neu cysylltwch gyda mi.

Cofion gorau

Kevin Sivyer

You are invited to join this exciting development and get involved in your community. The Rotary Club of Lampeter currently meets twice a month on a Monday evening, but has recognised the need to establish a lunchtime meeting to give local professionals, both active and retired, the opportunity to become members and make positive changes in the Lampeter community and around the world To find out more about our Club and the wider aims of Rotary International, you are invited to join us at our monthly informal lunch meetings, the first of which took place on Monday 19 September between 12noon and 2pm in the Castle hotel, High Street, Lampeter. This is the proposed once monthly lunchtime venue hoping you’ll join us at a future lunch meeting. We look forward to meeting you and discussing the benefits of joining dedicated people from all continents, cultures, and occupations who share a passion for both community service and friendship.

For more information please contact the Secretary, Pauline Roberts-Jones, tel 01570 480342/ 07881758708 e-mail tynporth@hotmail.co.uk Best regards

Kevin Sivyer

Llywydd, Clwb Rotari Llanbedr Pont Steffan 2016/17 Ffôn 01559 395305 E-bost kss45@sky.com

President, Lampeter Rotary Club 2016/17 Tel 01559 395305 e-mail kss45@sky.com

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Getting around to democracy: Why we need a new voting system.

40 seats, with the exact same vote share as the last election.

So what are the alternatives?

STV, the Single Transferable Vote is a popular option. This is where voters rank their candidates in order of preference. The candidate with the fewest preferences is eliminated in each round and then the votes for that candidate are redistributed according to the highest remaining preference. Usually there is more than one candidate elected per constituency, this is what makes the system proportional, if this is the case a set percentage of the vote is needed to be elected.

Another option is the Additional Member System which has First Pass the Post or the Single Transferrable Vote in constituencies. But to make the parliament more representative more members are added on, from a second ballot paper. This ballot is for the region, not the constituency, this means that you can vote for individuals on the first paper and different parties on the second paper. The end result is a parliament with members roughly equal to the percentage of the vote they or their party received. We use this method for our Welsh Assembly elections. In this case the second ballot elects ⅓ of members and the first ballot uses First Past the Post.

Proportional Representation has no constituency MP’s, all candidates are selected from a list, by percentage of the vote. So a party with 20% of the vote would get 20% of the seats. Some dislike this system as it removes the local level of being an MP, thus making politics seem less personal. But it is the fairest possible system.

Personally, I prefer the Additional Member System, with individual constituencies using STV. This would allow for a better choice at constituency level, such as Ceredigion, and have an even more representative parliament, a parliament that represents everyone, not just the large parties.

Yet you may be wondering about the AV Referendum.

That referendum was deliberately a mess. It was put in place at the height of the Liberal Democrat’s unpopularity, and the No to AV campaign’s negative tactics was blatant scaremongering. People simply didn’t know what they were voting for, there was deliberate confusion from the No camp before the referendum had even started. Britain deserves the chance to make an informed decision.

So how can we get a fairer, more representative, more democratic voting system? We need the left to unite in agreement that the norm is against the will of the people.

We need the broad tent, Labour, to campaign for voting reform. And they should, it’s the only way they’ll survive their current crisis. A split wouldn’t be as costly for Labour, and the labour movement. People from the left (John McDonnell) and the right (Chuka Umunna) of the Labour Party have supported voting reform.

If you believe in democracy, fair representation and accountability I urge you to campaign, and vote, for a fairer, more democratic, voting system.

Cyffin

Democracy is a way of representing the people of a nation, making sure people’s needs, their concerns, are heard. Democracy works best when every vote counts, when citizens have power over elections, when the people can express their beliefs at the ballot box; not simply vote for the lesser of two evils. The current voting system works in favour of the large parties and damages small parties, therefore stifling political debate, and creating a two party system that pleases no-one. No government since 1935 has got more than 50 per cent of the vote.

These graphs show the vote share from the 2015 election compared to the seats won.

As we can see, the Conservatives won 36.8% of the vote yet over 50% of the seats. UKIP won 12.6% of the vote for 1 seat and the Greens won 3.8% of the vote for 1 seat.

Is this acceptable? Does this represent the British people?

The reason for this enormous discrepancy between votes and seats is the voting system, First Past the Post (FPTP).

This is where the nation is split into constituencies, such as Ceredigion, and the party that wins the most votes wins. This sounds good in practise until you realise that the most votes doesn’t mean a majority. In Ceredigion last year, the Liberal Democrats won the constituency with a mere 35.9% of the vote. This doesn’t represent nearly 65% of voters, who all voted for different candidates. Is this fair? Examples like these are seen throughout the country, and it leads to tactical voting; voting for a candidate you don’t agree with to stop a worse candidate, this is the ‘lesser of two evils’ that leads to a two party system like we see in the US. Some argue that we need FPTP in order to have majority governments, stable governments, yet we don’t need majority governments in our modern Britain, we need compromise, debate and discussion that leads to understanding rather than polarization. Look at Germany, an economic powerhouse within the EU, they have never seen a majority government since the war. Their country is one of compromise; they have a healthier political discourse.

It is worth noting that the new boundary changes, ones that will reduce the number of MPs to 600, will increase this problem, giving the conservatives a majority of over 13

Karen’s Creative Compendium 018 During my first years in journalism the ‘by-line’ was very much a focus of professional life, flicking through the week’s paper - still warm from the press - to see which articles were deemed sufficiently newsworthy to carry the name of the author. Over the years I have been fortunate to see my by-line appear on articles, stories and poems in many publications in several countries, but some writers prefer not to have their name attached to their work and seek to publish anonymously. I am delighted that submissions to KCC continue to increase and that they are coming from a growing number of writers. As the issue of anonymity has arisen more than once over the last couple of issues, I thought it would be helpful to clarify our approach. There are a few contributors to KCC who publish under a nom de plume, some who are known by that adopted name in real life and others who use it to hide their identity as the author. The policy at KCC regarding anonymity is very straight forward, we are quite happy to accept and publish material under a pen name or pseudonym and to keep confidential the real identity of the author, provided the material meets the Grapevine criteria and the author’s true identity and location is know to me or another member of the editorial team. There are two main reasons for this: KCC only accepts work from writers living within, or with significant connection to, the Grapevine catchment area; and there are legal responsibilities that are shared by the author and editor of all published works, plagiarism and defamation included. My preference is always to publish work under the real or professional name of the author, limited anonymity is available for those who feel the need but like any responsible editor, I will not publish material from an unverified source. I hope that is clear and understandable and that more budding writers will submit their poetry, flash fiction, short stories and dialogue in the coming months. I am always excited to see a new by-line, so keep them coming, pob hwyl, Karen

Auntie's Last Note

Visitors

by Sarah Eyles Last night I was crowded out Awoken by murmuring voices Disembodied, they gathered Companionable, energetic, enigmatic I could not see their faces Or make out their words.

There’s too many in here, I cried And moved to another room But they followed and woke me again Curious, encouraging, loud.

Who were they? Why had they come?

I could no more answer Than say from whence I come And what spirit inhabits this body.

Words From the Summerhouse

by Nikola Bransden

The waves keep coming, curling their way, Slate grey and foreboding, air full of spray.

I see a surfer, out there on his own, Enjoying the wildness, chilled to the bone But he doesn’t mind, overpowered by the thrill The roar of the sea, doesn’t mind the chill.

I sit in the garden watching it all, The wild March weather and the blackbirds call, The wilds of West Wales on this bleak March day.

Hail falls on the roof now, up here I will stay Sitting, observing, colours of the sea Slate grey on the horizon, olive nearer me, And the white froth is curling on every wave, Bringing in driftwood which I’ll go and save.

Oh, how I love it. Enjoying and loving, And one thing is certain - The waves keep coming.

by Elaine Graham Here's to the sweeties that call me 'aunt', there's things I can do for you; others I can't.

I'll turn up on your birthday with a comic or doll But won't always be there to catch your next fall.

You can count on my presence on Christmas day, bearing a card full of cash or multicoloured crochet.

But alas there's no basket of flashily wrapped sweets your mum prefers carrots for your party time treats.

Please pardon my tongue when I lose my head I know there are things that are best left unsaid.

Yet I'm safe in the knowledge it's always my luck you'll be tattling to mummy that auntie said '!'

Congrats on your A levels – a triumph I hear Let's head for the Ritz for high tea and some 'cheer'.

And if mum thinks that skirt's a metre too high I'll turn up in ditto and we'll both flash our thigh.

So there you have it my dears, both little and older I love that you've laughed and cried on my shoulder.

May memories of auntie keep making you smile 'cause the doc says I'm going away for awhile.

Splashpoint

by Karen Gemma Brewer

The riverbank job failed because the jellyfish employed to blow the safe had no tolerance for fresh water.

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The Theatre of Change

Moments

by Sarah Eyles

by Derek Moore In reflective moments I think of you Your pain and suffering Surpassed by dignity and courage When your eyes were closed I suspect you could see with clarity When all went silent I believe you heard everything unspoken No politics or religion to control you I hope you fly free To everywhere you ever wanted But I pray on occasion You will choose to visit me.

Safe and simple secure and sure Sights and sense of distant shore Soon to see the moment when The tiny you must travel fast Perhaps outpacing even light To where you next draw breath and sight

Island Mentality

by Stan Scan Immigrant iguana’s imminent internment initiates international in-cry.

Restrictly

by Stan Scan

I accepted your ring on my finger but you act like it swings in my nose try to lead me where I don’t plan to be going little wonder I tread on your toes.

Village Fool

by Karen Gemma Brewer No-one took any pictures when they pulled the water tower down to make way for conversion of the farm where Granddad worked.

A landmark I always looked for to tell me I was almost home and the voices raised in protest?

Just concrete hitting stone.

I may have been your village fool but I’m sad to see you die.

Locked front doors, curtains drawn, two cars in every drive.

Nameplates replacing numbers give a quaint rural address to collars, ties and shooting sticks, a badge of their success.

We were two dozen kids at the village school learning to live life’s golden rules second, third and fourth generations believing we could rake the moon.

Down an old green lane called Double Ditch lived an ancient widow who we thought was a witch and used to double-dare each other to drink from the standpipe by her door.

I hear they filled in Magdelen’s Pond on that sharp bend in the road where a baby in a sidecar lays buried under myth and mud.

A haunted, wooded corner where we children used to play and the voices raised in protest?

Just sparrows in the maize.

Now, it’s tarmacked Willow Drive and the tumble down cottage looks through double-glazed eyes on twenty-four seeds from a dandelion clock drifting on the breeze of a property plot.

Hey lady! What will you bid me for my upbringing?

Twenty-four kids at the village school sold down the river by the Parish Council who only permit houses that will sell for two hundred grand.

My roots lie crushed in a garlic press on a table in a green oak kitchen.

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Arddangosfa Gelf Gymunedol a Myfyrwyr • Number 46 Roedd campws Llambed Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod

• Yswiriant Eryl

Dewi Sant yn falch i gynnal Arddangosfa Gelf

Jones

Gymunedol a Myfyrwyr yn rhan o Lwybr Gelf Ceredigion

• Calico Kate

yr haf yma.

• Y Llyfrgell

Cafodd gwaith o Gyfadran Celf a Dylunio Y Drindod Dewi

• 78 Bridge Street

Sant, Coleg Ceredigion a gan amrywiaeth o artistiaid

• Compass

cymunedol o Lambed a’r ardal gyfagos, ei arddangos yn

• Welsh Quilt Centre

rhan o’r digwyddiad. Ymhlith y lleoliadau roedd Neuadd

Hefyd, roedd llwybr

Fictoria, llyfrgell Roderic Bowen Y Drindod Dewi Sant (ar

arddangosfeydd

gampws Llambed), ac roedd arddangosiadau i’w gweld

Llambed yn cynnwys

hefyd mewn siopau a chaffis yn y dref.

arddangosfa anhygoel o gelf yn ystafell ddarllen Roderic

Dywedodd Lindsey Gilroy, Swyddog Datblygu Busnes y

Bowen, sef Prime Patterns gan yr artist Stefan Samociuk.

Drindod Dewi Sant Llambed: "Daeth y syniad i gymryd

Ychwanega Lindsey Gilroy: : “Ynghyd â thaith i mewn i

rhan yn llwybr Gelf Ceredigion eleni

drwy gynnal

geometregau arbennig rhifau cysefin, ceir rhai o'r

arddangosfa gelf myfyrwyr gymunedol gan amrywiaeth o

arteffactau hynafol a gedwir yn y llyfrgell gan gynnwys

aelodau'r gymuned sy'n arddangos gwaith yn rheolaidd

Koran 500 mlwydd oed a llawysgrifau crefyddol

mewn gwahanol leoliadau ar hyd a lled Llambed. Mae

hanesyddol eraill.

gan Lambed hanes cryf o gynhyrchu celf a thecstilau, ac

Cafodd yr arddangosfa gelf hefyd ei chefnogi gan blant

mae

Drwy’r

meithrinfa ddydd Seren, Gwdihŵs gynt, sydd wedi’i lleoli

arddangosfa hon, mae aelodau'r gymuned wedi dod at ei

ar gampws Llambed y Brifysgol. Cyfrannodd y plant at yr

gilydd gyda myfyrwyr o Goleg Ceredigion a Chyfadran

arddangosfa yn Neuadd Fictoria ac yn llyfrgell y dref, a bu

Celf a Dylunio Y Drindod Dewi Sant i ddatblygu

iddynt wir mwynhau ymweld â’r arddangosfa a gweld yr

arddangosfa gelf gynhwysol, i bob gallu ac oedran. Bu’r

amrywiaeth o waith."

Siambr Fasnach yn gefnogol iawn ac mae llawer o siopau,

Dywedodd yr artist Camilla Calder, a gymerodd rhan yn y

caffis a’r llyfrgell i gyd wedi cymryd rhan drwy ganiatáu i

digwyddiad: Roedd hwn yn gyfle prin i arddangos

artistiaid arddangos eu gwaith yn y ffenestri ac ar y

amrywiaeth enfawr o waith celf - oll o fewn pellter

waliau drwy gydol yr wythnos. Daeth llawer o bobl i

cerdded i dref marchnad Llambed. Roedd dod â chymaint

ymweld â’r arddangosfeydd yn Neuadd Fictoria ac yn

o artistiaid talentog at ei gilydd mewn un lle yn

ystafell ddarllen Roderic Bowen ar y campws, ac yna

eithriadol.”

crwydro strydoedd Llambed i edrych ar yr amrywiaeth

Ychwanegodd Bronwen Powell: “Mae fy ngwaith yn

ansawdd uchel o gelf a oedd yn cael ei harddangos. Ein

ddathliad o Gymru yn yr haf, ac yn y bôn, gwaith ffigurol

gobaith yw mai hon fydd y cyntaf o lawer o

ydy e mewn olewau, acrylig a chyfryngau cymysg. Rwyf

arddangosfeydd celf yn y dref a byddwn yn cynnal yr

hefyd yn caru darlunio a cherflunio. Mae’n ymddangos i

arddangosfa eto’r flwyddyn nesaf fel rhan o Lwybr Celf

mi fod ein hardal yn adnabod a gwireddu ei photensial

Ceredigion.” Ymhlith y siopau a’r caffis a gymerodd rhan,

unigryw. Un enghraifft yr haf yma oedd croeso a dathliad

roedd:

Y Drindod Dewi Sant a’r dref o dalent artistig eu myfyrwyr

• The Mulberry Bush

a phobl leol.”

yma

frwdfrydedd

mawr

dros

gelf.

• The Print Photo Shop

Am ragor o wybodaeth, cysylltwch â Lindsey Gilroy l.gilroy@uwtsd.ac.uk

• The Mustard Seed • Milfeddygon Steffan • Siop Our Style

Trawsnewid Addysg; Trawsnewid Bywydau - Transforming Education; Transforming Lives

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Community and Student Art Exhibition University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s Lampeter campus was proud to host a Community and Student Art Exhibition as part of the Ceredigion Art Trail this summer.

Work from UWTSD’s Faculty of Art and Design, Coleg Ceredigion, and from a variety of community artists from Lampeter and the surrounding area, was showcased as part of the event. Venues included the Victoria Hall, UWTSD's Roderic Bowen library (on the Lampeter campus), and displays could also be seen in shops and cafes in the town.

Lindsey Gilroy, Business Development Officer at UWTSD Lampeter said: “The idea to participate in the Ceredigion Art trail this year by holding a community student art exhibition came from various community members who regularly exhibit art in locations around Lampeter.

Lampeter has a strong history of art and textile production, and there is a huge enthusiasm for art here.

This exhibition has seen members of the community coming together with students from Coleg Ceredigion and the UWTSD Faculty of Art and Design to develop an inclusive, all ability- all ages art display. The Chamber of Trade has been very supportive and many shops, cafes and the library all participated by allowing artists to display their works in the windows and on the walls throughout the week. Many people came to visit the exhibitions in Victoria Hall and our Roderic Bowen reading room on the campus, and then wandered the streets of Lampeter to observe the high-quality range of art on display. We hope that this will be the first of many art exhibitions in the town and we will repeat the exhibition next year as part of the Ceredigion Art Trail.”

Shops and cafes which took part included: • The Mulberry Bush • The Print Photo Shop • The Mustard Seed • The Steffan Vets • Our Style shop • Number 46 • Eryl Jones Insurance • Calico Kate • Library • 78 Bridge Street • Compass

• Welsh Quilt Centre The Lampeter exhibition trail also included an amazing exhibition of art in the Roderic Bowen Reading room, Prime Patterns by artist Stefan Samociuk.

Lindsey Gilroy adds: “A voyage into the signature geometries of prime numbers is also accompanied by some of the ancient artefacts held by the library including a 500 year old Koran and other historical religious manuscripts.

“The Art exhibition was also supported by the children of the Seren Day nursery in Lampeter, formerly Gwidihws, based on the University’s Lampeter campus. The children contributed to the exhibition in Victoria Hall and in the town library, and thoroughly enjoyed visiting the exhibition and seeing the range of work.”

Artist Camilla Calder, who took part in the event said: “This was a rare opportunity to exhibit an enormous variety of art work - all within walking distance in the market town of Lampeter. To pull together so many talented artists in one place was exceptional.”

Bronwen Powell added: “My work is a celebration of Wales in the summer, and is mostly figurative, painting in oils, acrylic and mixed media. I also love to draw and sculpt. It seems to me that our area is recognising and realising its unique potential. One example this summer was UWTSD and the town's joint welcome and celebration of their student and local artistic talent.”

For more information contact Lindsey Gilroy l.gilroy@uwtsd.ac.uk

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

W

4.30-6pm

Brownies

Thursday

W

Friday

W

1-3pm 11.30am1pm

Welsh Class Five Rhythms Practice Group LYTSS: Lampeter Youth Theatre & Stage School

W

Saturday Sunday

M First Friday M Last Friday 2nd & 4th Sat each month W M 3rd Sunday

Contact

4.306.30pm 7.30pmLate

Lampeter Folk

7pm-late

Celf Lampeter Arts

10am1pm 10am7pm

Lampeter Evangelical Church

7-9.30pm

Custard Queens WI

People’s Market

Dramatic Mae’r ysgol wedi ail-ddechrau sy’n golygu un peth . . . mae Dramatic! ar fîn ail-ddechrau hefyd! Clwb drama i ddisgyblion 7-11oed yw Dramatic! ac mae croeso cynnes yn eich disgwyl.

Cyfle gwych i greu ffrindiau newydd, datblygu sgiliau perfformio, drama, a chael lot fawr o hwyl a sbri! Am ffurflen gofrestru neu am fwy o wybodaeth cysylltwch â Ffion Medi, Uwch Swyddog Creadigol Theatr Felinfach ar 01545 574102 / 01570 470697 / ffion.hughes@ceredigion.gov.uk Dyma ddyddiad cychwyn a lleoliad pob Clwb (rhwng 4yp-5yp) : 19/9/16 Nos Lun – Ysgol T Llew Jones, Brynhoffnant 20/9/16 Nos Fawrth – Ysgol Henry Richard Tregaron, Campws Uwchradd 21/9/16 Nos Fercher – Theatr Felinfach.

Dawns Sesiynau dawns creadigol i blant 3 - 6 oed – Pob dydd Llun 4– 4:45yp, £3 y plentyn Grŵp Dawns Hip-Hop i bobl ifanc 11-16 oed, Nos Fercher 5yp, Bloc o 10 sesiwn yn £40 neu £4.50 yr wythnos

Name

Number

Sandra Carbin 07949 479185 Sandwiches and social for the wiser folk of Lampeter Nikki Mead Meryl Evans

01545 572715

Irene Sullivan

01545 561334

Tracey Reynolds

07976 052888

lampeterfolk@hotmail.com

07817 715321 check FB for details Live music and dance.

See Listings for details Local food, produce and crafts.

Plus café, live music & other attractions Gareth Jones at the 01570 423344 Mustard Seed café Jen Pink

01570 471209

Dramatic School’s back which means one thing…

Dramatic! is about to restart too! Dramatic! is the drama club for pupils 7-11yrs and you’ll have a warm welcome.

A great opportunity to make new friends, develop performing skills, and have a lot of fun! For a registration form and more information please contact Ffion Medi, Theatr Felinfach’s Senior Creative Officer on 01545 574102 / 01570 470 697 / ffion.hughes@ceredigion.gov.uk Here are the start dates and location for each Club (between 4pm-5pm): 19/9/16 Monday – Ysgol T Llew Jones, Brynhoffnant 20/9/16 Tuesday – Ysgol Henry Richard Tregaron, Secondary Campus 21/9/16 Wednesday – Theatr Felinfach.

Dance Creative dance sessions for children 3 – 6yrs – Every Monday 4– 4:45pm, £3 per child Hip-Hop dance Group for young people 11-16 yrs Wednesday 5pm 10 session block for £40 or £4.50 a session

Manylion Cyswllt/Contact Details: Rhian Dafydd, Rheolwr Busnes a Marchnata/ Business and Marketing Manager 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________________ 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.

Wed 5 Oct: Invasive Species Training Sun 9 Oct: Drawn to Paint Nature Botanical Painting Sat 15-Sun 16 Oct: Make a Pole Lathe 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

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Red Apple Yarn.

Sew Night: Tues 6-8.30pm, £5.

Knit Night: Thurs 6.30-8.30pm, £3.

Afternoon Knit: Sat 1-3.30pm, £3.50.

Thurs 13 Oct, 2-8pm, National Wool Week event: Trunk sale with Triskelion Yarns, (this is our Knit Night so come along and meet us).

We are hoping to run Saturday beginners workshops on knitting on circular needles, Fairisle and sewing up. See redappleyarn.co.uk, or visit us at the Old Post Office, College Street, Lampeter. 01570 423715.

Basket Weaving for Beginners.

Sat 15 Oct: Make a round basket Fri 28 Oct: Make a garden trug Sat 12 Nov: Make a round basket All 10am-4pm, Gorsgoch Village Hall.

Cost £40; tea, coffee and cakes included. Bring a packed lunch.

Contact: emmabird150@gmail.com, 01570 434600 / 07815710618.

Spinning Lessons with Ann Fisher Rhodes at Ffarmers Neuadd Bro Fana/ Village Hall. Thurs 1.30-3.30pm, £8.

Contact Ann, 01558 650760, spinwise.uk@btinternet, www.spinwise.co.uk lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com

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 Circus Skillshare. Do you want to learn some circus skills? Do you have circus skills to share? Details tbc.

Contact: h.addis@live.co.uk

events ________________

Global to Local Workshop, designing pathways to sustainable futures.

Wed 28 Sept, Lampeter Contact: info@purposefulpermaculture.co.uk Water Aid Provision & Sustainability in Kenya. Mon 3 Oct, 11am-7pm, Old Hall UWTSD. Lampeter Rotary Club in conjunction with (USWTSD) in support of this year's RI theme of 'Rotary Serving Humanity'. A mix of static exhibitions/photos/videos showcasing the long standing water aid work of Rotary in Africa. Also includes formal presentations from guest speakers, students and local and international Rotary teams.

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 updated poster on page 12.

Llanerchaeron National Trust.

Sun 9 Oct: Apple Day Sat 22-Sun 30 Oct: Daily activities incl.

Fri 28 Oct: Pumpkin Carving Sat 29 Oct: Spooky Kids Trail Mon 31 Oct: 7pm, ‘Ghostly Tales from the Aeron Valley’ with local storyteller Euron Lewis. Booking essential. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ llanerchaeron World Dance Festival. Sat 15 Oct, World Dance Show, Victoria Hall. Sun 16 Oct, Bollywood dance and Balinese 19

dance workshops with Katie Holland, Sally Saunders Dance Studio, Lampeter Industrial Estate. Contact Rose: rosebarter@btinternet.com for further info or to book the workshops.

Cymdeithas Hanes Llambed. Tues 18 Oct, 7.30pm, Old Hall, UWTSD. Nigel Nayling: The Borth Excavations and Sunken Forest. All welcome.

Amgueddfa Llambed / Lampeter Museum. Thurs 20 Oct, 10am-3pm, Valuation Day where an expert from Peter Francis & Co. will offer a free valuation of your antiques and collectables.

Theatr Felinfach.

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

15.10.16. Diwrnod Shwmae Sumae.

Diwrnod dathlu’r Gymraeg / Shwmae Sumae Day. A day to celebrate the Welsh language.

21-22.10.16. Yr Ŵyl Ddrama mewn cydweithrediad â Chwmni Cydweithredol Troedyrhiw / Drama Festival in conjunction with Cwmni Cydweithredol Troedyrhiw.

04.11.16. Cyngerdd gydag enillydd y Rhuban Glas 2016, Kees Huysmans, Cor Cwmann a Robin Lyn / Concert with National Eisteddfod Blue Riband Winner 2016 Kees Huysmans, Cwmann Male Voice Choir and Robin Lyn. Mwy o wybodaeth / More info: Facebook, Twitter and theatrfelinfach.cymru

Don’t miss the next Copy Deadline - Fri 7 October Or you risk not being included in November issue.

events cont.d _____________ Rural Health & Community Wellbeing in Wales. 30 Nov, 10am-4pm, Old Hall, USWTSD. A Rotary Club event in conjunction with UWTSD to raise awareness of what has been done and is proposed for rural health and community wellbeing in Wales. A mix of static displays/photos/videos with formal presentations from key speakers representing the Welsh Assembly's 'Mid Wales Collaborative', notably Mr Monaj Kulshrestha, the first Reader in Rural Health and Community Wellbeing. The aim of the Collaborative is to redefine how policies and services can improve the health and wellbeing of those living in rural communities. One aim is to establish a surgery in Tregaron to dramatically reduce waiting times.

health & well-being ______

Banc Bwyd Llambed/ Lampeter Food Bank. Open Mon, Weds, Fri 9am-5pm.

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.

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.

Body, Mind & Spirit Well-Being.

Movement and stretching; energy (Qi) work and healing; shared bodywork (through clothing); joy, laughter and

gradually exploring other feelings in a safe, supportive space. We explore different ways of looking at the world.

An opportunity for deep personal transformation and growing rich new friendships.

New group being gathered for regular classes/meetings.

Phone Lee Sanger: 07932 105053.

Nutritional advice for weight loss, optimal health and for the reduction of inflammation. Treatment is not based on calorie restriction but on an understanding of human biology/ biochemistry and its evolution.

Deirdre McIntosh M.I.Biol. M.Phil. PhD 01570 470077 or 07984 338945 info@mcintoshscientific.com 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. Mon 10am-12pm, Lampeter Family Centre, Government Buildings, Pontfaen Road.

Find us on Facebook or call/ text 07967 201034 (excludes bank holidays and school holidays).

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A Day with the Celts! Sat 22 - Sun 23 Oct, 10am-4pm. For 6-12 year olds.

The Iron Age Celts are coming to the woods for October half term! James and Lea will be hosting two days of historical outdoor adventures for kids.

Costumes, props, archaeology, fun and games, taking them back to the ancient Celtic Iron Age. £30 per child, £27.50 for each additional sibling.

Booking essential. Call James, 07876 794098. www.woodlandclassroom.com/events 1st Lampeter Brownies. Meet Weds, 4.30-6pm, term-time. Contact Nikki, 07790 987070.

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

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. Contact: Vanessa Read, 07814 794353 Dance. Mon 4-4.45pm. Creative dance sessions for children 3-6yrs. £3 / child.

Weds 5pm. Hip-Hop group for young people 11-16 yrs. 10 session block for £40 or £4.50 a session.

Theatr Felinfach, 01570 470697, www.theatrfelinfach.cymru TicToc. Story, dance & song sessions for children, 0-3 years and their parents. Fri 10-11am term-time. £3/ child, £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/week in school holidays. Birthday party bookings welcome. Tasty menu, free WiFi. Contact 01570 480268, www.littlemzzz.co.uk.

Ti a Fi. Weds 1-3pm, Llangeitho Jubliee Hall. A parent and child group for ages 0-4. £1 a week, bring a snack.

All welcome to come to play and chat.

Contact Claire, 07727415634.

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

1.00-1.45pm

Troelli Amser Cinio

Lunchtime Spin

£4

6.30-7.30pm

Cylchredai

Circuit Training

£4

7.45-8.30am

Troelli Cynnar

Early Bird Spin

£4

3.45-4.45pm

Pêl Droed Merched

Girls’ Football

£2

3.30-5pm

Clwb Cleddyfau

Lampeter Town Fencing Club

£4.50

5.30-6.15pm

KettleFit

KettleFit

£4

6.45-7.25pm

Troelli

Spin

£4

12-12.45pm

Ffitrwydd Ysgafn

Ease Into Fitness

£4.75/£3.85

3.30-4.30pm

Pêl Fasged IZB

IZB Basketball

5.30-6pm

Troelli Dechreuwyr

Beginners Spin

£3

6.15-7pm

Troelli

Spin

£4

6.30-7.30pm

Kettlercise

Kettlercise

£4.75/£3.85

7.30-8.30pm

Boxercise

Boxercise

£4

3.30-5pm

Gymnasteg

Gymnastics

5.15-6pm

Aerobeg

Aerobics

£4.75/£3.85

6-6.30pm

Troelli Chwim

Spin Sprint

£3

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

5.30-6pm

MetaFit

MetaFit

£3

6-6.30pm

Troelli Ffyrnig

Spin Blast

£3

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

kids cont.d _______________ "Lampeter Little Ones" Facebook group for parents of pre-schoolers in Lampeter area. Wondering what groups and activities are available for your baby or toddler? Please 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 8 & 22 Oct, 12 & 26 Nov. Lampeter Farmers' Market, High Street, Lampeter (new location), 9am2pm alternate Fridays. Next markets: Fri 14 & 28 Oct, 11 & 25 Nov. Ffarmers Market, Neuadd Bro Fana/ Village Hall, Ffarmers, 10am-12.30pm 1st Sat in month.

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

Aberaeron Farmers’ Market & More!

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 rambling on a Friday morning. Easy access walking for an hour, depending on weather and 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. 9 week course aimed at 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.

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

Contact Ann, 07826 692110.

Gentle Yoga. Thurs 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 stress. 1:1 sessions available.

Contact Karen 07547 125937.

Fire Angel Yoga at the Zen Den, Carmarthen Street, Llandeilo. Mon: Ashtanga Yoga Thurs: Classical Hatha Yoga Both 6.30-8pm, £6. Contact: Ginny 01558 650 572 / 07791165998.

Yoga. Weds 5.30-7pm, Cellan Millennium Hall. 1st 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.

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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.

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.

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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 paying adult. www.lampetermusic.co.uk Jazz in the Student’s Union: The Ashley John Long Trio. Fri 21 Oct, 7.30pm. Student’s Union, UWTSD Lampeter campus. Tickets at the door: £11; concessions £9. Students free with a Union Card. Two children free with paying adult. www.lampetermusic.co.uk

Celf Llambed Arts Last Friday each month, Victoria Hall. Shambles Café & Bar from 7pm, Bands from 8.30pm.

See posters, pages 26

music cont.d _____________ The SeaCiders live at the Castle Green, Lampeter, 8pm Fri 21 Oct. Keyboards/vocalist duo recently described as 'the unhippest band ever but fabulous fun' and 'totally corny but gave me a big smile all night' See Fb theseaciders.

permaculture, gardening & conservation ___________

Lampeter & District Beekeepers’ Association. Tues 11 Oct, 8pm, Cellan Millenium Hall. Soap Making - talk and demonstration by Catherine Clark of Honey Bee Beautiful on the history of soap making, use of honey and beeswax in skincare and a soap making demo £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 £3 per meeting. Contact Daisy, 01558 650829, www.cothigardeners.com, www.facebook.com/cothigardeners Living Willow Creations. DIY or expertly installed in your garden.

Great activity for older children.

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

religious services/groups _

Live an Abundant Life! Let permaculture open the door for you.

Short courses/advice.

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

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 23

our daily lives. Meets one day a month near Aberystwyth. Meditation, shared lunch. Contact Lesley, 01970 617129 or Noel, 07988 745364

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

5 Oct: A Celebration of Poetry Day 12 Oct: Painting / Singing 19 Oct: 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.

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. Weds 1.30-3pm., termtime. A variety of talks, visits and light entertainment. 01570 470697, www.theatrfelinfach.com Third World Lunch St. Peter’s Church Hall, Lampeter. 1st 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. lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com

social cont.d _____________ storytelling, books & Custard Queens WI: meet 3rd Sunday creative writing _________ 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 Cinio Cymraeg Tregaron. Welsh language monthly dinners at the Talbot Hotel, 1st 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

Meanwhile Storytelling Circle. Thurs 13 Oct, 7.30-9pm, Artisans Café Lampeter, then first Monday of each Telling a New Story New group month 6.30-8pm in this new venue. starting in Lampeter creating the Hayley, h.addis@live.co.uk world we want. Contact: Shân, 01570 volunteering ____________ 218138 / 07940 375147, Age Cymru Ceredigion. We are shanharmony@aol.com volunteers for our Lampeter Writers’ Workshop recruiting welcomes new members and meets Information & Advice project in weekly. Tues 7-9pm, Wolfson Room, Lampeter and surrounding areas. The UWTSD Lampeter, during college role entails facilitating welfare benefit term. Come and join us. Contact Sue, applications for clients, particularly Attendance Allowance, Personal 01570 423167.

Independent Payment, and Carer’s Creative Writing Workshops. Sat 8 Oct, 2-4pm, Tysul Hall, Llandysul. Tu- Allowance in the clients’ homes. Full tor Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch. £10, training provided. Contact Carol refreshments available. Contact Kelly Williams, 01239 615777.

British Legion Lampeter is recruiting 07888841140, members. This is your opportunity to yamazaki.kelly@yahoo.co.uk become a member of the Legion.

Contact Sharon, 07971 806886.

Please check and update listings regularly.

lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com

Diolch / Thank you

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.

Alison Kaye MBAcC. Traditional Chinese Acupuncture. Llanfair Clinic, 41 Bridge Street, Lampeter, SA48 7AA. 07779 256388 Nutritional advice for weight loss, optimal health and for the reduction of inflammation. Treatment is not based on

calorie restriction but on an understanding of human biology/biochemistry and its evolution. 01570 470077, 07984 338945, info@mcintoshscientific.com Deirdre McIntosh M.I.Biol. M.Phil. PhD Ginny Moffett, a qualified reflexologist with The British Reflexology Association and has been treating for 25 years. She offers home visits or at The Zen Den, Llandeilo. She specializes is treating the elderly and those suffering from extreme stress and depression. £30 Call: 01558 650 572 or 07791 165 998 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 Shân Rees, BA, Dip. Couns. and Life Coach. Living Excellently, Confidence Building for Women. Very experienced Trainer and Facilitator; groups/ individual sessions. Contact: Shân, 24

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 Cathrin Wildwood is a qualified and experienced counsellor, offering individual, couple and family counselling.

Find out more about her work at cathrinwildwood.co.uk, If you want to talk or need some help contact her at cathrin@cathrinwildwood.co.uk 07870 888141 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

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

MONDAY Line Dancing: 7-10pm Golden Broth Lunch Club: 11.30-2pm; 3 Oct, 31 Oct

(under 16s must be accompanied by a responsible adult)

Fri Oct 21: Eye in the Sky (15) Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman

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

Fri 4 Nov: Our Kind of Traitor (15) Carlos Acosta, Radivoje Bukvic, Stellan Skarsgård Fri 18 Nov: Son of Saul (15) Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn

WEDNESDAY Sew, Knit & Natter: 1-4pm Yoga: 5.30-7pm NEW - Aerobics & Body Toning: 7.30-8.30pm Starts 5 Oct. Details: Debbie White 01570 493594

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

THURSDAY Gentle Yoga: 6-7.30pm WI: 2nd Thurs of month 7.30pm

LOOP NOW AVAILABLE

For more details:

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

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Paentio a Lluniadu / Drawing & painting

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HUTS Workshop Adpar

Beginners’ Digital Photography i ddechreuwyr

6.30—9.00 Iau/Thurs

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Sgiliau mentergarwch 10.00—3.00 14.10.16 £26.50/ i ddatblygu eich Gwe/Fri 04.11.16 £18.50/ busnes /Enterprise 10 awr/hrs £8.00 skills to develop your business

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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@longwood-lampeter.org.uk Home-Start Alone this Christmas then join us, help us prepare and serve Christmas dinner for those in need. "wanted volunteers to help prepare and serve Christmas dinner, Christmas Day 25 December at Victoria Hall, Lampeter" You will also get to join everyone enjoy a delicious Christmas dinner. Can you help? Contact: 01570 218546.

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

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Ysgol Henry Richard Pupils studying Agriculture went on a 3-day trip visiting Adam’s Farm in the Cotswolds (Adam Henson from the popular BBC programme ‘Countryfile’), Brockhampton Estate, Mawley Town Farm, Cadbury’s World and the JCB Factory.

YEAR 11 FAREWELL LUNCH ‘Getting Around’ in an interesting way was certainly part of the planning for this year’s Year 11 Farewell Lunch. The pupils arrived very smartly dressed, by vintage and sports and rally cars, ice cream van, on horseback, by horse and carriage, and even in the local Fire Brigade – before enjoying a formal lunch, farewell speeches and awards.

We are very grateful to local employers for their cooperation once again during the Year 10 Work Experience Week last term.

Pupils were placed in nurseries, schools and universities, in shops, restaurants and hotels, offices, garages, leisure and riding centres and on farms. They all thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Menna Williams, Year 10, chose to spend her Work Experience Week at 3Gwallt Tregaron.

Megan Davies Coulson holding on very tightly to her umbrella when she arrived by horse and carriage.

Several teams from school also took part in county tournaments and in inter-school games.

Congratulations are extended to the girl’s teams from year’s 8-10 on their incredible success against Ysgol Gyfun Penweddig, Aberystwyth where all nine teams won.

“Hold him tightly dad” was Llyr Allen’s command as he arrived on horseback.

The National Eisteddfod was held in Abergavenny and we congratulate Zara Evans on winning the Cerdd Dant solo for under 12’s. Zara has also won several sporting competitions at county and three counties level and continues to represent Wales in gymnastics. Zara Evans (left) is seen interviewed by Nia Lloyd Jones (centre) from BBC Radio Cymru.

Catrin Davies chose to travel in an Ice Cream Van.

Rhiannon Lewis

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Tregaron square was a very colourful place during this year’s Râs yr Iaith event which came to town at the beginning of July.

Pupils ran around Tregaron waving their Welsh flags, with other visiting runners following the Language Baton and were entertained on the square by local pop group ‘Fflamau Gwyllt’.

LAMPETER TOWN FENCING CLUB Tues - 15.30-17.00 Fri - 18.30-20.00

LAMPETER LEISURE CENTRE Contact: Sean Slater Tel: 01570 493139 Email: anpiobaire1@aol.com

Prize Draw 2 tickets for 28 October Celf Llambed Arts event have been kindly donated to Grapevine readers.

For your chance to win Send us your

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6pm, Friday 7 October Email: prizelampetergrapevine@gmail.com Post: Lampeter Grapevine Prize Draw, Victoria Hall, Bryn Road, Lampeter SA48 7EE

Winner will be notified by 17 Oct Please make sure you are available for the live music event on 28 Oct as tickets are not transferrable.

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Ysgol Bro Pedr Many congratulations to Ewan Bowden and Ryan Mackie Jones who have been chosen to play for Scarlets West 16. The boys have been busy training throughout the summer and have already played three games. After two tough losses to open they battled back in Newcastle Emlyn with a 52-5 win.

Junior Sector Celebrating Roald Dahl Day in their Fancy Dress. These are the fancy dress winners – well done.

Ewan Bowden

Ryan Mackie Jones

Heini Thomas, Ysgol Bro Pedr

Multiple Sclerosis Support Group - Ceredigion - ‘Getting Around’

When I thought about the words ‘getting around’ my mind immediately ran to the problems with mobility that so many People with Multiple Sclerosis {PwMS} suffer from. Our nerves don’t work properly. They are being ‘eaten’ away by our own immune system. The ‘auto-immune’ system mistakes parts of the body for foreign bodies. In the case of MS it thinks the myelin surrounding the nerves, and in some types of MS the actual nerve fibres, are these foreign bodies and so sets out to attack them. In the most common type of MS this causes sites of inflammation leading to sclerotic lesions, hence the name Multiple Sclerosis. This attack against the myelin and nerve fibres disrupts the messages travelling along nerve fibres from the brain and spinal cord to other parts of the body causing disabling symptoms. Over 1,000,000 people have MS in the UK. A lot of research is being done on the effects of Vitamin D and the use of supplements as we certainly haven’t been getting much sun recently! (For further information contact the MS Society Wales 020 8438 0700 or mssociety.org.uk).

BUT we humans are resilient and are determined that ‘getting around’ must remain an important part of our lives by whatever means. Fighting against these disabling

symptoms and exercising as much as possible is so important even if we are unable to walk. The NHS exercise classes are very inspiring and I now know a lady who is hoping to set up activities for disabled people. Hopefully she will come to talk with us next time and maybe try us with something other than just sitting chatting … yoga to music perhaps.

Even if you are in a wheelchair it will not be a problem as it will all be done sitting down.

At the last meeting I expected things like disability, or ‘getting around’ the Benefit system, to predominate when I said discuss ‘getting around’ but no, we talked about the places in Lampeter that we remembered ‘getting around’ to in the past, for example Aeron Dairy in College Street where we could buy milk from very local cows and, in my case, have a Horlicks!

Join us on Monday 3 October at 1.30-3.30 in The Mustard Seed cafe, and on the 10 October at St Paul’s Methodist Hall, Aberystwyth 11-1pm.

Croeso i Bawb / Welcome to all Judith McKay Support Volunteer 01570 493509 29

COEDWIG GYMUNEDOL LONG WOOD COMMUNITY WOODLAND With this month’s theme of “getting around” it seems a great opportunity to promote the 14 km of footpaths and bridleways at Long Wood which are open to the public for enjoyment year round. This path network is being extended year after year with more circular routes through the woodlands taking in a variety of habitat types and difficulty levels. With such a network, and given the season, Long Wood offers the perfect opportunity to spend a bit of time in quiet enjoyment of the spectacle that is autumn in Wales. Whilst the cherry, oak and larch start to turn for the winter the spruce offers a green backdrop to the vibrant tones of the month.

The bridleways at Long Wood are also accessible to those requiring mobility aids and disabled toilets are available in the woodlands. If you are unsure about the suitability of the tracks at Long Wood then please contact the officer and speak to one of our staff with your requirements.

But it’s not just walking that is on offer at long wood, our Woodland Wednesday volunteer group goes from strength to strength. The group, led by Jon Addis (with support from the volunteers), undertake a huge variety of tasks for us in the woodlands, depending on the season and requirements and their support is invaluable to the

Long Wood Project.

In recognition of their efforts Long Wood this year took the group on a day visit to the National Trust’s grounds at Llanarchaeron. The trip served two purposes, first of all as a bit of downtime from the hard work that the group normally puts in, and also as a way of getting inspiration on how to improve the visitor experience at the woodlands.

Watch out for the launch of our new Community Orchard project. Perhaps you have some ideas to share about the design or would like to get involved in some training?

Long Wood offers a selection of outdoor courses throughout the year, some hosted by Tir Coed’s VINE project and others hosted by other external groups.

Details of these course can be found on our website and also on our Facebook page. The page is public so you do not require a Facebook account in order to see it. If you yourself can offer a training course that you would like to base at Long Wood, we are here to support and to help you to promote your work, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Hope to see you all at the Forest Fair, Sat 24 Sept.

Andrew Gajlikowski

Join our mailing list, find us on Facebook or www.longwood-lampeter.org.uk. Contact: 01570 493355, info@longwood-lampeter.org.uk

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

Tir Coed Celebrations Tir Coed are celebrating the end of the fantastic VINE

This is all part of the big Long Wood Forest Fair taking

(Volunteering In the Natural Environment) project, run

place on this day and you’ll find Tir Coed in the Forest

in partnership with Long Wood Community Woodland on

School site near to the mill site.

Saturday 24 September.

Please contact lampeter@tircoed.org.uk for further

If you’ve been on any of Tir Coed’s courses or activity

information

days over the last three years we would love to see you

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again; and of course everyone is welcome to join in the Linda Bradshaw-Wood

fun, with opportunities to have-a-go at woodcraft

Tir Coed VINE Project Officer

activities and family fun in the woods.

A celebration around the fire will be taking place at 2pm including storytelling with Hayley, music and a singsong with James and Iain, as well as tea and a special harvest cake.

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Invitation to two events planned by Fe'ch gwahoddir yn gynnes i ddau ddigwyddiad drefLampeter Rotary Club in conjunction with nwyd gan Glwb Rotari Llanbedr Pont Steffan ar y cyd â Phrifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant Llanbedr Pont Lampeter University (USWTSD) in support of Steffan (PCDDS) i gefnogi thema Rotari Rhyngwladol this year's RI theme of 'Rotary Serving eleni o 'Rotari yn Gwasanaethu Dynoliaeth' Humanity' Y digwyddiadau yw: These are 1. Y ddarpariaeth o gymorth dŵr a chynaliadwyedd yn 1. Water Aid provision and sustainability in Kenya Kenya 2. Rural Health & Community Wellbeing in Wales 2. Iechyd Gwledig a Lles Cymunedol yng Nghymru 1. Water Aid provision and sustainability in Kenya 1. Y ddarpariaeth o gymorth dŵr a chynaliadwyedd yn 3 October 2016, 11.00am-7.00pm at the Old Hall, Kenya - cynhelir 3 Hydref, 2016 rhwng 11.00 y bore a University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) 7.00 yr hwyr yn yr Hen Neuadd, Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Lampeter Dewi Sant (PCDDS), Llanbedr Pont Steffan Water aid to Kenya is one of my main charities this year Cymorth Dŵr yn Kenya yw un o fy mhrif elusennau eleni ac which coincides with an ongoing project by the mae'n cyd-fynd â phrosiect parhaus gan gyfadran Humanities faculty of the University to assess and Dyniaethau y Brifysgol i asesu a mesur effeithiolrwydd a measure the effectiveness and sustainability of such aid to chynaliadwyedd cymorth o'r fath i gymuned Malindi yn the community of Malindi in Kenya.

Kenya.

The event will feature a mix of static exhibitions/photos/ Bydd y digwyddiad yn cynnwys cymysgedd o videos etc plus formal presentations from guest speakers, arddangosfeydd / lluniau / fideos ac ati yn ogystal â students and of course our own District 1150 Foundation chyflwyniadau ffurfiol gan siaradwyr gwâdd, myfyrwyr ac and International teams, giving an insight to Rotary's input wrth gwrs ein timau Sylfaen a Rhyngwladol yn Rhanbarth re sand dams etc.

Rotari 1150, gan roi cipolwg i weithgarwch Rotari megis yn 2. Rural Health & Community Wellbeing in Wales - 30 cynorthwyo gyda'r argaeau tywod ac ati 2. Iechyd Gwledig a Lles Cymunedol yng Nghymru November 2016, 10am - 4pm at the Old Hall, University cynhelir 30 Tachwedd, 2016, rhwng 10.00 y bore a 4.00 y of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) Lampeter prynhawn yn yr Hen Neuadd, Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod The purpose of this event is to raise awareness of what Dewi Sant (PCDDS), Llanbedr Pont Steffan has been done and is proposed for Rural Health and Pwrpas y digwyddiad hwn yw codi ymwybyddiaeth o'r hyn Community Wellbeing in Wales. The day will be a mix of sydd wedi'i wneud ac wedi'i gynnig ar gyfer Iechyd Gwledig static displays/photos/videos etc with various formal a Lles Cymunedol yng Nghymru. presentations from key speakers representing the Welsh Bydd y diwrnod yn gymysgedd o arddangosfeydd / lluniau / Assembly's 'Mid wales Collaborative', looking after the fideos ac ati gydag amrywiol cyflwyniadau ffurfiol gan interests of Ceredigion, Powys and Betsi Cadwaladr, siaradwyr allweddol yn cynrychioli 'Canolbarth Cymru notably Consultant ophthalmologist Mr Monaj Cydweithredol' y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol sy’n edrych ar ôl Kulshrestha, the first Reader in Rural Health and buddiannau Ceredigion, Powys a Betsi Cadwaladr. Cawn Community Wellbeing. The aim of the Collaborative is to gwmni yr Ymgynghorydd offthalmolegydd, Mr Monaj redefine how policies and services can improve the health Kulshrestha, y Darllenydd cyntaf mewn Iechyd Gwledig a and wellbeing of those living in rural communities.

Lles Cymunedol. Nôd 'Canolbarth Cymru Cydweithredol' yw One stated aim of the Collaborative is to establish a ailddiffinio sut y gall polisïau a gwasanaethau wella iechyd a surgery in Tregaron to dramatically reduce waiting times lles y rhai sy'n byw mewn cymunedau gwledig. for patients in mid Wales.

Un nôd datganedig 'Canolbarth Cymru Cydweithredol' yw Both of the events in Lampeter are free and I hope you sefydlu meddygfa yn Nhregaron i leihau yn ddramatig will be able to attend one or both. Please also publicise as amseroedd aros i gleifion sy'n byw yng Nghanolbarth widely as possible throughout your communities.

Cymru.

Please let me know if you have any queries or would like Mae'r ddau ddigwyddiad gynhelir yn Llanbedr Pont Steffan yn rhad ac am ddim. 'Rwy'n gobeithio y byddwch yn gallu to participate in either of these events mynychu un neu ddau ohonynt. Buaswn yn ddiolchgar pe Kevin Sivyer gallech roddi cyhoeddusrwydd mor eang â phosibl i'r President Lampeter Rotary Club digwyddiadau hyn yn eich cymunedau.

Llywydd Clwb Rotari Llanbedr Pont Steffan Cysylltwch gyda mi os oes gennych unrhyw ymholiadau neu os hoffech gymryd rhan yn unrhyw un o'r digwyddiadau hyn. lampetergrapevine@gmail.com 32

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Lampeter Youth Theatre would like to congratulate one of their much loved tutors, Leela, on her acceptance to drama college.

Leela has been volunteering with the youth theatre for over a year, and throughout this time she has become a great mentor to all of our students.

We'd like to wish her good luck with her training and say a huge thank you from everyone at Lampeter Youth Theatre for all the time, energy and creativity that she has given us.

We'll miss you Leela, but look forward to you visiting us soon and hearing all about your adventures.

Youth Theatre Update: We've had a great turn out this term, not only with new students but we have new tutors as well and with this comes fresh energy, talent and ideas creating an exciting buzz in our happy theatre.

Our performance 'Nelson's Navy' is scheduled for early December and for the first time ever we will be performing it over two days. Rehearsals are in full swing for this and our actors and production team are working very hard.

Our young people did so well last term so we decided to let our hair down and have a disco to celebrate. We had so much fun we've decided to do it again but this time we'll be teaming up with the 1st Lampeter Brownies to host a Halloween Disco on Monday 31 October, 5-7pm, £1. We'll have tea and coffees for parents and party snacks for kids, lots of spooky music and decorations.

All kids welcome but must be accompanied by an adult.

Lampeter Youth Theatre will also be performing at Long Wood Community Woodland’s Forest Fair on Sat 24 Sept.

We'll be giving the audience a sneak peek of 'Nelson's Navy' from 1pm, at Long Wood Woodland Theatre, so please come along and show your support.

This will be a fab event, full of fun and educational things for the whole family to enjoy. Hope you see you there.

Tracey Reynolds

The People’s Market Victoria Hall, Bryn Road, Lampeter Every 2nd and 4th Saturday 33

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Childhood, Child minding and Forest days Today childhood in the western world is generally associated with fun and happiness. Looking back history shows there have been different views through the centuries. Childhood, as a creation of society, changed with changing societies too.

From a time when children were simply being seen as ‘mini-adults’ the idea developed that children were being born with a ‘blank mind’ and it was the parents duty to fill it. Later childhood got romanticized as a period of innocence. Industrialisation brought child exploitation. High death rates were made responsible for a lack of emotional bonds between parents and their children, children were an economic asset as opposed to a symbol of love. Newest technology and consumerism took it further and lead the way to more

Childminder spends in average from 2h daily to a whole day outside in nature, offering a combination of structured activities and free play. Activities range and include outdoor games, art and craft activities according to the seasons, den building, bug hunting, exploring, water, fire, getting muddy - having fun.

Forest School principle and childminding go so well together because the care of a Childminder is usually more flexible and spontaneous than what Nurseries can offer.

If you decide you want to use a Childminder to look after your children what should you look out for?

Everyone using the title Childminder has to be registered and regularly inspected by the Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales, works from their own home and only has small groups of children.

Try to find a Childminder you feel comfortable with and able to trust. Ask as many questions as possible beforehand and allow time for your child to get to know the Childminder. See the home and facilities; is the atmosphere warm, friendly and caring? Ask about training and qualifications, activities, home-made meals, documentation of the time your child spends there. A good Childminder is inclusive in her/ his approach, helps each child to feel valued and preferably has similar ideas and views to you about

high tech toys, the term ‘nature deficit disorder’ was born.

Statistics say today one in 3 babies and toddlers use tablets or smartphones before they can even talk.

Recent brain imaging research is showing that children’s brains on computer games look like brains on drugs. Wandering attention spans are reported when children are not stimulated by their devises; kids are described as bored, apathetic and uninterested.

Research suggests that the addictive world of screens hinders developmental processes, flesh-andblood relationships, creative imaginative play and an engagement with the real, natural world instead of a digital fantasy world.

A different approach to this development offers the Forest School Movement. Children spend time outside and learn to appreciate nature, emotional and physical wellbeing and concentration start to improve again, as well as perseverance, cooperation and motivation skills. Outdoor days can help children to stay fit and counter obesity, let off steam, develop harmonious relationships with others, improve physical skills through running and balancing; and provide rich opportunities for imagination, inventiveness and resourcefulness. Even the Early Years Foundation Stage has recognised the positive impact of outdoor learning on a child’s well-being and development.

If you are looking for child care and you like the idea of your child spending lots of time outdoors a Childminder with a Forest School approach might suit you and your family well.

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Childminding, home-educating Childminder from Cwmann/ Lampeter, offering seasonal activities and a dedicated whole day per week of Field and Forest experience. Spaces available.

Please contact: 07974576325 for more information.

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Programme of October Wool Events See our facebook or webpage for details

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This twenty-seventh Local General Knowledge and Cryptic Crossword is sponsored by Stitches. The owner has kindly offered the winner a competition voucher to spend in her sewing workshop.

Helena Gregson, Lampeter born and bred, started Stitches after the PRIZE: Voucher Dewhirst Ladies Wear factory closed in 2001, shifting its production to Morocco. Helena had worked as a machinist at Dewhirst for 31 years.

On leaving Prize Local Knowledge/Cryptic Crossword No 27 (Jeep) Dewhirst she took 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 additional training and gained new skills winning the Business 9 10 Start-Up Award for 11 12 Wales in 2002 and the 13 14 Ceredigion Business award in 2005. She describes being made 15 16 redundant as ‘the best thing that ever happened’ and she has certainly shown this by establishing a very successful Lampeter 17 based business.

18 Tucked away in Drovers Road, Stitches mainly offers alterations 19 20 21 22 and repairs, and is ready to deal with a wide range of fabrics. The 23 24 premises used to be the old cow shed attached to the diary that is 25 26 27 now Lloyds, but is now very effectively converted to a friendly sewing workshop.

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Down 1. Winners of highest awards given in the Lampeter Stallions Show (7,9) Across 2. Angry ways mend temporary road block (10,6) 1. Comfort object stimulates beatnik’s cruelty (8,7) 3. Assort new offerings at Castle Green Inn (6) 9. Mouths orations but only at the start (3) 11. Successful courting result in disguise of a very safe shop 4. First public house after leaving Cwmann on the A482 (6,3) (5,4,6) 5.

Bread makers meadow in Californian town? (11) 13. Film scenery and props that are ready? (3) 6. Water next to confusing an ace jets ad (8,3) 14. Legendary bird of prey carved out of rock (3) 15. Business Dewhirst made clothes for before being closed 7. A thousand in bulk I lose not having disturbed blues (4) in 2001 (5,3,7) 17. France, England and Norway initially in a boggy land (3) 8. Charity set up in 2007 with Head Office at 23 College Street (5,6,5) 18. Grain source for bread produced at the Lampeter 10. Unpleasant smell from a creek not even a hundred Bakehouse (3) (4) 19. Risk avoidance that is ensured with a row of closely 12.

Start of pop exclusive introduces religious leader (4) planed shrubs (5) 16. Unclip a preparation of wild black cherries (7) 21. Where May convenes with the next woman (5,4) 18. Working marina rep helps sort out mechanical 23. Carefully try beverage when half pissed up (3) problems (9) 24. Does being recumbent lead to false information? (3) 20. A one horse carriage at a live performance (3) 25. Estate agent at Harford Square Lampeter (6,3,6) 22. Cleans up when it returns and ceases to exist (6) 28. An indehiscent fruit having a single seed that is initially 26. New town out west the home of English physicist (6) nutritional (3) 27. Endless euphoria for those choosing to leave here?

29. Pass on something the mischievous child has with a (1,1) particular skill (6) 30.

Sounds like more than one are heading for (2) 32. Some unquiet reflection established this French 31. Lulu does keep a board game in the centre (4) philosopher (11) 33. Half a burger properly chewed will give you a little 34. Sound mineral extract is an alternative (2) 35. Retiring person thinks – ‘Ring Olive’ for fresh answer (9,6) measure of energy (3)

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Closing Date for Entries: Fri 7 Oct 2016, 5pm Name: ............................................................... Tel: ............................................( Day)................................................(Eve) Email: .....................................................................................................................

Place in Competition Entries box in Library, Mark Lane Bakery or Postbox at Victoria Hall By post: Cryptic Crossword No. 27, Grapevine, c/o Victoria Hall, Bryn Rd, Lampeter SA48 7EE.

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