Lampeter Grapevine Issue 44 Nov 2016

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The Secret Travels of the Grapevine …

in this issue… reviews & letters ads & classifieds what’s going on secret travels of the grapevine town council news food for thought lampeter language café jottings easy peasey apple squeezy & community orchard project cothi gardeners cymdeithas hanes llambed lampeter museum cothi gardeners ms support group celtic christianity clonc cylch caron childcare provision new quay honey farm community wind shares ysgol y dderi mellt interview kcc uwtsd can plaid reach valleys voters bbc school report lytss long wood update lampeter’s w.i.’s meithrinfa dyfodol - 10 ysgol bro pedr ysgol henry richard reaching out tribal unity crossword competition

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Or perhaps How many people have passed it on?

Can your copy of Grapevine be the most environmentally friendly traveller? Or will yours be shared in a variety of unusual ways?

Where will your copy of Grapevine end up?

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GRAPEVINE no. 44, November 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 ...

Now the question, as ever, is where to begin … I often find it difficult to get started on these editorials, as I do not consider myself to be a writer in any shape or form - so I have to really ‘reach out’ into the unknown to uncover the inspiration for what is to come. Sometimes I just have to start writing, anything and everything, and eventually something tangible begins to appear, with connections being made that incredibly slot everything into place. So, here goes ...

We decided to let the Grapevine really promote what it’s good

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at this issue, ‘Reaching Out’ to all kinds of organisations,

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spread the word about local news, views, events, activities and

groups and individuals; giving a platform from which to opportunities, and reach potential new audiences. You only have to delve inside to discover that there is a richness to our local community which we should be proud of and want to

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we can to make a difference. Granted, that may all sound a

Copy date for December issue 45: Fri 11 Nov, Theme: ‘Community Spirit’ 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.

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want to ’Reach Out’ locally, nationally and globally to do what little idealistic, but try reading on and then you can draw your own conclusions.

Darllenwch yn hapus / Happy reading Angie Martin, Editor

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

Cynhaliwyd y cyfarfod diwethaf ar nos Iau 29ain o Fedi. Yn bresennol: Y Maer y Cyngh. David Smith (Cadeirydd); Cynghorwyr: Hag Harris (Dirprwy-Faer); Rhys Bebb-Jones; Andrew Carter; Ann Morgan; Rob Phillips; Kistiah Ramaya; Christopher Thomas; Selwyn Walters; Dorothy Williams.

PC Richard Marshall.

Trafodwyd y materion a ganlyn: HYSBYSFWRDD Y CYNGOR TREF GER Y LLYFRGELL Gwnaethpwyd trefniadau i ymwneud â gwelliannau parthed cyflwr yr hysbysfwrdd.

GWASANAETH/AU SUL Y COFIO 2016 Cynhelir Gwasanaeth Sul y Cofio am 11am ger y Gofeb Ryfel ar y 13eg o Dachwedd (ger y gylchfan sy’n croestorri Stryd y Coleg, Ffordd y Gogledd, Teras yr Orsaf a Heol Bryn) o dan arweiniad y Canon Andy Herrick. Croeso i Bawb.

Yn ogystal perchir dau funud o osteg ar Sgwâr Harford ar ddydd Gwener 11eg Tachwedd am 11am er mwyn dwyn i gof y rai hynny a wnaeth yr aberth eithaf yn ystod y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf, yr Ail Rhyfel Byd ac mewn terfysgoedd milwrol diweddarach.

CEISIADAU CYNLLUNIO Ni ddatganwyd unrhyw wrthwynebiad ar gyfer y Ceisiadau Cynllunio canlynol, a dderbyniwyd dan law’r Adran Gynllunio, Cyngor Sir Ceredigion. Gellir dod o hyd i wybodaeth pellach oddi ar safle ar y we’r Cyngor Sir Ceredigion.

3.1 A160745: Ymgeisydd: Tai Ceredigion Cyf. Cynnig: Amrywio amod 2 caniatâd cynllunio A140669 datblygiad preswyl – (cynlluniau diwygiedig a chynllun y safle). Lleoliad: Brongest (Tir gyferbyn Ffordd Llanfair, Llanbedr Pont Steffan.

3.2 A160847: Ymgeisydd: H. Roberts. Cynnig: caniatâd cynllunio ôl-weithredol ar gyfer llety preswyl fel anecs i'r Hen Fferm.

Lleoliad: Maesypwll, Llanbedr Pont Steffan.

3.3 A160831: Ymgeisydd: A. Radaszewski. Cynnig: Dymchwel ystafell wydr ac adeiladu estyniad deulawr. Lleoliad: 56 Bryn Steffan, Llanbedr Pont Steffan.

CYFRANIADAU ARIANNOL 4.1 Arddangosfa Tân Gwyllt, Ford Gron Llanbedr Pont Steffan 2016: £500 4.2 Ymgyrch Diogelu Cymru Wledig £20 4.3 St John Cymru-Wales £50. Gobeithir sefydlu cangen yn Llanbedr Pont Steffan.

4.4 Goleuadau Nadolig, Siambr Fasnach Llambed £5,928 (heb gynnwys TAW)

The last meeting took place on Thursday 29 September.

Present: Mayor Cllr David Smith (Chairperson); Cllrs: Hag Harris (Deputy-Mayor); Rhys Bebb-Jones; Andrew Carter; Ann Morgan; Rob Phillips; Kistiah Ramaya; Christopher Thomas; Selwyn Walters; Dorothy Williams. PC Richard Marshall.

The following matters were discussed: TOWN COUNCIL’S NOTICE BOARD adjacent to the Library Arrangements were made to refresh the Notice-Board.

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY SERVICE/S 2016 The Remembrance Sunday Service will be held at 11am at the Lampeter War Memorial on Sunday 13 November (adjacent to the roundabout, which intersects College Street, North Road, Station Terrace and Bryn Road). It will be officiated by the Canon Andy Herrick. All Welcome.

Two minutes’ silence will also be observed at Harford Square on Friday 11 November at 11am in remembrance of those who made the ultimate sacrifice during WW1, WW2 and in more recent military conflicts.

PLANNING APPLICATIONS No objections were conveyed concerning the following Planning Applications, as received from the Planning Department, Ceredigion County Council. Further information is available via the Ceredigion County Council’s website.

A160745: Applicant: Tai Ceredigion Cyf. Proposal: Variation of condition 2 of planning permission A140669 residential development – (Revised plans and site layout). Location: Brongest (Land opp) Llanfair Road, Lampeter SA48 8JX. A160847: Applicant: H. Roberts. Proposal: Retrospective planning permission for residential accommodation as annexe to Hen Fferm. Location: Maesypwll, Lampeter.

A160831. Applicant: A. Radaszewski.

Proposal: Demolition of conservatory and the building of a two storey extension. Location: 56 Bryn Steffan, Lampeter.

FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS 4.1 Lampeter Round Table Fireworks’ Display 2016: £500 4.2 Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales £20.00 4.3 St John Cymru-Wales £150. It is hoped to set up a branch in Lampeter.

4.4 Festive Lighting, Lampeter Chamber of Trade £5,928 (ex Vat)

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

email: lampetergrapevine@gmail.com

Breaking news!

ST PETER’S CHURCH - 2020 VISION

Well it was breaking news just as the October issue of Grapevine went to print last month … so unfortunately this news even missed the STOP PRESS!

Members of St Peter’s Church believe in

For the third year running Calico Kate has been nominated for the Best Independent Haberdashery, Wales by the readers of Sew Magazine and customers.

for 2020, designed to celebrate 150 years

If you would like to vote, then there is a voting link button on my website www.calicokate.co.uk/ What is good for Calico Kate, is good for Lampeter!

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

Food for Thought in Ceredigion

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A working party will shortly get under way to plan a year-long programme of events of Christian witness in Lampeter and to look forward to much more to come.

Christians have worshipped on the site for much longer than 150 years, but the current building opened in 1870

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same year that Charles Dickens died - and 150

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expectations!

If you would like to be involved in this

working party you are invited to contact Canon Andy Herrick, 01570 421473 In the last 3 months alone 47 adults and 48 children have received food.

Because very often these are folk who don’t make it obvious that they are in need, people locally don’t realise how great the need is for this service.

Local churches and other organisations are generous in giving food and some money, but we are always in need of more.

If you would like to sponsor a parcel of food, or help on the rota, please contact us on 07582 905743.

With our thanks Lampeter Food Bank

According to figures from Ceredigion County Council, 37% of households are living in poverty (this means their household income is less than 60% of UK average income). Although employment is reasonably high in Ceredigion, rates of pay are low – at £488 a week, compared with £546 as the UK average - and 17% of people living in Ceredigion are ‘over-indebted’. This means they are overly burdened by bills and credit or have fallen far behind in repaying loans – while the UK average is 16%.

As a result a large number of families have found themselves in financial difficulties and have needed the help of the Lampeter Food Bank.

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

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Lampeter Language Café

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Spare (rough working) crossword grid - No 28. Enjoy! Eds

Ian O’Reilly

Hi! WELSH Croeso - Welcome Bore da - Good day/morning P'nawn da - Good afternoon Noswaith dda - Good evening ITALIAN Ciao - Hello & Goodbye SPANISH Hola (OH-lah) SYRIAN ARABIC Marhaban (mar ha ban ) TURKISH Merhaba! /meɾhɾbɾ/ (may be formal or informal) FRENCH Salut (sah-lew) (informal) Bonjour (bohn-zhoor)

Cryptic Crossword 28—see page 37

POLISH Cześć - (Ches-tch)

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Amgueddfa Llambed / Lampeter Museum The Museum will be closed after the last Saturday in October, so you may just have a day or two left to visit and see this year’s collections. It is remarkable where our visitors have come from, and although many local people have been in more than once, - it may be that some have not paid a visit to see the local history that is displayed there.

As space is limited, collections will be changed over the winter months in order to promote local interest. The Museum needs funding in order to carry out this continued work, and we appeal to the public and local businesses to reach out and become ‘friends’ of the museum. Application forms through hanesllambed.org.uk and everyone donating a minimum of £10 to the Museum Fund will be acknowledged on the Museum website.

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Cymdeithas Hanes Llambed The next meeting will be Tuesday, 15 November, 7.30pm at the Old Hall of the University of Wales Trinity St David, when the guest speaker will be Richard Rees.

He will be talking about The London Dams that never came to Wales, and how the London County Council tried to steal the River Towy. Croeso cynnes i bawb,- all are welcome to attend.

Membership for the year is £10, or £2 per night for occasional visitors.

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Jottings

Every now and then I find myself returning to the nature writings of those who lived generations ago; they never cease to give me pleasure and inspiration however many times I read them. The two I mention

here are both American.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) lived for two years a solitary life at Walden Pond, Massachusetts.

In his celebrated book, “Walden, or Life in the

Woods”, his evocative descriptions of the natural world through the seasons have never been surpassed.

This simple quotation from his writing: “We can

never have enough of nature” is my excuse (not that I need one!) for going on yet another nature ramble.

Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) lived and worked in Wisconsin. His book of essays on conservation, “A

Sand Country Almanac”, is a modern classic. Here is a timely quotation from that work:

“Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them".

The works of both these essayists are still in print, still read and appreciated by those who like to reach back through time for inspiration and encouragement.

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

Easy Peasy Apple Squeezy Saturday 15 October saw the busiest Lampeter Apple Day to date.

A new scratter and apple press made a debut appearance, and we lost track of the number of apples squeezed and pints of apple juice produced. The Long Wood Community Orchard stand created a lot of interest, (see below) and Organic Fresh Foods is now officially replaced by Watson & Pratt's, there was even a ribbon cutting!

Thanks to Lucy and Ben for once again hosting the event, which has fast become

part

of

the

'Lampeter

Calendar'. Full report next issue.

Tim Martin

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

If you are interested in helping design and develop a Community Orchard at Long Wood - Find us on Facebook ‘Long Wood Community Orchard Project Working Group’

Cothi Gardeners’ Club Our speaker in November is rather different. Usually we learn something horticulture-related but in a change to our published programme, we’ll be welcoming Dave Bavin from the Vincent Wildlife Trust.

Some of you may have heard about the plan to re-introduce Pine Martens to Wales

and

one

of

the

sites

selected

by

the

VWT

is

near

Pontrhydfendigaid. Please join us on Wednesday 16 November at 7pm to hear the background to this ambitious project, and to follow the progress of some of Wales’ new wild residents.

Don’t Forget -

In the meantime, www.vwt.org.uk/projects/pine-marten-recovery-project/

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is the place to find out more and see some video footage of the first

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martens to be released.

Please note: Now that the clocks have changed, our meetings begin a little earlier at 7pm. This is the last open meeting of Cothi Gardeners for 2016, our 2017 programme will be available shortly.

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welcome, £3 each, which includes refreshments.

Annual membership of Cothi Gardeners is £14.

We meet on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at Coronation Hall, Pumsaint, SA19 8UW. 7

Donna Worrall

Multiple Sclerosis Support Group - Ceredigion - ‘Reaching Out’

I am ‘Reaching Out’ for what?

I am ‘Reaching Out’ to the stars, the sun, the moon above my head, and the earth beneath my feet.

I am ‘Reaching Out’ to flowers. Have you ever looked at an eyebright flower through a hand lens? So amazing!

I am ‘Reaching Out’ to that blade of grass, and the Goshawk that flew past me today as I travelled up the hill on my mobility scooter.

I am startled by the ‘strobe effects’ of old CDs hanging from the apple trees to prevent the jays ‘Reaching Out’ to get the apples.

I am ‘Reaching Out’ to the people who come and chat at our Support Group sharing their experiences of Multiple Sclerosis.

I am ‘Reaching Out’ to thank people who help us at the group voluntarily. Annie has helped us for eighteen months with her wonderful Reflexology but is now working with autistic children at the school. Well done Annie and thanks so much. Thanks also to Debbie who did some gentle exercises with us last Monday.

I am ‘Reaching Out’ to the Department of Work and Pensions, and Theresa May’s Government, to challenge their decisions on Celtic Christianity: Part XXVI Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and to get them to acknowledge the fact that people with Primary Progressive or Saint Hywn / Hywyn Secondary Progressive MS get worse, not better, nor do we have Abbot remissions!

Reposed 6 century I am ‘Reaching Out’ with BBC Wales in a program called ‘Week in Remembered January 6 Week Out’. They are filming people who have gone through PIP St Hywyn was a disciple of St Cadfan, cousin of St assessments. They spent the day with me on Wednesday. I have been incensed by the DWP ignoring the meaning of progressive Maelrhys of the last issue and later abbot of illnesses such that people have had benefits reduced and in Bardsey monastery. The monastery at Aberdaron some cases have lost all their benefits. This included at the end of the Lleyn peninsula was probably a Paralympians who had their Motability cars taken away after support monastery for Bardsey. In the assessments. People with no legs do not get better however well churchyard are the grave they manage their disability. We are being penalised for slabs of two Christian ‘Reaching Out’ for life and not just giving in.

The ‘BEEB’ men may join us at our next Support Group on 7 priests, Veracius and Senacus, from Capel November.

I am ‘Reaching Out’ to all people with MS and their carers to join Anelog, the site of us on the first Monday of the month in the Mustard Seed cafe another monastery. On 1.30-3.30. Have your say, along with lovely food if you wish. the seashore is St Mary’s People with MS and carers are invited to an Autumn Afternoon well - perhaps one of the most elusive, beautiful, Tea at Nanteos Mansion Hotel, Aberystwyth SY23 4LU on scary (it’s on the Wednesday 26 October 2016 at 2.30-4.30. Ring our Chair, Hazel cliff edge) wells Ellis 01974 261640 for details. with a magnificent There is no charge for people with MS and their partner or Carer. view of Bardsey Keep on ‘Reaching Out’ Island, with pure Judith McKay water just above Support Volunteer the high tide.

There is another St Mary’s holy 01570 493509 well by the roadside in nearby Bryncroes.

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Cofiwch fynd i’r wefan hyperlleol am

Please go to the hyperlocal website for

newyddion Cymraeg ardal Llanbedr Pont

Lampeter area news in Welsh. Here is a

Steffan. Dyma grynodeb o rai storïau

summary of some recent stories.

diweddar.

Lack of Interest in Welsh Language Rock Bands in Lampeter

Diffyg Diddordeb yn y Sîn Roc Gymraeg yn Llanbed

By Dylan Lewis 05/10/16

Disappointing response to Celf Llambed

Gan Dylan Lewis 05/10/16

Ymateb siomedig i ddigwyddiad Celf

Arts’ event with Ysgol Sul and Mellt in the

Llambed Arts gyda bandiau Ysgol Sul

Victoria Hall.

a Mellt yn Neuadd Fictoria.

Defibrillator damaged at Cwmann Village Centre

Difrod i ddiffibriliwr Canolfan Bentref Cwmann

By Dylan Lewis 01/10/16

Gan Dylan Lewis 01/10/16

Disbelief when the defibrillator was

Anghrediniaeth pan dynnwyd y

deliberately taken from the cabinet

diffibriliwr o’r cwpwrdd yn fwriadol

and left out in the rain.

a’i adael yn y glaw.

A second application to build a Wind Farm on Llanllwni Mountain

Ail gais i adeiladu Fferm Wynt ar Fynydd Llanllwni

By David Thorne 17/09/16

Local people unhappy that turbines could spoil the

Gan David Thorne 17/09/16

Pobl leol yn anhapus y gall tyrbinau anharddu

highlands in this part of Carmarthenshire.

ucheldiroedd y rhan hon o Sir Gaerfyrddin.

An incomer but a hard working person

Menyw ddŵad ond gwraig weithgar iawn

By Dylan Lewis 14/09/16

Gan Dylan Lewis 14/09/16

Delyth Morgan Phillips has written about Councillor

Delyth Morgan Phillps sydd wedi ysgrifennu am y

Ann Bowen Morgan in the ‘Cymeriadau Bro’ column

Cynghorydd Ann Bowen Morgan yn ngholofn

of Papur Bro Clonc this month.

‘Cymeriadau Bro’ Papur Bro Clonc y mis hwn.

Local success in Lampeter Harness Races

Llwyddiant Lleol yn Rasys Harnais Llanbedr Pont Steffan.

By Carys Mair Jones 13/09/16

A full report about this special event in

Gan Carys Mair Jones 13/09/16

Llanfair Clydogau.

Adroddiad llawn am y digwyddiad

The Rotary expanding in Lampeter!

arbennig hwn yn Llanfair Clydogau.

Rotari yn ehangu yn Llanbedr Pont Steffan!

By Rhys Bebb Jones 12/09/16

An invitation by Lampeter Rotary Club to

Gan Rhys Bebb Jones 12/09/16

a meeting twice a month at noon.

Gwahoddiad gan Glwb Rotari Llanbed i gyfarfod

Ffair Ram Cwmann and a Tractor Run

ddwy waith y mis am hanner dydd.

2016

Ffair Ram Cwmann a Thaith Tractorau

By Dylan Lewis 11/09/16

2016

Report, results and photographs of this

Gan Dylan Lewis 11/09/16

very successful show.

Adroddiad, canlyniadau a lluniau sioe lwyddiannus iawn.

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Partner Cylch Caron yn estyn allan i gymuned Tregaron

Cylch Caron partner reaching out to Tregaron Community

Daeth cymuned Tregaron a'r ardal gyfagos at ei gilydd ddydd Mawrth, 13 Medi i gwrdd â partner datblygu Cylch Caron a benodwyd yn ddiweddar, Cymdeithas Tai Canolbarth Cymru. Roedd y digwyddiad hefyd yn gyfle i weld dyluniadau cysyniad cychwynnol y pensaer ar gyfer y datblygiad.

Dechreuodd y diwrnod gyda swyddogion Cyngor Sir Ceredigion a Cymdeithas Tai Canolbarth Cymru yn ymweld â Dr Sion James ym meddygfa teulu Tregaron. Ymunodd Roofus, masgot Cymdeithas Tai Canolbarth Cymru, swyddogion i gwrdd â disgyblion cynradd ac uwchradd Ysgol Henry Richard ac ymweld a Canolfan Adnoddau Bryntirion ac Ysbyty Tregaron.

Dywedodd y Cynghorydd Catherine Hughes, Cadeirydd Bwrdd Rhanddeiliaid Cylch Caron, "Roedd hwn yn ddiwrnod i'r gymuned i gwrdd â Cymdeithas Tai Canolbarth Cymru, o blant lleol, i'r meddyg teulu, i drigolion Canolfan Adnoddau Bryntirion ac Ysbyty Tregaron a'r gymuned ehangach."

Y noson hynny, cynhaliwyd digwyddiad ymgysylltu â'r gymuned, a helpodd gasglu safbwyntiau pobl leol, sefydliadau, defnyddwyr gwasanaeth a busnesau ar y prosiect. Bydd y wybodaeth a gasglwyd yn helpu i lywio'r Asesiad Effaith Iechyd ar gyfer y prosiect, gan sicrhau, lle bynnag y bo modd, y bydd y cyfleuster yn rhoi’r cyfle i wella iechyd a lles y defnyddwyr gwasanaeth, staff a'r gymuned ehangach.

Ychwanegodd y Cynghorydd Catherine Hughes, "roedd y digwyddiad gyda'r nos yn Ysgol Henry Richard yn gyfle i fod yn rhan o'r sgwrs ynglŷn â sut y bydd Cylch Caron yn darparu gwasanaethau cynaliadwy Tai, Iechyd, Gofal Cymdeithasol ar gyfer ein cymuned. Roedd hefyd yn gyfle i gael golwg gyntaf o luniadau cysyniad cychwynnol y pensaer."

Bydd gwaith yn awr yn symud ymlaen i ddatblygu'r cysyniad o adeilad Cylch Caron. Dywedodd Shane Perkins, Prif Weithredwr Cymdeithas Tai Canolbarth Cymru, "Rydym yn falch iawn o gael ein dewis fel partner ar gyfer y prosiect pwysig hwn ar gyfer Tregaron a byddwn yn defnyddio'r adborth a gafwyd i ddatblygu dyluniad y cynllun. Rydym yn disgwyl i ymgynghori'n ehangach â'r gymuned unwaith y bydd y darluniau cysyniad wedi cael eu datblygu ymhellach."

The community of Tregaron and the surrounding area came together on Tuesday, 13 September to meet the recently appointed Cylch Caron development partner, Mid Wales Housing Association.

The event also provided an opportunity to view the architect’s preliminary concept drawings for the development.

The day began with Ceredigion County Council and Mid Wales Housing Association officers visiting Dr Sion James at Tregaron GP surgery. Roofus, Mid Wales Housing Association’s mascot, joined officers to meet primary and secondary pupils from Ysgol Henry Richard and visited Bryntirion Resource Centre and Tregaron Hospital.

Councillor Catherine Hughes, Chair of the Cylch Caron Stakeholder Board said, “This was a day for the community to meet Mid Wales Housing Association, from local children, to the GP, to the residents of Bryntirion Resource Centre and Tregaron Hospital and the wider community.”

A community engagement event was held in the evening, which helped gather the views of local people, organisations, service users and businesses on the project. The information gathered will help inform a Health Impact Assessment for the project, ensuring that wherever possible, the facility will have an opportunity to improve the health and wellbeing of the service users, staff and the wider community.

Councillor Catherine Hughes added, “the evening event held at Ysgol Henry Richard was an opportunity to be part of the conversation as to how Cylch Caron will provide sustainable Health, Social Care and Housing services for our community. It was also an opportunity to have a first view of the architect’s preliminary concept drawings.”

Work will now progress to develop the concept of the Cylch Caron building. Shane Perkins, Chief Executive of Mid-Wales Housing Association, said, “We are thrilled to be selected as a partner for this important project for Tregaron and will use the feedback received to develop the scheme design. We expect to consult more widely with the community once the concept drawings have been developed further.”

www.ceredigion.gov.uk/cylchcaron

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Beth yw eich barn am y ddarpariaeth gofal plant yng Ngheredigion?

What do you think of childcare provision in Ceredigion?

Mae'n ofynnol i Gyngor Sir Ceredigion gynnal Asesiad Ceredigion County Council is required by Welsh Digonolrwydd Gofal Plant i Lywodraeth Cymru. Mae hyn Government to undertake a Childcare Sufficiency yn golygu ei bod yn bwysig ein bod yn gofyn i rieni / Assessment (CSA). This means it is important that we ask gofalwyr am eu barn. Bydd y wybodaeth a gasglwn yn parents / carers for their views. The information we helpu i fynd i'r afael â materion gofal plant yn y sir. collect will help to address childcare issues in the county.

Ydych chi'n cael hi'n anodd cael gafael ar ofal plant? Ydych Are you finding it difficult to access childcare? chi'n meddwl bod y ddarpariaeth yn ddigonol? Efallai eich Do you think the provision is sufficient? bod yn hapus â'r gofal plant rydych yn ei ddefnyddio neu You may be happy with the childcare you use or it could rydych wedi penderfynu peidio â defnyddio gofal plant. be that you decided not to use childcare.

Beth bynnag yw eich barn am ofal plant yng Ngheredigion, Whatever your views about childcare in Ceredigion, rydym am glywed gennych. we want to hear from you.

I gael mynediad i'r arolwg ar gyfer rhieni / gofalwyr To access the parent / carers survey

www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/QP2G8ZZ

www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/QP2G8ZZ

The 2016 Season at New Quay Honey Farm Another summer has come to an end, and with it the honey production of our honeybees. Honeybees are most productive in warm and sunny conditions; in the cold they’ll just huddle together in the hive for warmth unfortunately this means we’ve not had a great deal of honey this year…

Beekeeping is a constant flux of honey production and you just have to go with the flow – as it were.

Our wildflower honey comes from the huge variety of wildflowers we’re lucky enough to have here in Ceredigion, the hives are nestled into fields and by hedgerows in groups of up to twelve. It produces a golden and delicious honey that we have in a clear or set variety.

The mountain and heather honeys come from the Brecon Beacons, the hives are brought back here to the farm for the honey to be extracted. The different flowers and climate affect the flavour and the colour of the honey. The mountain honey comes from the range of wildflowers that blossom over the season, producing a lighter and more floral honey.

September and October brings out the small pink heather flowers, producing a dark, distinctive honey.

Honey extraction when your honey is raw and untreated is quite a simple process. The frames (that sit in the hive and get filled with honey) are brought back to the farm, the wax capping is scraped off and the frame gets spun in a honey extractor to fling all the honey out of the uncapped cells. The honey is then collected, filtered for hive debris and poured into jars. Simple!

Not only have we got honey extraction on the go, we’re also bottling mead that has been fermenting for the last six months ready to be left to age in the bottle. In mead, the sugar for the alcohol comes from the honey – not a grape in sight.

Our exhibition, shop and tea room close at the end of October, and the Honey Farm shuts to the public however we’re still here behind closed doors getting honey and mead jarred and bottled, labeling stock and packing orders for all our wholesale customers. We’re also here answering emails and packing online orders right up to Christmas. (Including a new selection of hampers – which we’re really excited about!)

Thanks for everyone who has paid us a visit or ordered online, we are forever grateful for your interest in what we do, so thank you – and see you next year! Remember you can still order those last few Christmas presents on our website. www.thehoneyfarm.co.uk or drop us an email at enquiries@thehoneyfarm.co.uk.

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Second community wind share offer to launch in Aberystwyth

Cyngor ar Bopeth Ceredigion Citizens Advice with Mark Williams MP

Big Energy Savings Week Event Friday 4 November 2016 11am to 3pm Victoria Hall , Lampeter Pictured from left to right are: Jeremy Thorp (Sharenergy), Leila Sharland (Sharenergy), Alice Hooker Stroud (Green Party Wales leader), Rhian Davies & Aled Davies (landowners).

A recent UK government report suggested people may be overpaying on their fuel bills by over £300 per year!

Please come to find out how you can:

Second chance to invest in local community wind project.

The Small Wind Co-op has launched a second tranche of shares to fund the installation of a farm-scale community-owned wind turbine at Troed y Bryn, Ceredigion, following a very successful offer in the summer that raised over £1 million.

The new offer was launched by Alice Hooker Stroud, leader of the Wales Green Party, at the Morlan Centre in Aberystwyth on Wednesday 12 October Alice Hooker Stroud said: “Congratulations to everyone involved with the Small Wind Co-op. Initiatives like this give local people a chance to invest in their communities and a clean energy future. To have raised £1 million already is a fantastic achievement, and it’s exciting that people are being given a second chance to support this great project.”

Check your electricity, gas or oil bills Switch your tariff, or supplier Save money on your bills Free tea, coffee, food, and a prize draw.

Information stands, including NEST, NEA, Ceredigion County Council, Care and Repair, Age Cymru Ceredigion, the Fire Brigade.

We look forward to seeing you Fri 4 Nov 2016!

‘COUNSELLING’ with Cathrin Wildwood Counselling sessions offered in Victoria Hall, Lampeter I am open to working with anyone who needs to talk, whether that be about feelings, loneliness, parenting, relationships, growing older, self esteem, eating, trauma and sexual issues or anything else that causes pain, discomfort, unease, stress, worry or confusion. I work with individuals of all ages, couples, families and groups.

I work on a gift economy basis, working in service and sharing my gifts. I like people to give what feels right for them.

Counselling can help you make sense of what is happening to you, give space for all the feelings and thoughts that arise, and support you through challenging periods in your life. It is about helping you to make your own choices and decisions, to realise your potential and move towards a more complete knowledge of, intimacy and peace with yourself.

07870 888141 cathrinwildwood.co.uk If you want a space to talk call me!

For this second tranche, which aims to raise £550,000, people who live within postcodes within 20 miles of Troed y Bryn and the other site in Scotland will benefit from access to £100,000 of shares set aside for local investment for the first two weeks of the offer period – until 1 November. The minimum investment is just £100 and projected average annual returns are 6.5% over 20 years.

With construction on a second site in Inverclyde, Scotland, due to get underway shortly, this is the first time a community energy project has brought together wind projects in different countries within the UK. Visit www.smallwind.org.uk to find out more and download a share offer document.

Sophy Fearnley-Whittingstall Send Articles & Letters to:

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Mr Urdd Daeth Mr Urdd i ymweld â’r ysgol i hyrwyddo’r cyfleoedd sydd ar gael trwy’r mudiad. Croesawyd ef i’r ysgol gan y plant oedd wedi gwisgo coch, gwyn a gwyrdd sef lliwiau’r Urdd.

Long Wood Cafodd blwyddyn 1 a 2 y cyfle i weithio yn yr awyr agored yng nghoedwig cymunedol Long Wood. Yn ystod yr ymweliadau dysgodd y plant am y pwysigrwydd o ddŵr a bwyd ar gyfer bod yn iach ynghŷd â theulu, ffrindiau a chartref er mwyn bod yn hapus. Cafwyd diwrnod i’r brenin yn gwneud cuddfannau, creu dalwyr haul o ddail godidog yr hydref a gorffen y dydd wrth dostio malws melys o amgylch y tân. Diolch o galon i Jenny a Polly am brofiadau gwych.

Roald Dahl Mwynhaodd blant Cyfnod Allweddol 2 sioe un dyn gan Tudur Phillips o gwmni ‘Mewn Cymeriad’ fel rhan o ddathliadau penblwydd yr awdur byd enwog Roald Dahl. Gwelwyd nifer o gymeriadau ei lyfrau yn dod yn fyw mewn sioe llawn bwrlwm a hwyl a chafwyd amser penigamp.

Drachtau Thema blynyddoedd 5 a 6 yw ‘Drachtau’. I ehangu’r dysgu, cawsant daith ysbrydoledig i’r Gerddi Botaneg gan gymryd rhan mewn gweithdy ‘Planhigion a Meddyginiaeth’ ac ymweld ag arddangosfa Meddygon Myddfai a’r Apothecari. Yna ymlaen â nhw i Landdeusant a cherdded milltir a hanner i Lyn y Fan Fach i glywed chwedl ‘Morwyn Llyn y Fan’, mae’n debyg roedd Meddygon Myddfai yn ddisgynyddion iddi. Wedyn i Myddfai, i’r ganolfan ymwelwyr ac i’r eglwys i weld carreg fedd un o ddisgynyddion Meddygon Myddfai. Cafwyd diwrnod bythgofiadwy a ddaeth â’r hyn a ddysgwyd yn yr ystafell ddosbarth yn fyw i’r plant.

Mr Urdd Mr Urdd visited us to promote all the wonderful opportunities that the Urdd offers to all children in Wales. To welcome him, the children all wore white, red and green, the colours of the Urdd.

Long Wood Years 1 and 2 have enjoyed the opportunity of working outdoors in the fantastic setting of Long Wood community woodland.

During the visits they have learnt the importance of food and water to survive as well as the value of friends, family and having a place where we can call home. All children thoroughly enjoyed the den making activities as well as making sun catchers with the beautiful autumn leaves and finishing the day with toasting marshmallows around the fire.

A big thank you to Jenny and Polly for such a wonderful experience.

Roald Dahl Key stage 2 children enjoyed a one man show by Tudur Phillips from the ‘Mewn Cymeriad’ theatre company as a part of our celebrations to th commemorate the 100 birthday of the world famous children’s author Roald Dahl. During the performance the children got to meet various exciting characters from the Roald Dahl’s books.

Potions Pupils in year 5 and 6 have been learning about ‘Potions’ during this half term. To enhance the learning experience they enjoyed a visit to the Botanical Gardens of Wales, where they participated in a ‘Medicine and Plants’ workshop and explored the Physicians of Myddfai and Apothecary display. They then moved on to Llyn y Fan Fach which involved a mile and a half walk to the lake and to hear about the legend of ‘The Lady of the Lake’. It is said that the Physicians of Myddfai were direct descendents of the ‘Lady of the Lake’. The day was finished with a visit to the village of Myddfai itself where they saw the church and gravestone of the direct descendant of the Physicians of Myddfai. A thoroughly interesting and informative day was had by all.

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Welsh Punk Rock - An Interview with MELLT. Welsh Punk rock group, “Mellt” burst onto the Welsh music scene back in 2012, hailing from the sunny shores of Aberystwyth. This three piece band composed of Glyn James, Jake Hodges and Ellis Walker are one of the most exciting punk bands to ever grace the Welsh music scene. I interviewed the band straight from the Mellt mobile, on a Friday night as the trio were set to play the Victoria Hall in Lampeter.

“What was the appeal for you to join Mellt?

Was it a situation where you needed members, or were you all originally friends?”

G - “Well, me and Ellis had been playing in a band called the Gwirddfolwyr, a bit of a mouthful, but then after that two of the boys in the band left, and we taught Jake how to play the drums, just because he was our mate, and he’d always come to the gigs anyways.”

“And how did you decide on the name change from The Gwirddfolwyr to Mellt?”

G - “It’s just because nobody could really pronounce The Gwirddfolwyr, we’d turn up to gigs and even the presenters couldn’t say our name. So we just thought, **** it, we’ll change the name.”

E- “Yeah, we’d actually get people coming up to us, saying we needed to introduce ourselves.”

“And since Mellt are a Welsh band, it’s natural for you all to sing in Welsh. But, would you ever consider singing or writing in English?”

E- “Well, we already do, the situation at the moment is that, just over half our stuff is in English. But, we do a lot of Welsh gigs, and that stuff then tends to get filmed and put up on social media sites. Welsh TV don’t necessarily want to film English songs.”

“So, how do you find that the audience react to you when you sing in English? Any differently, considering not everybody understand or speaks Welsh.”

G - “Well, the only time we have to play all in Welsh is at the Eisteddfod really, but everybody loves it there, so it’s fine, and everywhere else then we do a bilingual set, and we’ve been doing that for ages now.”

E- “Yeah, for around 2 years now we’ve been singing bilingually, but before that we were a Welsh band.”

G - “When we play in Cardiff, it’s fine, everyone enjoys.”

“And so, you’ve got your new single, “Sain Becso”, which has a fast-paced, Punk sound to it, in comparison to older songs, do you find that Mellt are more comfortable playing Punk, or are you still experimenting with your sound?”

E- “Well, I think that we’re always experimenting with our sound, it’s more like we go through phases where we listen to different music, and then we reflect on what we’ve been listening to, but it all depends on how we feel really.”

G - “More energy in the sound, has become an important thing for us, especially when we play live sets.”

E- “Because, when we record, we can kind of do what we want. But, when we play live it’s important to get that reaction from the crowd.”

“So, who are you guys into now?”

G - “I wouldn’t say there’s one specific sound.”

E- “Yeah, we all listen to a lot of different music.”

J - “It’s all quite broad at the minute.”

E- “The punk phase came from listening to bands like The Clash. But, then we got into Mac DeMarco, and so we began writing not slower songs, but we used weirder chords, and we listened to Richard Hell and the Voidoids, we’ve got stuff like Weezer in the CD player right now (laughs) so we’ve all been listening to that.”

“So what is the songwriting process like for Mellt, where do you find the inspiration, coming from Aberystwyth, do you find it difficult?” (laughs) G - “I wouldn’t say that, no.”

E- “It usually comes from one of us coming up with a chord progression, and kind of expanding it. Coming up with chord riffs, it just kind of happens.”

“It just flows off one another” E- “Yeah, sometimes (cue the laughter) “So, what are the aims and aspirations for Mellt? (I tell the guys that this is always a necessary question to ask) Are you looking to release albums, more songs?”

J - “It sounds like Welsh bacc now” (laughs) 14

E- “Yeah, we’re working on a Welsh album now at the moment, and we’re going into the studio tomorrow. But, after that we’re going to be doing an English EP, so it should hopefully be around 6 songs. We want to make it a beef EP.” J - “Beef EP” (laughs) E- “We’ve actually got a grant from the Horizons launchpad fund that we’re going to use for that EP, and to get a plugger as well, so we’ll plug that then. A radio plugger, so hopefully, watch this space.”

“And since you are a three piece band, do you tend to find a struggle creating that beefy sound?”

G - “No, I think it’s easier, we just use pedals to make up for it.”

J - “We’ve just been stocking up on pedals.”

“Would you ever consider expanding the band?”

J - “Yeah, actually we’re looking for bass.

E- We’re looking for a new bass player for the band, yeah.” (laughs) G - “We’re looking for the right guy.”

J - “Or gal.”

E- “Preferably, actually. So, if any of you are reading this, then Mellt are looking for a bass player.”

“Finally then to finish it off, what are 3 words to describe your band?”

E- “Oh, god no” b- “No, I don’t” (more laughter) E- “Glyn, have you got anything? You’re the man behind the operation” G - “I never know what to say. I can be like Bob Dylan and just not answer. What do other people say?”

I shared a few examples with Glyn of what other bands say, to which he replied with.

G - “I guess - pretentious, egotistical and cocky.”

(More laughter to end the interview.)

Another interview all wrapped up, you can catch Mellt performing alongside fellow Indie band Estrons in November, in the meantime Mellt are often seen in their usual Cardiff haunts, playing regular spots at Clwb Ifor Bach. Watch this space.

Written by

Manon Williams

Karen’s Creative Compendium 019 Poetry rarely comes more sweet and sickly than Brenda’s The Enemy, truly topical as politicians debate a sugar tax and our diabetes time-bomb. Pleased too, to welcome some lovely contributions from yet more new writers alongside our regulars, with Polly Phemus keeping one eye on our pages and more from members of the Merry Makers women’s group. The Makers celebrated National Poetry Day by picking up on it’s ’Message’ theme to write pieces on topics randomly selected from a pile of suggestions - great fun! Also, this month brought an editorial challenge with regard to language. As these pages are part of a family publication and read by children and adults of all ages, there are certain words and topics which I will not include, irrespective of their context and artistic integrity. This is simply an editorial policy adopted for KCC and not a criticism of any author, work or viewpoint. There are plenty of pieces I have written that I would never permit here and work by new and established writers I have published elsewhere that are littered with expletives. Sometimes though, the line is very grey and I just have to make a judgement and hope not to upset anyone, writers or readers! Seems to be working so far. Next month will complete our second year of KCC, so please keep those contributions coming, Pob Hwyl, Karen

The Enemy

by Brenda Old Gone the comfort of sweet bread and milk.

Butter and sugar sandwiches of childhood. Often secretly eaten by grown-ups.

No more the tang of lemon meringue of pancakes drizzled with Golden Syrup.

Worse still, smothered in white refined sugar.

The cloying sweetness disguised by the tart of squeezed lemon.

Now those crystals are bitter pills sharing the blame for our many ills.

But are they at fault or can we learn a little of what we yearn need not be bad?

Too much can kill.

Message

by J. Ganley I will not 'phone you back I don't know who you are You left no kind of clue A call to arms, to war?

A lover's tryst or game A school boy's silly prank A call from a great dame To fetch a building plank.

You could be anyone at all I know I will not make that call!

Down

Frustration

by Karen Gemma Brewer

by Anita Harrison Nothing works the way it used to.Ribs ache, eyesight dims. Acid reflux threatens explosion on those nearby. Memory fluctuates leaving me floundering when those who say "Hell" in the street are replaced by giant question marks. What IS your name? But, the reason I'm here Doctor is this.

When will my boiler work again? I lay awake waiting for that gurgling rush of heat. I watch the TV late at night - but still no flush.

He gets sarcastic and taunts "You're too old gal.

Your boiler's knackered."

But I'm hoping Doctor that today, you'll prescribe a pill that will fire me up - even if it's only one more time.

One morning I was lying down minding my own business when life came by rode right over me.

I was still lying down seething, when life came back the other way left me lying down convalescing.

Just about then a passer-by caught my eye gave some good advice.

She said: “Why don’t you lie at the side of the road.”

Well, I was lying down thinking, when life came by on the afternoon trip.

Mary Celeste

by Polly Phemus A score of scores of years ago He mused of wrangling schools that sought What fire it is may burn this world, although Not gold it was, they thought to sire Transmute themselves, was their desire.

And now we see and hear, with sharper tools, What we should fear, were we not fools.

But yet we blindly seek that fire, and fan the flames, And vivisect, and bomb the babes: instead, he said We should reflect, of what base metal are we made?

On this, 'our' world, since life began No thousandth shapes, who shared it then Ship with us now, or lost to light; And if we fear to follow them, must we begin Transmute ourselves, before the night.

Just about then a passer-by caught my eye with a shrug and a sigh such that I felt compelled to reply.

So I lied!

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rydym yn byw ynddi, felly manteisiwch ar fuddiannau byw mewn cymuned mor fach; dysgwch enw eich cymydog, gofynnwch a oes unrhyw beth ymlaen yn Neuadd y Dref Fictoria dros y penwythnos, a phrynwch nwyddau lleol.

Wedi’r cyfan, y mwyaf a rowch chi, y mwyaf a gewch chi!

Diolch yn fawr, a chofiwch fod croeso ichi gysylltu â fi ar 01570 422619, neu Rebecca Lampeter Pres, os oes gennych unrhyw gwestiynau.

Rebecca Bamsey, Llywydd Llambed.

Mae yna rywbeth am ddechrau blwyddyn academaidd newydd sy'n eithaf tebyg i ŵyl; mae positifrwydd ym mhob man, mae grwpiau o ffrindiau'n ymgasglu i gael hwyl a chwerthin, a chaiff sbarc tref prifysgol fach Llambed ei ailgynnau gan brysurdeb. Ni allaf helpu teimlo ton o hapusrwydd wrth groesawu wynebau cyfarwydd myfyrwyr sy’n dychwelyd ar ôl egwyl haf hir, gan fy mod yn gwybod eu bod yn agosach fyth at gyrraedd eu nod. At hynny, yr hyn sy’n fy llenwi â brwdfrydedd yw’r holl wynebau ac enwau nad ydw i’n gyfarwydd â nhw, ddim eto. Mae myfyrwyr y flwyddyn gyntaf, sydd yn aml iawn yn gadael adref am y tro cyntaf ac yn dechrau taith o hunan-ddarganfyddiad yn ogystal â darganfyddiad daearyddol ac addysgol yn gwneud yr amser yma o’r flwyddyn yn llawn boddhad i’r rheiny ohonom sy’n helpu i siapio’u profiad. Ond, pwy ydy’r rheiny sy’n helpu i siapio profiad myfyrwyr yma yn Llambed? Llu o bobl, gan gynnwys yr academyddion, staff y brifysgol, staff cynorthwyol, Undeb y Myfyrwyr ac wrth gwrs, eu cymheiriaid. Ond mae’r hyn sydd gan fyfyrwyr yma yn Llambed, yn rhywbeth arbennig, nad yw mor gyffredin mewn prifysgolion eraill, mwy. Yma, yn Llambed, mae’r gymuned a’r brifysgol yn byw law yn llaw â’i gilydd, ac mae’r naill yn ffynnu ar ryngweithio gyda’r llall.

Yn bersonol, rwy’n frwdfrydig iawn dros ddyfnhau’r berthynas hon rhwng y brifysgol a’r dref drwy annog myfyrwyr i ymgysylltu â chymuned ehangach Llambed, a chymryd rhan weithredol ynddi. Byddaf yn gweithio gyda sefydliad gwirfoddolwyr lleol, sef CAVO, fel bod myfyrwyr yn gallu cyfoethogi eu portffolio gwaith, rhoi rhywbeth yn ôl i’r gymuned a bod yn rhan o rywbeth mwy na dim ond bywyd y brifysgol; hynny yw, bod yn rhan o Lambed. At hyn, carwn wahodd y gymuned leol i'r brifysgol ac i ddefnyddio'r cyfleusterau a'r corff myfyrwyr i gryfhau'r rhwymau, felly mae croeso cynnes i chi gysylltu â mi yn Undeb y Myfyrwyr gydag unrhyw syniadau neu gyfleoedd.

Hoffwn fanteisio ar y cyfle hwn i sôn am ba mor wych oedd Ffair y Glas eleni, ac i ddiolch i chi gyd am ddod. Bu’r diwrnod yn arbennig, a gobeithiaf ei fod wedi rhoi blas i’r flwyddyn gyntaf ar y pethau gwych a nodedig sydd gan Lambed i’w cynnig i chi, ac wedi aildanio cof y rheiny ohonoch sy’n dychwelyd.

Felly, i gloi, hoffwn estyn croeso/croeso’n ôl cynnes iawn i'r holl fyfyrwyr ac ailadrodd pa mor arbennig yw’r dref

Calendr Digwyddiadau’r Drindod Dewi Sant Mae’r Brifysgol yn cyflwyno calendr newydd ar y wefan i ddangos y digwyddiadau a gweithgareddau sy'n cael eu cynnal ar y campws ac o gwmpas Llambed. Mae’r Calendr ar gael ar dudalen campws Llambed ar wefan y Brifysgol http://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/lampeter/ Os oes gennych ddigwyddiad yr hoffech ei gyhoeddi, anfonwch y manylion i lampeterevents@uwtsd.ac.uk Yn ddelfrydol, dylai eich cynnwys fod yn y Gymraeg a Saesneg.

Cyfres Darlithoedd Ymchwil yn Y Drindod Dewi Sant Llambed: Croeso i Bawb!

Bob blwyddyn academaidd, mae'r Drindod Dewi Sant Llambed yn cynnal darlithoedd ar draws ystod eang o feysydd pwnc o fewn y dyniaethau. Mae academyddion a myfyrwyr o’r Drindod Dewi Sant a thu hwnt yn cyfrannu at y darlithoedd hyn, gan gynnig sgyrsiau sy’n ennyn meddwl a symbylol ar gyfer y myfyrwyr a’r cyhoedd.

Yr hydref hwn bydd darlithoedd yn cynnwys: ‘Gweledigaeth Foesol a’r Gosb Angau’, ‘Tref Ddramatig: Port Talbot a’i Hanes o Actorion Hyglod’, a ‘Siamaniaeth’: Ysbrydoldeb ac Iechyd’ i enwi ond rhai.

Nid oes angen cadw lle - dim ond galw draw! Os hoffech weld rhestr lawn y Gyfres Darlithoedd Ymchwil, ewch i’n gwefan: http://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/cy/llambed/ Y darlithoedd nesaf y byddwn yn eu cynnal yw: ‘Hyrddod a Llongau Rhyfel: Rostra Efydd o Frwydr y Rhyfel Punig Cyntaf’ Jonathan Prag 4yp ar 27 Hydref 2016, Llyfrgell y Sylfaenwyr

‘Y Gyfraith ac ymddygiad gorfodol a rheolaethol, o Tess of the D’Urbervilles i Helen Titchener yn The Archers’ Yr Athro Melanie Williams.

6yh ar 2 Tachwedd, Llyfrgell y Sylfaenwyr Rydym yn edrych ymlaen at eich gweld chi yno.

Trawsnewid Addysg; Trawsnewid Bywydau - Transforming Education; Transforming Lives

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the benefits of living in such a small community; find out what your neighbours name is, ask is there something going on in the Victoria Town Hall on the weekend, and buy produce locally. After all, the more you give, the more you get!!!

Thank you very much and please contact me on 01570 422619, or Facebook: Rebecca Lampeter Pres, if you have any enquiries.

Rebecca Bamsey, Lampeter President.

There is something about the start of an academic year that reminds me of being quite like a festival; positivity is aplenty, groups of friends huddle around laughing, and the spark of this small university town of Lampeter becomes reignited with activity. I can’t help but feel a surge of happiness at welcoming back those familiar faces of returning students after a long summer break, as I know that their goal is that much closer to becoming achieved. Moreover, what enthuses me greatly are all the faces and names that I’m not familiar with, quite yet. The first year students who are, quite often, flying the nest for the first time and beginning a journey of geographical, educational and self discovery make this time of year so very satisfying for those of us who help shape their experience. But, who are those that help shape students experience here at Lampeter? They have the academics, university staff, support staff, the Students’ Union and, of course, their peers. But what students here at Lampeter have is something that is not so widely common in other, bigger universities. Here, at Lampeter, the community and university is very much coexistent with one another, and both thrive from interacting together.

I am personally very enthusiastic about deepening this relationship between university and town by encouraging students to participate and engage with the wider community of Lampeter. I will be working with the local volunteer organisation CAVO so that students are able to enhance their work portfolio, give back something to the community and become a part of something more than just university life; to be a part of Lampeter.

Furthermore, I want to invite the local community into the university and to utilise the facilities and student body to strengthen the bond, so please feel free to contact me in the Students’ Union with any ideas or opportunities. I would like to mention how thrilled I am with how wonderful the Freshers Fair turned out to be, thank you all for coming along, the day went superbly, and I hope this gave first years a taste of the remarkable quirks and appealing things Lampeter has to offer you, and refreshed the memories of those of you who are returning.

Therefore, to finish, I would like to give students a tremendously warm welcome/ welcome back, and to reiterate what a spectacular place we live in, so employ

UWTSD Calendar of events The University is introducing a new calendar on the website to showcase the events and activities taking place on campus and around Lampeter. The Calendar can be found on the Lampeter campus page of the University website http://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/lampeter/ If you have an event you would like to publicise, please send details to lampeterevents@uwtsd.ac.uk Ideally, your content should be in both Welsh and English.

Research Lecture Series at UWTSD Lampeter: Open to All! Every academic year, UWTSD Lampeter hosts lectures across a broad range of subject areas within the humanities. Academics and students from UWTSD and elsewhere contribute to these lectures, offering thought-provoking and stimulating talks for both students and the public to attend.

This autumn there will be lectures taking place including: ‘Moral Vision and the Death Penalty’, ‘A Dramatic Town: Port Talbot and its History of Illustrious Actors’, and ‘Shamanism: Spirituality and Health’ to name a few.

There is no need to book – simply turn up! If you’d like to see the full list of the Research Lecture Series, you can visit our website: http://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/lampeter/ The next few lectures taking place are: ‘’Rams and Warships: Bronze Rostra from the Battle First Punic War’ Jonathan Prag 4pm on 27 October 2016, Founders’ Library ‘Law and Coercive and Controlling behaviour, from Tess of the d'Urbevilles to Helen Titchener in The Archers', Professor Melanie Williams 6pm on 2 November, Founders’ Library We look forward to seeing you there.

Trawsnewid Addysg; Trawsnewid Bywydau - Transforming Education; Transforming Lives

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

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

Wednesday

F

2-4.30pm

Young at Heart

Sandwiches and social for the wiser folk of Lampeter

W

4.30-6pm

Brownies

Nikki Mead

W

7pm

Spiritual Gathering Group

Sarah Thomas

01545 571307

Thursday

W

1-3pm

Welsh Class

Meryl Evans

01545 572715

Friday

W

4.306.30pm

LYTSS: Lampeter Youth Theatre & Stage School

Tracey Reynolds

07976 052888

M First Friday

7.30pmLate

Lampeter Folk

M Last Friday

7pm-late

Celf Lampeter Arts

Live music and dance.

See Listings for details

Saturday

2nd & 4th Sat each month

10am1pm

People’s Market

Local food, produce and crafts.

Plus café, live music & other attractions

Sunday

W

10am7pm

Lampeter Evangelical Church

Gareth Jones at the Mustard Seed café

01570 423344

M 3rd Sunday

7-9.30pm

Custard Queens WI

Jen Pink

01570 471209

Contact

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

Name

lampeterfolk@hotmail.com

check FB for details

pains. Deep remedial massage to soothe aching joints and muscles, improve mobility, release trauma, stress, headaches, PMT, allowing state of deep relaxation and wellbeing. Contact: Iain 01570 493066, 07852 626001, cameronbodywork@gmail.com Joanne Camlin BSc WSHom is a licensed classical homoeopath, who graduated in 2007. Using discussion, analysis and natural remedies, homoeopathy treats the whole person; mental, emotional, and physical. Appointments at Cellan or Victoria Hall, Lampeter, 01570 421480 18

Number

07817 715321

Alison Kaye MBAcC. Traditional Chinese Acupuncture. Llanfair Clinic, 41 Bridge Street, Lampeter, SA48 7AA. 07779 256388 Deirdre McIntosh M.I.Biol. M.Phil. PhD, 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

Copy Deadline for December /January double issue: Fri 11 November

complementary & alternative therapists____

Reflexology. Annie Zakiewicz MAR is a fully-insured member of the Association of Reflexologists and pracGinny Moffett, a qualified reflexologist tises from Cellan. Contact: 01570 with The British Reflexology 493295, 07790 107521, Association and has been treating for www.reflexologywithannie.co.uk 25 years. She offers home visits or at The Zen Den, Llandeilo. She specializes courses________________ is treating the elderly and those Denmark Farm Conservation suffering from extreme stress and Centre, Betws Bledrws. depression. £30 Call: 01558 650 572 or Sun 30 Oct: Crochet for Beginners Sat 5-Sun 6: Traditional Hedge-Laying 07791 165 998 Louise Nadim BSc Hons, Ph.D. Fully Sun 20 Nov: Basket Weaving qualified, insured Brennan Healer. Sun 27 Nov: Crochet a Bird Roost Working in the Human Energy Field Sun 15 Jan: Coppice and Cowl assessing, balancing and healing, to Sun 22 Jan: Leathercraft: Make a restore physical, emotional and Pouch spiritual health. Contact: 01570 Jan (tbc): Fruit Tree Pruning Sat 18 Feb: Basket Weaving for 421144, 07920 112228, Beginners louise_nadim@hotmail.com Dylis Pugh: Art Therapy, a fantastic Sun 19-Mon 20 Feb: Basket Weaving: way to engage your creativity in your oval garden trug or shopper own healing / personal development - Sun 12 Mar: Winter Tree ID you don’t have to be ‘good at art’! More information: 01570 493358, Llanddewi Brefi. Qualified 1997. www.denmarkfarm.org.uk 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, 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 07870 888141, cathrin@cathrinwildwood.co.uk Bones for Life: practices to stimulate bone strength, protect vulnerable joints, improve posture and increase vitality. Contact: Marye Wyvill, 01570 421027, maryewyvill@hotmail.com

creative________________

Basket Weaving for Beginners.

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.

Festive Rag Rug Wreath Workshop. Sat 19 Nov, 1-5pm, Welsh Wool Museum. £25 incl. all materials.

Bookings: Sue 01974 298100 or sue@ragartstudios.com.

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.

Old Post Office, College Street, Lampeter. 01570 423715. redappleyarn.co.uk Spinning Lessons with Ann Fisher Rhodes at Ffarmers Neuadd Bro Fana/ Village Hall. Thurs 1.30-3.30pm, £8.

Contact Ann, 01558 650760, spinwise.uk@btinternet, www.spinwise.co.uk 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 or share circus skills? Details tbc.

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Contact: h.addis@live.co.uk

events _________________ Llanerchaeron National Trust.

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 Scientific & Medical Network lecture.

Tues 1 Nov, 4.30pm, Founders’ Library, UWTSD. Rev Don MacGregor will speak about parallels between what we call ‘religious’ beliefs, intuited millennia ago, and the discoveries, in today’s metaphorical terms, of physical science.

Theatr Felinfach.

Dydd Gwener 4 Tachwedd, Cyngerdd gydag enillydd y Rhuban Glas 2016, Kees Huysmans, Côr Cwmann a Robin Lyn Fri 4 Nov, Concert with National Eisteddfod Blue Riband Winner Kees Huysmans, Cwmann Male Voice Choir and Robin Lyn. Rhagfyr 3-10 Dec. Panto Dwl y ‘Dolig. www.theatrfelinfach.cymru Lampeter & District Beekeepers’ Association. 8 November – Honey Management - talk by Peter Guthrie about managing honey, with the main focus being supering: the addition of supers to a hive, when to do it and number of frames in super to be added. 8pm, Millennium Hall, Cellan. £2 (tea and biscuits included).

Non-members welcome.

Contact: Philippa, 01974 272559, www.lampeterbeekeepersassociation.co.uk

St Thomas' Methodist Church, Lampeter. Fri 18 Nov, 7pm, Mary Jones in story and song. The story of a 16 year old girl who saved for six years to buy a Bible and walked 26 miles to buy it in Bala. Free admission; donations welcome for The Bible Society and The Rhoda Chidongo Scholarship.

13th Annual Craft Fair in aid of Breast Cancer Wales. Fri 25 & Sat 26 Nov, 10am-4pm, Coronation Hall, Pumsaint.

Free entry. Stalls with local crafts, tombola and raffle. Refreshments provided by Pumsaint W.I.

Don’t Forget next issue covers December & January

events cont.d _____________ Rural Health & Community Wellbeing in Wales. 30 Nov, 10am-4pm, Old Hall, USWTSD. Rotary Club/UWTSD event to raise awareness of rural health and community wellbeing in Wales.

Displays/ photos/ videos with presentations from speakers representing the Mid Wales Collaborative, notably Mr Monaj Kulshrestha, 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.

Welsh Wrestling. Ready to Rumble. Fun for all ages! Sat 3 Dec, Victoria Hall, Doors; 6.30pm, Show; 7pm.

Tickets Box office: 0844 870 0000 or on the door, £10 adult, £8 child.

health & well-being _____

includes homemade cakes & raffle.

Speakers: 12 Nov: Local community policeman 14 Dec: Celebrating our 1st birthday plus Christmas celebrations (theme: Fun) 11 Jan: Positive Thinking with Shân Rees Open to anyone with any form of sight loss; carers, partners and friends welcome. Contact: 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. Monday 1-3pm, £5, Ancient Earth Centre, Lanlas Fawr, Cellan. Healing and shamanic practices that draw on the Wisdom of Mother Earth. Phone 01570 421144 to book.

Led by Louise Nadim, a qualified 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).

Crossroads Carers Outreach Service offers unpaid carers one-to-one advice, help, support, information and sign-posting. If you are an unpaid carer, please get in touch with Rebecca: 0783 4170358, cere.outreach@crossroadsmww.org.uk 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 89.30pm. 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 7.308.30pm. National helpline: 0300 9991212.

Macular Society Lampeter Support kids __________________ Group (formerly Lampeter Support for A Day with the Celts! Sat 22 - Sun 23 Sight Loss) Meets 2nd Weds each Oct, 10am-4pm. For 6-12 year olds. month, 2-4pm, St Thomas’ Church. £2 The Iron Age Celts are coming to the 20

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 Thriller Workshop & Flash Mob. Half term 3-day workshop at Victoria Hall, Lampeter.

27 Oct, 10am-2pm, Stage make-up and costume; 28 Oct, 10am-2pm, Choreography; 31 Oct, 4pm-7pm, Flash Mob & Disco). Contact: Vanessa, 07814 794353 to book a place.

Halloween Party, hosted by Lampeter Youth Theatre & 1st Lampeter Brownies. 31 Oct, 5pm-7pm, Victoria Hall. Entry £1 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, 07730 684543.

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

Little Rangers.

“Play, Explore, Discover.” A monthly parent & toddler outdoor club for children up to 5 years old. Child-led play sessions led by Forest School trained staff, Lea and James, out in the woods. 12pm - 3pm every first Thursday of the month at Denmark Farm. Upcoming dates: Thurs 3 Nov, Thurs 1 Dec. Just drop in on the day: £5 per adult, £4.50 for 2nd adult, £3 per child, or book on our website.

All kids under 2 are FREE. Phone Lea: 07876 794098. Details at www.woodlandclassroom.com/kids-clubs

Young Rangers “Play, Explore, Discover.” A weekly after-school club for 6-11 year olds. Woodland activities, games, nature awareness and bushcraft led by Forest School trained staff. £6 per session, £5.50 for siblings. 4pm - 6pm Tues & Thurs at Denmark Farm. Phone James on 07876 794098. Get details at: www.woodlandclassroom.com/kids-clubs

Copy Deadline - Fri 11 November

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

facebook: hamdden llambed leisure

twitter: #lampeterleisure

Dydd / Day

Amser / Time

Sesiwn / Dosbarth

Session / Class

Pris / Price

Dydd Llun Monday

6.30-7.30pm

Cylchredai

Circuit Training

£4

3.30-5.00pm

Clwb Cleddyfau*

Fencing Club*

5.30-6.15pm

KettleFit

KettleFit

£4

5.30-6.30pm

Pilates*

Pilates*

£5

6.45-7.30pm

Troelli

Spin

£4

12.00-12.45pm

Ffitrwydd Ysgafn (Joan)

Ease Into Fitness (Joan)

£4

5.30-6.30pm

Pilates Ball*

Pilates Ball*

£5

5.30-6.00pm

Troelli Dechreuwyr

Beginners Spin

£3

6.15-7.00pm

Troelli

Spin

£4

6.30-7.30pm

Kettlercise (Joan)

Kettlercise (Joan)

£5/£4

7.30-8.30pm

Boxercise

Boxercise

£4

3.30-5.00pm

Gymnasteg*

Gymnastics*

5.15-6.00pm

Aerobeg (Joan)

Aerobics (Joan)

£5/£4

6.00-6.30pm

Troelli Chwim

Spin Sprint

£3

6.00-7.00pm

Pilates*

Pilates*

£5

6.00-7.00pm

Clwb Rhedeg Sarn Helen*

Sarn Helen Running Club*

7.00-7.30pm

MetaFit

MetaFit

£3

7.30-8.30pm

Badminton Cymunedol

Community Badminton

£2

11.30am12.30pm

Aerobeg Dwr

Aqua Aerobics

£4

5.30-6.00pm

MetaFit

MetaFit

£3

6.00-6.30pm

Troelli Ffyrnig

Spin Blast

£3

9.15am-1.00pm

Ysgol Gymnasteg Rees*

Rees School of Gymnastics*

2.00-3.00pm

Disco Rhowl*

Roller Disco*

Dydd Mawrth Tuesday

Dydd Mercher Wednesday

Dydd Iau Thursday

Dydd Gwener Friday

Dydd Sadwrn Saturday

*Ddim yn rhan o’r pecyn aelodaeth / *Not part of membership packages 21

£3.25/£2.40

kids cont.d _______________

Hall, 11am-3pm, Sat 3 Dec. For stall Lampeter Youth Theatre and Stage 01570 493288 School (LYTSS) Runs 3 terms per year move your body _________ every Friday at Vic Hall, 4.30-6pm. Cerddwyr Llambed (Ramblers). A warm £40/child/term, £35 siblings, £30 welcome to new walkers and those concs. Contact: Vanessa Read, 07814 who wish to try a ramble or two.

794353 Contact: James 01570 480743 or Kay Dance. Mon 4-4.45pm. Creative dance 01570 480041 for future dates. sessions for children 3-6yrs. £3 / child. Fabulous Friday Walkers. Meet for Weds 5pm. Hip-Hop group for young rambling on a Friday morning. Easy people 11-16 yrs. 10 session block for access walking for an hour, depending £40 or £4.50 a session. on weather and mood. Meet rain or Theatr Felinfach, 01570 470697, shine, 10am at Rookery Car Park. Free, www.theatrfelinfach.cymru followed by coffee and chat. Not able TicToc. Story, dance & song sessions for to manage the stroll but would like children, 0-3 years and their parents. company? Just meet for coffee. Philip Fri 10-11am term-time. £3/child, £1 Lodwick, 01570 422181 for each additional child. 01570 Walk Out Workout. Join the WOW 470697, posse for a brisk fitness walk around www.theatrfelinfach.com Lampeter on Thursday evenings. Meet Little M’zzz indoor soft play centre, at 6.30pm at the Leisure Centre for a 3 Llanybydder. Mon, Thurs, Fri, Sat & -4 mile walk, including an optional hill Sun 10am-6pm, 7 days/week in school at the end. Expect to be out for around holidays. Birthday party bookings an hour. It’s fun and it’s free! welcome. Tasty menu, free WiFi. Couch to 5K Running Group. Mon & Contact: 01570 480268, Weds, 6.30pm from the Rookery Car www.littlemzzz.co.uk.

Park, Lampeter. 9 week course aimed Ti a Fi. Weds 1-3pm, Llangeitho at beginners who want to improve Jubliee Hall. A parent and child group health and fitness. Free! Facebook: for ages 0-4. £1 a week, bring a snack. Lampeter Couch to 5K Running Group All welcome to come to play and chat. or contact Helen 07817 543257.

Contact Claire, 07727415634.

Sarn Helen running and cycling club "Lampeter Little Ones" Facebook group welcomes all abilities. Junior runners for parents of pre-schoolers in (age 8-16) meet at Leisure Centre, Lampeter area. Wondering what Tues 6.15pm. Adult runners meet groups and activities are available for Rookery Car Park, Tues 6.15 & 8pm, your baby or toddler? Please have a Thurs 6.15pm. For cycling (road and look: www.facebook.com/groups/ MTB): www.sarnhelen.org.uk. lampeterlittleones.

Aerobics/Body Toning. Weds 7.30markets _______________ 8.30pm, Cellan Millennium Hall. £4.

People’s Market, Victoria Hall, Contact: Debbie 01570 493594.

Lampeter. 10am-1pm every 2nd & 4th Hydrospin (Aqua Cycling) at Lampeter Sat each month. Next markets: Sat 22 Swimming Pool, Mon 10.30am & 7.30pm; Aberaeron Swimming Pool, Oct, 12 & 26 Nov. Lampeter Farmers' Market, High Street, Tues 11.30am & 6pm. Contact David Lampeter (new location), 9am-2pm Maund to book: 07792 351607. alternate Fridays. Next markets: Fri 28 Badminton. Tues 10am-12.30pm, Coronation Hall, Pumsaint. £1.50, Oct, 11 & 25 Nov. Ffarmers Market, Neuadd Bro Fana/ equipment provided, please wear footwear.

All abilities Village Hall, Ffarmers, 10am-12.30pm suitable st welcome.

Contact: Yvonne 01558 1 Sat in month.

Llansawel Market, Llansawel Village 650870.

Hall, 10am-12.30pm 3rd Sat in month. Indoor Short Mat Bowls. Fri 7pm, Coronation Hall, Pumsaint. £1 incl. tea, Aberaeron Farmers’ Market & More!

Aberaeron Rugby Club, 9am-2pm coffee and biscuits. Bowls provided but please wear flat-soled shoes (slippers every Weds. Find us on Facebook.

Xmas Lunar Market, Llanfair Village or similar). All abilities welcome.

Contact: Yvonne 01558 650870.

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Yoga at Pantglas Yoga Centre. Thurs 10.30am, Pantglas Yoga Centre, Llandewi Brefi. Gentle yet effective yoga in a beautiful studio. 01570 493794, info@thepantglascentre.com 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 st Millennium Hall. 1 Weds of the month - Yoga on a Ball - bring your own Swiss ball. Small friendly group led by Pat Beaton, 01558 650594.

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

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

New American Tribal Style Bellydance.

Tues 1-2pm & Weds 6-7pm, dance studio in the University Sports Hall.

Wendy Steele, 01570 472921, 07752 478779.

Lampeter Egyptian Belly Dance. Fri 9.45 -11am, £5. Lunchtime Fit For Life For Over 50s, Fri 12.15-1.15pm £4. Gentle exercise based on Belly Dance. Both classes at Sally Saunders Dance Studio, Unit 22, Lampeter Industrial Estate, SA48 8LT. First session free. Rose Barter, 01239 851737, rosebarter@btinternet.com

move your body cont’d_____ Lampeter Egyptian Belly Dance. Fri 9.45 -11am, £5. Lunchtime Fit For Life For Over 50s, Fri 12.15-1.15pm £4. Gentle exercise based on Belly Dance. Both classes at Sally Saunders Dance Studio, Unit 22, Lampeter Industrial Estate, SA48 8LT. First session free. Rose Barter, 01239 851737, rosebarter@btinternet.com Jane Guy School of Dance. Ballet and stage work; annual production; RAD exams. Classes: Tues eves and Sat, Shiloh Chapel, Lampeter. Thurs 4.307.30pm, 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 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 5-6.30pm, Lampeter Leisure Centre, All standards welcome, £1.50.

Awareness Through Movement. Group lessons in the Feldenkrais method.

Weds 26 Oct, 9 & 23 Nov, 7 & 14 Dec, 6-7.30pm, Penpynfarch Studio, Llandysul. £8-£6. For all levels of experience. Contact 01559 389917, www.feldenkrais.com Movement Group at Penpynfarch.

Weds 2, 16, 30 Nov, 6-8pm, Penpynfarch Studio, Llandysul. This new project brings people together and makes dances out of the ordinary body and the things that move it. £8£6. Bookings 01559 389917, www.feldenkrais.com

music _________________

Lampeter Chamber Orchestra. Next Concert: Sat 12 Nov, 7.30pm, Arts Hall, Lampeter Campus, UWTSD. Programme to include works by

Haydn, Mendelssohn and Schubert.

Admission: donation on door. www.lampeter-orchestra.co.uk Find us on Facebook Lampeter Music Club Public Concert Series. Sun 27 Nov, 2.30pm. Old Hall, UWTSD Lampeter. Bute Clarinet Quartet. Tickets on door £11; concs £9. Students free with SU card. Two children free with paying adult. www.lampetermusic.co.uk Lampeter Folk, first Friday each month, 7.30pm, Small Hall, Victoria Hall, Lampeter. Next: Fri 4th Nov. Tickets: £2 (£1 students) entry includes tea/coffee/light refreshments or BYOB. All welcome, bring instruments, voices and friends.

Contact: lampeterfolk@hotmail.com, call 07817 715321 or check FB for more details Celf Llambed Arts Last Friday each month, Victoria Hall. Shambles Café & Bar from 7pm, Bands from 8.30pm.

Next gigs: 28 Oct - Gypsy Unit, The Chalk Outlines & DJ Trinity; 25 Nov The Electric Swing Circus & DJ Neilly B. Tickets: text 07891 632614 stating your name, which gig you would like to book and number of tickets.

Tŷhai: Indo Celtic Trio, Rajesh David, Dylan Fowler & Pete Stacey, Fri 2 Dec, 7pmVictoria Hall, Lampeter. Tickets: £7.50/£5

permaculture, gardening & conservation ___________

Lampeter & District Beekeepers’ Association. Tues 8 Nov, 8pm, Cellan Hall.

Honey Management: talk by Peter Guthrie about managing honey, particularly supering: the addition of supers to a hive, when to do it and number of frames in super to be added. £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 23

Living Willow Creations. DIY or expertly installed in your garden. Great activity for older children.

Contact Angie, 01974 831300 info@purposefulpermaculture.co.uk Live an Abundant Life!

Let permaculture open the door for you.

Short courses/advice.

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

religious services/groups _

Lampeter Quakers. 10.45am every Sunday at Canolfan Steffan, Peterwell Terrace. 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.

St Thomas' Methodist Church.

Sun Service 10.30am, crèche & 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 Sun, Victoria Hall, 10am-7pm.

Contact: Gareth Jones, 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.

religious services/groups _ 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, 10.15am 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month. A warm welcome to all. Contact Revd Bill Fillery, 01570 421425.

social _________________

Lampeter WI Coffee Morning. Sat 12 Nov, 10am-12pm, St Peter’s Hall, Lampeter. Final coffee morning of the WI centenary year. All welcome.

People's Kitchen. 1st Sun most months, Llanfair Clydogau Village Hall. Vegan lunch; ‘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.

2 Nov: Singing 9 Nov: Games 16 Nov: Listening to Music 23 Nov: Craft 30 Nov: Review of Merry Makers; Past & Present Drop in when you please. New members welcome. Disabled access and toilet; free parking. £2.50 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 1.30-4pm, Cellan Hall. All welcome. Contact Sandie 01570 423969.

Hwyl a Hamdden. A social group for the over-50s. Weds 1.30-3pm., term-time.

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.

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.

Custard Queens WI: 3rd Sunday of month, 7-10pm, Victoria Hall, Lampeter.

20 Nov: AGM and Autumn Crafts Dec (TBA): Christmas Party Age 18+, 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

storytelling, books & creative writing _________ Telling a New Story New group starting in Lampeter creating the world we want. Contact: Shân, 01570 218138 / 07940 375147, shanharmony@aol.com Lampeter Writers’ Workshop welcomes new members and meets weekly. Tues 7-9pm, Wolfson Room, UWTSD Lampeter, during college term. Come and join us. Contact Sue, 01570 423167.

Meanwhile Storytelling Circle. 1st Monday of each month 6.30-8pm, Artisans Café, Lampeter. Hayley, h.addis@live.co.uk 24

volunteering ____________ Ty Hafan are looking for volunteers to work in the Lampeter shop. The role entails operating the till, customer service and working as part of a team.

Full training provided.

Contact: Natasha, 01570 421976 or call in to the shop in the High Street, Lampeter.

British Legion Lampeter is recruiting members. This is your opportunity to become a member of the Legion.

Contact Sharon, 07971 806886.

Age Cymru Ceredigion. are recruiting volunteers for Information & Advice project in Lampeter and surrounding areas. Role: facilitating welfare benefit applications for clients in their homes.

Full training provided. Contact: Carol Williams, 01239 615777.

Coedwig Gymunedol Long Wood Community Woodland: Woodland Wednesdays. Join our volunteering sessions to 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 prepare & serve Christmas dinner to those in need. Volunteers needed for Christmas dinner on 25 Dec at Victoria Hall, Lampeter. You’ll get to join everyone and enjoy a delicious Christmas dinner too. 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 more information: 01570 493358, www.denmarkfarm.org.uk

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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

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MONDAY Line Dancing: 7-10pm Golden Broth Lunch Club: 11.30-2pm 31 Oct, 28 Nov

Film Night 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

Fri 2 Dec: Whisky Tango Foxtrot (15) Tina Fey, Martin Freeman, Margot Robbie DOORS OPEN 7.15pm for 7.45pm start Admission by Donation BIG SCREEN & DIGITAL THEATRE SOUND LOOP NOW AVAILABLE

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TUESDAY Lampeter Home Education Group: 12-5pm Qi Gong: 6-7pm Tai Chi: 7-8pm WEDNESDAY Sew, Knit & Natter: 1.30-4pm Yoga: 5.30-7pm Aerobics & Body Toning: 7.30-8.30pm THURSDAY Gentle Yoga: 6-7.30pm WI: 2nd Thurs of month 7.30pm FRIDAY Art Group: 10am–1pm Film Night: fortnightly 7.15pm for 7.45pm,

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Can Plaid Cymru reach out to Valleys voters?

change that they have been for years. They need to show that they are the only credible party in Wales willing to take the fight to the Tories and challenge austerity. Plaid need to be a strong voice against listings of foreign workers, tuition fees, PIP (Disability Payments) cuts and many more backward Conservative policies that would damage Wales. Plaid need to be the alternative to austerity-lite Blairism and the infighting that is Corbyn’s Labour Party; as much as Carwyn Jones attempts to distance himself from Jeremy Corbyn, Welsh Labour will always be connected, in the mind of voters, to Corbyn’s leadership. It is arguable that this was the largest reason behind Welsh Labour’s vote share dropping by 7% for the Assembly Elections.

I believe that Plaid must continue with the leadership of Leanne Wood. She was born and raised in the valleys, she represents the voters Plaid needs to gain, non Welsh speaking, diverse and passionate for progress. Plaid has made great progress under her leadership; I believe that they would fall backwards without her.

Then, there is the elephant in the room, Brexit. How should Plaid Cymru handle Brexit? The valleys emphatically voted to Leave; yet, many Welsh speaking, Plaid voting, areas voted to Remain, notably Ceredigion and Gwynedd. Leanne Wood walks on a tightrope, on one side there are the Pro-EU strongholds; the other, those who have been left behind by globalisation, who’ve been betrayed by successive governments and have seen their communities torn apart by austerity; all of which has accumulated into a protest vote, a vote for change.

Plaid Cymru need to acknowledge the factors behind the Brexit vote, and act on them. But, they also must defend the valleys, the farmers, the businesses, by campaigning for Wales to remain a member of the single market and for Wales to have a seat at the Brexit negotiating table.

Plaid have already made headway with this, they proposed a motion in the Assembly for Wales to continue its membership of the Single Market; without Liberal Democrat or Labour support, the motion failed.

The question we must ask is this: Is Plaid Cymru more than a protest party that can never lead a government? Plaid Cymru is standing at a crossroads, where all choices have consequences. But, they also have a historic opportunity; Labour is in the midst of its largest crisis since the 1980’s, the Liberal Democrats are nowhere to be seen and Theresa May’s right wing agenda is alienating many Welsh voters.

Plaid Cymru must stay true to their principles. They must be the credible, hopeful, progressive, anti-austerity party that they’ve always been. Then, we may see “a new dawn” break across Wales.

Cyffin

After winning the Rhondda mere months ago, Leanne Wood declared that “a new dawn is about to break in Wales”. Yet, Plaid Cymru made no other gains that night. For years, Plaid Cymru have been confident of a breakthrough, yet none has come. What are they doing wrong, how can they become a real challenger to Labour?

Plaid Cymru’s traditional heartlands have been through rural, west Wales; the traditional Welsh speaking strongholds. For the party to grow, and be a real challenge to Labour, Plaid Cymru needs to take seats in the valleys, the former industrial areas of the South East of Wales.

Plaid Cymru cannot grow, or survive, by being contained to its rural heartlands.

After Wales narrowly voted for a Welsh Assembly in 1997, the buoyed Plaid Cymru did exceptionally well in the first assembly election. In the areas that voted Yes to the Assembly, Plaid managed to win an unprecedented number of seats. They won 17 seats (out of 60), with 30% of the vote. Many of these seats were won in the valleys.

We’ve never seen this many Plaid Cymru Assembly Members since. The following election saw Plaid’s vote share drop by 10%, they lost 5 seats. Plaid Cymru joined Labour to form the One Wales government, while successful; Plaid weren’t able to take credit for many critical policies. The 2011 election was also a disappointing result. They lost the position of Official Opposition, even after the decisive referendum in favour of granting further powers to the assembly. This posed a significant threat to the “Party of Wales”.

So where are Plaid now? The 2016 election can be spun both positively and negatively for Plaid. On one hand, they failed to capitalise on Labour’s unpopularity and sliding vote share; but, on the other hand, they were the only party (bar UKIP) to increase their vote share and took a seat in the valleys, something that they absolutely must replicate across the valleys to become the largest party in Wales.

There was a swing to Plaid Cymru in the valleys. Blaenau Gwent saw a 27.73% swing from Labour to Plaid, the Rhondda saw a 24.19% swing Labour to Plaid and Cardiff West saw an 11.71% swing. These are all impressive results, but Plaid Cymru were unable to capitalise in many close seats, such as Llanelli and Blaenau Gwent. Plaid lack the final push in the valleys to really challenge Labour nationally.

What can Plaid do to break the red block in the South of Wales?

They need to continue to be the hopeful, positive voice for 27

Game Designers focus on creating and developing new games that will interest all the gamers around the world. When making a game the designer must think of many points such as, the controls used, voice actors, what the game consists of and defining all the core elements. Communication is key for game designers so they can explain to their development team, who create the art assets and code the game.

With gaming designers they must fulfil certain roles; for example game designers must be fluent with 2D and 3D graphics and animation packages.

Another role a game designer should have is developed storytelling and narrative skills. Lastly game designers should have the most important skill which is being imaginative and creative thinking so games come easily.

For example famous game designers Riot Games have created a world wide famous game, League of Legends. Riot Games has not run out of ideas with

this game. There are over 20 unique characters that create a diverse strategy for each game played online. Riot have included two game modes online and A.I battles. There are millions of gamers that play League of Legends. There are competitions called ‘Midnight Marathons’ where gamers can see their favourite teams compete against each other. There is also a con for it which is also called ‘Midnight Marathon’ by the title the marathon starts at midnight.

Another famous game produced by Game Freak is Pokémon. Pokémon has 7 generations created ranging from the first Pokémon games called ‘Red’ and ‘Green’ to the latest ‘Omega Ruby’ and ‘Alpha Sapphire’. Pokémon has many great ideas with their games and are advancing with each game. They are now creating a game in 3D which gives a nicer vibe.

Adrian

Reaching out to Paralympics The Paralympics are when disabled people take part in the Olympics but its called Paralympics and only disabled people take part.

The Paralympics were made because the people that had disabilities wanted to take part in the Olympics, so Paralympics were made so they weren't left out.

The Paralympics started in 1960 in Rome, Italy.

The person that invented the Paralympics was Ludwig Guttmann, he organized a sports competition which involved World War 2 veterans that had spinal injuries.

The Summer and Winter Paralympic Games are the ultimate international competitions for world class athletes with a disability. They inspire other people to do it because of Olympics and maybe because they like sport.

Amelia

When did the Syria war happen?

The Syrian war has been on for a little over 5 years.

What’s happened in the war?

The Syrian people were unhappy with the government. As part of the Arab Spring they protested in an attempt to overthrow the government, BUT, the government attacked the protesters, and eventually this led to a vicious civil war.

5 years on, we’ve seen atrocities on both sides - chemical weapons used on normal people, civilians targeted and more.

What can we do?

Give food, clothes, shelter and our support to the civilians of the war.

Why should we help?

Do you want to see people die?

Children, families, innocents are dying daily. This is wrong.

How we can help?

Donating to Save The Children, UNICEF and Oxfam are all excellent options.

Naim

By Leigh The RSPCA is a charity dedicated to helping abandoned and abused animals.

On an average of every 30 seconds, someone in England or Wales calls the RSPCA for help. In 2015, they received just over 1 million phone calls.

An example of one of the many RSPCA’s stories is a cat stabbing.

A 43-year-old, unemployed man stabbed a cat after drinking 15 pints of alcohol. He claimed that he was craving chicken at the time, and after the cat, Toby, scratched him, he said that that was it. He stabbed the cat 9 times with a carving knife.

The man phoned the police saying he stabbed the cat and needed a vet. He also said he had drunk 15 pints before stabbing poor Toby. The police called the RSPCA for assistance.

The police found the man covered in blood with the five inch carving knife used to stab the cat.

RSPCA inspector Mick Darling took Toby to the vet where he was given pain relief and was sedated. After his fur was clipped, they found multiple wounds on his left and right sides of his body. Police took the cat into possession and signed the cat over to the RSPCA, where he fully recovered and was put up for rehoming.

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Lampeter Youth Theatre and Stage School

The Great Fire of London The Great Fire of London was a disaster that started on Pudding Lane. Pudding Lane is in the east side of London near London Bridge. When the baker, Thomas Farriner, who left bread cooking overnight in a bakery oven by accident.

The fire started on 2 September 1666 and ended 4 days later on the 5 September 1666. There had been a ten months drought before the fire so everything was very dry, it didn’t help that the houses were made out of wood and straw.

Also the warehouses contained hay, wood, lead etc. There was melted lead running down some streets during the fire, making the streets difficult to walk on. They started to pull down houses on the third day to protect the tower of London, because the tower held gunpowder, so if the fire reached the tower the whole city would have gone kaboom!

London did not have a fire brigade, so the Kings brother, Henry Stuart, told random people to fight the fire and if they refused then he would beat them up.

The lord mayor of London, Thomas Bloodworth, wasn’t much help he was told several times about the fire during the night and went back to sleep! He even said “It’s so small a Woman might pee it out”. The lord mayor did nothing to help in this crisis, he just panicked and left it up to the rest to sort out.

After the city had been extinguished the next problem was to rebuild the ruined city of London. The person who rebuilt it was: Christopher Wren. Christopher had a dream to build the cathedral with a dome. It took him around 30 years to complete but St. Pauls Cathedral still stands proud today, just like the modern city of London we all enjoy today.

The Great fire was a tragedy however, after the fire the people reached out to start again for a new life, a new beginning, without the fear of fire where the people can relax and enjoy their life together.

Georgette

Lampeter Youth Theatre have been very busy lately. We recently performed at the Long Wood Community Woodland Forest Fair, giving the audience a sneak peek of our up coming December show. The kids were fantastic and really impressed us all. On the back of this performance I can say with every confidence that 'Nelson's Navy' will be a fantastic show. Tickets will go on sale very soon. Come along (3rd Dec) and show these hard working kids your support.

But before showtime we have a Halloween party to invite you all to. We'll have a spooky disco, games and a special surprise on the night. All children must be companied by an adult.

We'll have a tea & coffee area for the adults. There will cupcakes baked by the Lampeter Brownies and other party snacks too.

We'll have glitter tattoos, apple bobbing and a few other treats in store.

Hope to see you there.

Tracey Reynolds

London before, during and after the fire

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COEDWIG GYMUNEDOL LONG WOOD COMMUNITY WOODLAND With this month’s theme of “Reaching out” it seems the perfect opportunity to highlight the success of the Long Wood Forest Fair event in September.

In one day we managed to reach out to our local MP, Mark Williams, 20 volunteers, 3 staff, 9 directors, over 20 stallholders, a local landowner, 8 organisations providing demonstration events, and an estimated 600 visitors from the local community and much further afield. Impressive eh! The day included demonstrations and performances from local arts groups and bands, including the celebrated Côr Cwmann A’r Cylch; as well as workshops from local synergetic businesses, crafts persons and community groups; Tir Coed’s VINE project celebrated the successful completion of 3 years of VINE activities at Long Wood,

Wood that they enjoy.

“At a very hard time in my life, Long Wood reached out to me through a friend. A great friend of mine was already volunteering at Long Wood and suggested that I have a go. I was apprehensive but thought I’d give it a try. Quite honestly, I have not looked back since. I so enjoy being in the woods and working in such a physical way. The best thing though has been the support network of friends I have made. We have such a laugh together and support each other through our difficulties in life as well as generally putting the world to rights over tea and biscuits. Personally I don’t honestly know what I’d do without volunteering at Long Wood, I love it!”

Another volunteer writes: “After only a few Wednesdays in Long Wood, I can understand why some people have been volunteering here regularly for years. It’s easy to make yourself a little place in this group, with everybody making sure that you feel comfortable, included and part of the team. Reaching out is a two way thing, one has to take the first step, show and interest and show willing and the group will do the rest making one feel right at home within a couple of weeks”.

It’s certainly been a busy month at Long Wood and the work doesn’t stop, even though the nights are beginning to draw in! If you would like to get involved at Long Wood, perhaps as a volunteer or maybe you have other ideas of activities that we could base in the woodlands, then please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us.

Andrew Gajlikowski

with traditional woodcraft activities, storytelling and music. The day was a resounding success, due in no small part to the combined efforts of Long Wood volunteers, staff and directors.

Whilst on the theme of ‘Reaching Out’, and as a break from our usual updates, we have ‘reached out’ to our volunteers from our regular Woodland Wednesday sessions to explain what it is about volunteering at Long

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

Lampeter’s Women’s Institutes Celebrate together Young and older members of two Lampeter Women’s Institutes came together for a celebratory afternoon tea on the 22 July this year. Lampeter Women’s Institute, celebrating their One Hundredth Year, were treated to a birthday lunch of tea and cakes by the Custard Queen’s Women’s Institute, also of Lampeter, at Yr Hedyn Mwstard/ The Mustard Seed Café.

The ladies had a wonderful afternoon, chatting together about their groups, the history of the Women’s Institute and gossip about Lampeter, family and themselves. Some of the ladies met for the first time and became

great friends.

The two groups run at different times of the week; Lampeter W.I. running on Wednesday morning and the Custard Queen’s on Sunday evening, picking up those ladies who cannot get to the Lampeter Wednesday group for work or other commitments.

Custard Queen’s toasted the Lampeter W.I. with birthday wishes and a vow to meet again, seconded by the Lampeter W.I. ladies.

Lampeter W.I. meet at St. Thomas' Chapel, Lampeter, 3rd Wednesday of 30

Photo by Carole Bal-

the month.

Custard Queens W.I. meet at Victoria Hall, Lampeter, 3rd Sunday of the month.

Contact the Women’s Institute Ceredigion office for details of groups 01970 612831 Carole Ballard

Meithrinfa Y Dyfodol Nursery - Dathlu Degawd! / Celebrating its First Decade!

Yr Hen Ysgol / The Old School, Cellan

Mae’n anodd credu bod degawd wedi mynd heibio ers i

It’s hard to believe that a decade has passed since Y Dyfodol

feithrinfa Y Dyfodol agor ei drysau am y tro cyntaf yn yr

Nursery opened its doors for the first time. Since January

Hen Ysgol, Cellan. Yn Ionawr 2006, agorodd y feithrinfa

2006, the former school building in Cellan has provided

sydd, ers degawd, wedi cynnig gwasanaeth gofal plant o’r

excellent childcare provision to hundreds of local families

radd flaenaf i gannoedd o deuluoedd ardal eang o ogledd

from north Carmarthenshire and mid and south Ceredigion.

Sir Gâr a de a chanol Ceredigion. Sefydlwyd y fenter gan

The venture was established by Dwynwen Davies, originally

Dwynwen Davies, brodor o ardal Llangwyryfon a’i

from Llangwyryfon and her business partner, Sabrina Jones:

phartner busnes, Sabrina Jones, ac mewn partneriaeth

along with their talented, vibrant team of staff, they have

gyda’u tîm staff bywiog a thalentog, maent wedi llwyddo i

succeeded in creating a childcare setting of the highest

greu lleoliad gofal o’r radd flaenaf yng nghalon ein cymuned.

standard, based in the heart of our rural community.

Since its beginnings, this bilingual nursery has employed and

Ers ei sefydlu, mae’r feithrinfa dwyieithog hon wedi

trained a vast number of local people (mainly women) who

cyflogi a hyfforddi nifer helaeth o staff lleol, yn bennaf yn

have received a first-class opportunity to venture into the

ferched sydd wedi cael cyfloeon lu i fentro i fyd gofal plant

field of childcare and education and improve their skills and

a gwella eu sgiliau a’u cymwystrau. Mae Dwynwen yn tu

capabilities. Dwynwen is exceptionally proud of her team at

hwnt o falch o’i thîm yn Y Dyfodol, sydd wedi ei arolygu a’i

Y Dyfodol who have been inspected on a number of

ganmol ar nifer o achlysuron am ei naws Cymreig,

occasions and congratulated upon the caring, homely,

cartrefol, cynnes a gofalgar.

warm Welsh ethos of the setting.

Gyda 12 o ferched yn gyflogedig yn bresennol, mae’r

With twelve local girls currently on the workforce, the

fusnes wedi datblygu ac esblygu dros y degawd. Bellach

business has developed and grown over the past decade.

mae Dwynwen yn cynnal clwb gofal ar ôl ysgol i blant rhwng 3 a 12 oed yn Ysgol Bro Pedr: mae “Clwb y Ddraig”

Dwynwen and her staff have established a thriving after-school club, Clwb y Ddraig at Ysgol Bro Pedr School for

yn flwydd oed ac yn mynd o nerth i nerth. Yn ystod

pupils between the ages of 3 and 12. During school

gwyliau’r ysgolion lleol ac yn ystod diwrnodau HMS

holidays and INSET days, Y Dyfodol holds a holiday club for

ysgolion, cynheir clwb gwyliau ar safle Y Dyfodol yng

children, based at the company’s site in Cellan. During the

Nghellan. Yn ystod Haf 2016, mynychodd dros 35 o blant y

long summer holidays of 2016, over 35 children attended a

clwb gwyliau, gyda’r plant yn ymweld â a chefnogi nifer o

children’s holiday club, which involved an array of activities

fentrau a lleoliadau lleol: sioe Llambed, coedwig Long

and local visits and trips: Lampeter agricultural show, Long

Wood ynghyd â pharc chwarae pentref Cellan. Daeth

Wood forest as well as Cellan’s playground. Over 40 of Y

llwyddiant i Lena, Nia a Naomi yng nghystadleuthau celf

Dyfodol’s children competed in craft and homework

sioe Llambed a cymerodd dros 40 ran yng

competitions at Lampeter Show including Lena, Nia and

nghystadleuthau’r plant.

Naomi who won a number of prizes.

Mae staff a phlant Y Dyfodol wedi cefnogi nifer o

Over the years, the staff and children at Y Dyfodol have

elusennau lleol ers ei sefydlu: dros degawd, codwyd dros

supported a number of charities, ensuring that families

£17,000 i elusennau megis Ambiwlans Awyr Cymu, gyda

from across the region have benefitted: over £17,000 has

pobl yn lleol a chenedlaethol yn manteisio ar y cyfraniadau

been raised for organisations during the past decade,

hael a’r gwaith rhagorol. Bydd Y Dyfodol yn dathlu ei

including Wales Air Ambulance.

phenblwydd yn ei steil arferol yn ystod Ionawr a Chwefror

We will be celebrating our tenth birthday in our usual style

2017. Cofiwch gadw llygad barcud am fanylion y

during January 2017. Remember to keep a look out for

dathliadau yn Grapevine, Clonc ac ar Radio Ceredigion.

details in Grapevine, Clonc and on Radio Ceredigion.

Croeso i chi gysylltu â ni ar 01570 493601 os ydych am

You are welcome to contact us if you have any requests or

fanylion pellach am ein gwasanaethau gofal plant neu am

queries regarding the services we have on offer at Y

gyfleoedd hyfforddiant a chyflogaeth: gwelwn ni chi yn Y

Dyfodol, including childcare and employment

Dyfodol!

opportunities. See you soon- in Y Dyfodol!

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Ysgol Bro Pedr

BRO PEDR DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY AS INNOVATIVE AS EVER Following on from last year’s successes at the WJEC Innovation Awards, a record seven students from Ysgol Bro Pedr were invited by the WJEC to exhibit their exemplar D&T work at this year’s prestigious event held in the SWALEC Stadium in Cardiff. Mr Griffiths, the head of the Design and Technology Department, commented, “We are very pleased that the department continues to go from strength to strength, we have a strong team of staff and pupils who regularly bring credit to the department and the school.

70% of our D&T pupils achieved an A* or A grade at GCSE.” Those exhibiting at GCSE level were, Twm Ebsworth and his ‘Blue tooth’ integrated lectern, Daniel Thomas’s adaptable ergonomic lectern and Liam Morgan’s Stylish portable Lectern with amplified circuit and 3D printed components.

Our representative at AS level was Iwan Evans for his light stick for people with disabilities. Iwan had identified early in his research that certain people with disabilities felt alienated because the public could not recognize or relate to what their disability was. He developed a light system built into a multi-faceted walking stick that could over-come this by helping the public recognize the disability while also doubling up as a safety device for walking at night.

The remaining three candidates were Betsan Jones, Sarah Thomas and Gareth Jones all exhibiting their exemplar A level work. Betsan and Sarah’s high quality dresses and accessories were inspired by various decades in design. Betsan’s classic dress was inspired by the 50’s while Sarah’s funky reversible dress was inspired by the ‘70’s.

Both had innovative accessories, Betsan’s 3D printed clutch bag was a must for any fashion aficionado, while Sarah’s superbly crafted platform shoes with 3D printed heels were a step above all other work presented.

Gareth had created a wheelchair with a kinetic energy recovery system, inspired by F1 racing cars. His system allows the user to charge the many electronic devices needed to stay connected in this modern day and age, without the needing to ‘plug in’.

In order to inspire the next generation of designers the department arranged a visit to the exhibition which 59 pupils attended and were highly impressed by the high standard of work on show. As part of the visit, the pupils also visited the IKEA store which is well known for its innovative work in flat pack furniture and modern design.

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Ysgol Henry Richard

Reaching out overseas!

We were extremely pleased to welcome Alin Sangiovanne from Trevelin, Patagonia to School recently, 50 years since both his aunt and uncle Charlie and Mary Green, also from Patagonia, had been pupils at the School during the 1966/67 academic year. Charlie and Mary lodged with families in the area during their stay and Charlie was heard recently on Shan Cothi’s morning programme on BBC Radio Cymru talking with Elinor (nee Lloyd) who was one of his contemporaries in school and with whom he stayed at her family farm, Garthenor, Llangybi.

Alin, who graduated recently as an architect form La Plata University, Buenos Aires, was very interested in the new buildings and proposed developments in school. He will be returning home at the end of October and will be joined on the flight, by two former pupils, Nest Jenkins and Cadi Jones, who will be travelling with twenty members of the Urdd on a humanitarian visit to Patagonia. We wish them well.

PSE

The theme of the year 7 PSE day on 28 September was ‘Crucial Crew’ and we welcomed many agencies including Dyfed Powys Police, Mid and West Wales Fire Service and the Coastguards to school to lead Year 7 pupils taking part in a workshop workshops and activities. A further PSE day was held for the whole school early in October when other agencies also joined us, including the mid Wales schools education officer from the National Assembly, nurses from Hywel Dda Health Board, Spectrum, Hafan Cymru and the Ceredigion Youth Service.

Caron To launch the partnership between the planned Tregaron Hywel Dda Health Board community and residential centre, Cylch Caron, and Mid Wales Housing, their mascot, Rufus visited all three campuses.

A question and answer session was held at the Uwchradd campus for members of healthy school’s council and later in the evening for the community. Rufus, the Mid Wales Housing mascot visiting the Tregaron Cynradd Campus to launch the partnership with Cylch Caron.

Head pupils Siencyn Jones and Ffion Williams presented Alin Sangiovanne with an Ysgol Uwchradd Tregaron school emblem plaque

Charities A coffee morning and cake stall was held on 30 September as part of the Worlds Biggest Coffee Morning Challenge to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Care. Thank you to everyone who baked, bought and ate!

Cylch

Steffan, Alun, and Tomos from year 7 certainly enjoyed the cakes in our Macmillan Coffee Morning.

Music

For the fourteenth year in succession pupils from the music department entertained the members of the Tregaron Age Concern Lunch Club at their September meeting in the Talbot Hotel. The members enjoyed vocal and instrumental solo and ensemble items, Mali, Amy, Ffion, Lavinia and Keely entertained the members of the Tregaron and also joined the soloists in singing a few songs.

Age Concern Lunch Club recently.

International School Milk Day was held on 28 September.

Special praise was given to Kevin Hazelgrave, year 11 recently for being the individual who has raised the most sponsored walk money for four years in succession.

Kevin is very enthusiastic and has raised nearly £2000 in total for Cancer Research at Velindre Hospital, Cardiff.

Rhiannon Lewis

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Reaching out

I’ve always believed in local community and a world community. Through the medium of dance, Tribal Unity reaches out to women across the globe.

In July we danced at the Lampeter Food Festival, sharing our dance with the local community, while on Sunday 25 September, we joined with Rose Barter’s Cardigan Belly Dance and Fit for Life ladies for an afternoon of dance to raise money for Global Hafla for Humanity and raised £170.50.

Tribal Unity Wales raises money, swapping clothes, jewellery and costuming within our tribe, to raise money for Wales Air Ambulance.

On Saturday 8 October, we danced to the same song as

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other members of the ATS® Bellydance family, to share in a WorldWide Flashmob, see our videos online.

On Saturday 15 October, Lampeter World of Dance Festival hosted dance styles from around the world in a performance. Guest dancer Katie Holland, performed and taught workshops the following day in Bollywood and Balinese dance.

Reach out. Dance. Share the love.

Wendy Steele Tribal Unity Wales You can contact me at wendywoo@myself.com for details of ATS® Bellydance classes You can contact Rose at rosebarter@btinternet.com for bellydance and Fit for Life classes

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This twenty-eighth Local General Knowledge and Cryptic Crossword is sponsored by Pysgod Ffres Smiths. The owner has kindly offered the winner a voucher to spend at his fish van.

Len Smith’s business was established in 1979 and has been PRIZE: Voucher going strong ever since. He is a familiar sight on Fridays beside the fountain at Prize Local Knowledge/Cryptic Crossword No 28 (Jeep) Harford Square in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Lampeter, with his well-stocked van. He 11 12 offers a wide a variety 13 14 of fresh fish, such as 15 16 17 plaice, halibut, herring, swordfish, hoki, cod, salmon and the 18 19 traditional shellfish favourites, cockles and mussels. All the 20 21 22 23 fish is well presented on beds of ice and Len is happy to 24 25 provide whatever portions suit.

26 27 The fish is locally sourced mainly from Swansea, but also from New Quay where he gets fresh mackerel and crabs. He 28 29 30 31 works in a different venue five days a week, as follows: 32 Mondays: Llanybydder Area Tuesdays: Llandysul 33 34 35 36 37 Wednesdays: Aberaeron Road 38 39 Spare (rough Thursdays: Ffostrasol and Croes-lan 40 41 42 43 working) grid on Fridays: Lampeter 44 page 6 45 Down competition

1. Sarn Helen shows ancient ways in Wales east of Llanfair (5,5) Across 1. Closed the Carmarthen to Tregaron railway in the mid 1960s (7,8) 2. Noble Italian woman changes one’s caste out east (8) 3. Nail lid on? She messed up a combined meal (3,2,3,4) 11. Necklace of Hawaiian flowers that might just lie about (3) 4. Ridge of rocks found in Cardigan Bay (4) 12. Not fed ornate mixture? No alternative! (3) 5. Performed a separation for the core of iodides (3) 13. Battered damn leg! (7) 6. Oxford rowing week that is not at sixes and sevens (6) 15. High on starting apple laced tonic (3) 7. Sounds like a theatre production for the young which is so 16. Only a trifle, but it holds a possibility (2) easy (6,4) 17. Mushroom roasted on a lit hoop (8) 8.

Located in place of remoteness surrounded by elephant 18. Denotes maiden name in the North East and East (3) tusks? (2,4,5,5) 19. A blow delivered by a flying mammal (3) 9.

Refusal to start nomination (2) 20. Re-sorters sort and bring things back to what used to be (9) 10.

Superfast lubricated electrical charge (7,9) 22. Mountain rock collapse that creates endless screech (5) 14.

A US martial arts actor not found on the windward side (4) 24. Refusal ending in rodeo event (3) 17.

Sounds like father was average (3) 25. Delphi held half the secret of the golden ratio (3) 19.

Macbeth beheaded queen in short form (4) 26. Halve agent while changing to a superior outcome (2,1,3,4,5) 21.

Moving the oars led to a noisy quarrel (3) 28. Responsiveness medication messes with revisiting study (11,4) 23.

Guerilla was half Apache (3) 32. Bird found in Chemung USA (3) 27.

Re-mailing carelessly makes foreigner dour (4,5) 33. TV watcher of furniture and garden produce programmes? (5,6) 29.

Tuner on rotation exists with no charge (7) 37. A rubbish article that is not hot (3) 30.

Professional found at 5 High Street Lampeter (3) 38. Upset at receiving a thank you (2) 31.

Utter nonsense without hesitation and express mild 39. Professional public relations officer (3) annoyance (3) 40. Volcanic effect when flung far into here (5,2,4) 33. Singles or doubles and served up with strawberries at 42. Yellow River tributary we idolise when oldies leave (3) Wimbledon (5) 44. Short man identified at HM Revenue and Customs (3) 34.

Charts alternative to Manx (3) 45. ‘Mountain’ range just east of the A485 before Llanybydder (6,9) 35. Confess that Town’s Cups has edges scrapped off! (3,2) 36. Dramatic musical composition operation cut short (5) 41. Brick carrier shod for less than an old shilling (3) 43. Before he regales and storms out (3) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Closing Date for Entries: Fri 11 Nov 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. 28, Grapevine, c/o Victoria Hall, Bryn Rd, Lampeter SA48 7EE.

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Congratulations to our Crossword Winners

Lampeter Loyalty Card

Marye Wyvill

Winners of £30 Loyalty Card Vouchers September: Ruth Kisbee October: tbc November: tbc Good Luck to everyone for the next Draw

Reminder: Themes, Copy Deadlines & Publication Dates Issue Theme

Publication Copy (for People’s Deadline Market) Helena Gregson (left) presenting Marye with her winner’s voucher

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Congratulations to Marye, one of our regular puzzlers who has been with us from the start - her patience and persistence won through in the end, with her finally being drawn out as the winner of last month’s crossword. Thanks goes to all the other puzzlers who entered too: Marilyn Bray, Daniel Davies, Jen Davies, Michael & Hilary Davies, Sarah Davies, Trevor Harris, Jane Holmes, David Hyde, Marilyn James, George Kinchington, Merry Makers, Ieuan Reid, Angela Roberts, Andy & Jenny Ryan and the Schröder Family.

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