Lampeter Grapevine Issue 65 Dec 2018 Jan 2019

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The Secret Travels of the Grapevine…

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Grapevine travelled this time by motorbike through the lovely Cambrian mountains.

Do you recognise where it stopped off?

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GRAPEVINE no. 65, Dec 2018 / Jan 2019 Post: c/o Victoria Hall, Bryn Road, Lampeter, Ceredigion SA48 7EE Email: lampetergrapevine@gmail.com Published by: Transition Llambed Development Trust, Victoria Hall, Bryn Road, Lampeter, SA48 7EE Printed by: TSD Reprographics, Lampeter, on paper from sustainable resources Printing costs sponsored by:

Croeso / Welcome to this issue of the Grapevine As a ‘bit of a perfectionist’ I find that it can be the small things that matter the most to me. When creating costumes for a school show, reports for work or even editing the Grapevine, I will spend hours going over the finer details, making tiny changes which may never be noticed by anyone else. To me these are the things that make the difference.

Sometimes this can prove to be a tad frustrating though, especially if time is limited and deadlines are looming! The desire to strive for the highest possible standard, where flaws are eliminated and the overall presentation is professional, will more often than not lead to some long, late nights before I am happy that something is complete. I know that this is not always the most effective way to function, but I struggle to do things any other way. I have tried to train myself to overlook those things which do not have a significant impact on the final version, but I regularly still find myself opting to check the minutiae. However, when working on the Grapevine, I particularly find that it is much more beneficial to also get someone else to check things through, as having changed and moved items numerous times I can easily miss the obvious.

In other situations it can be the ‘small things’ that mean the most … a quick ‘Thank you’ or ‘well done’, a friendly ‘Hello’, ‘are you OK?’ or ‘can I

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help?’ will go a long way to making someone’s day. Just knowing that someone is there, who cares, can be a huge comfort. At this time of year, as the weather turns colder and the dark nights close in, perhaps we could all do something for someone else to make a difference? Perhaps check regularly on an elderly neighbour, donate items to the food bank, buy an extra Big Issue, smile at a stranger, volunteer to help at an event or spend time with extended family members. It might just be these ‘Small Things’ that are remembered and appreciated best of all.

Darllenwch yn hapus / Happy reading. Angie Martin, Editor

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Y Pethau Bychain ...

Fyddech chi'n nabod eich Cynghorwyr Tref leol 'se chi'n eu pasio ar y stryd? Wel, os mai na yw'r ateb . . . 'Ma'ch cyfle chi i'w dod i nabod ac i ddarganfod bach mwy amdanyn nhw.

The Small Things …

Would you know your local Town Councillors if you passed them in the street? Well, if the answer is no … here’s your chance to find out who they are and discover a little bit more about them.

Fy enw i yw Ann Bowen Morgan a rwy’n byw yn Llanbedr Pont Steffan ers 7 mlynedd ac ar y Cyngor Tref fel aelod o Blaid Cymru ers 6 mlynedd. Eleni fi yw’r Maer ac mae’n fraint cynrychioli’r Cyngor mewn digwyddiadau, seremoniau ac ati ac i gadeirio cyfarfodydd amrywiol y cyngor. Rwyf wrth fy modd yn Mayor cymryd rhan yn nigwyddiadau a chymdeithasau’r Cllr. Ann Bowen Morgan dref, yn aelod o Ferched y Wawr, yn ysgrifenydd a diacon yng Nghapel y bedyddwyr Noddfa, yn aelod o Gôr Corisma ac yn rhedeg Siop Siarad unwaith y mis i Ddysgwyr yn yr Hedyn Mwstard. Rwy’n Diwtor Cymraeg rhan amser I Brifysgol Aberystwyth ac yn mwynhau dysgu tri dosbarth yn y cylch gan weld y dysgwyr yn datblygu a defnyddio’u Cymraeg yn y Gymuned. Yng Nghyfarfodydd y Cyngor mae pob cyfarfod yn ddwyieithog a thrafod ar amrywiol destunau yn digwydd. Yn ddiweddar rydym newydd ennill grant gan Gyngor Sir Ceredigion I ddatblygu’r offer chwarae ar Barc yr Orsedd a bydd yn braf I weld y cyfarpar newydd yn mynd lan cyn bo hir.

Mae’n pwyllgor Cynllun lle yn edrych mewn i ffyrdd o ddatblygu a gwella Llanbed fel Canolfan siopa a hamdden. Edrychwch ar ein tudalen gweplyfr Caru Llanbed er mwyn rhannu ac chynnig syniadau i ni ar gyfer y ffordd ymlaen.

Dwi’n dod yn wreiddiol o Drelewis yng nghymoedd de Cymru, ond des i Lambed 23 o flynyddoedd yn ôl i fynd I’r brifysgol. Des i’n aelod o Gyngor y Dref yn 1999 a dwi’n eistedd fel cynghorydd Plaid Cymru. Roeddwn i’n Ddirprwy Faer yn 200910 a Maer yn 2010-11. Dwi’n Ddirprwy Faer ar hyn o bryd.

Dwi wedi cynrychioli’r cyngor ar nifer o bwyllgorau gan gynnwys Pwll Nofio Llambed, Fforwm C-TG Ceredigion a Phartneriaeth yr Amgueddfa a dwi wedi gweithio ar nifer o brosiectau ar ran y cyngor. Roeddwn i’n gyfrifol am sefydlu gwefan, tudalen Facebook a ffrwd Trydar y Cyngor, a dwi’n dal i’w cynnal. Roeddwn i wedi cyflwyno cynllun iaith Gymraeg y cyngor.

Dwi’n gweithio fel archifydd yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, lle dwi hefyd yn swyddog undeb lleol. Dwi’n drysorydd Capel Noddfa y Bedyddwyr ac yn aelod y Ford Gron sy’n trefnu nifer o ddigwyddiadau yn y dref gan gynnwys y tan gwyllt ym mis Tachwedd a’r gwyl gwrw a seidr ym mis Chwefror, a nifer o grwpiau eraill gan gynnwys Côr Meibion Cwmann a’r Cylch.

Mae fy ngwraig, Delyth yn dod o Fwlch-Llan, cwpl o filltiroedd o’r dref, ac yn eithaf adnabyddus yn lleol. Dwi’n cael fy nghyflwyno fel arfer fel ‘gwr Delyth’! Mae mab 15 mis oed gyda ni, a dych chi’n siŵr o weld ni gyd allan yn y dref.

My name is Ann Bowen Morgan and I have lived in Lampeter for over 7 years. I have been a Plaid Cymru member of the Town Council for 6 years.

This year I am Town Mayor and it is a privilege to represent the Council in many events and to Chair the Council meetings. I enjoy taking part in events and in societies within town, a member of Merched y Wawr, church secretary and deacon in Noddfa Baptist chapel, a member of Corisma choir, the Eisteddfod committee and run the Siop Siarad for Welsh learners once a month at the Mustard Seed Café. I work part time for Aberystwyth University as a Welsh tutor for Adults, teaching 3 classes in the area and enjoy seeing them develop their Welsh language skills for use in the community. In our Council meetings we have bilingual sessions discussing many subjects and supporting a variety of societies and recently we ascertained a grant from Ceredigion County Council to develop the play facilities on Parc yr Orsedd to replace the castle play area. We look forward to seeing the new play area developed in the near future. Among our committees the Place Plan Committee is looking for ways to develop and regenerate Lampeter as a shopping and leisure centre. Please check our Facebook page Caru Llanbed/ Love Lampeter to add comments and suggestions.

I’m originally from Trelewis in the south Wales valleys, but came to Lampeter 23 years ago to attend university and never left. I joined Lampeter Town Council in 1999, where I sit as a Plaid Cymru member and served as Deputy Mayor in 2009-10 and Mayor in 2010-11. I’m currently Deputy Mayor.

During my time on the council I’ve represented the Deputy Mayor council on a number of organisations including Cllr. Rob Phillips Lampeter Swimming Pool, the Ceredigion CCTV Forum and the Museum partnership group. I’ve also been involved in a number of projects on behalf of the council. I was responsible for up, and Cllr.setting Elin Jones maintain the council’s website, Facebook page and Twitter feed. I also drew up the council’s Welsh language Scheme.

I work at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth as an archivist where I’m also a union representative. I’m a treasurer of Noddfa Baptist Chapel and a member of the Round Table, which puts on a number of events in Lampeter during the year including the annual firework display in November and beer and cider festival in February as well as a number of other organisations locally including Côr Meibion Cwmann a’r Cylch.

My wife Delyth is from Bwlch-Llan, only a few miles out of Lampeter as is well known locally – I often find myself introduced as ‘Delyth’s husband’!

We’ve a 15 month old son, who you’ll often see around town with me.

Ges i’n eni yn Llanllwni a fynychais yr ysgol gynradd yno. Yna troedio i ysgol uwchradd Llanbedr Pont Steffan. Ar ôl gadael yr ysgol, roeddwn i'n gweithio i Gyfrifydd lleol ac yna ymunodd y cwmni ag ymarfer yn fwy yng Nghaerfyrddin. Yn 2013 ymunais gyda Prifysgol Cymru y Drindod Dewi Sant fel aelod o staff yn yr adran gyllid. Rwy'n gweithio ar gampysau Caerfyrddin a Llanbedr Pont Steffan. Rydw i wedi byw yng Nghwmann ers 25 mlynedd ac mae gen i ddau o blant, Natalie a Jason. Mae'r rhan fwyaf o'm hamser hamdden yn cael ei dreulio yn gofalu ac yn cadw cwmni i’m wyrion, Joey, Lucas a Noah.

Pan fydd gen i amser sbar, dw i wrth fy modd yn darllen, gwrando ar gerddoriaeth, coginio a chymdeithasu gyda ffrindiau. Fe'm penodwyd yn ddiweddar fel Clerc Cyngor Tref Llanbedr Pont Steffan a dw i’n edrych ymlaen yn arw i brofi bob cyfle fydd yn dod ger fy mron.

I was born in Llanllwni and attended the primary school there. I then went to secondary school in Lampeter. After leaving school I worked for a local Accountant and latter joined a larger practice in Carmarthen. In 2013 I joined the University of Wales Trinity Saint David as a member of staff in the Finance Department. I work on both Carmarthen and Lampeter campuses. I have lived in Clerk Meryl Thomas Cwmann for 25 years and have two children, Natalie and Jason. Most of my spare time is taken up spending time with my grandchildren, Joey, Lucas and Noah. When I do have spare time to myself, I enjoy reading, music, cooking and socialising with friends. I have recently been appointed as the Clerk for Lampeter Town Council and look forward to the opportunities that this role will bring.

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Having rolled up in Lampeter in 1973 I plunged into Local Wedi ymuno â Llanbedr Pont Steffan ym 1973, ymynes a’r Government in 1981 and for many years have sat on both Lywodraeth Leol yn 1981 ac ers blynyddoedd lawer rwyf yn the County Council and Town Council. It is great fun and eistedd ar y Cyngor Sir a'r Cyngor Tref. Mae'n hwyl fawr ac presents many challenges! yn cyflwyno llawer o heriau! Fy nod yw gwneud Llanbedr My constant aim is to make Lampeter a better place to Pont Steffan yn lle gwell i fyw, gweithio, astudio ac ymweld. live, work, study and visit. I have always worked together Rwyf bob amser wedi cydweithio â phawb sydd am with all who wish to achieve this goal. On the Town gyflawni'r nod hwn. Ar y Cyngor Tref, rwy'n sicrhau bod fy Cllr. Hag Harris Council I ensure that my attendance is second to none and mhresenoldeb yn anhygoel ac yn fwy eang rwy'n cymryd rhan weithgar ym mhob agwedd ar fywyd cymunedol. Rydw i'n more broadly I take an active role in all aspects of community life. I gymdeithasol iawn ac yn treulio amser gyda paned o de ne pheint o am very sociable and spend time with a tea-pot and a pint-pot! I am gwrw! Rwyf bob amser ar gael i ddinasyddion ein Dref a byth yn always available to the citizens of our Town and never, ever dodge a osgoi problemau anodd! Efallai y byddwn yn wynebu heriau ond yn difficult issue! cydweithio gallwn ni oresgyn a gwneud pethau da. Mae Agenda'r We face may challenges but working together we can overcome Cyngor Tref yn brysur ac mae'n cynnwys llawer o faterion sy'n then and achieve great things. The Town Council's Agenda is busy effeithio arnom ni i gyd beth bynnag yw oedran neu ein hanghenion and includes many issues that affect us all whatever are age is or our ni. Rwy'n cynnal rhagolygon cadarnhaol a optimistaidd, a chredaf yn needs are. I maintain a positive and optimistic outlook which I think serves me well. fy ngwneud yn dda.

Plaid Cymru town councillor. Chair of Lampeter Plaid Cynghorydd Tref Plaid Cymru. Cadeirydd cangen Plaid Cymru branch, chair of Lampeter Food Festival and Cymru Llambed, cadeirydd Gŵyl Fwyd Llanbedr Pont previously a school governor for 4 years. Moved here Steffan a chyn-lywodraethwr ysgol ers 4 blynedd. almost 10 years ago for my husband’s work - we have Symudwyd yma bron i 10 mlynedd yn ôl ar gyfer gwaith fy since had 3 daughters and are passionate about improving ngŵr - rydym wedi cael 3 o ferched ers hynny ac rydym yn Lampeter as a place to live, work in and visit. Work as a frwd dros wella Llanbedr Pont Steffan fel lle i fyw, gweithio Cllr. Elin Jones community care assistant. Volunteer for Shelter Cymru’s take notice ynddo ac ymweld. Gweithio fel cynorthwydd gofal cymunedol. Mae gwirfoddoli ar gyfer prosiect cymryd sylw Shelter Cymru fel tai yn wir project as housing is a real passion of mine. Was a youth worker for angerdd i mi. Bu'n weithiwr ieuenctid am 8 mlynedd ac eisiau 8 years and want to provide a Lampeter which our future darparu Llanbedr Pont Steffan y gall ein cenedlaethau'r dyfodol generations can enjoy and be proud of. Studied my degree and fwynhau a bod yn falch ohonynt. Yn astudio fy ngradd a meistri yn masters in Aberystwyth having grown up near Llangrannog.

Aberystwyth, wedi tyfu lan ger Llangrannog.

A native of Bangor, he first came to live in Yn frodor o Fangor, daeth i fyw i Lanbed am y tro cynaf tra’n astudio Lampeter to study for his Degree in Welsh at the ei Radd yn y Gymraeg yn y Brifysgol. Yn briod â Shân o Landdewi University. He’s married to Shân from Llanddewi Brefi, dychwelodd i Lanbed yn 2002. Mae’r ddau’n gweithio yn Brefi and returned to Lampeter in 2002. Both Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru ple mae Rhys yn Bennaeth Isadran work at the National Library of Wales where Rhys Cynnal Casgliadau a Storfeydd. is Head of Collections Support and Storage.

Daeth yn Gynghorydd Tref yn 2015 i wasanaethu a chefnogi He became a Town Councillor in 2015 to serve trigolion Llanbed. Mae’n gadeirydd Pwyllgor Yr Iaith Gymraeg ac yn and support the people of Lampeter. He’s chair aelod o’r pwyllgorau Blodau, Cynlluniau Lle, Llwybrau Troed a of the Welsh Language Committee and member Cllr. Rhys Bebb Jones Phared Gŵyl Ddewi. Mae’n mwynhau cerddoriaeth ac yn denor of the Flowers, Footpaths, Place Plans and St. David’s Parade gyda Chôr Meibion Cwmann. Mae’n bregethwr lleyg ac yn flaenor a committees. He sings tenor with Cwmann Choir, is a lay preacher thrysorydd yng Nghapel Shiloh. Mae’n gadeirydd Eisteddfod Rhys and an elder and treasurer at Shiloh Chapel. He’s chair of the Rhys Thomas James, trysoryddion y Clwb Rotari a Changen Plaid Cymru Thomas James Eisteddfod, treasurer of the local Rotary Club and ac yn gefnogol i Clwb 41, y Ford Gron a Hanes Llanbed ymhlith Plaid Cymru Branch and also supports 41 Club, Hanes Llanbed and cymdeithasau eraill y dref. Daeth yn ddiweddar yn aelod o Round Table amongst other local societies. He recently became a bwyllgorau ‘Marchnata a Phrofiad Ymwelwyr’ a'r ‘Gronfa Leol’ ar member of the ‘Marketing’ and ‘Fundraising’ committees for the gyfer Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Ceredigion 2020. Pan gaiff gyfle i National Eisteddfod Ceredigion 2020. He also enjoys reading widely ymlacio, mae hefyd yn mwynhau darllen yn eang a gweld y byd! and seeing the world in his spare time!

Yn wreiddiol o Langathen ger Llandeilo, dechreuodd fy nghysylltiad â Llanbedr Pont Steffan pan symudodd y teulu yma yn 1956. Mynychais yr ysgolion cynradd ac uwchradd lleol a graddiodd mewn Iaith a Llenyddiaeth Gymraeg ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe. Wedyn cymeradwyais fel cyfreithiwr a gwasanaethais fy nherthyglau yn Llanbedr Pont Steffan cyn symud i weithio yn y Fenni am dair blynedd. Yna gweithiais i Gyngor Bwrdeistref Bro Morgannwg yn y Barri am 5 mlynedd ond symudais yn ôl i ymarfer preifat yn Llanbedr Pont Steffan am ychydig flynyddoedd cyn dychwelyd i lywodraeth leol gyda Chyngor Bwrdeistref De Sir Benfro (yn ddiweddarach Cyngor Sir Penfro) a threulio'r deng mlynedd diwethaf o fy ngyrfa gyda Chyngor Sir Ceredigion yn Aberaeron. Rwyn aelod ac yn gadeirydd o Glwb Sarn Helen Llanbedr Pont Steffan. Rwyf hefyd yn aelod o Eglwys Sant Pedr ac o "Cylch Cinio Cymraeg" y dre.

Originally from Llangathen near Llandeilo, my connection with Lampeter began when the family moved here in 1956. I attended the local primary and secondary schools and graduated in Welsh Language and Literature at Swansea University. I subsequently qualified as a solicitor and served my articles in Lampeter before moving to work in Abergavenny for Cllr. Richard Marks three years. I then worked for the Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council in Barry for 5 years but moved back to private practice in Lampeter for a few years before returning to local government with South Pembrokeshire Borough Council (later Pembrokeshire County Council) and spending the last ten years of my career with Ceredigion County Council in Aberaeron. A recreational runner from my early twenties I am a long-time member and chairman of Lampeter’s Sarn Helen Club. I am also a member of St Peters Church and of the town’s “Cylch Cinio Cymraeg.”

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Daeth yn Gynghorydd Tref Llanbedr Pont Steffan ym mis Mai 2017.

Rwyf ar y Pwyllgor Llwybrau Troed a’r Pwyllgor Gweinyddiauth, dwi'n gynghorydd arweiniol ar gyfer Plastig Free Lampeter, ac rwyf hefyd ar y gweithgor sy'n datblygu Cyngor Tref Ieuenctid ar gyfer Llanbedr Pont Steffan Rwy'n byw yn Llanbedr Pont Steffan, rwy'n un rhiant ac mae fy merch yn mynychu Ysgol Bro Pedr. Rwy'n rheoli Marchnad Bobl Llanbedr Pont Steffan ac rwyf hefyd yn gweithio ym Mhrifysgol Llanbedr Pont Steffan i gefnogi myfyrwyr sydd â gwahaniaethau dysgu. Rwyf wedi gweithio'n flaenorol i Gymorth i Ferched Aberystwyth ac wrth gefnogi dysgu mewn carchar menywod. Rwyf yn Gyfarwyddwr Neuadd Victoria yn Llanbedr Pont Steffan, lle rwyf wedi bod yn gweithio ar geisiadau am arian i ddatblygu Canolfan Gelfyddydau Cymunedol yn Neuadd Fictoria. Rwy'n aelod gweithgar o Blaid Lafur Ceredigion ac yn aelod or undeb Unite. Mae gennyf ddiddordeb arbennig mewn materion menywod, cyfiawnder cymdeithasol, cydraddoldeb, y celfyddydau, ac mewn dyfodol cynaliadwy ar gyfer Llanbedr Pont Steffan a Cheredigion. Dw i'n dysgu Cymraeg. Symudais i Orllewin Cymru o Lundain ym 1998, ac mae bellach yn teimlo'n debyg iawn i gartref!

I became a Lampeter Town Councillor in May 2017. I am on the Footpaths and the Admin Committees, I am the lead councillor for Plastic Free Lampeter, and I am also on the working group developing a Youth Town Council for Lampeter I live in Lampeter, I am a single parent and my Cllr. Dinah Mulholland daughter attends Ysgol Bro Pedr. I manage Lampeter People’s Market and I also work at Lampeter University supporting students with learning differences. I have previously worked for Aberystwyth Women’s Aid and in learning support in a women’s prison. I am a Director of Victoria Hall in Lampeter, where I have been working on funding bids to develop a Community Arts Hub at Victoria Hall. I am an active member of Ceredigion Labour Party and a member of Unite the union. I have a particular interest in women’s issues, social justice, equality, the arts, and in a sustainable future for Lampeter and Ceredigion. Dw i’n dysgu Cymraeg. I moved to West Wales from London in 1998, and it now feels very much like home!

Ar ôl cymhwyso fel Cenopodydd / Podiatrydd Cofrestredig yn Llundain a chyfarfod fy ngwraig Carol yn yr un ddinas, penderfynwyd dychwelyd i Lanbedr Pont Steffan yn 1979 i setlo a chodi ein teulu yng Nghymru. Rwyf wedi bod (ac yn dal i fod) yn ymarferol ers 1979, ar ôl rhoi'r gorau i'r gwaith ysbyty ychwanegol yn 2006. Drwy gydol yr amser hwn, rwyf wedi cwrdd â sgorau pobl ac wedi penderfynu gweithio mor galed ag y gallwn i gynorthwyo cymaint â phosib yn y gymuned.

I'r perwyl hwn, ymunais â Round Table a Rotary yn ddiweddarach (aelod cyfredol, llywydd y gorffennol a Llywodraethwr Dosbarth yn y gorffennol ac un o'r ddau gydlynydd yn y DU ar gyfer dileu Polio byd â Bill & Malinda Gates. Rwyf wedi bod yn Gadeirydd Hafandeg Cynghrair y Cyfeillion ers 33 mlynedd (ac yn dal i fod). Drwy'r Siambr Fasnach, yr oeddwn yn gadeirydd y goleuadau Nadolig a phwyllgor Llambed yn ei Blodau o 1984-1994. Llywodraethwr Ysgol am 25 mlynedd ac ar y PTA am 30 mlynedd (a gynrychiolodd Corff llywodraethol wedi i'm plant adael yr ysgol). Fy nghysylltiad â Phrifysgol Dewi Sant ers 1979 fel cyswllt Town and Gown, swyddog dychwelyd yr UM hyd nes iddyn nhw fynd yn ddigidol a saith mlynedd gychwynnol SU TSDU fel aelod o Fwrdd yr Ymddiriedolwyr.

(36 mlynedd o wasanaeth gwirfoddol a roddwyd) Cefais arwain y gwaith o adeiladu'r ganolfan Hamdden, Cadeirydd y clwb Tennis am dros 20 mlynedd a Chadeirydd Clwb Cerddoriaeth Llanbedr Pont Steffan a'r Cylch am 22 mlynedd. Fe'i hetholwyd i Gyngor y Dref yn 1985 a bu'n wasanaethu fel Maer bedair achlysur. Nid wyf yn cyd-fynd â mi i unrhyw blaid benodol ond yn hytrach yn gadael gwleidyddiaeth i un ochr ac yn cynrychioli cymuned Llanbedr Pont Steffan yn ei chyfanrwydd.

After qualifying as a State Registered Chiropodist/Podiatrist in London and meeting my wife Carol in the same city, we decided to return to Lampeter in 1979 to settle down and raise our family in Wales. I have been (and still am) in practice since 1979, having given up the additional hospital work in 2006. Throughout Cllr. Kistiah Ramaya this time I have met scores of people and at once decided to work as hard as I could to help as many as possible in the community.

To this end I joined Round Table and later Rotary (a current member, past president and past District Governor and one of the two co-ordinators in the UK for world Polio eradication with Bill & Malinda Gates. I have been the Chairman of the Hafandeg League of Friends for 33 years (and still am). Through the Chamber of Trade I was chairman of the Christmas lights and Lampeter in Bloom committee from 1984-1994. School Governor for 25 years and on the PTA for 30 years (represented the Governing body after my children left school). My involvement with St. Davids University since 1979 as Town and Gown link, returning officer of the SU until they went digital and the initial seven years of TSDU SU as a member of the Board of Trustees.( 36 years of voluntary service given). I spearheaded the building of the Leisure centre, Chair Of the Tennis club for over 20 years and Chair of the Lampeter and District Music club for 22 years. I was elected on to the Town Council in 1985 and have served as Mayor on four occasions. I do not ally myself to any particular party but rather leave politics to one side and represent the community of Lampeter as a whole.

Originally from Newport in South Wales I have lived and worked in Lampeter for many years – Yn wreiddiol o Gasnewydd yn Ne Cymru rydw i wedi byw a gweithio yn now considering it my hometown. Married with Llanbedr Pont Steffan ers blynyddoedd lawer - yn awr yn ystyried ei 2 grown up children, I am a Lampeter University gartref i mi. Yn briod â 2 o blant sydd wedi tyfu lan, rwyf yn raddedig o graduate. Since graduating I have worked within Brifysgol Llanbedr Pont Steffan. Ers graddio, rwyf wedi gweithio o fewn Higher Education in Lampeter, Aberystwyth and Addysg Uwch yn Llanbedr Pont Steffan, Aberystwyth a Phrifysgol Cllr. Helen Thomas Bangor University. My current work with the Bangor. Mae fy ngwaith presennol gyda'r Bartneriaeth Ymgyrraedd yn Reaching Wider Partnership for North and Mid Wales involves Ehangach ar gyfer Gogledd a Chanolbarth Cymru yn golygu gweithio working in Widening Access and raising aspirations to young mewn Ehangu Mynediad a chodi dyheadau i bobl ifanc ac oedolion nad people and adults who may not have felt it was a pathway for ydynt efallai wedi teimlo ei bod yn llwybr iddynt, naill ai oherwydd eu them, either because of their location or other situations. lleoliad neu sefyllfaoedd eraill. Fel athro cymwys i oedolion - yn fy amser As a qualified teacher for adults – in my spare time I run hamdden, rwy'n rhedeg dosbarthiadau Cyfrifiaduron Silversurfers yn y Silversurfers Computer classes in the Mustard Seed and assist Hedyn Mwstard ac yn cynorthwyo fy nhysgwyr ym mha ffordd bynnag y my learners in whatever way I can. I am secretary of Lampeter gallaf. Rwy'n ysgrifennydd i Gymdeithas Gefeillio Tref Llanbedr Pont Town Twinning Association, am assisting with the Lampeter Steffan, rwyf yn cynorthwyo gyda phrosiect Cynllun Lle Llanbedr Pont Place Plan project, enjoy helping out in the community, and am Steffan, yn mwynhau helpu yn y gymuned, ac rwy'n siaradwr Cymraeg ail a welsh speaker 2nd language (still learning). In my spare time I iaith (yn dal i ddysgu). Yn fy amser hamdden, rwy'n mwynhau cerdded enjoy walking two rather crazy but adorable dogs, quilting and dau gi, celf a chrefft hefyd rwyf wrth fy modd yn gwrando ar crafts, I love all music and like singing, socialising with friends cherddoriaeth ac yn hoffi canu. Mwynhau cymdeithasu gyda ffrindiau a and family and the odd glass of Pinot on the weekend. theulu a gwydr bach o Pinot ar y penwythnos.

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Ganed a magwyd y Cynghorydd Dave Smith ym mhentref Councillor Dave Smith was born and brought up in the village Trethomas yng Nghwm Rhymni yn yr hyn a oedd yna yn of Trethomas in the Rhymney Valley in what was then the Sir Gwent. Ymunodd â'r Llu Awyr Brenhinol yn 1968 ac fe County of Gwent. He joined the Royal Air Force in 1968 and wasanaethodd am 22 mlynedd. served for 22 years.

Symudodd Dave i Gwmann yn 1993 ac mae ef a'i wraig Dave moved to Cwmann in 1993 and he and his wife and a'i ferch yn byw yn y tŷ a brynwyd gan daid da Meg ym daughter live in the house bought by Meg’s great 1880. grandfather in 1880.

Cllr. Dave Smith Ar ôl gadael y Llu Awyr Brenhinol, bu Dave yn gweithio After leaving the Royal Air Force Dave worked as a freelance fel Ymgynghorydd Hyfforddiant a Iechyd a Diogelwch ar ei liwt ei Management and Health and Safety Training Consultant until 2005 hun hyd at 2005, ac wedi iddo gael digon o deithio o gwmpas y when, having had enough of travelling around the country and wlad a gweithio oddi cartref, sefydlodd Gyflenwadau Swyddfa working away from home, he founded Compass Office Supplies in Compass yn Llanbedr Pont Steffan. Cynhaliodd y busnes tan 2010 Lampeter. He ran the business until 2010 when it passed into its pan ddaeth i mewn i'w berchnogaeth bresennol. current ownership.

Bu'n Gadeirydd Siambr Fasnach Llanbedr Pont Steffan ddwywaith He has been Chairman of the Lampeter Chamber of Trade twice and ac mae hefyd wedi bod yn Ysgrifennydd a Thrysorydd y sefydliad has also been both Secretary and Treasurer of that organisation. He is hwnnw. Ar hyn o bryd mae'n Gadeirydd Cangen Lleng Brydeinig currently Chairman of the Lampeter Branch of the Royal British Llanbedr Pont Steffan a hefyd Cangen Llanybydder a Llanbedr Pont Legion and also of the Llanybydder and Lampeter Branch of the Steffan o Sefydliad Prydeinig y Galon. Maen Freemason British Heart Foundation. An active Freemason, Dave is Secretary of gweithredol, Dave yn Ysgrifennydd Peterwell Lodge yn Llanbedr Peterwell Lodge in Lampeter. He is proud to have been honoured Pont Steffan. Mae'n falch o gael ei anrhydeddu â Rhyddid Dinas with the Freedom of the City of London in 2014.

Llundain yn 2014. Bu Dave yn Gynghorydd Tref ers 2012.

Dave has been a Town Councillor since 2012.

Fe wnes i weithio am 19 mlynedd mewn cwmnïau manwerthu o brentisiaid i lefel reolaeth, ac rwy'n aelod o sefydliad Grocers, Gwasanaeth Ambiwlans. Ymunodd a daeth yn Barafeddyg cofrestredig am 31 mlynedd. Ar ddechrau 2004 daeth yn rhan o sefydlu a rhedeg Marchnad Ffermwyr Llanbedr Pont Steffan ar ôl hynny tynnodd Cyngor Sir Ceredigion allan o redeg y farchnad, daeth yn rheolwr / cyfarwyddwr marchnad.

Gan mai Llanbedr Pont Steffan yw fy nghartref, fe gofrestrais ar gyfer blwyddyn etholiad y cyngor 2004 ac roeddwn yn ffodus i ddod yn Gynghorydd Tref gyda'r bwriad o roi rhywbeth yn ôl a gweithio i'r gymuned, a chymerodd drosodd hefyd fel cadeirydd a chyfarwyddwr Gwyl Fwyd Llanbedr Pont Steffan am naw mlynedd.

Yn y flwyddyn ddinesig 2007/2008, cefais yr anrhydedd a'r fraint i ddod yn Faer Llanbedr Pont Steffan. Y prosiect ar gyfer y flwyddyn honno oedd sefydlu clwb ieuenctid yn y Dref a ddaeth yn boblogaidd iawn. 2015/2016 - Wedi cael y fraint o fod yn Faer am yr ail dro. Bob tro, fe wnes i fwynhau'r her a gweithio er lles gorau'r Dref a'r gymuned ar ol. 14 mlynedd rwyn dal i fwynhau gweithio ar gyfer y gymuned. Dymunaf y byddai pobl a aned yn lleol yn cymryd fwy o rhan yn y Cyngor Tref a gwleidyddiaeth leol y ddau yn diddorol a gwerth chweil.

I worked for 19 years in retail grocery from apprentice to management level, and am a member of the Grocers institute, Joined Ambulance service and became a state registered Paramedic for 31years. At the beginning of 2004 became involved with setting up and running Lampeter Farmers Market after Ceredigion County Council pulled out of running the market, became Cllr. Chris Thomas market manager/ director.

As Lampeter is my home Town I registered for the council election year 2004 and was fortunate to become a Town Councillor with the view to give something back and work for the community, also took over as chair and director of Lampeter Food Festival for nine years.

In the municipal year 2007/2008 I had the honour and privilege to become Mayor of Lampeter. My mayors project for that year was to set up a youth club in Town which became very popular. 2015/2016 Had the privilege of being Mayor for a second time. Both times I enjoyed the challenge and worked for the best interest of the Town and community. 14 years on I still enjoy working for the community.

I only wish that Locally born people would become involved in Town Council and local politics, both interesting and worthwhile.

Rwyf yn aelod newydd o'r Cyngor Tref wedi bod yn y swydd ers mis Ebrill. Roeddwn yn falch iawn fy mod wedi cael fy enwebu ac wedi ei gefnogi gan dri Chynghorydd Tref presennol. Rwy'n aelod o'r Blaid Lafur ond yn sefyll fel 'Annibynnol.' Symudais i Cellan 12 mlynedd yn ôl gyda fy ngwraig Lynn a merch Maddy ar ôl gwasanaethu 32 mlynedd yn y Gwasanaeth Tân yn Llundain. Yn ystod y Cllr. Gary Thorogood cyfnod hwn, roeddwn hefyd yn swyddog Undeb. Fy ffocws a diddordeb yn Llanbedr Pont Steffan yw'r fenter 'Trawsnewid' an-wleidyddol sydd â'r nod o gynyddu'r hunanddibyniaeth trefi a chydnabod ac ymateb i'r newid yn yr hinsawdd. 'Think Globally Act Locally'. Datblygodd y diddordeb hwn rhag bod yn aelod o Grŵp Permaculture Llanbedr Pont Steffan. Rwy'n Gadeirydd Ymddiriedolaeth Datblygu Transition Llambed, sy'n rheoli Neuadd Fictoria a'i ddatblygiad fel ased cymunedol. Mae ein gwirfoddolwyr yn cynhyrchu'r Grapevine, yn rhedeg Marchnad y Bobl ac yn galluogi Celfyddydau Celf Llambed i ddod â cherddoriaeth fyw a dawnsio i Lanbedr Pont Steffan. Fe wasanaethais gyfnod o ddwy flynedd fel Cadeirydd y Siambr Fasnach.

Rwyf bellach yn aelod o bwyllgor Llwybrau Troed y Cyngor Tref. Rwy'n bwriadu gwasanaethu Llanbedr Pont Steffan hyd eithaf fy ngallu.

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I am a new member of the Town Council having been in post since April. I was very pleased to have been nominated and supported by three existing Town Councillors. I am a Labour Party member but stood as an ‘Independent.’ I moved to Cellan 12 Years ago with my wife Lynn and daughter Maddy after serving 32 years in the Fire Service in London. During this period I was also a Union official. My focus and interest in Lampeter is the non-political ‘Transition’ initiative whose aims are to increase the towns self-reliance and acknowledge and respond to climate change. Best summed up as ‘Think Globally, Act Locally.’ This interest evolved from being a member of the Lampeter Permaculture Group. I am the Chair of Transition Llambed Development Trust, who manage the Victoria Hall and its development as a community asset. Our volunteers produce the Grapevine, run the People’s Market and enable Celf Llambed Arts to bring live music and dance to Lampeter.

I served a two year period as Chair of the Chamber of Trade.

I am now a member of the Footpaths committee of the Town Council. I intend to serve Lampeter to the best of my ability.

Meistr ysgol, dyn busnes, darlithydd, canllaw twristaidd, hanesydd.

Yn wreiddiol o Abertawe, daeth i fyw yn Llanbedr Pont Steffan yn 1971 gydau wraig, Judith. Dau blentyn, pedwar o wyrion.

Cynghorydd Tref ers 1988, Maer ddwywaith.

Llywodraethwr Ysgol Uwchradd, Is-Gadeirydd ers wyth mlynedd.

Cllr. Selwyn Walters Yn weithgar iawn yn y Ford Gron. Aelod Bywyd, Cyn-Lywydd, Cadeirydd, ac Ysgrifennydd am 23 mlynedd o glwb rygbi Llanbedr Pont Steffan. Aelod o Undeb Rygbi Cymru am ddeng mlynedd, yn cadeirio llawer o is-bwyllgorau, ac yn cynrychioli Cymru ar Bwyllgor Rygbi'r Chwe Gwlad. Arlywydd Llywydd y Myfyrwyr Cymreig U R, ardal Llanelli U R, Cymdeithas Canolwyr Ardal Llanelli. Cadeirydd, U R C ardal G, Cyfarwyddwr Clwb Rybgi Llanelli.

Wedi bod yn Gadeirydd Menter Llambed, Pwyllgor Carnifal y Dref, a'r Pwyllgor Gefeillio Tref, Cangen Leol, Llywydd Sefydliad Prydeinig y Galon.

Ar hyn o bryd Cadeirydd Cymdeithas Hanes Llambed, Cymdeithas Hanes Llanbedr Pont Steffan sy'n rhedeg Amgueddfa'r Dref. Cadeirydd Clwb 41 Llanbedr Pont Steffan.

Aelod o Côr Cwmann, y Lleng Brydeinig Frenhinol, Cymdeithas Hynafiaethwyr Ceredigion, a Sefydliad Brenhinol De Cymru.

Schoolmaster, businessman, lecturer, tourist guide, historian.

Originally from Swansea, came to live in Lampeter in 1971 with wife, Judith. Two children, four grandchildren.

Town Councillor since 1988, Mayor on two occasions.

Long-serving Secondary School Governor, Vice-Chairman for eight years.

Onetime very active in Round Table, held Area and National Office.

Life Member, Past President, Chairman, and Secretary for 23 years of Lampeter Town R.F.C. Member of the Welsh Rugby Union for ten years, chairing many sub-committees, and represented Wales on the Rugby Six Nations Committee. Onetime President of the Welsh Students R.U. Llanelli District R. U. Llanelli District Referees Society. Chairman, W.R.U. District G, Director of Llanelli R.F.C. Onetime Chairman of Menter Llambed, the Town Carnival Committee, and the Town Twinning Committee, President Local Branch of the British Heart Foundation.

Presently Chairman of Cymdeithas Hanes Llambed, the Lampeter History Society which runs the Town Museum. Chairman Lampeter 41 Club.

Member of Côr Cwmann, the Royal British Legion, Ceredigion Antiquarian Society, and the Royal Institution of South Wales.

Fy enw i yw Emma Wood - rwyf wedi bod yn Gynghorydd Tref My name is Emma Wood - I have been a Town ers ychydig fisoedd yn awr ac rwy'n edrych ymlaen at ddod yn Councillor for a few months now and I am looking fwy o ran yn y dref. Rydw i wedi byw yn Llanbedr Pont Steffan forward to becoming more involved within the town. I am 18 mlynedd, wedi astudio yn y Brifysgol ac wedi aros yn have lived in Lampeter for 18 years, having studied at lleol i'r ardal. Bellach mae gennyf 2 o blant yn Ysgol Bro Pedr the University and stayed local to the area. I now have ac rwy'n Gadeirydd y PTA. Rwy'n gwirfoddoli gyda Rhanbarth 2 children in Ysgol Bro Pedr and I am the Chair person Llanbedr Pont Steffan Cymru a chariad yn rhan o dîm cymorth of the PTA. I volunteer with St. John Wales Lampeter cyntaf mewn digwyddiadau lleol. Rwyf hefyd yn helpu i redeg Division and love being part of a first aid team at local Cllr. Emma Wood y St John Badgers sef adran ieuenctid ein rhanbarth. events. I also help to run the St. John Badgers which is the youth Rwyf hefyd yn Swyddog Cefnogi Cynllun yn Canolfan Cymorth section of our division.

Camfan, sef canolfan galw heibio iechyd meddwl sy'n helpu llawer o I am also a Scheme Support Officer in Camfan Support Hub which is bobl yn Llanbedr Pont Steffan a'r ardaloedd cyfagos, ac rwy'n a mental health drop in centre that helps many people in Lampeter mwynhau gweithio gyda phobl o wahanol oedrannau a and surrounding areas and I enjoy working with people of different chefndiroedd, gan eu cefnogi i gyflawni eu nodau. ages and backgrounds, supporting them to achieve their goals.

experts recorded the Roesel’s bush-cricket.

The Shared Earth Trust is a small This species is thought independent charity which was Photo: Wildlife Trust of South to be gradually & West Wales set up in 1987. The aim was to spreading West and restore forty acres of what was once North in the UK in response to a an intensively managed farm with warming environment, and this was little wildlife into a variety of habitats only the second record in Ceredigion! which are now a haven for wildlife.

Another recent ‘first’ In fact, over the last year or so we for Denmark Farm have discovered three new species was a Timothy for Denmark Farm!

Grassbug which was They’re not cute and fluffy but they identified by an are the small things that are still so invertebrate specialist whilst carrying important and are an essential part of out bumblebee training here. What a the food web of the wide variety of great name!! biodiversity that we have here on this The third species, a water stick insect, nature reserve. was found recently during a Pond & During our Meadows event in River Invertebrate course run by summer 2017, one of our local expert Phil-the-Bugman. This had

Where the Small Things are...

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never been seen here before either!

So, the more people we have out and about on the reserve, both experts and non-experts, the more records we can collect of the wildlife we have here which helps us to conserve it. To find out more about how to get involved please contact us.

To enable us to provide a home for all the wildlife at Denmark Farm, there are opportunities for everyone to get involved, through volunteering, joining our membership, attending courses or staying in our holiday accommodation.

To find out more about all these amazing opportunities to get involved and support us please visit our website www.denmarkfarm.org.uk Linda Bradshaw-Wood

Lampeter Farm Women’s Club

MAKE DO AND MEND So, I’m meant to be writing a short ‘fix it’ or ‘how to’ in this first of a hopefully regular new column. We are looking to host your hints and tips too, so please e-mail in with your ideas, maybe lively discussions will follow.

I thought an introduction would be in order...

It’s becoming obvious to everyone that the excesses of this age cannot continue, and with the New Year coming up, it’s properly time we all made resolutions to limit our wastefulness, and be more mindful in our purchases and everyday decisions. This segues nicely with our hopes for a Plastic Free Lampeter - we’ve been thinking about plastic-free alternatives for Xmas decorations. The good news is that the most sustainable of all are edible, so chocolate foil wrapped decorations are still on! Remember to recycle your foil :O) We came up with the following ideas: threaded popcorn garlands marshmallow snowmen with tiny slices of dried apricot for noses and currants for eyes (they’d have to be buried pretty well to stick on, so maybe some jam might help) hand decorated biscuits little satsuma pomanders studded with cloves, that lovely smell is the essence of Christmas.

Do you have any other suggestions?

One of the purposes of this column will be to remind everyone of the existence of the ‘Repair Cafe’ which can be found in the People’s Market at Victoria Hall 2nd & 4th Saturdays each month, 10am-1pm.

We can help or advise regarding repairs, and may be able to fix things on the spot!

We are still on the look-out for likely ‘fixperts’ to help out too (I will chase up those who have already expressed an interest when things get less manic, sorry) – so please just turn up, join in, have a chat – that would be really nice.

My husband, Terry, just fixed our Blu-ray player, he’s no mechanical genius but having googled that a disc with brushes could be bought to clean dust off the laser, he thought he would have a go himself first. He opened it up, carefully cleaned inside with a soft brush, and now it works, great! So often, a gentle clean will bring life back to your possessions. Sometimes you just need a little confidence. So look out for someone at the next People’s Market who would love to give you that boost.

Cheryl Hillier Singer/songwriter, health and climate campaigner and Biochar Lady.

2transitionllambed@gmail.com or message me on Facebook.

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For our November meeting we were very pleased to welcome Angie Martin, editor of the Grapevine.

Angie started the meeting with a team exercise (reflecting the working together of the volunteers who produce the Grapevine) to make a shoe from card and paper, which caused a great deal of amusement as well as bringing out a little bit of the competitive side of members.

Angie went on to tell us about how the Grapevine was founded; how it has developed over the years, how it is compiled, printed and distributed in Lampeter and the local area. We now appreciate the amount of work, all by volunteers, that goes into its production.

Shoe Time giggles!

Lampeter Farm Women’s Club is a friendship club, with farming as its background, that meets once a month with speakers and a couple of visits during the year. We welcome new members and anyone interested can join us at the Castle Green on the first Monday of the month.

Next meeting: 7 Jan 2019 at 7.30pm Pat Jones

LETTERS, NOTIFICATIONS, OPPORTUNITIES

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

email: lampetergrapevine@gmail.com

In order to give a broad and balanced view of any issues that are raised in letters or articles submitted for publication, the Newsletter Team reserves the right to seek and publish counter-opinions from other sources in the same issue. Eds.

Dear Editor, I was very glad to read the report by Annelie Fitzgerald in October‘s Grapevine about the risks of exposure to wireless EMF. Could I please add to that, the fact that it’s not just wireless machines but ALL electrical devices that can be a risk? So, electric blankets, TVs, microwave ovens, car engines the list goes on.

It is known that they all produce electromagnetic radiation which can be harmful for humans, and so we ought to be careful about spending too much time close by when they’re switched on.

Thank you P French

Copy Deadline: Fri 10 January 2019 lampetergrapevine@gmail.com

Sustainable Eco House Design Competition Deadline extended until Friday 21 December!

Have you got an idea about how to design an eco-house that will make everyone feel at home, and last a lifetime?

You need to submit: One or two drawings and an explanation of your designs with reasons for choices Extra points awarded for: Designs featuring local, easily available, low-cost materials Good, easy to understand presentation Imagination.

Entrant Categories: Under 13 = £30 prize; 13-18 years = £50 prize To enter you must be under 18 on 31 January 2019.

This competition is open to all children apart from those deemed to be related to the judging panel. Judging will be carried out by Tŷ Pren workers co-operative and their decision is final.

Entries must be submitted by 21 December 2018 to Tony Eames (Earth Encounters woodcrafts stall) at the People’s Market - 2nd & 4th Sat each month at Victoria Hall, Lampeter

Plumber's Plog* * Plog is a word I've just invented - it's like a blog, but it's not online it's on paper!

The small things, right? I’ve been wondering about that. I’m guessing that some people might say that a lot of things written about in the ‘Grapevine’ are small. The other night I sat down and read the whole October issue - well, not every single word, but most of it, and at least enough of each article to get the feeling - and I was impressed: I’d say that yes, it is the small things, it's the small things that add up.

The WI, the film shows, the small ads, Permaculture, the Schools, the recipes, I think they’re all terrific. The poems have got better, the crossword is funnier, the writers aren’t taking themselves too seriously, the Council is getting more things right, the College is sounding a bit less uptight, there's so much going on - wow, brilliant! I don’t mean to offend anyone, mind you: I’m genuinely impressed.

And so I asked myself, what do all these small things add up to? And what came to mind is - everyone, every single person writing, is trying to help people: they’re all doing their best to help, in their way, to help people to have a better life somehow. Whether it’s through food, education, transition towns, religious service, dancing, counselling, fitness, music, they’re all trying to help. And that means giving, rather than trying to get - it’s a small thing perhaps, but a vital difference.

You could see a little bit of paper dropped on the street and you might leave it there. You might decide to pass a law or a regulation about litter. Or you might bend down and pick it up. It’s that sort of difference - it says that people feel responsible about their place, their lives, their own actions, their community, their future. Only when people’s minds work like this can we expect things to get better, not just for ourselves but for the world: yes, it has to start with the small things. Frank Pitcher

What Wednesday means to Me (Sue Moules, Nov, issue 64, p9) I would like to add what Merry Makers means to me.

The welcoming warmth that I feel when I enter the hall.

The support we receive when we need a shoulder to cry on.

The forgiveness when I “lose” my temper.

The lunch we enjoy, as Sue said, is included in the £3 we pay for the day. Often there are extras put towards it. Which add to the enjoyment, usually without a mention from the giver. Tea & coffee is available as and when, and when someone is making one for herself she might ask around, and maybe end up making three or four.

Often when a new member arrives we have the opportunity to learn something new. Vera is our latest new member and from her we have learnt about patchwork.

Sometimes there are heated discussions, (we are not all on the same side of the fence), but at three o’clock we leave St. James’ Hall as we entered it, as Friends.

I use the Bwc a Bws, which picks me up from Cwrtnewydd and Maureen from Llanwennog and drops us just outside St. James’ Hall, Cwmann and picks us up to take us home.

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The Small Things - really do matter Sitting indoors listening to the rain and hail pouring and bouncing off the roof, I am lucky to be able to spend time warm and dry, indoors, savouring the small pleasures of a gardener’s life.

I can see many seed heads swaying in the breeze available for birds and insects through the winter and on the next dry(ish) day I will scatter the saved seeds to help the spread of wild flowers in the meadow and woodland.

A chirpy robin looking quizzically and expectantly at me as I clear debris from around sprouting bulbs and unearth delights for him. The wonder of worms and other miniscule organisms never ceases to impress. Where would we be without them? They magically turn dead leaves and other detritus into fertile humus, no matter what the weather. The winter is a time for appreciating the small beauties especially when the garden can look gloomy – look out for hardy cyclamen peeping through the leaf litter and winter jasmine flowers brightening up a dark day.

Through these dark winter days I will treasure the special light and its magical effect on bare trees and enjoy dawns and dusks for the stark beauty they reveal. There will be buds appearing on trees and our small gestures will help them flourish by keeping an eye out for those that need a helping hand, tying up any battered by the winds.

Now our chickens have recovered from their moult and winter break there are newly laid free-range eggs – that orange yolk cannot be beaten – haha.

Celebrations occur as our seed order arrives and we plan for the year to come. We never fail to be wowed by the magic encapsulated within each tiny seed that will grow into a perfect copy of the parent plants – we hope.

All of this is so that we can share our plot – vegetables, flowers and woodland - with you.

We will be open in aid of the National Garden Scheme charities from February to October in 2019. Please do visit.

Shelagh & Steve Yeomans, Yr Efail THE SMALL THINGS IN LIFE MAKE THE MOST DIFFERENCE

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Our team of volunteer toe nail cutters make all the difference in the world to our older clients. After all, it you can’t cut your toe nails and can’t afford the chiropodist, you can’t walk. Do you have what it takes to volunteer and make this small but life changing difference? Contact: Annmarie, 01970 615151.

Tiny blue counters: Age Cymru Ceredigion have got through to the public vote stage with Tesco’s in Cardigan so next time you’re shopping there, please take a handful of the blue counters at the checkout and put them in our Perspex collection box. You could help to win us £4000 – a small blue counter could make a big difference to older people in our county.

Tiny bobble hats: can you knit? If so, you might be able to help us with our Big Knit project. Innocent Smoothies will give us 25p for each little bobble hat we knit and these will appear on their small bottles over the Christmas period to raise awareness of older people’s issues during the winter. A little knitting can save the world (well, not quite but we can give it a try!).

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HOPE DIES ACTION BEGINS “Our government is criminally negligent.

We have a moral duty to rebel, whatever our politics.

Social science shows us that peaceful civil disobedience is an effective way to bring about change.”

Extinction Rebellion is a growing movement of people demanding that the government and the media start telling the truth about climate change and treat it as the emergency that it really is.

In October the Inter-governmental panel for Climate Change (IPCC) published their latest report, stating that globally, we have around 12 years to reduce carbon emissions to zero and keep global warming to a maximum of 1.5degrees C, failing which we will face catastrophic climate change all over the planet, which would lead to unprecedented suffering, death and mass migration. Yet our government’s budget, also published in October, made no mention of climate change.

On 31 October people from Lampeter attended the Extinction Rebellion Declaration in Parliament Square, listening to speeches by George Monbiot, Caroline Lucas (MP), Clive Lewis (Labour MP), Molly Scot Cato (MEP), TV presenter Julia Bradbury and 15 year old Swedish school-striker-for-climate, Greta Thunberg. Demands made were as follows: that the government 1. Tells the truth about the ecological emergency, reverses all policies not in alignment with that position and works alongside the media to instigate a WWII-level mobilisation nationally 2. Enacts legally-binding policy measures to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2025 3. Launches a national Citizens’ Assembly to oversee these changes, creating a democracy fit for purpose Drawing on such examples as Nelson Mandela, Ghandi and the suffragettes, Extinction Rebellion states that if the government fails to respond, “citizens of this country will commit repeated acts of disruptive, non-violent civil disobedience. There will be mass arrests. We are willing to make personal sacrifices...”

Action began on 12 November and hundreds of people, including locals from Ceredigion, are already prepared to be arrested or even go to jail for the greater good. On 17 November, crowds gathered in London for Rebellion Day. One of the main instigators of the movement is an Organic farmer and Market gardener from West Wales. It was after several harvests that failed miserably due to extreme or unpredictable weather patterns that he felt driven to look more deeply into climate change. It is no secret that our farmers are already anxious following a summer of drought which meant that many were able to make only a fraction of their usual amount of hay and other crops whilst already having to feed this winter’s feed to their livestock in August! Dr Gail Bradbrook of Extinction Rebellion had a very clear message for farmers from the podium roadblock in Parliament Square. She said: “Farmers, we love you! We want to reach out to you and help you..”

Although Extinction Rebellion understands that in the short term the measures necessary to mitigate against extreme and catastrophic climate change will be inconvenient, their message is clear, that if we do NOT change, the results will be far, far more dramatic and uncomfortable.

However, despite their cool look into the face of possible human extinction, both the message and the spirit of Extinction Rebellion are far from bleak: “Change to avert the worst of the disaster is still technically and economically possible. It involves creating a world which is less frenetic and more beautiful; making the necessary changes will also create jobs...”

Interwoven between arrests and speeches at the Declaration were many songs, poems and prayers from people of all religions and styles. To find out more about Extinction Rebellion please visit https://risingup.org.uk/XR/ Rolanda Yarker

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Jottings

Walking through the wooded area of our neighbour’s farm during the cold spell at the end of October the alarm call of a Blackbird caused me to look up just as a large hawk sailed through the trees. Seeing me, the hawk turned flashing the white undertail of a Goshawk and then just vanished: the bird was living up to its name as the “phantom of the forest.”

The arrival of the cold weather brought increasing

numbers of winter thrushes and wood pigeons all feeding on the beech mast, acorns and berries; these birds are prey items for the Goshawk. This charismatic bird is found in city parks in both Europe and the USA, but to see one in Britain is still quite difficult. Although mentioned in medieval texts, the bird was thought to be extinct by the middle of the 19th century having been persecuted by gamekeepers and taken for falconry. However, probably due to falconers’ escapes, deliberate

release, and immigration from continental birds, it is slowly re-establishing itself.

T.H.White (1906-1964) wrote of his experiences in trying to train a Goshawk in his book of that title in 1951 and more recently, Helen Macdonald tells of her experiences with her Goshawk, Mabel, in “H is for Hawk”.

The discovery of headless wood pigeons around the woods is good evidence that a Goshawk is present; the only other bird that leaves its calling card in this manner is the Peregrine falcon, which is very unlikely to hunt in woodland.

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I was very aware last month that my article about the IPCC report on climate change contained some very negative and controversial claims about eating meat, which would be deeply worrying to local farmers here. I had questions about the extreme response of drastically reducing meat production and consumption. I found an excellent alternative view from Patrick Holden, a local farmer who is part of the Sustainable Food Trust (do visit their website which is very informative), which I am including below.

Judy Cooper There has been a lot of very negative publicity about red meats and livestock products recently, with continuing calls to reduce meat consumption as well as proposals for a tax on meat. But I believe that when it comes to talking about meat we must be careful to differentiate between livestock that are part of the problem and those that are part of the solution. If we are to truly become more sustainable, then I think we all need to become much better informed about the sustainability or otherwise of different food systems.

Despite what recent media coverage may have lead us to believe, livestock, and particularly grazing ruminants, are absolutely essential for sustainable food systems and healthy diets. To call for a blanket reduction in meat consumption fails to consider the important differences between types of meat and production systems and runs the risk of throwing the grass-fed ruminant ‘baby’ out with the ‘bathwater’ of industrial livestock production.

Traditional animal fats used to constitute around 80% of our dietary fat intake at the turn of the 20th century, while today about 80% is now formed of plant-based products like soya and palm oil. So instead of deriving our fat needs from animals grazing our own grasslands, we are importing them from other parts of the world, such as South East Asia where palm oil production is rapidly destroying the rainforest.

Many people also mistakenly believe chicken production and consumption is healthier and less environmentally

damaging than lamb or beef. Grain-fed pork and poultry are often fed intensively on imported soya feed, so when we eat these meats, we end up contributing to deforestation, soil degradation and climate change.

By contrast, grassland, especially in Wales, is an essential component of sustainable farming systems. Much of the farmland in Wales is under grass for sound environmental reasons. When it is sustainably managed, pasture provides multiple environmental benefits, acting as a major carbon store and a diverse habitat for plant, insect, bird and animal life, and also mitigates flooding in lowland areas. Keeping ruminants on this grassland is the only practical way to derive food from the land.

Having been farming in West Wales for 45 years, I can see how disheartening it must be for many hundreds of hard pressed local livestock farmers who are already struggling to make a living, to witness all this negative publicity which is precipitating a major shift towards veganism and vegetarianism, particularly amongst young people.

There is no doubt in my mind that most Welsh farmers are deeply committed to caring for their animals and looking after their land. As citizens and consumers we need to factor in these issues in influencing the design of the post Brexit agricultural support policy, ensuring that our farming community can produce healthy and sustainable grass fed meats using high welfare practices and farming in harmony with nature.

Patrick Holden

A view of the world through child’s eyes … fun and thought provoking! …

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Successful Renewal for Oil Group Earlier this year, the Llechryd Heating Oil Group was dismayed to hear that its then coordinator had to give up organising the group due to health problems. Since then several members have offered their services to take over the running of the group and a new committee structure has been established.

The new committee has now successfully overseen the first ordering cycles, resulting in many thousand litres of heating oil being delivered to members at a substantial discount to the price they could have achieved as individuals. The committee is pleased to have been able to maintain this service to the community, enabling hundreds of residents to keep warm with less expense.

Even though the group is named after its origin in

Llechryd, it actually has members in an area including New Quay, Pencader, Crymych and St Dogmaels. Anyone in this general area is welcome to join by sending their details to the coordinator at llechrydhog@gmail.com; there is no charge for membership.

Oil is ordered in January, March, June, September and November but members do not have to place an order in every cycle.

Invitations to order are sent to registered members about three weeks before a planned delivery.

There is a page of Group news on llechrydevents.webplus.net/information/Heating Oil Group where further information can be found.

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Unwaith eto eleni aeth plant y cyfnod sylfaen a Once again harvest time saw the children going out into the phlant cyfnod allweddol 2 allan i gynnal cyrddau community to hold services of thanksgiving. The foundation diolchgarwch yn y gymuned, yn eglwys Sant Cybi Llanybi a phase went to St Cybi’s Church Llangybi and key stage 2 to Chapel Caeronnen Cellan, cyn cynnal cwrdd ar y cyd yn y Caeronnen Chapel Cellan, before joining together in the school prynhawn yn neuadd yr ysgol gan wahodd ein ffrindiau o chartref hall for an afternoon service with our friends from Hafan Deg Hafan Deg i ymuno â ni. Codwyd swm Lampeter. A generous contribution was made to Air anrhydeddus tuag at Ambiwlans Awyr Ambulance Wales and donations towards Lampeter Cymru a rhoddion ar gyfer banc bwyd food bank. Thank you to Mrs Jen and the cookery club Llanbed. Diolch Mrs Jen a’r clwb coginio for preparing afternoon tea for all. am baratoi te prynhawn i bawb.

The nursery and reception children enjoyed a visit to Aeth y dosbarth meithrin a derbyn i Steffan vets in Lampeter, they learnt about how they ymweld â filfeddygfa Steffan yn Llanbed care for sick animals. Thank you to everyone for the i ddysgu sut maent yn gofalu warm welcome and to Mrs Rhian ar ôl anifeiliaid sâl. Diolch i Williams for co-ordinating the visit. bawb am y croeso ac yn Thank you Owain Bonsall our local arbennig i Mrs Rhian Williams rugby officer for organising a rugby am gydlynu’r ymweliad. festival for local schools. Everyone Diolch Owain Bonsall ein thoroughly enjoyed. Congratulations swyddog rygbi lleol am drefnu to year 6 girls for taking part in the gwyl rygbi i’r cylch. Roedd tag rygbi competition. pawb wedi mwynhau mas The children have been busy draw. Llongyfarchiadau i preparing Christmas boxes to go to ferched blwyddyn 6 am Ramania. We wish Mr Burgess a gymryd rhan yng safe journey as once again this year he makes nghystadleuaeth rygbi tag. the long journey to deliver them safely.

Bu’r plant yn brysur yn The foundation phase children enjoyed paratoi anrhegion Nadolig i improving their skills during a festival of sport fynd i Romania. Dymunwn siwrnau run by Ceredigion Active. Thank you Steven saff i Mr Burgess sydd unwaith eto and his team for putting them through their paces! eleni yn gwneud y daith hir i Years 1 and 2 had an rannu’r anrhegion yma. interesting visit to the police Bu plant y cyfnod sylfaen yn headquarters in Aberystwyth, mwynhau gwella eu sgiliau where they learnt how to take corfforol yng ngwyl chwaraeon Ceredigion fingerprints, got to try on the Actif. Diolch i Steven a’r criw am roi gwres uniform as well as spending eu traed i bawb! time in the cells!

Cafodd blant blwyddyn 1 a 2 amser diddorol We wish Mrs Mair Spate a long and happy ym mhencadlus yr heddlu yn Aberystwyth. retirement following four decades of service at Cawsant y cyfle i gymryd ôl bysedd, rhoi’r Ysgol Y Dderi. Thank you to the cookery club for wisg ymlaen a threulio amser yn y celloedd! organising afternoon tea to celebrate.

Ymddeoliad hir a hapus i chi Mrs Mair A ‘frightful’ night was had at our Hallowe’en Spate wedi pedwar degawd o party organised by the PTA. Congratulations wasanaeth i Ysgol Y Dderi. Diolch i’r to the Parfect family on winning the pumpkin clwb coginio am baratoi te dathlu. carving competition. It was amazing!

Cafwyd noson ‘arswydus’ yn ein parti All Saint Church Cellan has reopened after Calan Gaeaf a drefnwyd gan y restoration work. It was lovely to see year 3 Gymdeithas Rieni ac Athrawon. and 4’s project on display as well as beautiful Llongyfarchiadau i deulu’r Parfects am handmade kneeling cushions made by the ennill y gystadleuaeth cerfio pwmpen. children.

Roedd hi werth ei gweld!

Remembrance day, 100 Mae eglwys Yr Holl Saint Cellan wedi ail agor wedi years. Thank you year 5 gwaith atgyweirio. Braf oedd gweld arddangosfa o and 6 for making beautiful brosiect disgyblion blwyddyn 3 a 4 ynghyd â chlustogau red poppies. Well done penlinio o’u gwaith llaw yn harddu’r eglwys. children for laying wreaths Sul y cofio 100 mlynedd. Diolch blwyddyn 5 a 6 am and sharing our poppies in greu pabi coch hardd. Da iawn chi blant a fu’n gosod local villages.

Lilian Jones torchau ac yn rhannu ein pabi ym mhentrefi’r ysgol.

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Multiple Sclerosis Support Group - Lampeter & District - ‘The Small Things’

Dot, dot, dot, … tiny little marks on the page. Dots, …’the small things’ that mean so much. One dot can be a full stop. This prevents me writing more. But ‘no,’ only momentarily. One dot can sit below an exclamation mark, what! Three dots can be part of SOS …---… nine marks that can save lives at sea, or six long blasts on a whistle to save lives up mountains. ‘xxx’ showing love. The gentle touch of a hand. A hug. Beautiful music. The ring of a ‘phone…somebody to talk to. They are ‘the small things’ in themselves but so important to people who may be lonely, or have been bereaved, or scared when suffering from an illness.

In Multiple Sclerosis the myelin layer which surrounds the nerve fibre is attacked by the body’s own immune system mistaking it for a foreign body. This prevents the messages going along the nerves. These areas are called plaques or lesions and show up as white ‘dots’ on an MRI scan. White dots this time unlike the black dots on my page! White dots that are the sites of inflammation.

We have a good time at our MS Support Group! We don’t sit moaning…well not much. We mostly have a laugh. Last Monday we were so lucky as we were joined by Mr & Mrs Jones…newly-weds Ann & Colin joined us armed with two huge cheques. They asked guests at their wedding in July if they would not give them presents but give donations to two charities close to their hearts. They raised £1,650. Ann and Colin wanted half of this money to come to the people with MS in Ceredigion. The other half of the money

is going to The Motor Neurone Disease Society. People are so kind. This is no ‘small thing’. It is ‘a huge thing’! With the money we can help people with MS to buy things to make their lives easier or to enable them to meet others at our lunches.

Our Support Group meets on the first Monday of the month from 1.30-3.30, in the back room of The Mustard Seed, Lampeter. We welcome anybody with MS, carers, and anybody wanting to know more, from wherever you are.

You are also welcome at our Aberystwyth group which meets in the new Tesco’s community/charity room 12.302.30 on the 1st FRIDAY of the month.

CROESO I BAWB/WELCOME TO ALL. Judith McKay, Support Volunteer, 01570 493509 Hazel Ellis, Chair of Ceredigion Branch, 01974 261640 (See our MS Support Group page on Facebook)

News from Transition Llambed Our next meeting is Wednesday 9 January 2019 6.30pm Victoria Hall If you are interested in taking part in creating a new future for our locality, you are welcome to join in our existing projects, or suggest and take forward a new one.

You can also come and find us at the Transition Llambed stall at the People’s Market (2nd & 4th Sat each month) Or contact: 2transitionLlambed@gmail.com Dr Vole

CUSTARD QUEENS WI Ladies! You are invited to a Christmas Wreath making workshop on Sun 2 Dec, 7.30pm, Victoria Hall for a donation of £15 (Includes materials and refreshments).

Get into the Christmas spirit and leave with a fabulous wreath.

You are all welcome to join us for a “Giggle with the Girls!” You do not need to be a WI member to attend but spaces are limited so book early to avoid disappointment. See our event on Custard Queen WI Lampeter Facebook page.

Custard Queens WI - January Meeting Ladies! You are invited to join the Custard Queens WI on Sun, 6 Jan 2019 at Victoria Hall, Lampeter to shake off those Christmas calories with some Zumba Gold.

You are welcome to join us for a Giggle with the Girls. You do not need to be a member to take part we just ask for a £5 donation which includes refreshments.

Looking forward to seeing some new faces at 7.30pm for an 8pm start.

Custard Queens also meet every Friday for a Coffee, Catch Up at 2.30pm in The Mustard Seed Café.

All are welcome, partners and children.

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Karen’s Creative Compendium 040 A fabulous ten super-poets to take us into the fifth year of KCC and it’s great to see submissions still coming in thick, fast and various.

Plenty to read and be inspired by over the holiday season with every reason to send in your entry, hwyl, Karen

Homecomings

Roots

by Patrick Dobbs

by Maj Ikle

They make it home, the swallows and the swifts, Reclaim their summer season in the barn, Restore their battered refuge on the beams, The bats, homecoming from their winter roost, Reoccupy their perch beneath the bow Atlantic salmon navigate the seas To find the gravel bed where they were born, And eels can wriggle on a wet commute Three thousand miles to breed and back again?

Why does the horse I'm riding prick his ears The moment that I turn his head for home?

How good to know that there are still some things Quite simple things, we cannot understand.

Do we belong to our birthdays planets grooving to choreograph fate or to the women who baked us diligently discriminating between amino codes were we born of a big bang accident free to jostle and yearn towards superhuman form or did we just land lucky first on a spot to draw swords to defend our home?

Small Matter

by J Sandover

The tiniest sphere sings Resonating harmonic To quiver existence into a moment Dancing micro-orgiastic A brief kiss exchanged Powering our universe aeonic Providing for all our needs Cupidity unravels the chain for audit Discarding links labelled uneconomic Uncomprehending the concatenation of causes We stand by as worlds fall Stranded in silence

Custard Square Love

by Ceredwin On Sundays my Mother cooked All week we grabbed sandwiches Hacked from a big white loaf Spread with spam, or condensed milk running thick and sticky between our fingers But on Sundays She made dinners The best I’ve yet to taste Roastie potatoes bursting puff balls of delight And thick, juicy gravy that satisfied the heart While the meat was cooking She made custard squares We kids watched her Mouths watering as she rolled pastry filled with yellow dreams and iced with sweet, white heaven On Sundays my Mother made a family And reconciled her life of aspirations cut short by pregnancies And expectations of a world too blind to read a young girl’s heart I love you Mum

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Sun, Sea and Vitamin D

by Polly Phemus It's that time of year again, when Autumn golds Will soon give way to flu and colds, and though I love the bliss of cosiness, and sweet wood fires, More I long for surf, and sand beneath my feet; And blessed blue skies, and summer's kiss.

How

by Derek Moore

How can it be, that I see with more clarity when my eyes are closed, I hear more clearly when others stop talking, I recognise true beauty looking beyond appearance, I understand my god when religion is not preached at me, And I find my truth when it is not forced upon me.

Little Whittle

Small Things

by Melanie Leigh Williams

I keep that card chosen by dad joke cartoon naked man rebuked for smoking by the gallery guard.

Pa, still nimble on his feet speech stolen by a bleed signed not ‘Dad’ but official stroke and sweep used all his working life crushed in the margin

Relative

by Stan Scan

by Karen Gemma Brewer

Little bird, whittled bird no flap in wooden wings wooden ears that cannot hear the notes you cannot sing whittling is belittling

My half brother is propped in the hall oozing into the wallpaper by a rack of left shoes his NHS glasses dangling.

White Butterflies

by Mandy Pickering

At first glance we thought it was white paint splashed over stones or the stars of fallen elder flower until, by the dwindling river each petal quivered with life our minds fluttering after those pale flowers that opened and flew away 19

My step mother is sitting by the front door holding a bottle of milk.

At the back door I see my two faced sister and wonder if she is leaving or entering.

I’m the black sheep of the family tangled up in wool.

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Incredible Edible; Bwyd Bendigedig

A bright but cold Autumn morning saw Incredible Edible taking out the Summer vegetables: runner beans, tomatillos and tomatoes from the raised bed by the Co-op, and planting garlic, spinach, kale, chard and violas for winter.

New plant signs on slate have the name of the plant in Welsh and English, along with signs that say “not ready to eat ” and “ready to eat”.

Small Stories (not so Tall Tales) Stories and myth are indicative of how we think about the world, and can be instructive ways - for good or ill - to guide the creation of new ways of thinking. There are several stories where a small thing makes all the difference, and I’m sure you can think of more. Here are some, each with a slightly different take on what Small can do: Firstly, one of my favourites comes from The House at Pooh Corner; The Search for Small. In setting off on a search for one of Rabbits’ seemingly inconsequential and characterless friend-and-relation, Pooh and Piglet discover that the lack of this tiny, insect like black creature, and the subsequent search for him, has in fact a big consequence, namely ending up trapped in the Heffalump pit. It is a Small thing that gets everyone setting off on their adventures.

Small things can act as a catalyst for new and surprising things to happen.

Small things can have Big consequences. See also ‘The Butterfly Effect’ or ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’!

In The Lion and the Mouse (Aesop’s Fables), a lion is dozy happily, when he is awoken by a tiny mouse running

Incredible Edible is a nationwide project to encourage people to grow food and to brighten up those bare scraps of land found everywhere. It was founded in Todmorden in 2008 and quickly spread to other towns.

The ethos of Incredible Edible is “to believe in the power of small actions, and growing as a visible sign of a kinder community.” over his nose. The mouse begs not to be eaten and promises that if he remains alive, he will repay the lion one day. The lion laughs at the idea of this small creature being of any use to him, but also considers him not enough of a meal to be bothered about, so he lets the mouse go. Later, the lion is caught in a net, and who should come to his aid but the seemingly unimportant mouse. The mouse then chews through the net, and frees the lion. Sometimes a seemingly useless small thing (with teeth!) is actually just the thing that you need!

The saying ‘The straw that broke the camel’s back’ is a great metaphor for an unfortunate tipping point; the one beer too many, the one tablet too many, the one unkind word too many, the one more drop of pollution in the river that causes the fish to die, the 1 degree more of global warming…

Which brings me to an important story for our warming times: the fable of The Frog in Boiling Water.

The premise is that if a frog were to jump into already boiling water, it would realize immediately the danger and jump out again. However, the fable supposes that if the frog starts off in cold water, but the 21

Bwyd Bendigedig; Incredible Edible Llambed are looking for more spare scraps of land to beautify and people to take them on. They can be contacted through their Facebook page: 'Incredible Edible Lampeter / Bwyd Bendigedig Llambed'.

Incredible Edible temperature keeps rising gradually, it will get used to these incremental changes, and eventually be boiled alive. Despite the fact that contemporary biologists have declared this to be untrue - in reality, the frog will actually jump out when it gets too hot - it is a cautionary tale.

Small incremental changes over the years has led to humanity wiping out 60% of the animal population since 1970, according to the WWF Living Planet Report. (Anyone who can remember pre-1980 will recall the vast numbers of insects back then, compared to now.) Small incremental changes have also led to a lack of industry in the UK, lack of music or drama provision in our schools, limited funding for wheelchair provision, diminished NHS services, a lack of fire-proof cladding on tower blocks, not enough social housing, impoverished hedgerows, habitats and woodlands.

We need to realize that the water did not used to be this hot! We cannot jump off from this planet. The only thing we can do is turn down the heat. And respect the power of Small Things.

Joanne Camlin BSc WSHom

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Lampeter Evangelical Church Custard Queens: Women’s Institute

Local food, produce and crafts, café, live music Contact: Dinah Mulholland 07531 963175 Live music and dance Sat 1 Dec: Transglobal Underground & Paradox Sat 8 Dec: Tyhai- Indo Celtic Trio Gareth Jones at the Mustard 01570 423344 Seed café Christine Chabert

07815 086579

hypnotherapy, EMDR. 23 High Street, Amanda J. Clarke C.Hyp, 10 years in Lampeter SA48 7BA, 01570 493522, practice. Stop Smoking in a single valallenwales@gmail.com session with Curative Hypnotherapy. If Joanne Camlin Bsc WSHom is a you want to quit, hypnotherapy is a licensed classical homoeopath who highly successful method of doing so. graduated in 2007. All consultations The Woodlands Clinic, 01570 470046. only £30 when you mention the Carol Davies Qualified Aromatherapist.

Grapevine. Jo practices from Cellan Counselling, hypnotherapy and Hopi Millenium Hall. 07746 608524. candling can also be offered.

Colleen’s Ka Huna Massage Studio. Carol, 07971 229608.

01974 272103, 07947 780738, To avoid confusion please inform Grapevine colleen.greening@gmail.com ASAP if any details of your listing change tymawratbethania.co.uk lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com

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complementary & alternative therapists cont’d DD Personal Fitness and Training. 1-1 instruction to help you achieve your fitness goals. Rehabilitation from injury or surgery, preparation for sport, muscular development and weight management. Llanybydder. Dai Davies, 01570 481882, davies@glantrenfawr.plus.com Sally Harrold Counselling hypnotherapy, supervision. BSc(Hons) Midwifery, PgDip Individual, hypnotherapy, family counselling. Contact: 07539 882798, sally.harrold@gmail.com www.counselling-directory.org.uk/SallyHarrold

Alison Kaye MBAcC. Traditional Chinese acupuncture.

30 years clinical experience. 28 High Street, Lampeter.

07779 256388 Deirdre McIntosh M.I.Biol. M.Phil. PhD, Nutritional advice for weight loss, health and reduction of inflammation.

Treatment not based on calorie restriction but on an understanding of human biology, biochemistry and evolution. 01570 470077, 07515 393894, info@mcintoshscientific.com Shamanic journeying, healing and counselling. Contact Mia on 01570 423339 Ginny Moffett, qualified reflexologist (British Reflexology Association) with 25 years experience. Home visits or at The Zen Den, Llandeilo. Specializes in treating the elderly and those suffering from extreme stress and depression.

01558 650572 or 07791 165998 Louise Nadim BSc Hons, Ph.D. Fully qualified, insured Brennan Healer.

Working in the Human Energy Field assessing, balancing and healing, to restore physical, emotional and spiritual health. 07920 112228, louise_nadim@hotmail.com Dylis Pugh, Art Therapy. Use your creativity for personal development and healing. You don't have to be 'good at art'. Llanllwni. 07963 866516, www.dylispugh.co.uk, artandtherapywithdylis@macmate.me

Shân Rees, BA, Dip. Couns. and life coach. Living excellently, confidence building for women. Experienced trainer and facilitator; groups/ individual sessions.

Shân 01570 218138, 07940 375147, shanharmony@aol.com www.livingexcellently.co.uk Sher Cross, Reflexology and Reiki Healing can help with health problems and relaxation. Specialising in pregnancy. 21 years experienced practitioner. 01545 590364 or 07807 219499.

Christine Smith leads groups for people who want to deepen their spiritual connection within themselves and with others. 01570 434705, www.christinesmith.co.uk Irene Sullivan, qualified & experienced massage therapist, practising total rejuvenation body massage, Indian head massage, Hawaiian Kahuna massage, chair massage, Thai massage and Reiki. Home visits available.

01545 561334.

Cathrin Wildwood is a qualified and experienced counsellor, offering individual, couple and family counselling. If you want to talk or need some help, contact 07870 888141 or cathrin@cathrinwildwood.co.uk cathrinwildwood.co.uk Bones for Life. Practices to stimulate bone strength, protect vulnerable joints, improve posture and increase vitality. Marye Wyvill, 01570 421027, maryewyvill@hotmail.com Annie Zakiewicz. Qualified reflexologist and Emmett Technique practitioner.

Treatment room in Cellan.

Annie, 01570 493295, www.reflexologywithannie.co.uk

courses _______________

Denmark Farm Conservation Centre, Betws Bledrws.

Sat 1 Dec: Festive Wool Decorations Sat 1 Dec: Needle-felt fun - Elf, Polar Bear or Robin Sun 2 Dec: Willow Weaving - Christmas Crafts Tues 8 & Sat 13 Jan: Volunteer Conservation Day Fri 25 Jan: Winter Tree Identification Sat 26 Jan: Willow Weaving - Rope Coil Baskets Sun 27 Jan: Volunteer Taster Day Fri 1 Feb: Mandala Painting Sun 3 Feb: Volunteer Gardening Day Sun 10 Feb: Rustic Wall-hanging Weaving Sat 16 Feb: Needle-felt Highland Cow 24

Info and bookings: 01570 493358 www.denmarkfarm.org.uk Conversational French. Advanced: Thurs, 11.15am-12.15pm; Beginners: Thurs, 12.30-1.30pm Contact: Amelie, 01558 685175.

French & Italian Classes. Crugybar Village Hall. Weds 4.15-6pm, French for Beginners; Weds 6.16-8pm, Italian for Beginners. £10 per class. Also 1-1 lessons.

Contact: 01550 760067 or gillypickering@aol.com.

creative _______________

Sew, Knit and Natter. Monday 10am12.30pm,Mustard Seed Café. Start your week with coffee, cake and a natter with others who enjoy knitting and sewing. Sandie 01570 423969.

Classical Guitar Lessons. Learn to play the classical guitar. Explore the possibilities of this wonderful instrument. Mark, 07940 426650 kingsleymark55@gmail.com Creating the Impossible!

Mon, 10.30am, Powerhouse, Llandysul with Christine Smith. £5 a session. Be inspired and inspire. Info 01570 434705 or www.christinesmith.co.uk/creating-impossible/

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 Craft Courses in Tregaron at Debonair Gift Emporium, Dewi Road, SY25 6JN. Glass foiling, mosaic making, knitting, sewing etc. Debbie, 01974 299577 or search Debonair Gift Emporium on Facebook.

Pottery Workshops, Lampeter. Art Works for Adults and Children include porcelain jewellery, cup and tiles, jug, micro porcelain sculptures. Children’s workshop includes make an animal or insect tile. Make a press mould bowl.

Contact Joanna 07966897393 / joanna.bond@gmail.com, www.joannabond.co.uk Evening Painting Classes. Mon 6.308pm, Gabrielle’s Gallery, Ffostrasol, Llandysul. SA44 4TJ. Painting exercises designed to improve colour sense, technique and observation with Gabrielle Dudley. 01239 851026.

creative writing, books & storytelling _____________ Creative Writing Workshops with professional writers. Sat 8 Dec with Damian Walford Davies, Sat 12 Jan with Carly Holmes. 2-4 pm, Tysul Hall, Llandysul. £10. Contact Kelly 07888 841140, yamazaki.kelly@yahoo.co.uk Lampeter Writers’ Workshop welcomes new members. Meets weekly. Tues 7-9pm, Wolfson Room, UWTSD Lampeter, during uni term.

Join us. Contact: Sue, 01570 423167.

events _________________ Llangeitho Christmas Fair. Fri 30 Nov, 3.30-7.30pm, Jubilee Hall, SY25 6TT. Lots of stalls for your Christmas goodies. Tea, coffee & cake available.

Supporting Wales Air Ambulance Free Admission. Enquiries Nigel or Sue: 01974 821281.

Cymdeithas Hanes Llambed. Tues 18 Dec, 7.30pm, Old Hall UWTSD Lampeter. “Spooks and Saints”, a talk

by Gwendraeth Morgan.

Mulberry Bush Café.

Sat 22 Dec: Mulberry Bush Café Christmas Extravaganza. Three course vegetarian Christmas Feast with entertainment from Smudger. £19.95.

Sat 19 Jan: Three course Middle Eastern vegetarian feast with entertainment from Deuair. £19.95.

Booking essential: 01570 423317.

Free Film Night. In Our Hands: Seeding Change. Sat 19 Jan, 6.30 for 7pm, Victoria Hall. (Repeat showing due to demand.) The inspiring story behind the blood, sweat and tears of farmers who are outgrowing the industrial food system in the wake of Brexit. Made by Black Bark Films in association with the Landworkers' Alliance. Plus a short Huw’s Nursery film, Charles Dowding's Incredibly Productive No Dig Market Garden. Free entry, refreshments, donations welcome. Hosted by Transition Llambed, TLDT & Lampeter Permaculture Group. See ad on page 8 Info: http://inourhands.film Longwood Community Woodland AGM. Weds 30 Jan, 6.30pm, Canolfan Long Wood.

health & well-being _____

Kickstart. Eat better, lose weight and get fit in 2019. RS weight loss and Lampeter Leisure Centre are offering

an amazing package from Jan to April. www.rsweightloss.co.uk/kickstart or call Rachel on 07983 862993.

Living Well, Macmillan Cancer Support.

Supporting and connecting people with cancer. Starts 14 Jan, Mon 10am12noon, St Thomas Church, Lampeter.

A chance to meet people affected by cancer and support one another.

Recommended donation £2. Contact Amy Wilson 01970 613888 or Gudrun Jones 01970 628848.

Lampeter Food Project. Thurs, 4-6pm, Victoria Hall, Lampeter. Reducing waste and redistributing ‘surplus’ food.

Wanted: local businesses willing to donate edible surplus and local people willing to help with cooking, picking up or promotion. Lindsay, 01570 493791, lindsaybiker68@hotmail.com Banc Bwyd Llambed / Lampeter Food Bank Open Mon, Weds , Fri 9am-5pm, including over holiday period. Referrals made by local agencies. Nonperishable food donations (in-date please!) can be left in Banc Bwyd collection boxes in Lampeter Co-op and Yr Hedyn Mwstard cafe.

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

Contact: Diana, 01570 640034.

Alcoholics Anonymous meet at the Catholic Church (white church opp. the police station) in Lampeter. Weds 7.30-8.30pm. For info, national helpline: 0845 7697555.

Crossroads Carers Outreach Service offers unpaid carers one-to-one advice, help, support & information. If you are an unpaid carer, please get in touch with Rebecca, 0783 4170358, cere.outreach@crossroadsmww.org.uk Headway, the Brain Injury Association.

Headway Ceredigion drop-in sessions 1st Mon of month, 2–4pm, Tesco Community Room, Aberystwyth.

Sat 1 Dec: Christmas Lunch 3 Dec: Christmas mince pies Jan: No meeting 4 Feb: Disability Advisory Service latest information and support Free Tai Chi starting in February.

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Nutritional advice for weight loss, optimal health and the reduction of inflammation. Treatment based on an understanding of human biology/ biochemistry and its evolution.

Deirdre McIntosh M.I.Biol. M.Phil. PhD 01570 470077 or 07515 393894 info@mcintoshscientific.com West Wales Buddhist Group. Learn to meditate and explore Buddhist tools for changing your life. In Aberystwyth, fortnightly, Mon 7-9pm, monthly Sat mornings. westwalesbuddhistgroup.wordpress.com

westwalesbuddhistgroup@gmail.com Support Group for people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS): Meets 1st Mon each month at Mustard Seed Café, Lampeter, 1.30-3.30pm. Croeso i bawb. Contact: Judith McKay, MS Support Volunteer, 01570 493509 or Hazel Ellis, Chair Ceredigion MS Branch, 01974 261640.

Chronic Fatigue and Pain Specialist.

Individual treatment using mind-body principles to resolve pain and fatigue.

Treatment in your own home or at a location convenient to you. Registered Occupational Therapist and SIRPA practitioner, DBS checked. Contact: Lindsey Ford, 07904 258814, www.chiron-mind-body.co.uk Narcotics Anonymous meet at St Thomas’ Methodist Church (end of Drovers Road/Peterwell Terrace), Mon 7.30-8.30pm. Helpline: 0300 9991212.

Weight-Watchers. Tues, St Peter’s Church Hall, Lampeter. Join any week, weigh anytime between 5.30pm6.30pm, talk 6.30-7pm. Just turn up or contact Eleri, 07748 270439, eretallick@weight-watchers.co.uk Dementia Support. The Potter Trust supports people in Ceredigion whose lives are affected by dementia or Alzheimer’s disease by giving money to help, e.g. with the purchase of certain items or transport costs. If you have dementia, or you know of, or look after someone who has, contact Joan Miller, 07794 674339, joan.miller4@virgin.net

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kids __________________ Canolfan Deuluol Ty'r Teulu Llanybydder Family Centre, Hafan Unit, Cwm Aur, Llanybydder now open Weds, Thurs and Fri , 9.30am-3pm with lots of play areas and activities for babies and toddlers. Mums, dads, grandparents and guardians can have a chat and a cuppa - and it is free. For info and weekly events: Ann or Sami on 01570 481617.

Lampeter Breastfeeding Group. Mon 10am-12noon, Lampeter Family Centre, Government Buildings, Pontfaen Road. Find us on Facebook or call/text 07967 201034 (excl. bank hols and school hols).

"Lampeter Little Ones" Facebook group for parents of pre-schoolers in Lampeter area. Wondering what groups and activities are available for your baby or toddler? Please check: www.facebook.com/groups/lampeterlittleones

Story-time at Lampeter Library. Mon 10.30-11am. Pre-school and toddlers.

Tic Toc. Story, dance and song for children 0-3 years and parents/ guardians. Fri 10-11am term-time. £3.10 first child, £1 each additional child. Welsh language sessions suitable for Welsh learners and beginners. www.theatrfelinfach.cymru Clwb Dawns a Chân. Singing and dancing for children 4-6 years. Mon 4.15–5pm term-time. £3 first child, £1 each additional child. www.theatrfelinfach.cymru Clog Dancing Club. 7-11 years. Weds 4.30-5.15pm. £30 for a block of 6 sessions. www.theatrfelinfach.cymru Theatr Felinfach Performing School.

Every Thurs. Please enquire for more information.

01570 470697, www.theatrfelinfach.cymru Ti a Fi. Mon 9.30-11.30am, Llangeitho Jubilee Hall. A parent and child group for ages 0-4. £1 a week, bring a snack.

All welcome to come to play and chat.

Claire, 07727 415634.

RAY Ceredigion Outdoor Play Sessions.

Tues, 3.30-5.30pm, Parc yr Orsedd, Lampeter. For children of all ages (under 4s must be accompanied). All ages welcome as are volunteers, with free training provided. Further info: 01545 570686 and Facebook.

Little M’zzz indoor soft play centre, Llanybydder. Mon, Thurs, Fri, Sat &

Sun 10am-6pm, 7 days/week in school holidays. Birthday party bookings welcome. Tasty menu, free WiFi. 01570 480268, www.littlemzzz.co.uk Home-Start. Ready for school groups have started in Talgarreg Hall on Thursdays, and Felinfach Hall on Fridays 9.30-11.30am. Fun for children and adults, the project, funded by the lottery, is delivered in collaboration with Jig-so & Home Start, and helps to develop the basic skills every child needs to prepare for school.

Contact: Sarah Harries, 01239 615922 Mae grwpiau Barod i’r Ysgol wedi cychwyn yn Neuadd Talgarreg ar ddydd Iau, ac yn Neuadd Felinfach ar ddydd Gwener rhwng 9.30 – 11.30 yn. Mae’n brosiect llawn hwyl i blant a rhieni sy’n datblygu sgiliau sylfaenol wrth baratoi dechrau’r ysgol. Ariennir gan y Loteri ac mae’n cael ei redeg gan Jig-so a Home Start ar y cyd.

Sarah Harries, 01239 615922.

Young Rangers “Play, Explore, Discover.” Tues & Thurs, 4-6pm, Denmark Farm. After-school club for 6-11 years. Woodland activities, games, nature awareness & bushcraft led by Forest School trained staff. £6, £5.50 for siblings. Sally, 07799 052131 sally@harveysofcellan.co.uk www.facebook.com/youngrangersclub/ 1st Lampeter Brownies. Meet Weds, 4.30-6pm, term-time.

Nikki, 07790 987070.

1st Lampeter Rainbows, for girls 5-7 years every other Sat, 10-11.30am at St Thomas’ Methodist Church. Bev, 07891 570180 or via www.girlguiding.org.uk/joinus 1st Lampeter Beaver Scouts. Weds 4 5pm, term time. For boys and girls aged 6-8. Rachel, 07730684543.

1st Lampeter Cub Scouts. Meet Mon, 5.30-7pm. For boys and girls aged 8-10. Iris, 07769326032 .

1st Lampeter Scouts. Meet Mon 7-9pm.

For boys and girls aged 10.5-14. Kelvin, 01570 218567.

1st Lampeter Explorers. For boys and girls aged 14-18. Iris, 07769 326032.

Aberaeron Indoor Market, Memorial Hall, South Rd, Aberaeron. Sat, 10.00 3.30. Enquiries: Philomena 01545 574729 or via the Aberaeron Indoor Market Facebook page.

Tregaron Monthly Indoor Market, Memorial Hall, SY25 6JL. 10am-3pm, 1st Fri. Over 20 stalls, wide selection of goods. Next market: 14 Dec (last one until Apr 2019). Find us on Facebook.

Nigel, 01974 821281, nigel@nigelbirdbooks.co.uk.

Ffarmers Market, Neuadd Bro Fana/ Village Hall, Ffarmers, 10am-12.30pm 1st Sat in month.

Brechfa Market, Neuadd yr Eglwys / Church Hall, Brechfa, 10am-1pm, 1st Sat in month. Lorna, 01267 202359 lornajaynejones@btinternet.com Lisa, 01267 202727, 07733 336865.

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

move your body _________

Cerddwyr Llambed (Ramblers).

Join us for some surprises and some glorious days rambling.

Sat 8 Dec: Brechfa. 7.5 miles, moderate.

Sat 15 Dec: Ramble with Christmas Dinner. 3 miles, leisurely.

Sat 29 Dec: Lampeter Loop and Hidden Histories. 3 miles, leisurely.

Sat 5 Jan: Hwyl yr Ŵyl, Talgarreg.

Poems and pints to follow. 4 miles, leisurely.

Sun 13 Jan: Hen Calan, Cwm Gwaun, Newport. 6 miles, leisurely.

Sat 19 Jan: Llandysul to Gorrig. 7 miles, moderate.

Weds 23 Jan: Pontrhydfendigaid. 5 miles, leisurely+.

Sat 26 Jan: Cross Inn, New Quay. 7.5 miles, moderate.

For more info please contact: James, 01570 480743 or Kay, 01570 480041.

Fabulous Friday Walkers. Easy access walking for an hour. Meet rain or shine, 10am Rookery car park. Free, followed by coffee and chat. Or just meet for coffee. Philip Lodwick, 01570 422181.

Walk Out Workout. Join us for a brisk markets _______________ fitness walk around Lampeter on People’s Market, Victoria Hall, Thursday evenings. Meet at the leisure Lampeter. 10am-1pm every 2nd & 4th centre for 6.30pm and expect to be Sat each month. Next markets: 8 & 22 out for around an hour including the Dec, 12 & 26 Jan. optional hill at the end. It’s fun & free.

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canolfan hamdden a phwll nofio llambed lampeter leisure centre & swimming pool 01570 422552 / 01570 422959 lampeter-leisure@ceredigion.gov.uk facebook: hamdden llambed leisure Dydd / Day

Dydd Llun Monday

Dydd Mawrth Tuesday

Dydd Mercher Wednesday

Dydd Iau Thursday

Dydd Gwener Friday

Dydd Sadwrn Saturday

Amser / Time

Sesiwn / Dosbarth

Session / Class

Pris / Price

10.30-11.00am

Troelli Dwr

Hydro Spin

£6

5.45-6.15pm

Troelli

Spin

£3.60

6.30-7.30pm

Cylchredai

Circuit Training

£5.50

7.30-8.00pm

Aerobeg Dwr

Aqua Aerobics

£3.60

9.00-9.30am

Boogie Bounce

Boogie Bounce

£3.60

3.30-5.00pm

Clwb Cleddyfau*

Fencing Club*

5.30-6.15pm

KettleFit

Kettlebells

£4.60

5.30-6.30pm

Pilates*

Pilates*

£6

6.30-7.00pm

Cardi-O X/Fit

Cardi-O X/Fit

£3.60

6.00-7.00pm

Ffitrwydd Ysgafn

Ease into Fitness

£5.50

6.00-6.30pm

Troelli

Spin

£3.60

6.30-7.00pm

HIIT ABS

HIIT ABS

£3.60

7.00-8.00pm

Boxercise

Boxercise

£5.50

5.15-6.00pm

Aerobeg (Joan)

Aerobics (Joan)

£5.15 / £4.15

6.00-6.30pm

Troelli Chwim

Spin Sprint

£3.60

6.00-7.00pm

Pilates*

Pilates*

£6

7.15-7.45pm

Boogie Bounce

Boogie Bounce

£3.60

8.00-8.30pm

Boogie Bounce

Boogie Bounce

£3.60

11.30am12.30pm

Aerobeg Dwr

Aqua Aerobics

£4

5.45-6.15pm

Cardi-O X/Fit

Cardi-O X/Fit

£3.60

6.30-7.00pm

Aerobeg Step

Step Aerobics

£3.60

7.15-8.00pm

Rhwyfo Mewnol

Indoor Rowing

£4.60

9.15am-1.00pm

Ysgol Gymnasteg Rees*

Rees School of Gymnastics*

2.00-3.00pm

Disco Rhowl*

Roller Disco*

£3.40/£2.50

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7.00-8.30

Dydd Llun Dydd Mawrth

Nofio Cynnar (Lon) Nofio Cynnar (Lon)

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Nofio Cynnar (Lon)

Dydd Gwener

Dydd Sadwrn

Dydd Sul

12.30-13.30

13.3015.30

16.0017.30

17.30-18.30

18.3019.30

19.30-21.00

Aerobeg Dwr (7.30-8pm)

Nofio Ysgol

Hydro Spin

Nofio 50+ (60+ AM DDIM)

Nofio Cyhoeddus

Nofio Ysgol

Gweri Nofio

Nofio Cyhoeddus

Nofio Lôn Cyflym

Nofio Ysgol

Nofio Ysgol

Rhiant a Phlentyn

Nofio Cyhoeddus

Nofio Ysgol

Gwersi Nofio

Nofio Cyhoeddus

Nofio Lôn

Nofio Cyhoeddus

Nofio Ysgol

Gwersi Nofio

Nofio Cyhoeddus

Gwersi Oedolion

Nofio Ysgol

Nofio Ysgol

Nofio Cyhoeddus

Nofio Ysgol

Gwersi Nofio

Nofio Cyhoeddus

Nofio Lôn

Nofio Ysgol

Nofio Ysgol

Canolfan Steffan Nofio 50+ (60+ AM DDIM) Aerobeg Dwr

Nofio Cyhoeddus

Nofio Ysgol

Gwersi Nofio

Nofio Cyhoeddus

Dydd Mercher Dydd Iau

11.30-12.30

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10.0011.30

11.30-12.30

Nofio Cynnar (Lon)

Nofio Teuluol

Nofio Cyhoeddus

9.0010.00

10.0011.30

11.30-12.30

Nofio Cynnar (Lon)

Nofio Teuluol

Nofio Cyhoeddus

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7.008.30

Monday Tuesday

Early Birds (Lanes) Early Birds (Lanes)

9.0010.30

10.3011.30

School Swim

Hydro Spin

School Swim

School Swim

Wednesday Thursday Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Early Birds (Lanes)

Dilynwch ni ar: Hamdden Llambed Leisure

12.30-13.30

13.3015.30

16.00-17.30

17.30-18.30

50+ Swim (60+ FREE)

General Public

School Swim

Lifeguard Academy

General Public

Speed Lane Swim

Parent & Toddler

General Public

School Swim

Swimming Lessons

General Public

Lane Swim

Steffan Centre

General Public

School Swim

Swimming Lessons

General Public

Adult Lessons Lane Swim

11.30-12.30

Nofio Cyhoeddus

School Swim

School Swim

50+ Swim (60+ FREE)

General Public

School Swim

Swimming Lessons

General Public

School Swim

School Swim

Aqua Aerobics

General Public

School Swim

Swimming Lessons

General Public

9.0010.00

10.0011.30

Early Birds (Lanes)

Family Swim

9.0010.00

10.0011.30

Early Birds (Lanes)

Family Swim

18.3019.30

19.30-21.00

Aqua Aerobics (7.30-8pm)

General Public

11.30-12.30

General Public 11.30-12.30

General Public

Free 60+ Swimming - Term time only Birthday Parties can be booked over the weekend Holiday Programme available from the pool

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move your body cont’d _____ Aberaeron Walk & Talk Group. Short and easy guided walks for those who find walking more difficult. Meet new people, get fitter and enjoy yourself.

Meet outside County Hall/Library Tuesdays, 2pm. Info: Gillian, 01545 574811, gamorgan@waitrose.com Couch to 5K Running Group. Mon & Weds, 6.30pm, meet outside Lampeter Leisure Centre. 9 week course aimed at beginners who want to improve health and fitness. Free. Facebook: Lampeter Couch to 5K Running Group or contact Helen, 07817 543257.

Llanerchaeron parkrun 5K Every Sat, 9am, at Llanerchaeron National Trust House, Ciliau Aeron. Free parking and toilets at visitor centre. Coffee and cake at Conti’s Café afterwards. All ability runners/walkers welcome. Children aged 4-11 must be accompanied by an adult. No dogs.

Sarn Helen Running & Cycling Club welcomes all abilities. Junior runners (age 8-16) meet at Lampeter Leisure Centre, Tues 6.15pm. Adult runners meet Rookery car park, Tues 6.15 & 8pm, Thurs 6.15pm. For cycling (road and MTB): www.sarnhelen.org.uk.

Tai Chi Classes. Tues 11am-12pm, Thurs 6-7pm, Old Hall, UWTSD Lampeter. £5 or £4 for over 50's, beginners welcome. Contact Richard 01558 650843.

Lampeter Badminton Club.

Fri 5-6.30pm, Lampeter Leisure Centre, All standards welcome, £2.

Squash Court Available. University Sports Hall, Lampeter, £6 per hour, 9am-9pm, Mon-Fri. To hire or join a league. Contact: 01570 424774.

Aerobics/Body Toning. Weds 7.308.30pm, Cellan Millennium Hall. £4.

Contact: Debbie, 01570 493594.

Hydrospin - Aqua Cycling & trampolines followed by (Water Conditioning) Lampeter Pool, Mon 10.15am (10.45am); Aberaeron Pool, Tues 11.45am (12.15pm) & 7pm (7.30pm) plus Aqua Mats, 11.15-11.45am & 8-8.30pm. Contact: David Maund to book: 07792 351607.

Badminton. Tues 10am-12.30pm, Coronation Hall, Pumsaint. £2, equipment provided but please wear suitable footwear.

All abilities welcome. Yvonne, 01558 650870.

Caron Archery Club. Sat, 3-5pm, Caron Leisure Centre, Tregaron. Target archery club welcoming Archery GB members who just want to shoot. Also Beginners Archery sessions with full certificate on completion (ask for dates). £5 or £3 for members, caronarcheryclub@gmail.com Indoor Short Mat Bowls. Fri 7pm, Coronation Hall, Pumsaint. £1 incl. tea, coffee and biscuits. Bowls provided, please wear flat-soled shoes. All abilities welcome. Yvonne, 01558 650870.

Table Tennis. Thurs 10am-12.30pm, Coronation Hall, Pumsaint. £1.50, equipment provided but wear suitable footwear. Drop in, all abilities welcome. Yvonne, 01558 650870.

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. Mon 6.30-8pm, £8 drop-in or £28 for 4 sessions, St Thomas' Hall, Lampeter. Mixed abilities. Susie Bates (BWY teacher), 07588 527512.

Yoga.

Weds 5.30-7pm, Cellan st Millennium Hall. 1 Weds each month Yoga on a Ball (bring your own Swiss ball). Small friendly group led by Pat Beaton, 01558 650594.

Yoga with Ginny Moffett. Mon, 6.157.30pm, Church Hall, Abergorlech, SA32 7SN. All abilities welcome, bring your own mat. £8. Ginny 01558 650 572 or 07791 165998.

Yoga with Karen Hills. Hatha Yoga, Weds 10-11.30am in Victoria Hall, and Beginners Yoga Weds 6pm-7pm at St Peter's Church. Exploring physical postures to relax the body and mind. Improving flexibility, balance, and concentration. Using breath and relaxation techniques to deal with life’s stresses. Sat 1 Dec: Yoga and Lunch, 11am-2pm(ish), Tregaron Riverside Café. 1:1 sessions available. Booking essential. Karen 07547 125937. www.breatheinyoga.co.uk Yoga & Pilates with Ann Inshaw. Power Vinyasa Flow Yoga: Mon 5.30-7pm and Fri 10-11.30am, UWTSD Sports Hall.

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

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

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Ann, 07826 692110.

American Tribal Style Bellydance. Tues 1-2pm & Weds 6-7pm, dance studio, UWTSD Lampeter Sports Hall. Contact: Wendy Steele, 01570 472921, 07752 478779.

Egyptian Belly Dance. Weds, 7.30pm8.45pm, Sally Saunders Dance Studio.

Non-performance class focussing on the health benefits of belly dance. £6. Catriona, 07792 248962 Lampeter Egyptian Belly Dance.

Fri, 9.30-10.30am, all levels, £5.

Contact: Mel Long, 07879 651072 Fri, 10.45am-12pm, improvers , £6.

Fri, 12.15-1.15pm, Fit for Life (50+), £5.

Contact: Rose Barter, 01239 851737 All classes at Sally Saunders Dance Studio, Lampeter Industrial Estate.

Belly Dance Beginners Class. Tues 5.306.30pm, Tregaron Leisure Centre, £5.

Melanie Long (JTA accredited), 07879 651072, melmaylong@hotmail.com Jane Guy School of Dance. Tues & Sat Lampeter, Thurs - Felinfach. We teach ballet & modern, working up to an annual performance. Find us on Facebook: The Jane Guy School of Dancing. Contact: Jade, 07972 521842 Mat-based Pilates Plus. First and last Mon of month, 2-3.15pm, Llangeitho Village Hall. Suitable for beginners, but please call. Bring mat. Benefits include improved posture and body shape, muscle-toning, increased energy, strength, agility, stamina and body/mind/spirit connection. Shân Rees, qualified Pilates instructor: 01570 218138, 07940 375147.

Walking Basketball. Weds 5-6pm, £3.

For 40+. Walking Football. Fri, 5.306.30pm, £3. Come along and have some fun. Tregaron Leisure Centre.

01974 298960.

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Benefit Gig . Sat 24 Nov, 6pm-late. The Ginger Ale Factory, North Rd, Lampeter. SA48 7JD. 14 outstanding live acts. No fixed admission charge.

Donate what you can afford. Bar & food & raffle.

Gig Budd-Daliadau. Dydd Sadwrn 24 Tachwedd, 6yh-hyd yn hwyr. Ffatri Ginger Ale. SA48 7JD. 14 o weithredoedd byw eithriadol. Dim tal mynediad penodedig. Rhowch yr hyn y gallwch ei fforddio. Bar a bwyd ar gael a raffl hefyd.

music cont’d _____________ Celf Llambed Arts.

Sat 1 Dec: Transglobal Underground and Paradox.

Sat 8 Dec: Tyhai - Indo Celtic Trio.

Victoria Hall, Lampeter. Shambles café from 7pm. Live music 8.30pm. Tickets: Mulberry Bush, Lampeter; Green Shop, Llandeilo; Andy’s Records, Aberystwyth. www.celf-llambed-arts.org.uk Heartwave Dance Party. Sat 8 Dec, 711pm, Merched Y Wawr Women's Institute Hall, Aberystwyth, SY23 1JH. Live music. Free entry, vegetarian and vegan food available.

Lampeter Folk/Gwerin Llambed. Fri 21 Dec, 7.30pm, Victoria Hall, Lampeter.

Festive Folk Open Mic, mulled wine, mince pies and seasonal songs. £3 (students £1), tea/coffee/cakes or BYOB. Next meeting Fri 15 March for Ides special. Contact 07817 715321, www.facebook.com/lampeterfolk Aberaeron Chorale Autumn Concert Sat 1 Dec, Holy Trinity Church, Aberaeron, 7.30pm. Fauré's Requiem, Tippett Four Spirituals, arias and choruses from West Side Story and Les Misérables. Tickets from choir members or on the door.

Cwmanne Tavern Acoustic Music Sessions. Every Thursday from 8.30pm.

Goldies Singing: selection of pop songs from 1950s-70s. 2nd Tues of month, 11am-12pm, Mustard Seed Café, Lampeter. No meet in Dec. Suggested donation £2.

permaculture, gardening & conservation ___________

Lampeter Permaculture Group Seed Swap 2019. Sat 23rd Feb, 10am-1pm, Victoria Hall. Bring your saved or surplus seeds to swap, or find seeds to sow and start growing your own veg.

In the spirit of a swap, seeds are free but we welcome donations. Sow a few extra seeds and bring the seedlings to the Plant Swap later in the year. Info about permaculture from group members, or visit the Seed Library.

Lampeter Seed Library. 2nd and 4th Sat each month at the People’s Market, Victoria Hall. Join the library, borrow or donate seed. Free service. All welcome. Cathy Streeter banchadaullambed@outlook.com Growing Together/ Tyfu Gyda’n Gilydd, free community noticeboard in

Victoria Hall, Lampeter. Aims to widen access to locally grown food by facilitating non-monetary exchange of growing and husbandry skills, and knowledge, labour, food/harvest, growing spaces and produce.

Lampeter Permaculture Group. A collective of like-minded people, interested in principles and practice of permaculture and sustainability. www.lampeterpermaculture.org Permaculture & Conservation Advice, designs, courses to change your life.

Angie Polkey, 01974 831300, info@purposefulpermaculture.co.uk , Sustainable Home Retrofit Advice. Save money on home heating. Andy Polkey, andy.polkey2@gmail.com

religious services/groups _

Brondeifi. Festri Brondeifi ar gael at eich defnydd. Ystafell gyfforddus fodern gyda gwres canolog, piano a sistem sain. Cegin, llestri ac ati ar gael hefyd. / The Vestry at Brondeifi is available for your use. Modern and comfortable room with central heating, piano and sound system, kitchen with crockery and cutlery. brondeifi@gmail.com 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.

Services 3 times a week. Sun, 10.45am, Holy Eucharist. New: Mon, 6pm, Christian Meditation, 1/2 hour service.

Weds, 10.45am, Holy Eucharist & Ministry of Healing.

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, £9.50 per hour. Kitchen facilities. Contact: Beryl, 01570 422324 St Mary’s Church, Maestir.

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

St Thomas' Methodist Church Fri 7 Dec, 7pm. Christmas Concert, coffee and mince pies. Free entry but donations welcome for The Rhoda Chidongo Scholarship.

Sun Service 10.30am, crèche & youth 30

activity.

Church rooms for hire, kitchen facilities. Contact: 01570 423757.

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 423360.

All Saints' Church, Cellan. Bilingual services 1st and 3rd Sun of month. 1st Sun, 10am. 3rd Sun 2pm. A warm welcome to all. Baptisms and weddings by arrangement. Revd. Bill Fillery, 01570 421425.

St Mary's Church, Llanfair Clydogau.

Bilingual services. 11.15am, 1st and 3rd Sun each month. A warm welcome to all. Baptisms and weddings by arrangement. Revd. Bill Fillery, 01570 421425.

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

Oedfa Gymun ar Sul cynta'r mis am 6yr hwyr. Oedfa am 9.30 ar drydydd Sul y mis. Ysgol Sul nob nos Wener o 4-5 yn Noddfa. Croeso cynnes i bawb.

Lampeter Quakers / Crynwyr Llambed Sun 10.45am, Canolfan Steffan, Peterwell Terrace. All welcome/Cwrdd bob ddydd Sul, Canofan Steffen Rhodfa Peterwell, 10.45yb. Creoso y bawb.

Cysylltwch/Contact: 01570 471488, Lizmcd12@gmail.com www.quaker.org.uk

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Merry Makers’ Women’s Group Weds, 10.30am-3pm. St James’ Hall, Cwmann. £3 includes vegetarian lunch, refreshments and all activities. Free car park. Disabled toilet & access. All women welcome.

Wed 28 Nov: Making Christmas tree decorations Wed 5 Dec: Carols Wed 12 Dec: Board Games Wed 9 Jan: Creative Writing Wed 16 Jan: Painting Wed 23 Jan: Favourite poems Wed 30 Jan: Play reading For more details please phone: 01570 470172 or 01570 434507

Copy Deadline for February - Issue 66: Friday 10 January 2019 - Theme: ‘Final Brexit?’

social cont’d ______________

11yb-12yh/ Tues 11am-12pm, Mulberry Bush Café, Heol y Bont / Lampeter Bridge Club every Tues, 6.45pm, Hafan Deg Retirement Home. Bridge Street, Llanbedr P.S./ Lampeter.

Visitors and learners welcome. Contact Croeso i bawb/All welcome. Croeso i Keith, 01974 298811 for more info. unrhyw Cymro/Cymraesrdsy'n fodlon Lampeter WI. Meet 3 Weds each Dewch i’n cwrdd, croeso mawr ichi.

Lampeter chess club every Tues, 2- month from 10.30am at St. Thomas 3pm, The Mustard Seed. Friendly Church. New members warmly 01570 421683. games, nothing serious or heavy, welcome. Contact: nd Cellan WI: 2 Thurs each month, beginners welcome, tuition available, otherwise just play or chat. Bring a 7.30pm, Cellan Millennium Hall. A diboard and pieces if you have them. verse, energetic and enthusiastic Contact: Nick, 01570 481735, or just group of ladies. Drop in for a taster and join the fun. Contact Penny 01570 turn up.

Hwyl a Hamdden. Social group for the 423877. over-50s. Weds 1.30-3pm, term-time. Cynhelir Cinio’r Trydydd Byd yn Variety of talks, visits and light Neuadd Eglwys Sant Pedr bob dydd Gwener cyntaf y mis, o 12-1.30yh. entertainment. 01570 47069, Anfonir pob rhodd i Brosiect Tyfu www.theatrfelinfach.com Cymorth Cristnogol.

Third World Lunch St. Peter’s Church Bwyd st Gwerthfawrogir eich cefnogaeth.

Hall, Lampeter. 1 Fri each month, 121.30pm. Payment by donation, all Whist Drives, every fortnight at Hafan donations to Christian Aid Food Deg, Lampeter. All welcome. All funds to Hafan Deg League of Friends.

Growing Programme.

CYD Llambed. Ymarfer eich Cymraeg/ Contact: Gwen Davies, 01570 481152.

Practise your Welsh. Dydd Mawrth Custard Queens WI: Meet a lively bunch of ladies of all ages, be prepared to experience new CELLAN MILLENNIUM HALL things. Every 1st Sun, 7.30CLASSES AND GROUPS 10pm, Victoria Hall (2nd Sun Classes subject to change: on Bank Holiday weekends). please check Cinio Cymraeg Tregaron. www.millenniumhallcellan.co.uk language monthly for updates, contact details, and our What’s On Welsh page for one-off events dinners at the Talbot Hotel, 1st Thurs each month. Not MONDAY suitable for absolute Golden Broth Lunch Club: beginners but anyone who 11.30-2pm has attended classes for a Line Dancing: 7-10pm

TUESDAY Lampeter Home Ed. Group: 12-5pm Qi Gong: 6-7pm Tai Chi: 7-8pm Lampeter Bee Keepers: 8.15-10.15pm Every 2nd Tues of month WEDNESDAY Yoga: 5.30-7pm Aerobics & Body Toning: 7.30-8.30pm

year or two will probably find the events enjoyable. 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 Drefach and Llanwenog Coffee Mornings. Last Weds of month, 10am. All welcome. Join Facebook Calendr Cymdeithasol y Cledlyn The Cledlyn Social Calendar for more info and other events in the district.

volunteering ___________

Global Justice West Wales group. Be part of the change. Contact: info@purposefulpermaculture.co.uk Coedwig Gymunedol Long Wood Community Woodland: Woodland Wednesdays.

Join volunteering sessions to develop practical skills and benefit of working in a beautiful environment. One session in four devoted to own woodcraft project. No experience needed, training given.

Meet at Canolfan Long Wood Centre, 10am info@longwood-lampeter.org.uk Denmark Farm Conservation Centre.

Looking for voluntary trustees to join our charity ‘The Shared Earth Trust’.

Seeking individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences and skill sets, especially finance, conservation, marketing and fundraising, but other roles available. Info: 01570 493358 or www.denmarkfarm.org.uk/volunteer-vacancies-2/

Copy Deadline: Fri 10 Jan 2019 lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com

Film Nights Fri 7 Dec: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (PG) Lily James, Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep 5 years after Mamma Mia! (2008), Sophie prepares for the Hotel Bella Donna to re-open as she learns more about her mother’s past.

Doors open 7.15pm, film at 7.45pm

THURSDAY WI: 2nd Thurs of month 7.30pm FRIDAY Film Night: fortnightly 7.15pm for 7.45pm No films after 7 December until February

Admission by Donation.

Suggestions for future films welcome!

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As the pension age rises, more and more people need, and want, to remain economically active in their later years. People HRH The Prince of Wales meeting Lynda Wongham receiving an award PRIME Cymru Mentors aged over 50 have a huge wealth of skills and from HRH The Prince of Wales at the PRIME Cymru Awards life experience that they can often turn into successful businesses and reap the rewards of doing so. For many such people self-employment can be a fantastic opportunity to develop another career in later life. This was certainly the case for Lynda Wongham who was supported by a PRIME Cymru Mentor to develop her business Assisted Mobility.

PRIME Cymru is a registered charity founded by HRH the Prince of Wales in 2001 and is the only organisation in Wales dedicated to providing practical support to people aged 50 and over who want to become and remain economically active. PRIME Cymru Mentors provide free support for individuals looking to set up in business, find employment or training and volunteering opportunities.

“I happen to believe that the experience and skills which people build up over a lifetime are an invaluable resource and it is madness for society not to make use of this. PRIME Cymru continues to develop new ideas and approaches, to enable older people to become and remain economically active and, in fact, is the only organisation in Wales that exists purely to help older people achieve their ambitions… I’m increasingly proud of what PRIME Cymru is managing to achieve.”

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, Founder and President of PRIME Cymru

The PRIME Cymru mentoring programme has mentors located across Wales but it is now looking to grow its network in the local area. “Volunteering with PRIME Cymru is easy and the time commitment is flexible. Mentors can come from a diverse background and can be of any age, they just need the skills and knowledge to help others start new opportunities” says Tom Hughes-Lewis, Mentor Programme Co-ordinator.

If you would like to become a Volunteer Mentor or would like to receive our support please contact: enquires@primecymru.co.uk or call 01550 721813 Tom Hughes-Lewis

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Llewod Llambed Mini Tournament for “CHILDREN IN NEED” A HUGE thank you to all the teams that turned out on Thursday 15/11 at Lampeter Leisure Centre for 2 hours of a fast, furious and fun netball tournament. Teams from our wonderful sponsors Wales and West Housing Association, Lampeter Tree Services, Sarn Helen, Merched Hoci Llanybydder, Lampeter Leisure Centre Staff, and three mixed teams from Llewod Llambed. All who took part played games in a charitable and enthusiastic fashion. Thank you to those that organised everyone on the night, for those who brought raffle prizes and those that bought tickets for it, the Leisure Centre for being so accommodating, Lampeter Tree Services & Wales and West housing Association for their generous additional donations and to all who came along to play.

Player of the Torunament Hefin Jones, who played for Llewod's "Aslan's Army”

Why the LPG/TL film group is showing “In our Hands” again - a personal perspective Civilization as we know it is heading for a cliff. The problems we will certainly face in the not distant future look so overwhelming.

Environmental, social and economic perils. At the same time, we encounter political and democratic dysfunction.

That’s why the LPG/TL film group is going to show In our hands again. And to encourage those we know to come see it. Why? Because it is not just a film that gives us hope but it is a call to action. That each of us has it within us to carry out acts of defiance and resistance. And the power to create an alternative future to that set by

the 1% of elites.

One way our ruling elites have us by our throats is their control of our food supplies. And the logical way to resist is to build our own food sovereignty.

Individually and collectively, we try to grow as much of our own food as possible. But, so much better if you were part of a group, though. Not just because “Many hands make light work”, but “No person is an island”. Humans are social beings. We need the support, encouragement and kindness of companions.

One of the things that has given me hope is the sensation I get every time 33

I get to eat food grown by us - friends, family and local community. Not just because I know it’s organic, full of nutrition and tastes good, but that every bite I take of this lovely homegrown food is an act of resistance.

If you want to meet some folks in your locality who believe another future is possible, then come to the re-screening of In our Hands on Saturday, 19 January 2019 Victoria Hall, Lampeter And bring a friend.

Please see the advert opposite for details Resistance is fun.

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A Day In The Life Of Lampeter Food Bank The Food Bank distributes food parcels to locals who need it. They may be homeless, but anyone struggling with money to buy food can obtain a referral from their housing association, social services, Camfan on Drovers Road, local churches, CAB, Lampeter surgery, HomeStart or Team Around The Family. One of these agencies will then phone the Food Bank to make the referral and arrange for food to be picked up on Mondays, Wednesdays or Fridays.

On another day a volunteer goes to the Co-op to collect the donations from the two baskets by the exit. This week is quite good, both baskets are half full. Sometimes they are full to overflowing, sometimes there is not much in there. If donations stopped we would have enough in store to meet demand for a few weeks only.

What people donate varies – and people are responsive to the weekly notices on the baskets about what is most needed. There will be a few toiletries, however as a man who never thinks about these things, I am always impressed by the donations of female sanitary products - these are also essential and if someone doesn't have the money for food then they won't have money for these. A great debt is owed to the Co-op who allow our baskets a permanent presence and it is humbling to think that each item donated is an act of love.

Sometimes surprises lurk in the baskets. The nice ones are the seasonal donations. People are thinking about children so there might be Easter eggs or bottles or cartons of pop in the hot weather, and currently a batch of Halloween chocolates was there. The nasty surprises may sometimes be seen in advance such as an Asda plastic bag.

We don't have an Asda nearby, so

where has this one come from? It's clearly a cupboard clearance. These are not always welcome as the contents of a cupboard clearout should usually be put into the bin. We cannot give out food that is past its "use by" date. Yes, we all know that tinned food SHOULD be good for decades, but we are subject to rigorous laws on the matter. Personal investigation has oft revealed that the contents are actually not edible; given the myth of longevity, it is a surprise to see that a lot of tinned food is bad not many months after the date on the end. Worse still are tins that are rusty. Rust dust dropping in during opening is a serious health hazard.

Cupboard clearance people might remember that children are to eat these donations. The horror stuff is medicines. Why has someone put old half-used medicine in the baskets? I have to throw them away. Surely taking them to the Co-op was more work in the first place than putting them in their own bin back home (or other disposal process as indicated on the packaging).

We load all the items into a trolley and take them to the car. It seems that when loading the back of the car it always rains. Return the trolley, then up to the Food Bank. Down the corridor, across the car park, load food from the back of the car whilst the rain has become heavier and back down the corridor with a trolley. In the store room all donations are put onto the table in preparation for the next hour of trying to find where the "use by" date is hidden on each item and putting it on the side and the top in permanent marker. The second hour is putting each item on the shelves with identical tins, however the new items must be put at the back so that produce at the front is used first; so basically the entire stock 34

must be moved forward - each shelffull.

There are always many packets of pasta and copious tins of beans given.

My theory is that people think "I am donating to the poor. What do poor people eat? Beans and pasta, therefore I will donate beans and pasta�. I'm sure that it wouldn't be too far off the mark to suggest that almost a third of the stock room is beans and pasta. Other tinned fruit or vegetables would help to even things out somewhat. Oh look! Some kind soul has put in some Polish food. I'm sure it's a tasty can of "Konserwowa Wieprzowina" with no picture and a use by date of 2028, but what is it*?

After standing like an idiot with it clutched in one hand and staring around the room for 15 minutes I give up and put it on the little table. The little table is there for items that have their "use by" date coming up and need to be given away soon or for the seasonal items or mystery items. The earlier hour of shifting stuff on the shelves should weed out most items coming to the end of their useful life.

The next day different volunteers will take referrals, make up food for three days of three meals multiplied by the number of people in the family and arrange a handover time. These volunteers will also go shopping for fresh items such as milk, bread, and fresh vegetables and fruit for each referral received.

More volunteers would be welcome. *preserved pork: Google translate Banc Bwyd Volunteer Banc Bwyd Llanbed will be open additionally during the holiday period on our usual days Mon, Wed and Fri. If you need an urgent referral over the Xmas period, Camfan will be open every day except Wednesdays, Xmas Day (Tues 25 Dec) and New Year’s Day (Tues 1 Jan).

www.clonc.co.uk

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

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

www.clonc360.cymru

www.clonc360.cymru

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

Dyma grynodeb o rai storïau diweddar.

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

Here is a summary of some recent stories.

#SteddfodCardi

By Elin Haf Jones 08/11/18 Ceredigion YFC Eisteddfod report.

The skiing instructor and ‘road rage’!

By Dylan Lewis 05/11/18 Sioned Douglas from Lampeter answering the ‘Cadwyn Cyfrinachau’ questions in the November issue of Papur Bro Clonc.

#SteddfodCardi Gan Elin Haf Jones 08/11/18 Adroddiad Eisteddfod CFfI Ceredigion.

Local success - Carmarthenshire YFC Eisteddfod 2018

Yr hyfforddwraig sgïo a ‘road rage’!

By Sian Elin 01/11/18 Eisteddfod highlights in terms of local clubs.

Gan Dylan Lewis 05/11/18 Sioned Douglas o Lanbed yn ateb cwestiynau ‘Cadwyn Cyfrinachau’ yn rhifyn Tachwedd Papur Bro Clonc .

Llwyddiant lleol - Eisteddfod CFfI Sir Gâr 2018

Llanybydder floods

Gan Sian Elin 01/11/18 Uchafbwyntiau’r eisteddfod o safbwynt clybiau lleol.

By Kay Davies 18/10/18 The efforts of the Village Committee to help the recent flood victims.

A step forward to develop the Welsh language in Ysgol Bro Pedr

Llifogydd Llanybydder

By Siwan Richards 16/10/18 Consultation on developing the language medium to Welsh in the Foundation Phase.

Gan Kay Davies 18/10/18 Ymdrechion Pwyllgor y Pentref i helpu dioddefwyr y llifogydd diweddar.

Cam ymlaen i ddatblygu’r iaith Gymraeg yn Ysgol Bro Pedr

Hard on the outside and soft on the inside!

Gan Siwan Richards 16/10/18 Ymgynghoriad ar ddatblygu cyfrwng iaith i’r Gymraeg yn y Cyfnod Sylfaen.

By Dylan Lewis 11/10/18 John Heath from Lampeter answering the ‘Cadwyn Cyfrinachau’ questions in the October issue of Papur Bro Clonc.

Caled ar y tu allan a meddal ar y tu fewn!

Gan Dylan Lewis 11/10/18 John Heath o Lanbed yn ateb cwestiynau ‘Cadwyn Cyfrinachau’ rhifyn Hydref Papur Bro Clonc.

A new War Memorial in Llanfair Clydogau

Cofgolofn newydd Llanfair Clydogau

By Dan ac Aerwen 10/10/18 Details of the new War Memorial in the village and plans for the unveiling.

Gan Dan ac Aerwen 10/10/18 Manylion y gofgolofn newydd yn y pentref a chynlluniau’r dadorchuddio.

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Competetive, Friendly and Fun Games running away with the first half. We did manage to curb their lead to six goals further into the match and had some excellent runs of play, but nerves and inexperience again played their part and allowed them to finish off decisive winners with a 45-26 score line. Nominated player for the second week, Lioness Carwen Richards and Captains player was Lioness centre Alice George, Di iawn ferched!

The non-league members of the club invited Aberystwyth University Development Squad (A.U.D.S) to a friendly this month. Players of all ability and ages took part with the Lionesses fielding a squad with players from 10 yrs. old to 60! It was an enjoyable, friendly and fun but competitive game and seeing the teams establish a relationship to further cooperation and training between the squads.

A.U.D.S came out on top with a win of 12-18. The Lionesses nominated player Amy Chapman Parsons who also received Captains player of the match jointly alongside Sandra Phillips. Thank you to the Aber girls for playing with great sportsmanship and for the invite to play a return friendly. Thanks also to Paige and our league players for umpiring the game.

Training every Thursday at The Leisure Centre, 7pm8.30pm - ALL WELCOME! Lynn Humphreys

October has seen Llewod Llambed/ Lampeter Lionesses on a steep learning curve as the Ceredigion league started this October. Our very first fully competitive game was against the experienced Bont Blades. Nerves and excitement somewhat overwhelmed the Lionesses and combined with Blades’ fast and accurate passing, meant that we went in to half time down 23-5. A rousing half time team talk by captain Elen settled the teams nerves, producing a better rhythm and improved precision which raised the score for the 3rd quarter, 7-7 (30-12). Too far ahead to catch up, showing their experience at match play, Bont consolidated their lead and the match finished 38-18. Nominated players were Sarah Marsh-Jones for Bont and Carwen Richards of Llambed, Captains Player for the match was Lioness WA - Georgie Ellis.

The second match of the season turned out to be of a similar pattern. The Lionesses played Cardigans Pearly Aces. Again nerves played a part with the Pearly Aces

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Recent Reviews DJ Chris Tofu is never an easy act to follow, as anyone that has been to see his set before knows. However, along came the Electric Swing Circus, and proved that it’s possible to compliment and build on the foundations DJ Tofu left them. It’s hard to stand out in a hall full of Lampeter locals dressed for Halloween, but with painted faces and showmanship that shone brighter than the glimmering stage lights, the Electric Swing Circus pulled it off from the moment they stepped on stage.

The modern swing on a classic 20s sound struck a chord with the costumed crowd, and gave a much needed neo twist to the commonly heard swing sound. Combining electric guitars and keyboards with vocals, drums and an expertly wielded string bass, they launched into a set that kept the punters on their feet.

Songs such as the catchy as ‘Up All Night’ got those that had never heard the song before singing and swaying to the beat. The band had an

incredible connection, proved not least by the way the group managed to dance together! It would have been hard enough for the singers to keep their choreography in time while singing, but when the entire band is moving as one it becomes an incredible achievement, and this cohesion between the band ran straight to the people dancing below.

Without prompting, the audience fell into rhythm with the band, creating a hivemind of excitement that perfectly set up the next song. The song Demon ,probably my favourite song of the set, was like Hell had thrown a 1920s theme party that even the angels were desperate to get into because it was so much fun! Those below went mad, dancing like the demons of the songs namesake. The wordless song gave the duo singers a chance to get ready for the next song; a raucous mix of bouncing beats and vocals that had the rest of room singing along. The frontman led the introduction like a reincarnation of P.T Barnum, celebrating each of the members of the 6-piece band for their

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skills with friendly affection, along with a shout out to DJ Tofu. When the band broke out their handcrafted version of Disney’s ‘Everybody Wants to be a Cat’, the room mellowed down for a short while, just a moment; although this didn’t last long! Led by the returning DJ Tofu, the crowd bayed for more action and Electric Swing Circus was happy to oblige. As they returned to the stage for the encore, their energy kept the room shaking.

While some of their throng had needed to sit and rest for a moment, Electric Swing Circus were so in love with their craft that they were able to literally leap about on stage. They finally retired from the stage, letting DJ Tofu take the party into the early hours, leaving a thrill that will keep Lampeter jumping until next Halloween.

How do you follow that? Transglobal Underground supported by Paradox that’s how! Saturday 1 December, Victoria Hall. See advert, page 20.

Charlie Wickham

Gŵyl Lyfrau Aberaeron Book Festival

Elmo's Delights

West Wales writing talent was celebrated at the first Gŵyl Lyfrau Aberaeron Book Festival at the town’s Memorial Hall the first weekend of November, with readings by authors and poets, story-telling sessions for adults and children, book signings and even workshops to encourage new writers.

Organisers Dr Niki Brewer and Karen Gemma Brewer of Aberaeron’s Gwisgo Bookworm bookshop said the festival has received such a positive reception from everyone in the town that it is set to become an annual event.

“Our aim is to provide a platform for local authors and highlight the wealth of writing talent in both the Welsh and English languages that exists in west Wales,” said Niki. “We were especially enthused by the large gathering of children who attended the Welsh and English story-telling sessions headed by Meleri Wyn James and Peter Stevenson.”

There was also strong demand for the workshops run by experienced coach and mentor Annette Ecuyere of WordzworkWales, on ‘how to get started on your autobiography’ and ‘exploring the use of place as a character in creative writing.’

Poets, performing from the Memorial Hall stage included Jackie Biggs and Karen Gemma Brewer and there were also several author readings including: Megan Hayes, L.E. Fitzpatrick, Derek Moore, Lazarus Carpenter, Carol Lovekin and Alys Einion. Genres covered ranged from local history to fantasy and sci-fi.

"Organising a book festival was a natural development from the book launches and poetry readings we have been running at the shop through the summer and we hope to do more to support authors and poets next year, culminating in a second edition of the festival in November 2019," said Niki.

Karen, added: “It has been an extraordinary year for books in Aberaeron, with a special volume to celebrate the Cymru/Ohio bicentenary in June, ‘Cows, Cobs and Corner Shops’ launched by Megan Hayes on Cae Sgŵar during the Festival of Welsh Ponies and Cobs in August and several local memoirs through the year, including 'Derwen' by Ifor Lloyd and 'Milltir Sgŵar Jack Whitehall' by the late Neville Jones.

“All this vibrant literary activity is set to be recognised in a new Aberaeron Book of the Year award,” said Karen.

“Welsh, English and bilingual titles are included with locally produced books rubbing shoulders with national best sellers in what will hopefully be another boost for writers and readers in Ceredigion.”

Karen Brewer

Sweet Potato Curry Ingredients Olive Oil 2 Red Onions 3 tablespoons Rogan Josh paste 1 fresh Red Chilli 3cm piece of Ginger 1 bunch of fresh Coriander 3 large Sweet Potatoes 1 x 400g tin Chickpeas 8 ripe Tomatoes or 1 x 400g tin Chopped Tomatoes 1 x 400ml tin light Coconut Milk 400g Elmo’s Spinach

Method Heat 2 tablesopoons of oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat.

Peel, finely slice and add the onion along with the curry paste, mix well, then cook for 10 minutes, or until the onion is soft and golden, stirring occasionally.

Finely chop the chilli, then peel and finely grate the ginger. Pick the coriander leaves and finely slice the stalks. Chop the sweet potatoes into 2cm chunks.

Add the chilli, ginger, coriander stalks and sweet potato to the softened onion. Drain and tip in the chickpeas, then cook for 5 minutes.

Roughy chop and add the fresh tomatoes (if using) or tip in the tinned tomatoes. Add 200ml of water and bring to the boil.

Reduce the heat to a simmer, then cover and cook for 10 to 15 minutes.

Remove the lid, then cook for a further 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until the sweet potato is cooked through and the sauce thickened.

Stir in the coconut milk and cook for a couple of minutes, then stir in the spinach and cook until wilted.

Scatter over the coriander leaves, then serve with poppadoms and rice, if you like.

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Celtic Christianity XLIV

The Small Things

St Iestyn Royal.

Ascetic.

Reposed 7th Century.

Remembered October 10th.

St Iestyn was a royal who became a hermit and was probably a disciple of St Cybi. He founded a church at Llaniestyn in Anglesey and another of the same name in Gwynedd.

Picture is of a 14th century effigy stone that may have been part of his shrine.

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St Deiniol The Younger / Deiniolen / Daniel Abbot of Bangor.

Reposed 621.

Remembered November 22nd.

St Deiniol was abbot of Bangor-on-Dee. Many of his monks were killed in the Battle of Chester by the Anglo-Saxon King Aethelfrith / Ethelfrid of Northumbria in 616, because their prayers were deemed potent against his forces. The saint appears to have escaped the massacre. When he eventually died he was buried on Bardsey Island.

Troparion Of St Deiniol The Younger Being preserved from martyrdom at the hands of the warlike Ethelfrid, thou didst persevere in thy missionary labours, O Father Deiniol.

Wherefore we entreat thee to pray to God for us that, being firm in the faith, we may be found worthy of His great mercy.

Another Troparion Of St Deiniol The Younger You gathered many monks to Bangor on Dee; And they shone forth as a great light to North Wales.

As Bishop you taught the way of salvation.

Wales still needs your prayers, holy father in Christ.

Harry Harrison

Yoga and the Small Things At Mandala Yoga Ashram we often turn our attention to the small things. People come to visit, to participate on a course or retreat on yoga, meditation, reflection and enquiry. For many it is a much needed break form usual demands of daily life. An opportunity to reconnect with our inner landscape, pause and ‘be’ rather than ‘do’.

The ashram structure supports this in many ways, when people visit they often put down their watches. This immediately allows a sense of surrender and holding, trusting that the bell will be rung when it is time to eat or attend a session. People also turn off their mobile phones, having a break from the constant barrage of social media means that our system can rest a little more deeply, creating a space within the pause, a silence. Small yet profound.

Yoga practices also point towards this.

Traditionally there are many different

Don’t you find it’s the small things that make life wonderful?

Someone letting you in ahead of them in the supermarket queue when you only have a few items.

A thank you message from a friend.

An offer of a cup of tea and a chat.

Kind neighbours who feed your cats while you’re away.

Being told you’re a great teacher/Mum/storyteller.

Being greeted with a hug when you get home from a tiring day at work…

In our dance classes at Tribal Unity Wales, I care about the small things. Technique is necessary, a framework to hang your dance on, but it isn’t what dance is really about.

Taking time to listen to your body, immerse yourself in the music and embrace the support of your tribe is dancing.

Allowing yourself freedom to be yourself is dancing.

And the small things?

I create a safe space for everyone to feel free to learn at their own pace, and to move the body they are blessed with.

There is no ego, only tribe; a caring, supportive network of amazing women.

For information on dance classes, find me on Facebook or email me at wendywoo@myself.com or send me a message on 07752 478779.

Wendy Steele

breathing practices or pranayama’s in yoga which we teach at the ashram. Often the simplest; that of bringing the awareness to the natural breath is most rewarding.

Breath awareness immediately brings us to the present moment, allowing us to drop the minds constant thoughts about the future- what needs to be done and the past- what should have been done differently. This pause offers a thread to a sense of spaciousness where the mind slows down, the mind chatter falls away and we notice what’s really going on in front of us; the light on the window, someone in front of us, the wind in the leaves, bringing our awareness fully to the task we are doing.

The small things lead the way to the big things- that of expansiveness, trust and authenticity.

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class on Tuesday 9.30- 11.00 am with Reva at the ashram which is suitable for all and includes gentle practices to help balance, suppleness and strength, breathing practices, settling the mind and deep relaxation.

Mukti Mani is teaching Wednesday Weekly Class 6.30- 8pm at Gwynfe village hall. A gentle class building flexibility, strength and balance, including working with breathe awareness and deep relaxation.

The ashram closes to guests for some quiet time over the winter. We will reopen again in February, please see our website www.manadalayogaashram.com for more information about courses and retreats that are suitable for both beginners and more experienced yoga practitioners and teachers or email us email@mandalayoga.freeserve.co.uk or telephone 01558685358.

Reva Adie

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