Lampeter Grapevine Issue 70 Jun 2019

contents Lyndacontents in this this issue… issue…

reviews reviews & & letters letters ads & & classifieds classifieds ads what’s going on secret travels totallycouncil locally town bwyd bendigedig town council eisteddfod notices cooking with make steem do & mend 6 extinction money for rebellion nothplumbers plog ing? jottings incredible edible ms support repair café group perma-solutions seed swap designing for ysgol y dderi climate crisis our economy latest news from needs a new story transition llambed bathing in nature gwyl llyfrau mindfulness & llanbedr pont dance steffan art howtherapy i learnt&to sing mindfulness from my heart the friendly games clonc uwtsd cylch caron celtic christianity integrated resource long wood centre project steemit ysgol y dderi elmo’s delights uwtsd long kcc wood peggy’s cerddwyr llambed cothi gardeners childminding: kids’ pumsaint wi corner jottings custard queens wi nev’s llewoddoodles llambed custard news queens dathliadau gwyl ysgol bro pedr dewi lampeter food blues projecthero clonc kcc call help cothifor gardeners ysgol bro pedr celtic christianity banc report crypticbwyd crossword ms support group yr efail mindfulness ysgol henry richard aberaeron to lampeter

The Secret Travels of the Grapevine…

Grapevine is now available around the world: issuu.com/ lampetergrapevine/stacks … but we are also really interested to know how far and wide the paper versions have travelled; what local villages and communities it has reached and what route it has taken - Or perhaps how many people have passed it on to someone else?

Are you planning any travels over the coming months? If so please don’t forget to pack your copy of Grapevine - we’re always fascinated to find out where in the world it goes.

Can your copy of Grapevine be the most environmentally friendly traveller? Or will yours be shared in a variety of unusual ways, be found in an quirky local location, be upcycled or recycled? Where will your copy of Grapevine end up?

Why don’t you send us your photos: lampetergrapevine@gmail.com

and we’ll publish them in future issues. Eds.

Grapevine was found quite at home at the Dolaucothi Arms, on a recent visit to try out the new Riviera Restaurant.

A flavoursome menu and ample portions made for a very pleasant evening.

2

GRAPEVINE no. 70, June 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 So, can I concentrate my thoughts for just a minute to see how far I get with compiling this editorial? Well that remains to be seen! There is no way that you as the reader will know how long it has taken me to come up with this content … so maybe, this has been a speedy version. Then again, I’m not sure my poor typing skills are really up to the speed needed to get all of this down in just a minute! Oh well, it was a nice idea, but I often find that it can take several attempts to get everything to flow and make some kind of sense … and that certainly takes a lot longer than a minute!

Perhaps I should focus more on what can be achieved in this relatively short time-frame instead… Let’s identify things that will be much easier to accomplish... Surely we can all do something constructive towards climate change? Afterall, it takes less than a minute to ... remember to pick up a reusable bag before going shopping, instead of buying a plastic one; choose to buy more food without packaging; show your support for a good cause; sign a petition lobbying the powers that be, to make positive change; put rubbish in a bin or a pocket rather than littering the beautiful countryside! Sorry this one is quite a raw subject, as I recently completed

To submit Articles, letters, reviews or enquiries: lampetergrapevine@gmail.com To add your event or course to our free listings: lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com or post to address above To place an advert: lampetergrapevineads@gmail.com Full guidelines for advertisers & contributors: see grapevine page on www.vichall.org.uk Display advertising rates: ¼ column £12; ¼ page £30; ½ page £48; full page £84 (back page £96) £30 off ads for one-off public events held in Victoria Hall Classified ads: £2.50/20 wds (min. £2.50) Copy deadline for July/Aug, issue 71: Fri 7 June 2019 Theme: ‘Neighbourliness’ Circulation this issue: 2,500 copies distributed free in the Lampeter area We reserve the right to edit all contributions for reasons of space & clarity. The views expressed in letters and articles are not necessarily those of Transition Llambed Development Trust or the newsletter group.

Cover Design: by Lil Tudor-Craig

the Hydro Dragon Events - Lampeter to Aberaeron 21 mile challenge, whilst doing a fundraising litter pick as part of Tir Coed’s ‘Coming of Age’ celebrations… and we collected 12 bags of litter on route! It’s amazing how thoughtless some people can be! So perhaps we should be saying …

Just take a minute to stop and appreciate how very special the place we live in really is … Maybe then we will see how important it is to do something positive - right now! from reading Grapevine!

You might even get some inspiration

Darllenwch yn hapus / Happy reading.

Angie Martin, Editor

polite reminder: If you are a regular contributor, we thank you for your continued support and commitment to theGrapevine but we do politely remind you that articles should be kept to 400 words to allow us space to include new material each issue.

If at any time you need a longer article, then please contact the Grapevine team prior to copy deadline and we will do all we can to accommodate your needs.

If you're sending us display adverts or an article, please check the format - it'll save us (and you) lots of time. Please send photos & artwork in jpg format as we cannot accept PDFs For full guidelines for advertisers & contributors: see Grapevine page on www.vichall.org.uk If you are unsure or don’t understand any of these technical terms, then please do get in touch - we’ll be happy to help .

The Newsletter Team

Other contact details: Transition Llambed: www.vichall.org.uk/transition-llambed email: 2transitionLlambed@gmail.com Victoria Hall: www.vichall.org.uk To make bookings for Victoria Hall contact: victoriahall.transition@gmail.com or phone/text 07891 632614 People's Market: To book a stall contact: victoriahall.transition@gmail.com or phone/text 07891 632614 3

Seremoni Urddo’r Maer 3ydd o Fai 2019 yn yr Hen Neuadd, PCYDDS.

Gwasanaeth y Maer, 5ed o Fai, 2019 yn Hghapel Noddfa Llandebr Pont Steffan.

Mayor’s Inauguration Ceremony 3rd May 2019 in the Old Hall, UWTSD.

Mayor’s Service, 5th May at Noddfa Chapel, Lampeter.

Casglu sbwriel

Litter pick

Bydd sesiwn arall o gasglu sbwriel yn digwydd ar Another session of litter picking will be held on fore Sadwrn 1af Mehefin. Dewch i gyfarfod ar Saturday 1st June. Come to meet at the Barc yr Orsedd am 10 o’r gloch.

Gorsedd Park at 10am.

Tacluswn Llanbed gyda’n gilydd!

Let’s work together to clean up Lampeter!

Bwyd Bendigedig Llambed / Incredible Edible Lampeter May has been a mixed month for Bwyd Bendigedig. On the up side, the marvellous Custard Queens planted up their Incredible space outside the Washtub, and we have planted up both beds outside the Co-op.

The Brownies have been growing their seedling veg and edible flowers ready for planting Cllr. Elin Jones out, and Lucy of Watson & Pratts has approached us to set up some Incredible Edible space outside the shop, which is exciting. They have already created some beautiful wall planters at the shop from pallets, for customers to pick herbs from. **From what we know at the time of going to print, the bed in Parc yr Orsedd may yet become a reality this year, but whatever happens we plan to give the Brownies' carefully tended seedlings pride of place somewhere in town keep an eye out for them. There will be more definite news in the next Grapevine.** As with last year, if you have Just a Minute please join in with checking, watering the food in our Incredible spaces, and of course picking when it is ready later on. We hope to have many more interesting conversations with you over the green leaves!

Anyone who can help us with taking photos of the plants as they grow, for our Facebook page, or with making bilingual signs for the beds would be welcomed: Please get in touch with us on edible.llambed@outlook.com or Facebook ediblellambed if you can help with this.

Julia Lim

4

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.

Cronfa Eisteddfod Ceredigion 2020

Ceredigion 2020 Eisteddfod Fund

Llongyfarchiadau i’r Ysgol Bro Pedr! Codwyd £660 o ddiwrnod di-wisg ysgol!

Drefach - Sioe Geir a Beics. Cerbydau’r gorffennol a’r presennol. - 23 Mehefin, Ysgol Dyffryn Cledlyn . Ocsiwn: Scott Williams motorsport rally car experience; Cofrestru, 9-10am; Taith Geir 12.30pm.

Cyswllt, sioeceir@gmail.com

Congratulations to Bro Pedr school! They raised £660 from a non-uniform day!

Drefach - Car and Bike Show. Past and present vehicles.

23 June, Ysgol Dyffryn Cledlyn. Auction: Scott Williams motorsport rally car experience; Registration, 9-10am; Car run, 12.30pm. Contact, sioeceir@gmail.com

Llanbedr PS - 23 Mehefin, 13.00, Coedwig Long Wood: Taith gerdded noddedig Gohiriwyd y daith noddedig yng Nghoedwig Longwood o Fai 26 i Ddydd Sul Mehefin 23 am 1 o’r gloch wrth y clwb rygbi. Croeso i bawb, dewch i fwynhau gyda ni. Bydd gwobr i’r plentyn a gasglodd fwyaf.

Arweinyddion Debbie a Bethan (Gerddwyr Tregaron). £4 i oedolion / £2 i blant os heb gasglu noddwyr.

Ffurflenni gan Ann Morgan 07791 966122 neu yn Ysgol Bro Pedr. (Ohiriwyd o 27 Ebrill oherwydd Storm Hannah.)

Lampeter - 23 June, 1pm, Long Wood: Sponsored walk The Long Wood sponsored walk in May was postponed to Sunday 23 June, approx. 3 miles, starting from the Rugby Club. All welcome, come and enjoy with us.

There will be a prize for the child who collects most sponsors.

Leaders: Debbie and Bethan (Tregaron Ramblers). £4 adults/ £2 children without sponsors.

Sponsorship forms from Ann Morgan, 07791 966122 or at Ysgol Bro Pedr.

Llanbedr PS - 27 Mehefin, 19.00, Capel Soar: Cymanfa Ganu'r Cyhoeddi, arweinyddion - Margaret Daniel a Delyth Hopkins Evans. Artist gwâdd - Kees Huysmans, Llanbed' (baritôn/enillydd Y Rhuban Glas). Bydd S4C yn ffilmio'r Gymanfa ar gyfer 'Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol'. Croeso cynnes i bawb.

Llanbedr PS - 28 Mehefin, 19.00, Clwb Bowlio, The Rookery: :Côr Meibion Cwmann Noson Hufen, Mefys a Chan. Adloniant gan Gôr Cwmann a'r cylch ac artistiaid ifanc Tocynau £5 oddi wrth aelodau y côr neu 01570 423231. Elw tuag at Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Ceredigion 2020.

Aberteifi - 29 Mehefin, 11.00: Cyhoeddiad yr Eisteddfod 2020, gorymdaith trwy tref Aberteifi a Seremoni'r Cyhoeddi am 11a.m. dan arweiniad yr Archdderwydd newydd, Y Prifardd Myrddin ap Dafydd, a Gorsedd y Beirdd.

Lampeter - 27 June, 7pm, Soar Chapel: Cymanfa Ganu, Religious Singing Festival led by Margaret Daniel and Delyth Hopkins Evans. Guest artist: Kees Huysmans (baritone/winner of the Blue Ribbon). S4C will be filming the event for 'Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol'.

All are very welcome.

Lampeter - 28 June, 7pm, Bowls Club, The Rookery: Côr Cwmann Strawberries, Cream & Song Night Entertainment by Cwmann and district male voice choir, and local young artists. Tickets £5 from choir members or 01570 423231. All profits towards Ceredigion National Eisteddfod 2020 Fund.

Cardigan - 29 June, 11am: 2020 Eisteddfod Proclamation, a march through the town followed by the proclamation ceremony led by the new Archdruid of Wales, Myrddin ap Dafydd, and the 'Gorsedd' of Bards.

Anfonwch hysbysiadau am eich digwyddiadau lleol ym mis Gorffenaf+Aost/ July+August erbyn 6 Mehefin Send notices about your local July+August events by 6 June. pontyfelin@gmail.com 5

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.

Proud to promote Plastic-Free B&B

Banc Bwyd Llanbed Lampeter Food Bank RYDYM YMA I HELPU - HERE TO HELP

Banc Bwyd Llanbed is in desperate need of temporary accommodation.

Tai Ceredigion will start developing the Canolfan Dulais site this Autumn, and all tenants in the building will need temporary accommodation from then until early 2021 when the new, greatly improved building will be ready.

Tai Ceredigion are working with Banc Bwyd to find suitable temporary accommodation, but have advised us to explore as many local possibilities as we can.

Could you help us? Our main need is for space to store donated food and make up parcels for clients: we are also looking for a much smaller space to use during our opening hours to meet clients.

The food storage will need to be in a large room that is dry, rodent-proof and secure with power for lighting, as well as accessible during office hours by our volunteers (we have our own shelving).

Somewhere reasonably central in Lampeter would be ideal.

We would need to fundraise for any rent unless it is nominal, but should be able to cover utilities costs.

If you think you have somewhere that we could use for about 16 months from around September this year, please contact us on 07582 905734 or on our Facebook page lampeterfoodbank.

Diolch / Thank you Banc Bwyd Llanbed/ Lampeter Food Bank

Lampeter Guides is re-opening with a free taster evening Monday 24 June 2019 Brondeifi Chapel Vestry 6.30-7.30pm Open to girls aged 91/2 to 14 years Register on www.girlguiding.org.uk/joinus or phone Erin, 07834 195728 or Bev, 07891 570180.

The unit will re-open on Monday evenings from September doing activities from crafts to canoeing, camping to climbing. Be part of it.

Dear sir/madam I have just read the article re: single use plastic (May 2019) and I thought it may be worth letting you know how we as a business promote not using plastic.

We have a bed and breakfast in Llanybydder. We use glass milk bottles for the rooms, so they can be washed and reused. Plus the guests get fresh milk. So we do not use plastic single use milk containers.

Also we do not have biscuits in individual wrappers. We provide a biscuit jar. We do not use any single use plastic for shampoos, shower gels etc. Our tea and coffee are in jars and there is fresh glass bottled water, no plastic! We feel strongly about this. I also find myself telling guests they wont find any plastic in their rooms and I feel proud when I do. And guests really appreciate our efforts.

Just thought this may be something you could use as we are a supporting business doing our bit!

Many thanks Gillian Swaine Gilly@Y Garreg Wen Well done Gillian, it sounds like you’ve really got the plastic-free issue sorted at your B&B. Let’s hope that your guests now follow your good example. Eds.

Menywod yn Erbyn Anghyfiawnder Pensiwn y Wladriaeth

Women Against State Pension Injustice

CEREDIGION WASPI

CEREDIGION WASPI

Sesiynau galw heibio Gwneud cwyn swyddogol am flynyddoedd colli eich Pensiwn Gwladol 2.30 - 4.30yp 29.05.19 Llyfrgell Llanbedr Pont Steffan Crooeso i bawb!

Drop-in advice sessions Make an official complaint about your State Pension lost years 2.30 - 4.30pm 29.05.19 Lampeter Library All welcome!

6

MAKE DO AND MEND 6 The Repair Cafe is now ‘geared up’ to become a bike repair workshop, every first People’s Market of the month, and can be found in the foyer, thanks to George and Terry.

I cannot deny my passion for fixing things, but Extinction Rebellion has certainly presented us with a challenge!! It’s not something anyone can fix on their own, so we need all of you to help; join us, learn more, we’re doing it for the kids... we are meeting up regularly after the People’s Market at Victoria Hall, Lampeter.

There are things we can do; most require putting our money where our mouths are, literally, as food production, packaging and transport is so carbon costly at present, the good news is that regenerative farming produces healthier food and actually incorporates carbon back into the soil.

‘Shifting Baseline Syndrome’ comes about when generations of humans grow ever increasingly blind to ecological loss. New generations adopt the assumption that the lack of biodiversity is normal. Even the many glorious shades of green in our ‘Green and Pleasant Land’ come as a result of chemical intervention. The land has been restructured for profit leaving us with green deserts, monocultures lacking the diversity and resilience needed, leaving us and our food production vulnerable to climate change.

To bring Food Security back to the area we have plans to start a community food growing project which we would love you to get involved with. Meanwhile, keep demanding local, regeneratively grown/organic food.

Extinction Rebellion members from across Mid Wales travelled to London to join the protest calling for urgent and wide ranging UK government action on the climate emergency. Local groups from Lampeter, Aberystwyth, Machynlleth and Llanidloes gathered with others from across Wales and the South West of England to occupy Oxford Circus.

Extinction Rebellion takes inspiration from successful protest movements in history, including the Suffragettes and the Civil Rights movement. The group follows a strategy of civil disobedience whilst being committed to non violence and respect.

Andy Warren, a company director from Llanidloes said,

Elmo’s Kitchen box scheme would be a great place to start.

Find your local producers at the People’s Market. I’d say check your labels! But my Plastic Free Lampeter-ometer...

Lampometer? tells me if you’re buying food in plastic you are probably shopping in the wrong place.

Change to a renewable/green energy tariff. Use less, waste less, keep your money within the local economy.

Coming to our ‘Public Inconvenience Announcement’ I spent much time apologising for the inconvenience caused to commuters by the Rebellion in London, whilst reminding people that this inconvenience was insignificant compared to what lies ahead if we do nothing.

Unfortunately I do have an imagination, (sometimes wish I hadn’t), but consistent with the fact that we haven’t thus far been told the truth, people in general, have NO IDEA what awaits us.

Our Public Inconvenience Announcement is

“Inconvenience? You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”

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

2transitionllambed@gmail.com

"This movement will change the world. All our traditional campaigning methods, such as petitions and climate marches, have been ignored.

Peaceful direct action is the only course left to us. I've been involved in direct actions before but this is the first time I've been arrested."

Attending the protest with her 4-month old baby, writer Hannah Engelkamp of Aberystwyth said, “XR began last autumn and its whole message was a breath of fresh air. It is firmly grounded in non-violence, and there is such respect and understanding in the process behind the scenes - I’ve felt really proud to be part of it. The research suggests that we need 3.5% of the population to be involved with direct action in order to make real change, and this seems possible. At last I feel like there is hope. And that blossomed in London. I did an all-night shift in Oxford Circus with my 4-month-old baby Tali, and felt cared 7

message me on Facebook

for by everyone.”

Extinction Rebellion has three demands: that the government and other institutions are honest with the public about the climate and ecological emergency we are experiencing; that the government act now to halt biodiversity loss and reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2025; and that the government create and be led by the decisions of a Citizens' Assembly on climate change, with members selected at random, as with jury service.

Speaking in Oxford Circus, Angie Polkey, a permaculture and sustainability teacher from Swyddfynnon, said, "I've absolutely loved talking to onlookers and hearing their support for what we are doing here. People are waking up to the urgency of the situation, the need to save our planet, and they are thanking us for it." on behalf of Mid Wales Extinction Rebellion groups

Extinction Rebellion - what did the London demo mean for Lampeter?

8 people went from the Lampeter area and we also held an event in Aberaeron - here are some stories...

The Outreacher - Angie Polkey, Permaculture & Conservation Facilitator "This has changed my life... if I die tomorrow, I'll die happy!" With tears in his eyes, an elderly man (from Soho, of all places!) told me of his despair - and now hope - for the world. This was typical of the conversations that I had during my four days at Oxford Circus. Office workers, a BBC musician, journalists, Underground staff, a restaurateur shoppers, and tourists - all agreed overwhelmingly once they understood the true nature of our climate crisis, that we have to make governments wake up and take action now.

When I arrived in London, I wasn't sure what my role would be but it soon became clear that talking to onlookers on the edge of the crowd was both necessary and rewarding. I was open to being arrested - and spent a cosy, 'XR community' night under the pink boat, when that was a distinct possibility - but talking to others and encouraging them to join the movement was my forte. I loved the camaraderie, the caring, the humour and the regenerative culture which played out in front of my very eyes. Being checked on under the boat by 'wellbeing officers', having Danish pastries and chai delivered with a smile at 6am (just in time for breakfast TV filming!), being offered free wholesome food during the day, snoozing in the wellbeing tent while others were receiving a massage and seeing legal observers carefully minding the (peaceful) arrests - all have etched warm memories in my heart and soul. I'm humbled and privileged to have been part of it and my thanks to all at home and in London - who made it possible. The work continues.

ANOTHER WAY (on ReverbNation) by Cheryl Hillier,

The Mother - Rolanda Between 15-25 April, Extinction Rebellion has seemingly achieved its first demand: Tell the Truth. More people now know more truth about climate change than they did before, and once known, it can never be unknown.

George Monbiot has called it “one of the great tipping points in world history.”

Short of childcare, I decided at the last minute to take my children and make for London.

And what an amazing experience it was. Perhaps my strongest impression was the tangible atmosphere of complete trust among strangers who had come together for a common cause. Ours was the first tent pitched at Marble Arch. When we left it to go to Oxford Circus I warned my daughters that they may never see tent nor sleeping bags again – this was central London after all. When we returned, there it stood, proud in a sea of 150-200 other tents, all squashed together in a triumphant huddle.

Also apparent, and somewhat stunning, was the culture of deep, nourishing care – for the earth, for each other, and for life itself. There were tears, poems, joyous and sorrowful music and dancing, the mutual bond that arises from a common purpose. Moreover, when we woke up in the cold of early morning – there was hot porridge free and available to all and any, and further hot, delicious home-cooked meals throughout the day, donations welcomed but not expected.

When the police closed in on Waterloo bridge and many were being arrested, my 12 and 15 year olds sang and cheered for each and every one of them, while my youngest ran off to the children’s corner to make a sign which read ...

“Stop arresting people when they are trying to save your life!”

singer/songwriter, Biochar Lady, arrestee If there was another way, of saving the world today, I'd not hesitate to say, Some Lampeter barnacles beneath but it's going to get harder. the boat There is no other world, in place to be unfurled, so we've got to work harder.

If we fly too near the sun, and what is done is done, there will be no more fun, and it will be dire.

There was a reason why, Man wasn't meant to fly, but we keep going higher; So many more mouths to feed, so much more consuming greed, who knows if this will lead, to a funeral pyre: No more baby booms, we've got no more room, more fuel to the fire.

So we better buck up soon, if we're going to escape our doom, or I'll sing this sorry tune, and I'll sing it louder.

Please think what you have heard, this will take more than words, or it's going to get hotter.

If there was another way, of holding the tide at bay, I'd not hesitate to say, but it's going to get harder.

There is no other world. THERE IS NO OTHER WORLD. Clearance of the last barnacle at So we've got to work harder.

Oxford Circus If there was another way. If there was another way If there was another way. lampeter@xrcymru.org https://rebellion.earth/ 8

The Arrestee - Cheryl I spent the night in a police cell, after two nights on the cold, hard tarmac in the middle of Oxford Circus. I had been locked onto a concrete tube with a fellow rebel. It took police an hour and a half to cut me out, before my arrest.

I did it for my kids and for yours.

We all have lives to lead, and I was lucky to have my husband Terry to take care of things at home, while I went to London to join the Rebellion. He watched the story unfolding with tears of relief that something was changing, proud of my arrest. For him, being part of the funeral procession in Aberaeron was an outlet for his ambition to do something.

Extinction Rebellion represents the first real hope for change in our lifetimes.

Getting involved is the most important thing we have ever done.

The first demand; 'Tell the Truth' (and act like it is real) is pivotal. The movement has had mixed reviews, but every man, woman and child would have been right there with us if the truth were being told. When nothing is done, how are people to understand

the gravity of the situation?

Grappling with the prospect of near-term Human Extinction, we left our whole lives behind to seek a sustainable lifestyle in Wales. We are so blessed to have found this community in Lampeter that is so supportive.

Yet, I have to admit I didn't really have any hope at all for the future until Greta Thunberg came along, and then Extinction Rebellion. It doesn't matter how many times we see what needs to be done as obvious, a no-brainer; the response was always - 'good luck with that'. So many people before have tried and failed to get an appropriate response. Those that have been trying for longer - some of them thirty years and more, have watched the unprecedented weather events accelerating, and become hardened to the inevitability of runaway climate change, because the demon profit always, always wins, skewing facts - and common sense never seems to prevail.

Nothing would ever be done.

So can we now get Governments to acknowledge the harm being done to our land and to our farmers, the custodians of our countryside and

providers of the very food that brings us all nourishment and health? Can we get Governments to see agrochemicals as the existential threat that they really are? This is the last bastion: having declared a climate emergency, our Government is still defending agribusiness' right to trash our planet, its diversity, its wildlife, our water, even our means to produce food in the future, in the name of 'cheap' food production now, with no thought to our tomorrows.

This is where the Welsh have a very special and crucial role. If we can support our farmers, and show the rest of the world how to provide food security with local, regeneratively grown sustainable food that restores to us health and vitality, repairs damaged soils, increases resilience to the worsening weather extremes, and turns agriculture from one of the biggest emitters to a net carbon sink - so healing ourselves and the planet at the same time - Welsh Farmers could be the shining light that brings hope to these dark days.

LAMPETER XR DEMO IN ABERAERON SAT 20 APRIL The coffin-makers - Kath, Julia, Cathy and Shelley Our small team triumphed over lurgies, sweltering hot weather and paint that almost didn't dry, to create the coffin that was the centrepiece of Easter Saturday's Lampeter XR action at Aberaeron in support of the main rebellion in London. It took more time and energy than we had expected but, in the process, we got to know each other better and had some fun in addition to the blood and sweat (no tears).

Using artistic inspiration from Cathy, we made a lightweight but relatively sturdy replica of a coffin with strong images of the potential fate of Aberaeron and similar coastal communities in the event of sea level rises.

It was part of an extraordinary exercise in group creativity that unfolded over the week, as we designed the coffin, the action, the leaflets and the publicity in a spirit of shared support and commitment.

It seems hard to believe that Lampeter and Tregaron XR put this together between one Saturday and the next!

It was great to be part of something that made such an impact due to its drama, when we were no more than 20 people.

Everyone has their own part to play in the changes we must make to the way we live.

Some are good with words, some are good with food, some can repair broken things.

I think in pictures, so my part is to take photographs, to make banners and paintings that talk about the world that we are destroying.

The banner-maker - Elaine Good morning little sister!

Impossible aeronaut Bombus hortorum Bringing gifts of strawberries and cherries and thyme and life itself.

Wordless with grief and rage I see you again and send you to London To speak for me.

To plead for us all.

9

Plumber’s Plog* If you look up “what happens in a minute” online, you will find lists of things, all kinds of statistics, ranging from the awe-inspiring (babies born) to the horrendous (murders).

But - just a minute - I don’t want to do that. I would prefer to think about things that I myself know about personally …

Like, I know that my car, at 30 mph, will travel half a mile in a minute; and I know that if I walk for a minute, I’ll cover about one-tenth of that distance. The car engine will rotate about two thousand times, whereas my heart will beat around 80 times, and I will breathe maybe 20 times in a minute. Perhaps I’m more efficient than the car? I seem to be more relaxed!

In one minute, I can think of hundreds of different things, and follow trains of thought which other people might find illogical, but which make perfect sense to me. A bit of a certain song, for example, might lead to a good feeling about an old friend, which might remind me of a business deal that I took up years ago, and give me a new idea for a painting. Strange, isn’t it?

Just a minute - am I straying from the task? Or is the task that I’ve set myself to find the way forward?

I did actually sit down once and literally watch the clock for an hour, to find out what it was like, and saw it move from minute to minute all the way round. “Just a minute” seems a long time when you’re waiting and watching. Or when you’re enjoying the party and the company you’re with, it goes by in a flash, doesn’t it?

But just a minute - it occurs to me now that I don’t know what the next minute will bring, do I? What if the coming minute was entirely different from everything I have ever known? I hope, actually, that I would be glad, even if it was scary - because I look forward to the day when things stop being “more of the same old thing”.

It might happen in “just a minute”…

Frank Pitcher *Plog is a word I’ve invented - it’s like a blog, but it’s not online it’s on paper!

Jottings

The laughing call of the Green woodpecker has been a feature of our soundscape in Llanddewi Brefi this spring. It is a scarce bird in Ceredigion and although quite large and colourful we have not been able to find it. The recent release of a recording of bird song by the RSPB has received media attention; live performances featuring birds and musicians - including a reprise of the famous cello and nightingale duet - have also caught the public imagination. The reduction in the number of many of our song birds has presumably been the reason for this. Unfortunately the nightingale is one bird we are unlikely to hear in this part of Wales as we are too far west and therefore beyond its range. (Incidentally, the bird said to have been banished by St David for interrupting his sermons was most likely to have been the blackcap, aka the poor man’s nightingale, or possibly the songthrush which often bursts into song just as the light fades on a summer’s evening.) The calls of cetaceans are considered to help relieve stress; birdsong has been recommended to relieve depression and anxiety. A blackbird starting to sing when a thunderstorm has passed can be a spiritual experience.

David Price

WELCOME DAY Llangadog 16 June Imagine that you have had to flee your country and all that you treasure from your previous life and find yourself and your family in a strange country with a language that you either do not speak well or do not speak at all. You are given rather cramped accommodation in a city but are not allowed to work and earn a living and do not know whether you will be allowed to stay or not. This is the plight of a large number of asylum-seekers in Wales.

On Sunday 16 June, with the support of Lampeter Quakers, a group of us will be entertaining some 34 refugee families and individuals from Swansea with a fun day out in Llangadog. We plan to provide a vegetarian lunch. If the weather is kind the children can play on the Common and we hope to organise some music and games in the hall.

Any helpers would be most welcome. We particularly need one or more people to be in charge of the kitchen (to put out the food, organise the washing up etc.) and others to welcome the visitors and help with the children. Offers of vegetarian food would also be greatly appreciated. If you could offer help in any of these ways please contact: Theresa Haine, 01550 777535, info@moneyformadagascar.org 10

Multiple Sclerosis Support Group Lampeter & District - ‘Just a Minute’ ‘Just a minute’…a minute in time. This sounds a pretty solid concept, but is it? If I say I’ll just be a minute do I mean exactly 60 seconds? Probably not as sometimes I am early. At other times I may be late! When my alarm clock goes off, did I set it to the correct time the night before? I will have set it without my glasses on, so it could be a variation on the correct time. This shows that minutes in time are difficult to measure and are fluid, well my minutes are at any rate! Am I aware which fraction of the 60 second minute I can measure? When my alarm clock alarms me into waking up is it the first or the last ring which I pay attention to! My minute is often not conforming to the 60 second rule minute. How therefore can I measure it? A mayfly only lives for about a day so a minute is a large proportion of it’s life.

I’m sure I have, or am about to, commit the Radio 4 ‘Just a Minute’ sins of repetition, hesitation and deviation. It’s certainly taken longer than a minute and I’ve had to delete and cut and paste to make sense of what I’m writing. I shall move on…..

My cat has a better sense of time than I or my alarm clock.

She wakes me up at 5am regularly. Because we mess around with time when we put the clocks forward she got confused for a while! The dogs are aware of our time in the morning and stay in their beds until we get up. Our young dog is very aware of time and he tells us when it is time for their dinner, or time for bed, or time for their last wee! He reminds me by just nudging me when I’ve forgotten to do things. Clever dog.

In maybe ‘Just a Minute’ a garden bumble bee made the decision to make a nest in a nest-box which has been used by pied-flycatchers for many years. Why? Now I watch bees from my seat in the kitchen, instead of the black and white birds.

I am lucky that I can still walk using crutches and dogs to hold onto. Early in the morning I go and stand above our woods. Now cuckoos are cuckooing, sheep are bleating, I am thinking. I take a minute (my minute of course!).

‘What is this life if full of care we have no time to stand and stare (William Henry Davies).

‘Just a Minute’ I’ll be there, I’m almost ready!! Is this a definite minute or just a maybe?

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 12-2pm on the 1st FRIDAY of the month.

CROESO I BAWB/WELCOME TO ALL See our MS Support Group page on Facebook

“Perma-solutions Season; Designing for climate crisis.”

August 2019 to March 2020. Organised by LPG/TL film group.

After decades of activism by environmentalists and more recent actions by Extinction Rebels as well as David Attenborough’s documentary and Greta Thunberg’s school strikes, the UK Parliament became the first in the world to pass a NON-BINDING vote to declare a climate emergency. Now what? I have been around long enough to remember plenty of non-binding votes and wordy declarations.

The old saying goes, “Deeds, not words”. And talk is cheap. Pigs will fly before our ruling elites will think about doing something and it will be too little, too late.

However, we are at a moment where there are now a lot of people who are aware of the climate crisis, but feel helpless in what they can do. This fact has led the LPG/TL film group to organise a season of events and films that will have tried and tested permaculture methods (dubbed Perma-solutions) that will hopefully give inspiration and ideas to participants as to what they can realistically do NOW to prepare for the climate crisis. This season will focus on one of the biggest issues in climate change Sustainable food production in a changing climate.

The season will last from August 2019 to March 2020.

More will be planned later. Currently, the programme is as follows: 3 August: “Permaculture taster day, on the principles and practices of permaculture”. A whole day workshop led by Angie Polkey at Denmark Farm (see ads on page 36 for more details).

19 October: “Humans and Food.” two inspirational films on food growers and sustainability, and a workshop.

November (date TBC): Another screening of the award winning documentary, “Inhabit- a permaculture perspective.”

January 2020 (date TBC): “Growing food in small spaces”. Films on this topic and a Q and A featuring Huw Richards, author of “Veg in one bed”.

March 2020 (date TBC): “Swales in Wales? Water management in a time of climate change”. Films and workshop on dealing with too little and too much water.

Apart from the Taster day, all the above events will be at Victoria Hall and are free (donations welcome). Full details will be in future Grapevines. I hope the season not only gives people hope but inspires everyone to seek more education and skills to face climate change.

Hock

Judith McKay, Support Volunteer, 01570 493509 Hazel Ellis, Chair, 01974 261640 11

GWYL LLYFRAU LLANBEDR PONT STEFFAN

Latest news from Transition Llambed If you haven’t heard about Transition Towns, here’s a short intro from the very useful Transition Network website https://transitionnetwork.org “Transition… is about communities stepping up to address the big challenges they face by starting local. By coming together, they are able to crowd-source solutions. They seek to nurture a caring culture, one focused on supporting each other, both as groups or as wider communities.”

Our last meeting was on Thursday 23 May, so no June meeting date is set yet. If you want to go on the mailing list, to be kept informed about future meetings and events, contact us: 2transitionLlambed@gmail.com At our June meeting, come and find out about, or join, our active local groups: Bwyd Bendigedig / Incredible Edible Llambed (see article on page 4 ); the Seed Library / Banc Hadau Llambed; the Admin Team, or our two new Health and Well-being groups.

And bring your ideas and enthusiasm for de-carbonising the Lampeter area, following our Town Council’s declaration of Climate Emergency / Argyfwng Hinsawdd.

All are welcome / croeso i bawb.

Tîm Gweinyddiad Transition Llambed Admin Team

How I learnt to sing from my heart: Raga and First Nature Twelve years ago I’d just returned from a retreat where I’d realised I needed to start singing again.

Something that stopped in any meaningful way at age 10: I can pinpoint the moment. I opened my inbox and there was an invitation to an “Indian Singing” workshop. What did that mean I wondered?

Serendipity! An opportunity to trust the universe.

That first weekend of singing with my Raga teacher Rajeswar Battacharya was a delight. I had never heard of Raga, and the nearest I’d gotten to any Indian singing was the chanting we did on retreat. Beginner’s mind opened me to receive this teaching wholeheartedly, and for the following two weeks the ‘Sa’ resonated in my body, and I realised this was something I must continue. The Sa is the first and last note of the Indian scale, the anchor note, and rather like ‘ohm’ it is said to contain all the sounds of the universe.

The first Lampeter Book Festival/ Gwyl Llyfrau Llanbedr Pont Steffan concluded with Gillian Clarke (former National Poet of Wales 2008-16) talking about the significance of poetry in these troubled times.

She ended her reading with a poem called Insect about the importance of insects to the survival of man.

Gillian read with Samantha Wynne Rhydderch, a lecturer in Creative Writing at UWTSD, and Ros Hudis and Dawn Morgan, alumni of the MA in Creative Writing at Lampeter, who are now published poets.

Gillian was delighted to see her poem in the Lampeter Writers‘ Workshop anthology Light After Snow, and praised the longevity and achievements of the workshop she helped found in 1984. She was proud it was the longest running weekly writing group in Wales. She thanked the organisers for their hard work in co-ordinating the two day festival celebrating writers and writing, and hoped it would become an annual event.

Sue Moules

Since then I have attended workshops every year when Rajeswar, who is based in Kolkata, comes to Europe to give teachings and concerts. Inevitably that initial openness was tested, and I have been through many and ongoing struggles in the journey to connect heart and mind through singing, but each workshop has taken me deeper and has been more rewarding than any other practice.

The programme of workshops and concerts is organised by his English partner, student and musical colleague Suekali. Rajeswar and Suekali sincerely believe that everyone can sing, and I have seen this again and again as new people come and find their voice, whilst those who are already confident singers of folk, jazz, indie and classical, become more natural, expressive and finely tuned. The process is aided by wonderful First Nature exercises, a compassionate practice of bodybreath-voice work led by Suekali.

12

So I am very excited that they have agreed to come to Lampeter to give a concert on Friday 6 September at Victoria Hall, and a workshop on Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 September.

The workshop will be in Lampeter, probably at my home. They will also run workshops in London, Brighton, Scotland, Voice Camp (West Country), and France. I’ll share booking details in the next Grapevine, including the Early Bird deadline. In the meantime see www.thesingingheart.com For background information and testimonials from people that have sung with Rajeswar and Suekali.

Dylis Pugh www.dylispugh.co.uk

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.

Barry yn cerdded Llwybr Arfordir Cymru

Barry walking Wales’ Costal Path

By Dylan Lewis 10/05/19 Lampeter Postman walking 870 miles in 33 days to raise money towards Cancer Research.

Gan Dylan Lewis 10/05/19 Y Postmon o Lanbed yn cerdded 870 milltir mewn 33 diwrnod er mwyn codi arian i Ymchwil Cancr.

I don’t get a lot of rows, I’m an angel!

Sa i’n cael lot o rows, fi’n angel!

By Dylan Lewis 09/05/19 Kiera Cashel from Llanybydder answers questions in Papur Bro Clonc’s ‘Cadwyn Cyfrinachau’ column.

Gan Dylan Lewis 09/05/19 Kiera Cashel o Lanybydder sy’n ateb cwestiynau ‘Cadwyn Cyfrinachau’ Papur Bro Clonc.

Lampeter Youth on top during Storm Hannah

Ieuenctid Llambed ar y brig yng nghanol Storm Hannah

By Tomos Rhys Jones 08/05/19 Lampeter winning the Ceredigion Cup against Aberystwyth.

Gan Tomos Rhys Jones 08/05/19 Llambed yn ennill Cwpan Ceredigion yn erbyn Aberystwyth.

Llion’s expedition to Borneo

By Ann Herbert 07/05/19 Local people supporting Llion Herbert in an Afternoon Tea event so that he goes to Borneo with Ysgol Bro Pedr.

Taith Llion i Borneo Gan Ann Herbert 07/05/19 Pobl lleol yn cefnogi Llion Herbert mewn Te Prynhawn er mwyn iddo fynd i Borneo gydag Ysgol Bro Pedr.

Rob Phillips the new Mayor of Lampeter town.

Rob Phillips yn Faer newydd ar dref Llanbed Gan Dylan Lewis 06/05/19 Sgwrs fideo â’r Maer newydd.

By Dylan Lewis 06/05/19 A video interview with the new Mayor.

Dewis Swyddogion Carnifal Llanybydder

Llanybydder Carnival Selection

Gan Sam Leigh Evans 02/05/19 Cyhoeddi enw’r frenhines newydd a’i swyddogion.

By Sam Leigh Evans 02/05/19 Announcing the new queen and attendants.

Raising awareness and raising money towards a Chemotherapy service

Codi ymwybyddiaeth a chodi arian at wasanaeth Cemotherapi

By Arwyn Davies 29/04/19 450 people in the Arts Hall for a concert with Robert Arwyn, Bois y Gilfach and Llanddarog Choir to raise money towards the new Chemotherapy Unit in Bronglais Hospital.

Gan Arwyn Davies 29/04/19 450 o bobl yn Neuadd y Celfyddydau i gyngerdd Robert Arwyn, Bois y Gilfach a Chôr Llanddarog er mwyn codi arian tuag at Uned Cemotherapi newydd yn Ysbyty Bronglais.

Dylan Lewis 13

Cam pwysig i Brosiect Canolfan Adnoddau Integredig Cylch Caron

An important step for Cylch Caron Integrated Resource Centre Project

Mae Canolfan Adnoddau Integredig The proposed Cylch Caron Integrated Cylch Caron arfaethedig yn Resource Centre in Tregaron has The Cylch Caron Integrated Resource Centre Development Agreement Nhregaron wedi cymryd cam being signed by Delyth Raynsford, Independent Member for HDdUHB; taken an important step closer to pwysig yn nes i gael ei adeiladu ar Councillor Hag Harris, Ceredigion County Council Chairman; Richard being built following the signing and Martin, Board Member for MWHA and Charles Brotherton, Company ôl arwyddo a selio'r Cytundeb sealing of the Development Secretary of MWHA Datblygu rhwng partneriaid.

Agreement between partners.

Mae'r cynllun pwysig yn cael ei The important scheme is being ddatblygu mewn partneriaeth developed in partnership between rhwng Cyngor Sir Ceredigion, Ceredigion County Council, Hywel Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Hywel Dda Dda University Health Board (BIPHDd), Cymdeithas Tai (HDdUHB), Mid-Wales Housing Canolbarth Cymru (CTCC) â Association (MWHA) and is chefnogaeth gan Lywodraeth supported by the Welsh Cymru. Mae'r Cytundeb Datblygu Government. The Development yn nodi'r trefniadau rhwng y partneriaid, gan amlinellu sut y Agreement sets out the arrangements between the partners, caiff y cynllun ei adeiladu a'i reoli yn y tymor hir. outlining how the scheme will be built and managed in the Llofnododd llawer o’r llofnodwyr y Cytundeb Datblygu ar ôl longer term. cyfarfod o Fwrdd Prosiect Cylch Caron. Maent yn cynnwys Many of the signatories signed the Development Agreement Delyth Raynsford, Aelod Annibynnol ar gyfer BIPHDd; Y after a meeting of the Cylch Caron Project Board. They include Cynghorydd Hag Harris, Cadeirydd Cyngor Sir Ceredigion; Delyth Raynsford, Independent Member for HDdUHB; Richard Martin, Aelod Bwrdd CTCC a Charles Brotherton, Councillor Hag Harris, Ceredigion County Council Chairman; Ysgrifennydd y Cwmni, CTCC. Richard Martin, Board Member for MWHA and Charles Mae llofnodwyr eraill y Cytundeb Datblygu yn cynnwys Prif Brotherton, Company Secretary of MWHA. Swyddog Gweithredol ac yn Is-gadeirydd BIPHDd, Steve The other signatories of the Development Agreement are the Moore a Judith Hardisty; Morag Bailey, Cadeirydd Pwyllgor Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chair of HDdUHB, Steve Moore Cyllid a Risg CTCC. Llofnodwyd y gytundeb hefyd gan Swyddog and Judith Hardisty; Morag Bailey, Chair of MWHA’s Finance Arweiniol Corfforaethol Gwasanaethau Cyfreithiol a and Risk Committee. The agreement was also signed by Llywodraethu Cyngor Sir Ceredigion, a Swyddog Monitro yr Ceredigion County Council’s Corporate Lead Officer for Legal awdurdod, Elin Prysor. and Governance, and the authority’s Monitoring Officer, Elin Dywedodd y Cynghorydd Catherine Hughes, Aelod Cabinet Prysor.

Cyngor Sir Ceredigion a Chadeirydd Bwrdd Rhanddeiliaid Councillor Catherine Hughes, Ceredigion County Council Cabinet Cylch Caron, Member and Chair of the Cylch Caron Stakeholder Board said, “Ar ôl llawer o waith caled ac ymroddiad gan yr holl “After a lot of hard work and dedication by all partners, it is bartneriaid, mae'n bleser gweld y Cytundeb Datblygu yn cael pleasing to see the Development Agreement being signed and ei arwyddo a'i selio. Mae hyn wedi cymryd amser i sicrhau ei sealed. This has taken time to ensure that it includes all the fod yn cynnwys yr holl wybodaeth berthnasol sydd wedi cael relevant information agreed by the partners.” eu cytuno gan y partneriaid.”

“We can now carry on to work hard to reach the next key “Gallwn nawr barhau i weithio yn galed i gyrraedd y cerrig milestones for the project. One of which is to submit the Final milltir allweddol nesaf. Un ohonynt yw cyflwyno'r achos Business Case to the Welsh Government and hope that it will be busnes terfynol i Lywodraeth Cymru a gobeithio y caiff ei approved as soon as possible to allow building work to start.” gymeradwyo cyn gynted â phosib er mwyn caniatáu i'r gwaith Cylch Caron will consist of a GP surgery, community pharmacy, adeiladu ddechrau.” outpatient clinics Bydd Cylch Caron yn and community cynnwys meddygfa, fferyllfa nursing and social gymunedol, clinigau cleifion care facilities, allanol a chyfleusterau together with 34 nyrsio a gofal cymdeithasol extra care flats cymunedol, ynghyd â 34 o and six integrated fflatiau gofal ychwanegol a health and social chwe uned iechyd a gofal care flats. cymdeithasol integredig.

Cylch Caron Project Board Members and Ceredigion County Council Leader, Councillor Ellen ap Gwynn

14

Wythnos Cenedlaethol Garddio Bu disgyblion yr ysgol yn brysur iawn yn plannu gardd yr ysgol yn ystod wythnos Cenedlaethol garddio. Edrychwn ymlaen i weld ffrwyth eu llafur.

National Gardening Week The children have been busy planting the school garden during National Gardening Week. We look forward to seeing the fruits of their labour!

Celf Cenedlaethol yr Urdd Llongyfarchiadau mawr i’r plant ar eu llwyddiant yng nghystadleuaeth Celf a Chrefft Cenedlaethol yr Urdd. Megan Joy Rose 1af pypedau blwyddyn 2 ac iau, Rosie Hussell 1af argraffu ar ffabrig blwyddyn 2 ac iau, Daniel Siôn Ebenezer 1af gwaith 3D blwyddyn 2 ac iau, Rhydian Quan 1af pypedau blwyddyn 5 a 6, Grŵp Alana, Ffion a Kaci 1af grŵp pypedau blwyddyn 5 a 6, Beca Elan Ebenezer 2il gwaith crochenwaith blwyddyn 5 a 6, Grŵp Paloma a Faith 2il gwaith crochenwaith blwyddyn 3 a 4, Grŵp Lola, Phoebe ac Erin 2il grŵp pypedau blwyddyn 3 a 4. Bydd y gwaith yn cael eu arddangos yn y Senedd yn ystod wythnos Eisteddfod yr Urdd Caerdydd a’r Fro.

Congratulations to the children on their success in the Art and Craft competitions at the National Urdd Eisteddfod. Megan Joy Rose 1st puppets year 2 and under, Rosie Hussell 1st fabric printing year 2 and under, Daniel Siôn Ebenezer 1st 3D work year 2 and under, Rhydian Quan 1st puppets years 5 and 6, Alana, Ffion and Kaci 1st group of puppets years 5 and 6, Beca Elan Ebenezer 2nd pottery years 5 and 6, Paloma and Faith 2nd pottery years 3 and 4, Lola, Phoebe and Erin 2nd group of puppets years 3 and 4.Their work will be exhibited at the Senedd in Cardiff during the Eisteddfod week.

Congratulations to everyone that competed in the Urdd football competitions, both teams reached the final 8.

Digital Competency Years 5 and 6 were enthralled with what they learnt in a workshop by Guto Aaron on Google Drive resources.

Pêldroed Llongyfarchiadau mawr i bawb a fu'n cystadlu yng nghystadleuaeth pêl-droed Urdd Ceredigion, roedd y ddau dîm wedi cyrraedd rowndiau'r 'wyth olaf.

Cymhwysedd Digidol Roedd disgyblion Blwyddyn. 5 a 6 wrth eu boddau yn derbyn hyfforddiant ar adnoddau Google Drive yng nghwmni Guto Aaron.

Urdd Cross country Congratulations to the children who competed in the county and national Urdd cross country races.

Trawsgwlad yr Urdd Llongyfarchiadau mawr i’r plant bu’n cystadlu yng nghystadleuthau sir a chenedlaethol trawsgwlad yr Urdd

Llangrannog Year 3 children enjoyed three days of outdoor activities in Llangrannog Urdd camp. Activities included high rope climbing, quad bikes and walking the coastal path before enjoying ice cream on the beach. Years 4, 5 and 6 joined them on the Friday for activities to remember our dear friend Tristan.

Thank you to Llangrannog Urdd Camp and Vincent Davies bus company, for sponsoring the day.

Money was raised towards Wales Air Ambulance and Cruse.

Llangrannog Bu plant blwyddyn 3 yng ngwersyll yr Urdd Llangrannog am dridiau, yn mwynhau gweithgareddau awyr agored gan gynnwys dringo, beiciau modur a cherdded yr arfodir cyn mwynhau hufen iâ ar y traeth.

Ymunodd blwyddyn 4, 5 a 6 â hwy ar y dydd Gwener ar gyfer diwrnod o weithgareddau hyfryd er cof am ein ffrind annwyl Tristan. Diolch i wersyll yr Urdd Llangrannog a chwmni bysiau Vincent Davies a’i Fab am noddi’r diwrnod. Codwyd arian tuag at Ambiwlans Awyr Cymru a Cruse.

Aaron Phipps What an amazing experience for Key Stage 2 children to meet the incredible Aaron Phipps.

He gave a fantastic talk about his experience of climbing to the summit of Kilimanjaro along with leading physical activities to inspire the children to take part in sports. He motivated the children to set a goal, get organised, get help and work hard!

Aaron Phipps Wel am brofiad anhygoel i blant cyfnod Allweddol 2 i gael cyfarfod ag Aaron Phipps!

Siaradodd yn wych am ei brofiad o ddringo i gopa Kilimanjaro ynghyd ag arwain gweithgareddau er mwyn ysbrydoli’r plant i gymryd rhan mewn ymarfer corff. Gadawodd e’r ysgol gyda’r neges bwysig yma, i osod targed, bod yn drefnus, cymryd cyngor a gweithio’n galed!

Pumlumon Well done years 5 and children for conquering Pumlumon mountain, the tallest in Ceredigion. Thank you to Dafydd Morgan for leading them safely up and back Liliandown!

Jones

Pumlumon Da iawn plant blwyddyn 5 a 6 am goncro mynydd uchaf Ceredigion sef Pumlumon. Diolch i Dafydd Morgan am arwain y daith yn ddiogel. Lilian Jones 15

16

COEDWIG GYMUNEDOL LONG WOOD COMMUNITY WOODLAND Helping Hands The volunteers at Long Wood Community Woodland have been incredibly busy over the last couple of months creating and installing our new bird hide made from our own Larch timber and sawn on our mill. In fact, the volunteers have put in many extra hours, outside of our usual Wednesdays, to get it done, and it looks fantastic!

Come rain or shine We didn’t have the best weather conditions for much of the build, virtually every time we scheduled time on it, the weather decided to be awful! Though it did make for some lovely rainbows and some very atmospheric steam rising from the ground around us! Unusually, we saw a beautiful rainbow reflected upon the steam rising from the field opposite where we were working, so every cloud has a silver (or rainbowcoloured) lining!

We were also saved by a neighbour who came and lent us his blow torch to get a fire going, so we could char the ends of our roundwood uprights to preserve them. The weather that day was so bad, we’d never have got our fire going, or got the uprights in, and it would have pushed back the build!

Our volunteers really are a hardy bunch and carried on through the horribly inclement weather thrown at them, to produce something that we are all immensely proud and pleased with. We all enjoyed working together to produce this latest addition to our woods. Long Wood has an especially big and heartfelt thanks to give to these wonderful human beings, we simply couldn’t have done it without them!

More Trees, more Improvements If all that was not enough fantastic work, during the time of the build the volunteers also planted more trees, put backing and stakes on our forestry warning signs and created a willow arbour not far from the bird hide!

There are bits and pieces left to do on the bird hide but it is, in essence, complete and looking fabulous opposite one of our new ponds.

Welcoming Pine Martens Just the other day Josie Bridges from the Vincent Wildlife Trust came in to help us put up the Pine Marten boxes we had spent a day building with her a few months ago!

Charity Walk In other happenings at Long Wood we hosted the “Dias 70” walkers at our visitor centre, who were Walking 70 miles in 4 days for Macmillan Cancer Support, as 11 March 2019 would have been local ace footballer and headteacher, David “Dias”

Williams’ 70th birthday. Unfortunately he passed away, due to cancer at the age of 39, so on what would have been his 70th, all his family and friends decided to walk and raise money in his memory.

Art in the Woods We also hosted a fabulous two day watercolour course with talented artist Martin Cook (you may have seen his card designs for sale at our visitor centre), we had a few people book the course, and of those who came, there were very positive things to say about Martin’s teaching and what a thoroughly nice person he is. We are hoping that we can convince him to come back and run another weekend of watercolour workshops in the Autumn.

Lovely new Community Trees Saturday 6 April was our “Community Tree Planting Day” running alongside our “Saturday Surgery”. We had a few people turn up to give us a hand planting and we estimated that another 300 trees were planted in those few hours!

Future thoughts As always, all of our staff have been busy keeping things going here at Long Wood. From keeping paths open, to supplying us with firewood to sell, to sourcing and taking out timber for our mill and milling the timber we need for various projects in the wood, and taking in timber orders, to brain storming ideas for fun events and the continuing future of Long Wood.

The Long Wood Team

www.longwood-lampeter.org.uk;

info@longwood-lampeter.org.uk

Sorry about no write up for May, but things have been a bit hectic at home. I missed the ‘Hiraeth’ issue and this would have resonance with me, as soon I will be moving up North, living in the shelter of Hadrian’s Wall.

However, in the woods the bird hide is now finished and the ponds are slowly filling with aquatic life. The summer migrants are returning, with flycatchers being seen around the visitor centre, and swallows and cuckoos flying round in the woods.

On a different note: stacked wood and stone sculptures have been appearing along the track to the hide. These are great artistic features and we hope to see more, given that we are applying for a grant to create a sculpture trail. So if there are any artists out there who can provide metal sculptures, please phone Jon for more details.

On the downside: Phytophthora ramorum has been identified in Olwen wood! This is a fungus-like pathogen called a water mould. It causes extensive damage and death to a wide range of trees and other plants. Larch trees are particularly susceptible and unfortunately Natural Resources Wales (NRW) have issued felling orders for these infected trees, to be removed later in the summer. Long Wood is awaiting further details and will pass these on as soon as they are received. That’s all for now. See you in the woods. Bert Lewis

01570 493355, 17

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

Victoria Hall: regular activities and classes Bryn Road, Lampeter SA48 7EE To book Victoria Hall phone: 07891 632614 Email: victoriahall.llambed@gmail.com Community groups & local, small-scale commercial: We have a committee room and small therapy/ class /conference rooms.

Licenced bar on request for functions. Catering service available.

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

Monday

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

Time

W

1-3pm

W

Name

Number

Welsh Class

Gerald Griffiths

01545 572715

4.30-6.30pm

Stage Goats Youth Theatre Group

Tracey O’Grady

07976 052888

W

7-9pm

Lampeter Ukulele Club

Mike

07794 066579

W

10-11.30am

Yoga

Karen

07547 125937

W

4.30-6pm

Brownies

Erin Green

07834 195728

W

7-9pm

Spiritual Gathering

Sarah Thomas

07811 603062

W

1-3pm

Welsh Class

Gerald Griffiths

01545 572715

Lampeter Food Project

Lindsay

01570 493791

W

4-6pm

W

4.30-6.30pm

Stage Goats Youth Theatre Group

M

7.30pm

Lampeter Town Council meeting

W

10am-12pm

W

(Older kids)

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Saturday

Sunday

A free meal and good company for all who want it!

(Made from donations of food from local businesses) Tracey O’Grady

07976 052888

Welsh Class

Gerald Griffiths

01545 572715

4.30-6.30pm

Stage Goats Youth Theatre Group

Tracey O’Grady

07976 052888

M 3rd Fri in month

7.30pm-late

Lampeter Folk Fri 17 May: TangleJack

Georgia Owen

07817 715321

2nd & 4th Sat each month

10am-1pm

People’s Market

W

10am-7pm

Lampeter Evangelical Church

Gareth Jones at the Mustard Seed café

01570 423344

M 1st Sun in month

7.00-9.30pm

Custard Queens: Women’s Institute

Christine Chabert

07815 086579

Last Thurs each month

Friday

Contact

Activity / Class

complementary & alternative therapists ____ Charlotte Allen RSHom. Homeopath with over 18 years clinical experience.

If you're sick of not feeling really well, homeopathy can make a difference. It is excellent at helping with chronic conditions, gently, safely & holistically.

01570 493746 Val Allen, BACP senior accredited counsellor/psychotherapist UKRC registered.

Local food, produce and crafts, café, live music Contact: Dinah Mulholland 07531 963175

Offering counselling, psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, EMDR. 23 High Street, Lampeter SA48 7BA, 01570 493522, valallenwales@gmail.com ChaNan Bonser (ACKRP) Creative kinesiology and body tracking: A natural way of accessing your bodies wisdom, discovering what is behind the symptoms, and accessing that wisdom to release stress, anxiety and trauma to help restore your body to 18

balance.

07702 598909, www.kinesiologywales.com Joanne Camlin Bsc WSHom is a licensed classical homoeopath who graduated in 2007. All consultations only £30 when you mention the Grapevine. Jo practices from Cellan Millenium Hall. 07746 608524.

To avoid confusion please inform us ASAP if details in your listing change

lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com

complementary & alternative therapists cont’d _ Colleen’s Ka Huna Massage Studio.

01974 272103, 07947 780738, colleen.greening@gmail.com tymawratbethania.co.uk Amanda J. Clarke C.Hyp, 10 years in practice. Stop Smoking in a single session with Curative Hypnotherapy. If you want to quit, hypnotherapy is a highly successful method of doing so.

The Woodlands Clinic, 01570 470046.

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.

Anna Dance FDA Integrative Counsellor, MBACP. Animal assisted intervention, animal bereavement counselling, walking talking therapy, individual and couples counselling.

Lampeter.

Contact: 07464 895351, annadancecounselling@gmail.com Carol Davies Qualified Aromatherapist.

Counselling, hypnotherapy and Hopi candling can also be offered.

Carol, 07971 229608.

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 Julie Lancaster.

Relax, rewind, rejuvenate. Qualified and insured in Reiki, Reflexology, Aromatherapy massage, Hopi Ear Candling and Hot Stones Therapy. Treatment rooms at Beauty Cwtch, Tregaron. Call 07778 996896 / 01570 470542 or fb beautycwtch.

Jay Laville.

Affordable talking therapy.

Experienced, qualified therapist offering Cognitive Analytic

Therapy (CAT), Jungian-based soul work, ecotherapy. 07934 650505 or lavillejay@hushmail.com.

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 understanding human biology, biochemistry and evolution. 01570 470077, 07515 393894, info@mcintoshscientific.com Shamanic journeying, healing and counselling. Contact: Mia 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 psychotherapist, PGDipAT, MA AP Res. Lampeter, 20+ years experience. 07963 866516, www.dylispugh.co.uk artandtherapywithdylis@macmate.me

Shân Rees, BA, Dip. Counsellor 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 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 & 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 19

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.

Sun 2 June: Volunteer Gardening Day Fri 7-Sun 9 June: Plant Diversity Mon 10-Tues 11 June: Phase 1 Habitat Survey Tues 11 June: Volunteer Cons. Day Sun 16 June: Needle-felt a Garden Bird Sun 16 June: Re-Wild Your Dad Sat 22 June: Pyrography Butterflies Fri 28-Sun 30 June: Wildlife Digital Photography Sat 29 June: Textile Up-Cycling—Rag Rug Flowers and Garlands Tues 9 and Sat 13 July: Volunteer Conservation Day Wed 10-Fri 12 July: Identifying Flowering Plants Sat 13-Mon 15 July: Grasses, Sedges & Rushes Sun 14 July: Introduction to Bushcraft Sat 20-Sun 21 July: Identifying Butterflies, Day-flying Moths, Dragonflies & Damselflies www.denmarkfarm.org.uk Willow Basket Course. 12 June, 10am4.30pm, KindaVillage, Maesycrugiau.

Weave a coiled rope effect basket with locally grown and Somerset willow. All materials and tools included. Bookings: 01559 395253, www.kindavillage.org, admin@kindavillage.org, Willow Garden Trug Workshop 16 Aug, 10am-4.30pm, KindaVillage Maesycrugiau. Weave a garden trug with handle using colourful willow. All materials and tools included. Bookings 01559 395253, www.kindavillage.org admin@kindavillage.org, Dog Training Courses. Llansawel Village Hall. Kennel Club dog training classes, Puppy Class, Bronze to Gold Good Citizen classes, Heelwork to Music, and Rally Obedience. Monday morning and evening, Wednesday morning and afternoon. Kathleen Stubbings, 01558 685858, 07522 984094, dogdancingltd@gmail.com

lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com

courses cont’d____________ Conversational French. Advanced: Thurs, 11.15am-12.15pm; Beginners: Thurs, 12.30-1.30pm Contact: Amelie, 01558 685175.

French & Italian Classes. Crugybar Village Hall. French, Mon 6.15-8pm, Italian, Weds 6.15-8pm. £10 weekly.

Contact: Gillian, 01550 760067 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 Craft Courses in Tregaron at Debonair Gift Emporium, Dewi Road, SY25 6JN. Glass foiling, mosaic making, knitting, sewing and more. Contact: Debbie, 01974 299577 or search Debonair Gift Emporium on Facebook.

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 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 _____________ Lampeter Writers’ Workshop (founded 1984) meets weekly during University term time in the Old Boardroom, UWTSD Lampeter.

Inspiration and critique of written work, meet other writers. £30 a year, can be paid termly. Contact: 01570 423167.

events _________________ Coffee Morning. Sat 15 June, 10:30am12pm, Ffestri Capel Seion, Cwrtnewydd. If you have crafts to sell, please bring and tables will be available. Tea, coffee, cakes, chat.

Chris: 01570 434506.

Sioe Geir a Beics. Cerbydau’r gorffennol a’r presennol. Dydd Sul 23 Mehefin, Ysgol Dyffryn Cledlyn, Drefach, SA40 9SX. Ocsiwn: Scott Williams motorsport rally car experience; Cofrestru, 9-10am; Taith Geir 12.30pm. Elw: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 2020 & Neuadd Drefach Hall.

Cyswllt, sioeceir@gmail.com Car and Bike Show. Past and present vehicles. Sunday 23 June, Ysgol Dyffryn Cledlyn, Drefach, SA40 9SX. Auction: Scott Williams motorsport rally car experience; Registration, 9-10am; Car run, 12.30pm. Proceeds: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 2020 & Neuadd Drefach Hall. Contact, sioeceir@gmail.com 2020 Eisteddfod Sponsored Walk. Sun 23 June, 1pm, Lampeter Long Wood.

Approx. 3 mile walk, starting from the Rugby Club. All welcome, prize for best youth collector. Leaders Debbie and Bethan (Tregaron Ramblers). £4 adults / £2 children without sponsors.

Sponsorship forms from Ann Morgan 07791 966122 or at Ysgol Bro Pedr.

2020 Eisteddfod Cymanfa Ganu. 27 June, 7pm, Soar Chapel, Lampeter.

Religious singing festival led by Margaret Daniel and Delyth Hopkins Evans.

Guest artist Kees Huysmans (baritone/ winner of the Blue Ribbon). S4C will be filming the event for ‘Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol’. All welcome.

Cor Côr Cwmann Strawberries, Cream & Song Night. 28 June, 7pm, Lampeter Bowls Club, The Rookery.

Entertainment by Cwmann and district male voice choir, and local young artists. Tickets £5 from choir members or 01570 423231. All profits to Ceredigion National Eisteddfod 2020.

2020 Eisteddfod Proclamation. 29 June, 11am, Cardigan. A march through the town followed by the proclamation ceremony led by the new Archdruid of Wales, Myrddin ap Dafydd, and the ‘Gorsedd’ of Bards.

Friends of Hafan Deg Summer Fete. Sat 29 June, 2-4pm. Local groups welcome to have a stall (no cakes please).

Charity groups pay £10 a table (free refreshments) and keep all they raise for their organisation. Businesses pay £10 and a percentage of the money raised. Contact: Rev. Victoria Hackett to book a table, 01570 421683 or vhackett@outlook.com.

20

Open Garden for Charity - Sunday 30 June, Bwlchau Duon, Ffarmers, SA19 8JJ. 2-6pm. Home made refreshments and Plant Stall. All proceeds to the National Garden Scheme. 01558 650187, brendatimmsuk@gmail.com

health & well-being _____

Living Well, Macmillan Cancer Support.

Supporting and connecting people with cancer. Mon 10am-12noon, 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.

Banc Bwyd Llambed. Ar gael Dydd Llun, Dydd Mercher + Dydd Gwener 9-5, heblaw Gwyliau Banc 6 & 27 Mai (ar agor 28 Mai). Rydyn ni’n derbyn atgyfeiriadau gan asietaethau lleol.

Croesawu rhoddion bwyd (sy o fewn y dyddiad plis). Mae blychau casglu yn Yr Hedyn Mwstard a Co-op Llanbed.

Lampeter Food Bank. Open Mon, Weds & Fri, 9-5. Referrals made by local agencies.

Non-perishable food donations (in date please) can be left in Banc Bwyd collection boxes in Lampeter Co-op and Yr Hedyn Mwstard cafe. 07582 905743 Fb: lampeterfoodbank 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 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

health & well-being

cont’d

__

Headway, the Brain Injury Association.

Headway Ceredigion drop-in session, Tesco Community Room, Aberystwyth.

Tues, 10.50am-12pm: Tai Chi, Morlan Centre, Aberystwyth. Free for anyone with an Acquired Brain Injury, through stroke, accident or illness. PAs, partners and carers welcome. For info or to register: dolaubach@talktalk.net 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 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 Drug Addicts Anonymous meet at St Thomas’ Methodist Church (end of Drovers Road/Peterwell Terrace), Mon 7.30-8.30pm. For contact details www.drugaddictsanonymous.org.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 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

Cwm Aur, Llanybydder. Weds, Thurs and Fri , 9.30am-3pm with play areas and activities for babies and toddlers.

Mums, dads, grandparents and guardians can have a chat and a cuppa - and it’s free. Info and weekly events, contact: Kim, 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.

School holidays Tues, 10.30am12.30pm, Parc yr Orsedd; 1.303.30pm, Parc y Felin, 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 & kids __________________ Sun 10am-6pm, 7 days/week in school Canolfan Deuluol Ty'r Teulu holidays. Birthday party bookings Llanybydder Family Centre, Hafan Unit, welcome. Tasty menu, free WiFi. 21

01570 480268, www.littlemzzz.co.uk Home-Start. Ready for school groups in Talgarreg Hall on Thursdays, and Felinfach Hall on Fridays 9.3011.30am. 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. 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. Erin Green, 07834 195728 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.

markets _______________

People’s Market, Victoria Hall, Lampeter. 10am-1pm every 2nd & 4th Sat each month. Next markets: 8 & 22 June, 13 & 27 July.

Copy Deadline: Fri 7 June Theme: ‘Neighbourliness’

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

10.15-10.45am

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

11.30am12.15pm

Aerobeg Dwr

Aqua Aerobics

£4

5.45-6.15pm

MetaFit

MetaFit

£3.60

7.15-8.00pm

Rhwyfo Mewnol

Indoor Rowing

£3.60

9.15am-1.00pm

Ysgol Gymnasteg Rees*

Rees School of Gymnastics*

2.00-3.00pm

Disco Rhowl*

Roller Disco*

£3.40/£2.50

Gwybodaeth yn gywir ar amser argraffu / Information correct at time of printing *Ddim yn rhan o’r pecyn aelodaeth / *Not part of membership packages 22

7.00-8.30

Dydd Llun Dydd Mawrth

Nofio Cynnar (Lon) Nofio Cynnar (Lon)

9.0010.30

12.30-13.30

13.3015.30

(10.15)

Nofio 50+ (60+ AM DDIM)

Nofio Cyhoeddus

Nofio Ysgol

Nofio Ysgol

Rhiant a Phlentyn

Nofio Cyhoeddus

Nofio Ysgol

Nofio Ysgol

Nofio Ysgol

Nofio Ysgol

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

Nofio Ysgol Nofio Ysgol

10.3011.30

Hydro Spin

Dydd Mercher Dydd Iau

Nofio Cynnar (Lon)

Dydd Gwener

Dydd Sadwrn

Dydd Sul

11.30-12.30

9.0010.00

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

16.0017.30

17.30-18.30

18.3019.30

19.30-21.00

Gweri Nofio

Nofio Cyhoeddus

Nofio Lôn Cyflym

Aerobeg Dwr (7.30-8pm)

Nofio Ysgol

Gwersi Nofio

Nofio Cyhoeddus

Nofio Lôn

Nofio Cyhoeddus

Nofio Ysgol

Gwersi Nofio

Nofio Cyhoeddus

Gwersi Oedolion

Nofio Cyhoeddus

Nofio Ysgol

Gwersi Nofio

Nofio Cyhoeddus

Nofio Lôn

Nofio Cyhoeddus

Nofio Ysgol

Gwersi Nofio

Nofio Cyhoeddus

Nofio am ddim i 60+ adeg tymor ysgol yn unig Gellir bwcio partion penblywydd yn ystod y penwythnos Rhaglen gweithgareddau gwyliau ar gael o’r pŵll nofio

7.008.30

Monday Tuesday

Early Birds (Lanes) Early Birds (Lanes)

9.0010.30

School Swim School Swim

10.3011.30

Hydro Spin (10.15)

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

Follow us on: Hamdden Llambed Leisure 23

markets cont’d ___________ Aberaeron Community Market. Royal British Legion, Victoria St, Aberaeron.

Sat, 9.30am-3pm Enquiries: Philomena 01545 574729 or Aberaeron Community Market Facebook page.

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-12.00pm, 3rd Sat in month.

Tregaron Community Market. 1st Fri in month, 10am-2pm. Food, crafts, gifts and other stalls. Refreshment available. Helen Green 01974 298862 or helendoldre@yahoo.co.uk. Next market 7 June.

Marchnad Gymunedol Tregaron. Dydd Gwener cyntaf pob mis 10 y bore tan 2 y prynhawn. Bwyd, crefftau, anrhegion a stondinau diddorol eraill. Lluniaeth ar gael. Helen Green 01974 298862 neu helendoldre@yahoo.co.uk.

move your body _________

Cerddwyr Llambed (Ramblers).

Strolling, roaming, ambling or walking, you are always welcome at the ramblers. Come and join us! For more info please contact: James, 01570 480743 or Kay, 01570 480041.

Sat 1 June: Pennal to Aberdyfi: Mountain track over the Tarren hills.

Bus passes!. 10 miles, Moderate+.

Meet RCP 08:30. James, 01570 480748 Sat 8 June: Llanrhystud coast & country: Lanes & footpaths to Llanddeiol, return on coastal path from Pinderi cliffs. 8 miles, Moderate. RCP 10am. Chris & Teresa, 01570 472956 Sat 15 June: Brechfa and Cothi valley: Field paths , woodlands and streams. 7 miles, Moderate. RCP 10am. David, 01570 481523 14, 15, 16 June: Two Moors Way with Llanelli Ramblers. Hittisleigh Cross to Morchard Rd; Morchard Rd to Witherbridge; Witherbridge to Jubilee Inn Sat 22 June: Black Mountains Magie Crib y Garth: 70th birthday special walk for James. 10 miles, Moderate+.

RCP 10am. Kay, Caroline, Margaret, 01570 480041

Tues 25 June: Grŵp Lone a Clone: Ambling rambling group. Meet Co-op car park for short walk , about 2 hours.

Details on www.ramblers.org/ Lampeter or on the group email.

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.

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. No dogs. Children aged 4-11 must be accompanied by an adult.

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. Mon 9.1510.15am, Llanfair Clydogau Hall. Weds 7.30-8.30pm, Cellan Millennium Hall. £4.50 Contact: Debbie, 01570 493594.

Hydrospin - Aqua Cycling & trampolines Lampeter Pool, Mon 10.15am24

10.45am; Aberaeron Pool, Tues 11.45am (12.15pm) & 7pm (7.30pm) plus Aqua Mats, 11.15-11.45am & 8-8.30pm. To book contact David Maund, 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. £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.

Hatha Yoga with Pat Beaton. Weds 5.30 -7pm, £6, Cellan Millennium Hall. 1st Weds each month Yoga on the Ball (bring your own Swiss Ball). Small friendly group. Contact: Pat, 01558 650594.

Yoga with Karen Hills. Tues, 6-7pm: Hatha Yoga, Llanfair Clydogau Village Hall. Weds 10-11.30am: Hatha Yoga, Victoria Hall, Lampeter. Weds, 6-7pm: Beginners Yoga, Brondeifi Vestry, Lampeter. Exploring physical postures to relax the body and mind. Improving flexibility, balance and concentration.

Using breath & relaxation techniques to deal with life’s stresses. Regular workshops, Yoga and Lunch at Tregaron Riverside Café, see website 1:1 sessions also available. Booking essential: Karen, 07547 125937, www.breatheinyoga.co.uk

move your body cont’d _____ 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.

Ann, 07826 692110.

Friday Stretch-out. Fri, 5.45-6.45pm, Sally Saunders’ Dance Studio, Lampeter Industrial Estate. Unwind at the end of the week and give your body a revitalising stretch. Pay as you feel. Lucy, 07814 582863, lucyb12@btinternet.com Dancing the Elements. Sun, 4-5.30pm, Sally Saunders’ Dance Studio, Lampeter Industrial Estate. Join experienced dancer Lucy to explore Earth, Air, Fire and Water through movement: deepening our connection to these life-giving elements and fully embracing ourselves in the world. £8, open to all. Lucy, 07814 582863, lucyb12@btinternet.com The Jane Guy School of Dancing.

Mon: Aberaeron; Tues, Thurs and Sat: Lampeter. Offering Ballet, Street and Modern. Find us on Facebook: The Jane Guy School of Dancing.

Contact: Jade, 07972 521842 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 Belly Dance and Fit for Life Classes.

Friday mornings, fortnightly, mixed class 10.45am-12pm, Fit for Life (50+) 12.15-1.30pm. Sally Saunders Dance Studio, Lampeter Industrial Estate, £42 per term or £7 per session. Contact jacki@yorkes.co.uk, 07544424441.

Mat-based Pilates Plus. First and last Mon, 2-3.15pm, Llangeitho Hall.

Suitable for beginners, but please call.

Bring mat. Benefits include improved posture and body shape, muscle toning, increased energy, strength, agility, and stamina. Shân Rees,

qualified Pilates instructor: 01570 218138, 07940 375147.

Walking Basketball. Weds 5-6pm, £3.

For 40+. Walking Football. Fri, 5.306.30pm, £3. Tregaron Leisure Centre.

01974 298960.

music _________________

Aberaeron Chorale Concert. Sat 22 June, 7.30pm, Holy Trinity Church, Aberaeron. J.S. Bach’s Magnificat, music by Puccini and full supporting programme of choral and solo music from Puccini, Rogers & Hammerstein's Sound of Music and others. Tickets £10 from 01545 574934 (9-10 Tues-Thurs), choir members, or on the door. Under 16s free.

Lampeter Chamber Orchestra welcomes new players in all sections.

Rehearsals Mon evenings at UWTSD, Lampeter. The orchestra fosters various chamber groups as well as the main ensemble. Players of Grade 5 and above required. Please apply to the Secretary, John Crompton: carol.john@gmx.co.uk.

Lampeter Folk. Noson cerdd gwerin a gynhaliwyd yn Neuadd Fictoria.

Regular music/poetry night in the small room, Victoria Hall, usually 3rd Friday in month. All welcome to play songs, read poetry or listen by candlelight. Refreshments available.

Dates for 2019: Fri 26 July (note 4th Fri), Fri 20 Sept, Fri 18 Oct, Fri 15 Nov & Fri 20 Dec. No dates in June or August this year.

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. Suggested donation £2.

permaculture, gardening & conservation ___________

plant stall. All proceeds to the National Garden Scheme. Contact 01558 650187, brendatimmsuk@gmail.com 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 _

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 Thomas' Methodist Church, Lampeter. Saturday 1st June, 10 am, Coffee Morning and Plant Sale Books, Bric-a-Brac, Jigsaws, Cakes. All proceeds for The Rhoda Chidongo Scholarship. Thank you for your support for the chapel.

Sun Service (English) 10.30am plus Junior Church activity. Church rooms for hire, kitchen facilities. Contact: 01570 423757.

Lampeter Ecumenical Discussion Group. St Thomas Methodist Church.

Weds 12 Jun, 7pm. All welcome, Croeso cynnes i bawb. 01570 480083. deborahjrowlands@gmail.com

Cothi Gardeners. 19 Jun, 7.30pm, Coronation Hall Pumsaint. Helen Picton from Old Court Nurseries, "Asters". Guests welcome, £3, includes refreshments.

Gerddi Agored Aberarth Open Gardens.

Sun 30 June, 12-5pm. Thema eleni: creaduriad y mo. This years theme: sea creatures.

Open Garden for Charity. Sun 30 June, Please keep your listings up to date 2-6pm, Bwlchau Duon, Ffarmers, SA19 Diolch / Thank You 8JJ. Homemade refreshments and lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com 25

religious services & groups Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church, Lampeter.

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

Lampeter Quakers / Crynwyr Llambed Sun 10.45am, Canolfan Steffan, Peterwell Terrace. Last Tues of month, 19.30 in local homes. All welcome.

Cwrdd bob dydd Sul 10.45yb, Canolfan Steffan, Rhodfa Peterwell. Nos Fawrth olaf y mis am 19.30 mewn cartrefi lleol. Croeso cynnes i bawb.

Contact for details and directions/ Cysylltwch am manylion a chyfeiriadau: lizmcd12@gmail.com, 01570 471488, www.quaker.org Emmaus Christian Fellowship meets Sun 10.30am and 5pm at rear of 78 Bridge Street, Lampeter. Contact: David Patterson, 01570 423360.

Lampeter Evangelical Church meets every Sun, Victoria Hall, 10am-7pm.

Contact: Gareth Jones, Mustard Seed café, 01570 423344.

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.

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. Mon, 6pm, Christian Meditation, 1/2 hour service. Weds, 10.45am, Holy Eucharist & Ministry of Healing.

St Mary’s Church, Maestir. 2nd Sun only English.

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. Reverend.

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.Main Sun Service: Eucharist 2.30pm

social _________________

Merry Makers’ Women’s Group Weds, 10.30am-3pm. St James’ Hall, Cwmann. £3 incl. vegetarian lunch, refreshments and all activities. Free car park. Disabled toilet & access. All women welcome. Includes 10-15 mins Qi Gong led by Sue at 11am.

Weds 29 May: Craft Info: 01570 423167 / 01570 470010 Lampeter WI. Meet 3rd Weds each month from 10.30am at St. Thomas Church. New members warmly welcome. Contact: 01570 421683.

Custard Queens WI: Ladies of Lampeter! Are you open to being inspired, experiencing new things, learning new skills and making solid friendships? We meet every 1st Sun, 79.30pm, Victoria Hall (2nd Sun on Bank Holiday weekends), and every Friday, 2.30pm, Mustard Seed Café for Coffee Catch Up. Christine, 07815 086579 Cellan WI: 2nd Thurs each month, 7.30pm, Cellan Millennium Hall. A diverse, energetic and enthusiastic group of ladies. Drop in for a taster and join the fun. Penny, 01570 423877 The Café at the End of the World. A space to share our thoughts about the future of life on earth. Emotional support in the face of climate chaos and ecological collapse. Plus cake. All welcome. 10am-1pm, upstairs at Victoria Hall during People’s Market.

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

Variety of talks, visits and light entertainment. 01570 47069, www.theatrfelinfach.com Third World Lunch St. Peter’s Church Hall, Lampeter. 1st Fri each month, 121.30pm. Payment by donation, all donations to Christian Aid Food Growing Programme.

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

26

CELLAN MILLENNIUM HALL CLASSES AND GROUPS MONDAY Golden Broth Lunch Club: 3 June & 1 July, 11.30-2pm Line Dancing: 7-10pm TUESDAY Lampeter Home Ed. Group: 12-5pm Qi Gong: 6-7pm Tai Chi: 7-8pm WEDNESDAY Yoga: 5.30-7pm Aerobics & Body Toning: 7.30-8.30pm THURSDAY WI: 2nd Thurs of month 7.30pm FRIDAY Film Night: fortnightly 7.15pm for 7.45pm LLANFAIR CLYDOGAU VILLAGE HALL SA48 8LG REGULAR ACTIVITIES Community activities are held regularly in the village hall.

Join LLANFAIR CLYDOGAU FACEBOOK PAGE FOR DETAILS

MONDAY KEEP FIT with Debbie White: 9.15-10.15am TUESDAY YOGA with Karen Hills: 6.30-7.30pm WEDNESDAY YOGA with Jackie: 11am-12.30pm YOGA with Karen Hills: 6-7pm SHORT CARPET BOWLS: 7.30-9.30pm THURSDAY WELSH CONVERSATION CLASS: 10-11.30am TWINE AND WHINE: 2-4pm Every 2nd Thursday WI: 7.30-9.30pm 3rd Thursday of the month FRIDAY ART GROUP: 10-1pm HALL AVAILABLE FOR BOOKINGS WIFI, FULLY STOCKED NEW KITCHEN WARM AND FRIENDLY £6 PER HOUR FOR INFORMATION + BOOKINGS

01570 493288

Anfonir pob rhodd i Brosiect Tyfu Bwyd Cymorth Cristnogol.

Gwerthfawrogir eich cefnogaeth.

CYD Llambed. Ymarfer eich Cymraeg/ Practise your Welsh. Dydd Mawrth 11yb-12yh/Tues 11am-12pm,Mulberry Bush Café, Heol y Bont / Bridge Street, Llanbedr P.S./ Lampeter. Croeso i bawb/All welcome. Croeso i unrhyw Cymro/Cymraes sy'n fodlon.

social cont’d _________ 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.

Cinio Cymraeg Tregaron. Welsh language monthly dinners at the Talbot Hotel, 1st Thurs each month.

Not suitable for absolute beginners but anyone who has attended classes for a 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 Whist Drives, every fortnight at Hafan Deg, Lampeter. All welcome. All funds to Hafan Deg League of Friends.

Contact: Gwen Davies, 01570 481152.

Lampeter Bridge Club every Tues, 6.45pm, Hafan Deg Retirement Home.

Visitors and learners welcome. Contact Keith, 01974 298811 for more info.

Dewch i’n cwrdd, croeso mawr ichi.

environment. One session in four devoted to your own woodcraft project. No experience needed, training given. Meet at Canolfan Long Wood Centre, 10am.

Film Nights

Fri 7 June: Mary Queen of Scots (15) Denmark Farm Conservation Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, David Tennant Centre. Volunteer days twice Mary Stuart tries to overthrow her monthly, once on a weekend and cousin Queen Elizabeth I, and faces once on a Tuesday. Also Taster execution.

Days and Training Days 10am-4pm approx. Activities might include Fri 21 June: Stan and Ollie (PG) practical conservation tasks, John C. Reilly, Steve Coogan, Shirley coppicing, gardening and wildlife Henderson Laurel and Hardy try to reignite their monitoring. All welcome, no film careers with a gruelling theatre experience needed. Drinks & cakes tour of post-war Britain. provided, bring lunch and outdoor gear. For dates see events listing, Fri 5 July: Green Book (12A) Mahershala Ali, Viggo Mortensen, Linda website or call 01570 493358.

Cardellini Voluntary trustees needed to join An Black classical pianist tours the our charity ‘The Shared Earth Deep South in the 1960s.

Trust’. Seeking diverse experiences and skill sets, especially keen for Doors open 7.15pm, film at 7.45pm finance, conservation, marketing Admission by Donation. and fundraising, but other roles available.

Suggestions for future films welcome!

Info: 01570 493358 or www.denmarkfarm.org.uk/ Join our Film Screening Team! volunteering _______ volunteer-vacancies-2/ Ty Hafan Lampeter Volunteers Needed. Global Justice West Wales group.

Contact: Tony, 07778 278017 We need volunteers at our Ty Hafan Be part of the change. Contact: Our new website shop, High Street, Lampeter. Make info@purposefulpermaculture.co.uk is: www.cellanhall.wales new friends, build confidence and gain experience. Contact: 01570 421976 for more information or pop in for a chat.

Coedwig Gymunedol Long Wood Temporary distribution cover needed in Lampeter!

Community Woodland: Woodland Do you live in town? Could you deliver a few Grapevines for us during June?

Wednesdays Join volunteering sessions Please get in touch if you can help to develop practical skills and benefit lampetergrapevine@gmail.com from working in a beautiful CELLAN WI The April meeting gave the ladies of Cellan WI some food for thought.

We were joined by Anthony Vaughn from The Wallich Charity who gave us an insight into the issue of homelessness, specifically in the Aberystwyth area where he is based.

Their aim is to help people get off the streets and stay off by providing support, education and guidance.

One of their recent innovations is to provide large secure lockers for people to store their belongings safely and in the dry. We enjoyed a magnificent tea and Anthony judged the monthly competition ‘An unusual

info@longwood-lampeter.org.uk

utensil’ which was won by Iona. Who knew there were so many varieties of garlic press?

Our May meeting featured the owls from New Quay Birds of Prey and we were joined by members of surrounding WI’s. Liz and Amber gave a fascinating talk on the habitat, behaviour and idiosyncrasies of the birds, who were all impeccably behaved. The star of the show was Itch, a Little Owl who viewed his/her (apparently terribly difficult to tell) audience with imperious disdain. A hearty tea and splendiferous raffle completed a splendid evening.

We meet at 7.30pm on the second 27

Thursday of the month in Cellan Millenium Hall. Instead of a meeting in June we will be having our summer outing to Sculpture Heaven in Rhydlewis. However all will be back to normal in July when Raymond Williams will be discussing life as a vet. A raffle is held and a sales table of preowned books and dvds is a regular feature.

You do not have to be a member to join the fun, come along for a taster and meet our friendly company of ladies. We look forward to welcoming some new faces to our merry band in the coming months.

Penny Izienicki

Prifysgol Cymru y Drindod Dewi Sant

Y SEFYDLIAD CYTGORD

‘Archwilio Ein Lle yn y Bydysawd’ Cynadleddau 2019 DYSG Y DYCHYMYG: TRADDODIADAU DOETHINEB A GWELEDIGAETH SANCTAIDD G y da g Ac a de mi Te me nos

Dydd Mercher 3 Gorffennaf 2019 10am – 4.45pm Llyfrgell y Sylfaenwyr, Prifysgol Cymru y Drindod Dewi Sant, Campws Llambed Hilary Davies (cyn Gadeirydd Cymdeithas Farddoniaeth Prydain Fawr): ‘Sacred Vision and the Landscape’ Howard Hull (Cyfarwyddwr Canolfan Ruskin, Brantwood),: ‘Storming into Beauty: Ruskin, Turner and the Ethics of the Dust’ Grevel Lindop cyn Athro Saesneg ym Mhrifysgol Manceinion: ‘W.B. Yeats and the Poet's Quest for Vision’ Joseph Milne Darlithydd Anrhydeddus ym Mhrifysgol Caint: ‘Cosmic Harmony and the Sacred City’ Mae’r digwyddiad yn rhad ac am ddim ac yn cynnwys cinio llysieuol, ond rhaid i chi gofrestru yma erbyn d ydd Llun 1 Go rffennaf h ttp ://so p h ia - p ro ject.n et / sp_sponsored/tem enos - 3 - july - 2019/inde x.php

Y GOLEUNI A’R TYWYLLWCH G y da Cha nol fa n S ophi a

dydd Sadwrn 13 Gorffennaf 9am – 5.45 pm, Llyfrgell y Sylfaenwyr, Prifysgol Cymru y Drindod Dewi Sant, Campws Llambed Byddwn yn archwilio sut mae’r ffiniau rhwng y goleuni a’r tywyllwch, a’u natur, wedi cael eu dychmygu, eu cynrychioli a’u defnyddio mewn amrywiaeth o ddiwylliannau a chyfnodau.

Bydd y siaradwyr yn cynnwys: Tina Burchill (Coleg Schumacher): ‘Dark Fire: Dimensions of Luminosity in the Chthonic’

Kim Malville (Prifysgol Boulder, Colorado): ‘The Cosmogony of Darkness and Light’ Natalie Marr (Prifysgol Glasgow): ‘Meeting the night halfway: Dark Sky Place as creative milieu’ Joanna Popielska -G rz ybow ska (Prifysgol Warsaw): ‘Sides of creation - the role of light and shadow in the Pyramid Texts’ Tamzin Powell (Prifysgol Cymru y Drindod Dewi Sant): ‘ Night and Day in the Valley: An Ethnography of Witchcraft and Magical Practices in the Welsh Borders’ Frank Prendergast (Prifysgol Dechnegol Dulyn): ‘Shadow Casting Phenomena at Newgrange: a postscript 30 years on’ Valerie Shrimplin : ‘Shadow s in Renaissance Painting: ‘Standing between Darkness and Light’ David Stevenson : (Coleg Schumacher): ‘Optics and Cosmology: from Ptolemy to Freud’ Mae’r digwyddiad yn costio £30 am y diwrnod, yn cynnwys cinio llysieuol. Archebwch yma: http://sophia-project.net/conferences/conference2019/booking.php

Os oes gennych chi gwestiynau ynglŷn â’r ddwy gynhadledd, cysylltwch â Nicholas Campion: n.campion@uwtsd.ac.uk 28

Dysgu'r Dychymyg: Traddodiadau Doethineb a Gweledigaeth Gysegredig Cyhoeddi Cynhadledd Undydd ag Academi Temenos Dydd Mercher 3 Gorffennaf 2019 10 am - 4.45 pm Llyfrgell y Sylfaenwyr, Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant Campws Llanbedr Pont Steffan Rydym yn falch o groesawu'r Academi Temenos ar ei hymweliad cyntaf â Llanbedr Pont Steffan, mewn symudiad a hwylusir gan Sefydliad Harmoni newydd y Brifysgol. Rydym yn gobeithio y bydd ymweliad yr Academi yn cynnig cyfle gwerthfawr i siarad am y gwirioneddau ysbrydol sy'n sail i fodolaeth ddynol.

Dywed yr Academi am y diwrnod, ‘Gobeithiwn greu ‘temenos’, lle cysegredig, i annog cyfnewid syniadau ynghylch y gwerthoedd rydym wedi'u hetifeddu ac rydym am eu trosglwyddo i genedlaethau'r dyfodol’. Mae ‘temenos’ yn lle cysegredig, wedi'i neilltuo o ofod cyffredin y byd bob dydd, lle gallwn ni fynd i adnewyddu ein hysbryd, cymuno â'r dwyfol, neu brofi swyn natur.

Fe ddeilliodd yr Academi wrth lansio’r cylchgrawn Temenos ym 1980 gan grŵp bach o awduron a meddylwyr a oedd yn cynnwys yr ysgolhaig William Blake chwedlonol, Kathleen Raine, ynghyd â Keith Critchlow, awdur llawer o lyfrau ar geometreg sanctaidd. Fel mae datganiad gweledigaeth yr Academi yn ei ddatgan, ‘Credwn fod dynion a menywod yn bennaf oll yn fodau ag anghenion ysbrydol y mae'n rhaid eu meithrin os ydym yn gobeithio cyflawni ein potensial a bod yn hapus. Ein pwrpas ... yw astudio dysgu'r Dychymyg, yn y celfyddydau a'r ddysgeidiaethau sy'n mynegi'r wybodaeth ysbrydol draddodiadol honno'.

Bydd pedwar siaradwr nodedig yn ymuno â ni: Mae Hilary Davies wedi cyhoeddi pedwar casgliad o farddoniaeth y cyhoeddwyd y diweddaraf, Exile and the Kingdom, ym mis Tachwedd 2016. Yn ei sgwrs, 'Sacred Vision and the Landscape', bydd Hilary yn edrych ar sut mae tri gwahanol fardd, David Jones, Gerard Manley Hopkins a Dylan Thomas, wedi cael eu hysbrydoli gan dirwedd Cymru i agor byd gweledigaethol y dychymyg, gan godi cwestiynau ynghylch sut rydym wedi ein hymgorffori yn nhirweddau’r gorffennol, sut mae tirweddau presennol yn cynnig dimensiynau ysbrydol i ni, a pha stiwardiaeth sydd arnom ar gyfer y dyfodol.

Bydd Howard Hull yn siarad ar ‘Storming into Beauty: Ruskin, Turner and the Ethics of the Dust’. Mae ganddo gymwysterau arbennig ar gyfer y dasg hon, gan ei fod yn Gyfarwyddwr Brantwood, cyn gartref y beirniad celf pwysig John Ruskin yn ardal y Llynnoedd. Ruskin a luniodd y term ' heartsight ' i ddisgrifio gweledigaeth yr arlunydd Joseph Turner o 'harddwch hanfodol', yr oedd yn ei gweld fel grym sy'n rhoi bywyd, asiantaeth lle mae hoffter a charedigrwydd yn creu ecoleg sy’n cynnal ar gyfer pawb yng nghanol yr anhrefn atomeiddio mewn byd sydd fel arall yn greulon.

O’r blaen roedd Grevel Lindop yn Athro Saesneg ym Mhrifysgol Manceinion. Mae wedi cyhoeddi saith casgliad o gerddi yn ogystal â llyfrau teithio a bywgraffiadau ac ar hyn o bryd mae'n ysgrifennu llyfr ar fywyd ysbrydol a barddoniaeth W.B. Yeats, sydd, yn briodol, yn destun eianerchiad, ‘W.B. Yeats a Chwest y Bardd am Weledigaeth ’. Mae Grevel yn dweud wrthym fod barddoniaeth Yeats yn datgelu camau ei archwiliad o grefydd India, ocwltiaeth y Gorllewin, ysbrydoliaeth a thraddodiadau brodorol Gwyddelig, wrth chwilio am y gwirionedd sylfaenol y credai eu bod i gyd yn deillio ohono.

Darlithydd Anrhydeddus ym Mhrifysgol Caint yw Joseph Milne, lle bu'n addysgu ar y cwrs MA mewn Cyfriniaeth a Phrofiad Crefyddol nes iddo ymddeol yn 2013. Bydd ei sgwrs, ‘Cosmic Harmony and the Sacred City’ yn tynnu ar fythau ac athroniaeth hynafol i ddangos y berthynas barhaol rhwng trefn ddwyfol y cosmos a bywyd dynol.

Bydd y diwrnod yn cael ei gynnal yn amgylchedd moethus Llyfrgell Sylfaenwyr y Brifysgol a bydd digon o amser ar gyfer cwestiynau a thrafodaethau. Gwahoddir pawb ond mae lle yn gyfyngedig felly byddwch gystal â chofrestru (gweler isod).

Mae'r digwyddiad yn rhad ac am ddim ac fe ddarperir cinio llysieuol, ond cofiwch gofrestru ar y wefan erbyn dydd Gwener 28 Mehefin (yn gynt o syn bosibl) os hoffech gael cinio, ac fel bod gennym niferoedd ar gyfer lluniaeth yn y bore a'r prynhawn.

A gwiriwch y wefan am unrhyw ddiweddariadau. https://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/humanities-performingarts/conferences/temenos-academy-day-conference/ Rydym yn gobeithio’ch gweld chi yno!

29

Nick Campion

University of Wales Trinity Saint David

THE HARMONY INSTITUTE

‘Exploring Our Place in the Cosmos’ Conferences 2019 THE LEARNING OF THE IMAGINATION: WISDOM TRADITIONS AND SACRED VISION with the Temenos Academy

Wednesday 3 July 2019 10am–4.45pm The Founders Library, University of Wales Trinity Saint David Lampeter Campus Hilary Davies (former Chair of the Poetry Society of Great Britain): ‘Sacred Vision and the Landscape’ Howard Hull (Director of the Ruskin Centre, Brantwood): ‘Storming into Beauty: Ruskin, Turner and the Ethics of the Dust’ Grevel Lindop former Professor of English at Manchester University: ‘W.B. Yeats and the Poet's Q uest for Vision’ Joseph Milne Honorary Lecturer at the University of Kent: ‘Cosmic Harmony and the Sacred City’ The event is free and includes a vegetarian lunch, but please register by Monday 1 July h ttp ://so p h ia - p ro ject.n et / sp_sponsored/tem enos - 3 - july - 2019/inde x.php

LIGHT AND DARK with the Sophia Centre

Saturday 13 July 9am–5.45pm The Founders Library, University of Wales Trinity Saint David Lampeter Campus We will explore how the boundaries between, and nature of, light and dark, have been imagined, represented and used in a variety of time periods and cultures.

Speakers include Tina Burchill (Schumacher College): ‘ Dark Fire: Dimensions of Luminosity in the Chthonic’ Kim Malville (University of Boulder, Colorado): ‘ The Cosmogony of Darkness and Light Natalie Marr (University of Glasgow): ‘ Meeting the night halfway: Dark Sky Place as creative milieu’ Joanna Popielska -G rz ybow ska (University of Warsaw): Sides of creation - the role of light and shadow in the Pyramid Texts’ Tamzin Powell (University of Wales Trinity Saint David): ‘ Night and Day in the Valley: An Ethnography of Witchcraft and Magical Practices in the Welsh Borders’ Frank Prendergast (T echnical University Dublin): ‘ Shadow Casting Phenomena at Newgrange: a post script 30 years on’ Valerie Shrimplin: ‘Shadow s in Renaissance Painting: Standing between Darkness and Light’ David Stevenson (Schumacher College): ‘ O ptics and Cosmology: from Ptolemy to Freud’ The event is £30 for the day, including a vegetarian lunch.

Please book here: http://sophia-project.net/conferences/conference2019/booking.php

All inquiries for both conferences Nicholas Campion, n.campion@uwtsd.ac.uk 30

The Learning of the Imagination: Wisdom Traditions and Sacred Vision Announcing a one Day Conference with the Temenos Academy Wednesday 3 July 2019 10am – 4.45pm The Founders Library, University of Wales Trinity Saint David Lampeter Campus We are proud to welcome the Temenos Academy on its first visit to Lampeter, in a move facilitated by the University’s new Harmony Institute. We hope that the Academy’s visit offers a valuable chance to talk about the spiritual truths which underpin human existence.

The Academy says of the day, ‘We hope to create a ‘temenos’, a sacred space, to encourage the exchange of ideas about the values we have inherited and which we wish to pass to future generations’. A ‘temenos’ is a sacred place, set aside from the ordinary space of the everyday world, where we can go to refresh our spirits, commune with the divine, or experience the enchantment of nature.

The Academy owes its origins to the launch in 1980 of the Temenos journal by a small group of writers and thinkers which included the legendary William Blake scholar, Kathleen Raine, along with Keith Critchlow, the author of many books on sacred geometry. As the Academy’s vision statement declares, ‘We believe that men and women are first and foremost beings with spiritual needs that have to be nourished if we hope to fulfil our potential and be happy. Our purpose...is to study the learning of the Imagination, both in the arts and the teachings that express that traditional spiritual knowledge’.

We will be joined by four distinguished speakers: Hilary Davies has published four collections of poetry of which the latest, Exile and the Kingdom, was published in November 2016. In her talk, ‘Sacred Vision and the Landscape’, Hilary will look at how three different poets, David Jones, Gerard Manley Hopkins and Dylan Thomas, have been inspired by the Welsh landscape to open up the visionary world of the imagination, raising questions about how we are embedded in past landscapes, how present landscapes offer us spiritual dimensions, and what stewardship we owe for the future.

Howard Hull will speak on ‘Storming into Beauty: Ruskin, Turner and the Ethics of the Dust’. He is particularly well-qualified for this task, being Director of Brantwood, the great art-critic John Ruskin's former home in the Lake District. It was Ruskin who coined the term ‘heartsight’ to describe the painter Joseph Turner’s vision of ‘vital beauty’, which he saw as a life-giving force, an agency in which affection and kindness create a sustaining ecology for all amid the atomising chaos of an otherwise brutal world.

Grevel Lindop was formerly Professor of English at Manchester University. He has published seven collections of poems as well as travel books and biographies and is currently writing a book on the spiritual life and poetry of W.B. Yeats, who is, fittingly, the subject of his talk, ‘W.B. Yeats and the Poet's Quest for Vision’. Grevel tells us that Yeats’ poetry reveals the stages of his exploration of Indian religion, Western occultism, spiritualism and indigenous Irish traditions, in search of the underlying truth from which he believed they all derived.

Joseph Milne is Honorary Lecturer at the University of Kent where he taught on the MA course in Mysticism and Religious Experience until his retirement in 2013. His talk, ‘Cosmic Harmony and the Sacred City’. will draw upon ancient myths and philosophy to show the enduring relation between the divine order of the cosmos and human life.

The day will take place in the venerable surroundings of the University’s Founders Library and there will be plenty of time for questions and discussion..

All are invited but space is limited so please register (see below).

The event is free and a vegetarian lunch will be provided, but please register on the website by Friday 28 June (preferably earlier) if you would like lunch, and so that we have numbers for morning and afternoon refreshments.

And please check the website for any updates. https://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/humanities-performingarts/conferences/temenos-academy-day-conference/ We hope to see you there!

Nick Campion Trawsnewid Addysg; Trawsnewid Bywydau - Transforming Education; Transforming Lives 31

Peggy’s Childminding - Kids’ Corner presents The World through kids’ eyes

Mae’r Corâl Aberaeron yn cyflwyno Aberaeron Chorale presents

Cyngerdd yr Haf 2019

Summer Prom Concert 2019 Nos Sadwrn 22ain o Fehefin 7.30 yh Eglwys Y Drindod Sanctaidd

Saturday 22 June 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, Aberaeron

J.S. Bach “Magnificat” + rhaglen gefnogi lawn gan gynnwys cerddoriaeth + full supporting programme including music from Puccini, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Sound of Music Gan gynnwys unwdwyr gwadd / Featuring guest soloists: Caryl Glyn - Soprano Buddug Verona James - Mezzo Huw Rhys-Evans - Tenor Richard Morris - Baritone Kathryn Price - Cello + Director Charles Matthews - Organ

The Mulberry Bush Cafe is currently hosting a children’s art exhibition, until t 22 June.

Eira 11, Callie 8, and Pablo 6 jumped at the chance to present their work and have worked hard to produce some lovely artwork, cards and crafts and a book on frogs, after caring for tadpoles this spring. One piece of art is a collaboration of five children from Peggy’s Childminding Service.

We hope you enjoy this fun project and that some of the work will bring a smile to your face.

If you know of any other venues that would like to display children’s voices through arts please let us know.

Contact Cameron and Peggy at peggyclaudia@yahoo.com

Tocynau £10 (dan 16 oed yn rhad ac am ddim) ar gael wrth 01545 574934 (9-10 dydd Mawrth-Iau), aelodau’r côr, neu wrth y drws Tickets £10 (under 16s free) available from 01545 574934 (9-10 TuesThurs), choir members, or on the door

Custard Queens WI - June Custard Queens WI was congratulated

by Ceredigion Federation for having enrolled their fiftieth member. This is exciting news for a group which doesn’t reach its sixth birthday until November. As well as fifty members it has three sub groups: Walking for Health and Friendship, Sewing, and Incredible Edible. They were delighted to be a clue in May’s Grapevine crossword.

The next meeting will be on Sunday 2 June when Lucy B will be facilitating a stretch exercise class. Please bring a mat or towel to lie on for this activity. As usual there will be refreshments and a raffle. Custard Queens WI welcomes new members.

For more details please contact Christine 07815 086579.

Every Friday afternoon Custard Queens hold a Coffee Catch Up at 2.30pm in The Mustard Seed Café.

All welcome, partners and children, and those interested in joining Custard Queens WI. Custard Queens

Did you know you can advertise local paid employment opportunities in Grapevine

free of charge!

Eira, Callie & Pablo 32

Llewod Llambed / Lampeter Lionesses News I missed the copy date for the GV last month and as a consequence you all must be wondering what happened in Llewod’s final league game of the season! Well, our last outing was against Aber Uni 3 in a tight, physical game. We were down to 7 players on court so, no subs to relieve the injured and under the weather Llewod players but that did not stop everyone pulling together and fighting to the very last whistle. Final score was 28-21 to Aber Uni 3. Which meant Llewod had secured second place in league 2. Nominated player went to Carwen and Captain's Player to Sian. Da iawn pawb! Llewod Llambed has given its all in every game against some pretty tough competition. As a newly formed, self-coached team, made up primarily from players who have not played since school we have done amazingly well. Just juggling matches on top of work, small children and other commitments is commendable and our players have shown amazing dedication to the club and their team.

Many thanks to our club captain Elen, who has been with us every week despite not being able to play herself - we are looking forwards to having you back on court next season! And huge thanks to Carwen and Lynn for umpiring throughout the season - not an easy job!

The league teams came together to celebrate the season and to award prizes at The Hungry Ram in Penwuch. Was a lovely evening where Cardigan Diamonds were crowned League one champions and Aber Uni 3 winners of league 2. Well done to our own, Natalie and Georgie who were runners up for Team Player of the Season and huge congratulations to Carwen who deservedly took the Llewod Team Player trophy home! Well done to the team for turning up every Wednesday and always giving their best and a big thank you to the non leaguer’s for always supporting our league players.

After a busy season for the newly formed Lampeter Lionesses, we thought that maybe players would want to take a break from netball twice a week – but no…we are so fortunate to have been able to enter not one, but two teams into the friendly ‘Leagues4You’ league held on Monday nights. Llambed Llawen and The Cubs, were decided by drawing names out of a hat to ensure a mix of players on each team. The two other teams entered into the league were Bont Blades and Tregaron Turfs; a team

composed of Tregaron Ladies Football squad. Having played 4 games already, The Cubs are in fourth position while LLambed Llawen are holding 2nd place. The top 3 nominated players on equal points are Georgie WA The Cubs, Natalie GA Ll.Llawen and Charlie GA The Turfs. The captains of both teams also highlighted exceptional performances from Catrin, Elin and Lisa; some of the younger Cubs and, young at heart Sue who was likened to the Duracell Bunny! Matches continue throughout May. WE ARE ONE! It is now a whole year since the formation of the club Llambed Llewod and we would like to thank every single one of you who have attended training, participated in League games, played in charity fun events and friendlies, attended organisational meetings and courses, to all our sponsors and financial contributors, to Lampeter Leisure centre and staff, to the float decorators, scoreboard designers and cake makers, trip organisers and social secretaries, match article and report writers, kit washers and lift givers, you have all been amazing and made this club the success it is. THANK YOU Llewod Llambed meet every Thursday, 7-8.30pm, Lampeter Leisure Centre, £3.50 All welcome. Lynn Humphreys

Photo credits. Sue Jones, Sian Clifford, Alex Fox, Sara Jarman, Maddy Thorogood, Natalie Jones & Leagues 4 you

33

34

Ysgol Bro Pedr

Canlyniadau Eisteddfod Sirol yr Urdd: Llongyfarchiadau i bob disgybl oedd yn cymryd rhan yng nghystadlaethau amrywiol Eisteddfod Sirol yr Urdd yn ddiweddar.

Diolch yn fawr iawn i Nia Wyn am dynu’r holl luniau.

The Urdd County Eisteddfod Results: Congratulations to every pupil who took part in the various Eisteddfod Competitions in the Urdd County Eisteddfod recently.

A big thank you to Nia Wyn for taking all the photos.

Parti Merched blwyddyn 7-9 - 3ydd Girls’ choir Year 7-9 - 3rd

Grŵp Llefaru blwyddyn 7-9 -2il Year 7-9 Reciting Group - 2nd

Sara Elan Jones: 2il - Llefaru dan 19/ Under 19 Reciting Competition -2nd 2il - Monolog/ Monologue - 2nd 3ydd - Unawd merched dan 19/ Under 19 Girls’ Solo - 3rd 3ydd Alaw Werin/ Folk Song - 3rd

Ensemble (dan 19 oed) - 3ydd Ensemble (under 19) - 3rd

Ymgom: Jack: 3ydd - yn y gystadleuaeth llefaru i ddysgwyr bl.2 ac iau Joseph: 3ydd - yn y gystadleuaeth llefaru i ddysgwyr bl.3&4 Danielle: 2il - yn y gystadleuaeth llefaru i ddysgwyr bl.5&6

Grŵp Dawnsio Disgo - 2il Disco Dancing Group - 2nd

Ymgom:

Parti Llefaru I Ddysgwyr - 1af Welsh learners’ Reciting Party - 1st

Adran ac Aelwyd yr Urdd Llanbed / Lampeter Urdd Adran and Aelwyd

Parti Unsain i Ddisgwyr - 2il One Voice choir for Welsh learners - 2nd

Jack: Year 2 and under Reciting competition for Welsh learners -3rd Joseph: Year 3 & 4 Reciting competition for Welsh learners - 3rd Danielle: Year 5 & 6 Reciting competition for Welsh learners - 2nd

Grwp Llefaru adran Llanbed - 2il Lampeter Adran’sReciting group - 2nd Parti Unsain Adran Llanbed - 2il Lampeter Adran One Voice Choir - 2nd

Deuawd Betrys ac Alwena Adran Llanbed - 1af Lampeter Adran - Betrys and Alwena’s Duet - 1st

Côr Adran Llanbed - 2il Lampeter Adran Choir - 2nd Grwp Llefaru Aelwyd Llanbed - 1af Lampeter Aelwyd’s reciting group - 1st

Sian Elin Williams Monolog (rhwng 19 a 25 oed) – 1af Monologue (between 19 & 25 years of age) - 1st 35

Compiled by Heini Thomas

Lampeter Food Project Celebrates its Second Birthday

DIWRNOD BLASU PARAMAETHU

Thursday 9 May saw the second birthday of the Lampeter Food Project founded and run by a group of volunteers.

This is a community meal Volunteers at The Food Project: Carol, Mick and Lindsay and distribution of out of date and surplus food.

“This is vital with today’s economy” says a young man.

“Without this I’d be struggling” says a pensioner.

“I like the mix of ages and the chance to chat with people” says a person who lives alone.

“It’s great” says a student “really helps, and we like being part of the town ”.

“There’s a sense of community here; it’s lovely having a meal cooked for you- and no washing up to do”.

A rota of volunteers give up their time to prepare and cook a meal from the donated items that would become food waste without the Lampeter Food Project.

Gwiethdy’n cyflwyno’r egwyddorion ac ymarfer Paramaethu gyda athrawes Paramaethu Angie Polkey

Fferm Denmark

Sadwrn 3 Aost 2019 9.30y.b. – 5.00y.p. .

Cost: £10 Gellir ad-dalu myfyrwyr a rhai sy ddim mewn gwaith llawn amser

The Food Project would like to thank Sainsbury’s, The Mulberry Bush, Watson and Pratt’s, Greggs, Premier, Y Becws and the Co-op for their donations and continuing support .

Lampeter Food Project

Gallwch fwcio yn stondin Transition ym Marchnad y Bobl, Neuadd Victoria

PERMACULTURE TASTER DAY Whole day workshop introducing the principles and practices of permaculture.

With permaculture teacher Angie Polkey.

Denmark Farm

Sat. 3 August, 2019 9.30am to 5.00pm

People’s Market

Cost: £10 Refundable to students and those not in full-time employment

Victoria Hall, Bryn Road, Lampeter

Book your place at the Transition Stall, People’s Market Victoria Hall, Lampeter

Every 2nd and 4th Saturday 10am-1pm 36

Karen’s Creative Compendium 045 So much of the environment around us is beyond our touch, so may feelings beyond our grasp, most of our future out of our hands but poetry has an illuminating knack for understanding, capturing and revealing. More is needed, hwyl, Karen

Retail Therapy

Every Minute Counts

by J. Sandover

by Derek Moore

A quatrain of breath Keeping time suspended Ticking minutes Melodic with birdsong

I thought I tasted it once, but as I devoured it I began to retch.

I thought I heard it once, but when I strained to listen it morphed into deception.

My baby sleeps My dreams roam Our wealth in Eden Nourished

I thought I saw it once, but as I turned to peer the glimmer faded.

Every minute a blessing A good return The wonder of creation Raising profit

I thought I felt it once, but I unlocked my heart only to find a vacuum.

A Siren call Market-Society cannot seduce My ears are full enchanted My baby soft asleep

I’ve shopped many lifetimes to purchase these gifts, finally realising they can never be bought.

Mother is Here

by Kiara

Mother is here Her startling beautiful eyes still blaze when she is angry A paler blue than I knew them as a child I can see the tears waiting in them They are used to falling since he died The fork held in her small hand is pushing the food into little mounds and valleys on her plate as she speaks At my age, she says, every day feels like borrowed time She stands outside the front door smoking a cigarette and watches the little birds at the bird feeder I massage her shoulders and neck Make her breakfast just how she likes it She buys me a pale blue and white china tea set with gold rims Pale blue like her eyes But not really Nothing is like them On her last night here we hold each other in a goodnight embrace for a long time Then look into each others eyes She lightly, tenderly caresses my face Then climbs the stairs with a little groan

Wild Roses by Stan Scan

Dangerous chocolates in a locked box knock all the doors down inequality street where sweet rappers hip-hop over milk traitors and no one admits to a key or combination underwear taking all rights around a roundabout in a soft city centre 37

Falling apart with you

by Karen Gemma Brewer All I wanted was a new refrain another chance to sing my song to you playful music notes that fall like rain renew our world and brighten up the blue Each day opens clean and fresh blank page awaiting your paint brush make your time no need to rush shake the world disturb the dust strike your metal never let it rust We both straddle the same broom each night howling at the moon reface the music claim that tune take our chants to the last saloon share a basket under one balloon We’ll all fall apart one day return to water air and clay each grain of sand that falls is gone another note played from our song keep on singing while your voice is strong until you hear the angels - sing along

Good Vibrations

by Polly Phemus Everything vibrates, because atoms vibrate, even at absolute zero, which doesn't exist because of the Third Law of Thermodynamics, as any fule kno.

Hence recorded sound, and here's a thought: what if other media also passively record, because they're made of atoms too? Then if our senses could somehow decode these vibrations, maybe we could reconstruct what made them, as in hearing music. A possible explanation of ESP, who knows? Raudive recorded voices of people who were absent, as in dead. Quantum Mechanics (who are a bit like car mechanics, you can't understand them either) say there are parallel universes and we could be in any of them (but then they also say electrons spin clockwise and anticlockwise at the same time: ask next door about this one).

Funny old world.

Bed and Breakfast Guest House in the Heart of Wales We are very pleased to announce that our doors are open, to welcome you to our home.

We seek to make you welcome whatever you need and whatever the season.

Evangelisa offers a charming selection of en-suite rooms, each with their own individual character.

Traditional Welsh Breakfast ~ Vegetarian & Vegan Menu Locally sourced produce and products Free Wi-Fi, toiletries, proper coffee & fluffy towels.

We’re dog friendly too!

EVANGELISA B&B 30 HIGH STREET, LAMPETER, SA48 7BB Call or Email to book your stay with us 01570 218608│www.evangelisawales.com│bookings@evangelisawales.com

38

Cothi Gardeners

Celtic Christianity XLIX

It’s almost mid-summer and our speaker on 19 June will be Helen Picton from Old Court Nurseries in Malvern.

Helen’s topic will be asters, also known as Michaelmas Daisies. Many of you know that their peak growing season is from September until November but now is the time to get ahead if these are some of your favourite plants. Helen will give us advice about growing conditions, varieties to choose for your particular site and how to keep asters at their best. Join us at 7.30pm to hear more. For more information about Old Court, visit www.oldcourtnurseries.co.uk/about-us/ We are gearing up for a major event this summer, Ceredigion Growers Plant Fair on Sun 7 July on the field adjacent to Coronation Hall, Pumsaint, 10am-3pm. There will be trade stands from some of the major growers and nurseries in the area and arts and crafts in the Hall. Penllan Perenials, Ty Cwm Nurseries and Snapdragon Plants are just a small selection of the local growers who will be in attendance.

Cothi Gardeners will be running tombola and will host their own plant sales. Of course, you’ll need refreshments, so tea, coffee, soft drinks and cake will be available. Don’t forget that Dolaucothi Arms is just across the road if you need more substantial sustenance! Entrance and parking are free. Proceeds of fair go to Wales Air Ambulance.

Looking ahead to our Autumn programme, we still have talks about irises, vegetable growing and latter-day plant hunters to look forward to.

Cothi Gardeners meet at Coronation Hall, Pumsaint, SA19 8UW, 7.30pm, third Wednesday each month. Guests and visitors welcome, £3, includes refreshments. www.cothigardeners.com We’re on Facebook too, or phone Yvonne on 01558 650870.

Donna Worrall

A few of the lesser known saints...

St Aeddan Foeddog / Aidan / Aidus / Moedhog / Masdog / Maidocus / Moedok Remembered 31st January.

Enwogion Cymru: The son of Caw ab Geraint, and lived in the early part of the sixth century. He was a disciple of St David at Menevia, from whence he departed into Ireland, and was appointed the first bishop of Ferns; and it was this circumstance that induced the clergy of Menevia in a later age to assert that the bishopric of Ferns was once subject to the archbishopric of St Davids. With respect to the name, he is called by the Irish “Moedhog and Masdog,” and by Giraldus “Maidocus”. John of Teignmouth says: This holy person is named "Aidanus" in the Life of St David, but in his own life, "Aidus," and at Menevia, in the Church of St David, he is called “Moedok,” which is an Irish name, and his festival is observed with great veneration at that place.

Giraldus relates a marvellous story of the manner in which St Aeddan carried over a swarm of bees into Ireland; for such creatures were never seen in that country before, and have never been seen in Menevia since. (There are now bee farms in Ceredigion). Traces of his memory are still retained in Pembrokeshire, as he is the reputed founder of Llanhuadain or Llawhaden in that county, and the churches of Norton and West-Haroldston are ascribed to him under the name of AEDDAN Madog.

St Aelhaiarn / Aelhaearn Reposed 7th Century.

Remembered 1st November.

A disciple of Beuno, founded the church at Llanaelhaearn.

He was the son of Hygarvael ab Cyndrwyn of Llystinwennan in Caereinion, Montgomeryshire, and brother of Llwchaiarn and Cynhaiarn. He was the founder of Llanaelhaiarn in Caernarvonshire, and of Cegidvaor Guilsfield in Montgomeryshire.

St Aelrhiw Remembered 9th September.

A saint of whom nothing further is known, than that the church of Rhiw in Lleyn, Caernarvonshire, was founded by him.

St Aerdeyrn Reposed 5th Century.

A saint to whom formerly there was a church dedicated in Glamorgan. The son of Gwrtheyrn or Vortigern.

St Aidan I Reposed 5th Century.

A disciple of St Dubricius at Henllan on the banks of the Wye. He was appointed suffragan bishop in Ergyng, a district in Herefordshire, in the reign of Cynvyn, son of Pebiau, king of Ergyng.

St Aidan II Reposed 720.

Bishop of Llandaff.

Put to death with many of his clergy, when the churches were pillaged by the pagan Saxons in the year 720.

Harry Harrison 39

LAMPETER HERBS & FOLK:

Rough grid - Cryptic Crossword No 54 (Jeep) 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

SUMMER PROGRAMME 2019

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme …

An Evening With

11

12

13

14 15

16

17

18

19

The event will take place in Victoria Hall, Lampeter

Saturday 29 June, supported by Transition Town Lampeter.

Main concert starts at 8pm; the Hall opens for food and drink from 6pm.

Tickets (£14) must be booked in advance due to limited hall capacity.

To book: http://www.thelittleboxoffice.com/victoriahall Or the Mulberry Bush, 2 Bridge St. Lampeter.

9

10

MARTIN CARTHY Martin Carthy was at the heart of the Folk Music Revival of the 1960’s, inspiring a generation and winning respect from immediate contemporaries such as Paul Simon and his lifelong friend and admirer, Bob Dylan.

To both he taught his arrangement of ‘Scarborough Fair’ with its herbal refrain. Dylan turned it into his ‘Girl from the North Country’, and for Simon & Garfunkel it became a massive signature hit.

As well as being an engaged and engaging, haunting and edgy, virtuoso solo performer with an encyclopaedic knowledge of English folk song and a characteristic guitar style, for the last five decades, he has also been part of the most important line-ups in folk.

In the sixties and seventies he was partnered by the great fiddler, Dave Swarbrick. He also played in the Albion Country Band, Steeleye Span, Brass Monkey, Blue Murder, and with members of Fairport Convention. In later years more accolades followed as he performed with his wife, Norma Waterson, and his daughter, Eliza Carthy. More recently he provided guitar and vocals in the fusion folk group, The Imagined Village: a visionary celebration of contemporary multicultural Britain in which traditional folk themes were taken up and embellished by musicians from a wide variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

Over 50 years he has received countless folk awards, and was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for his services to Folk Music.

8

20 21

23

22

24

25

27 29 32

26

28 30

31

33

34

35

36

37

38

39 40

41

SECOND INCREDIBLE EDIBLE/ BWYD BENDIGEDIG GARDEN IN LAMPETER Welsh onions, tomatoes, spinach, rosemary, marjoram, nasturtiums, chard, as well as salad leaves have been planted outside The Wash Tub, not only in planters, but in old denim jeans to give this space outside the laundrette a distinctive feel.

Custard Queens WI would like to thank the generosity of Lampeter shops for donating items: D.L Williams Home Centre for the paint for the railings, Robert’s Garden Centre for compost and a watering can, Incredible Edible Llambed for Magic Merlin Compost.

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.”

The seedlings planted outside The Wash Tub are not yet ready to be picked, but when they are the notices will be changed to say “ready to pick” and “please help yourself”.

Incredible Edible projects help by attracting butterflies and bees to pollinate the herbs and vegetables.

As a Transition Town Lampeter encourages sustainable endeavours that help the community, as well as brightening up the town.

Custard Queens WI 40

This fifty-fourth Local General Knowledge and Cryptic Crossword is sponsored by West Wales Gold at 16 Bridge Street, Lampeter. The owner and manageress, Nicola Jones, has kindly offered the winner a voucher to be spent in her shop.

West Wales Gold is a small, family-run business. It opened in 2012 and has been running successfully ever since. Nicola is a local girl, Prize Local Knowledge/Cryptic Crossword No 54 (Jeep) originally from Tregaron. She worked at 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 the Body Shop (Carmarthen Branch) for 11 12 13 12 years and this previous business PRIZE: Voucher 14 experience has served her in good 15 16 stead. She started off by buying gold and silver antiques and 17 18 collectables and has now moved on to buying and selling 19 20 vintage and antique jewellery, which is her specialisation. West 21 22 Wales Gold also buys and sells clothes on a commission basis.

23 24 25 26 Garments are mainly new, good makes but the shop also stocks 27 28 some vintage but wearable items. Nicola is keen to buy from 29 30 31 local people. People can visit the shop or phone to book 32 33 34 valuations. Further details of the business on her Facebook page 35 36 and on Etsy.

37 38 39 Opening hours: 40 Mon/Tue/Thurs/Fri - 10.45 to 16.00, 41 Sat 11.00 to 13.30, Closed Wed. competition

See rough working grid opposite. Eds

Across 1. Upset love agenda, sniff, go, and end communication (5,3,4,3) 10. Neither is in ignorance (3) 11. Rank of vice achieved by Lampeter University alumnus Peter John Wilkinson (7) 12. Gait I so mess up and question if it is worth it (2,2,1,2) 14. The servant I dismissed is furious (3) 15. Move camera past gateau to flatten it (7) 17. Priest taken to heart by novelists (3) 18. Invalid end for cover (3) 19. When I get friends to hold it, it does the same (8) 20. Man at end of 22D left village in the East Riding (5) 21. Familiar granny sharing Thailand river (3) 22. Miniskirted? Don’t rent midi for smooth runner (3) 23. Cooks meaty alternative and ends up with a mathematical subset (5) 25. The French can have this language (5) 27. Company plug-ins destroyed connecting devices (9) 29. German river found in Dhahran? (3) 30. One gets no backing for charge on very small item (3) 32. Warning for anyone drilling into sturdy tooth (2,3,3,4,3) 35. Not even strange (3) 36.Card game Ayres might play (3) 37. First name of Mr Wright driving Peugeot 206GIT in Rali Bro Caron 2019 (7) 38. Repaint Tate, aim for a specific period (2,1,4) 40. Restrain short aggressive dog (3) 41. Surname delivery service that is a cure for everyone (9,6)

Down 1. Where St Mary’s is located on the B4343 (8,8) 2. Home relaxing furniture at D.L. Williams (9) 3. Slow moving EU inhabitant upset notorious tree ape (8,8) 4. Retrain spaniel retention but finish up with brutal seadogs (2,7,7) 5. Northern UAE settlement ambush I’m alight in (6) 6. Event ending at Strata Florida on 4th June 2019 (6,10) 7. Coconut? An awkward agreement to settle up later (2,7) 8. Not ideal conditions for Open Golf starters (3) 9. Moggie boarding facility at Llangeitho cannot ferry fleet around (9,7) 13. Crazy? I ask for a small monkey (4) 16. Norwegian town sounds like the place to pray (4) 22. Convert up in Atlas (5,4) 24. Repeated between delta and foxtrot (4) 26. Ancient Roman coin dug up in cash (2) 28. Irish tool alloyed in the centre (3) 29. He is made of ire and finesse (6) 31. Service offered at the end of High Street, Lampeter, and opposite Church Street (6) 33. Horatio decides to deliver a poem (3) 34. Where rabbit appears in Manhattan (3) 39. It’s not all that clear in Bermuda (3)

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Closing Date for Entries: Fri 7 June 2019, 5pm Name: ............................................................... Tel: ............................................( Day)................................................(Eve) Email: .....................................................................................................................

Place in Competition Entries box in Library, Mark Lane Bakery or Postbox at Victoria Hall By post: Cryptic Crossword No. 54, Grapevine, c/o Victoria Hall, Bryn Rd, Lampeter SA48 7EE.

41

ads & classified

01570 493139 fencinglampeter@gmail.com

Elissa Aldous-Hughes 01558 650525 research@elissaonline.net

lampetergrapevine@gmail.com

Contact: Sean Slater

Would you like a full family tree, detailed research into individual ancestors or help solving a family mystery?

I am an experienced genealogist and particularly enjoy uncovering the personal stories of everyday life.

See next few themes on page 43 We’d love to hear your ideas

Tues - 15.30-17.00 Fri - 18.30-20.00 LAMPETER LEISURE CENTRE

Family History Research

Could you design a front cover for Grapevine?

LAMPETER TOWN FENCING CLUB

Send to: lampetergrapevineads@gmail.com

8 Sgwâr Alban, Aberaeron, SA46 0AD

New books, records, CDs & DVD’s 2nd hand books & records orders taken by phone or in person plus NEW ONLINE SHOP www.gwisgobookworm.co.uk Books – Bags – Vinyl DVDs – CDs – Maps – Cards Spring hours: 10am-5pm Mon-Sat Wales Book of the Year shortlist in stock facebook.com/gwisgobookworm info@gwisgo.co.uk 01545 23 82 82

GARDENER for HIRE All types of work undertaken including rubbish disposal & tree work Inexpensive rates call Terry on 07444 735717 or e-mail tpurvey@yahoo.com

Copy Deadline for July/Aug Issue 71: Friday 7 June 2019 Articles: lampetergrapevine@gmail.com Adverts: lampetergrapevineads@gmail.com Listings: lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com 42

Congratulations to our Crossword Winner - Trevor Harris

Reminder: Themes, Copy Deadlines & Publication Dates Issue

Theme

71 - Jul/ Neighbourliness Aug

Publication Copy (for People’s Deadline Market)

Fri 7 Jun

Sat 22 Jun

72 Sept

Wildlife Conservation

Fri 9 Aug

Sat 24 Aug

73 - Oct

Local Hotspots

Fri 13 Sept

Sat 28 Sept

Favourite Things

Fri 11 Oct

Sat 26 Oct

74 - Nov

Trevor receiving his winner’s voucher from Jamie & Dodie

Please Send to: Articles, letters, reviews & enquiries lampetergrapevine@gmail.com listings lampetergrapevinelist@gmail.com adverts & classifieds

next issue… july/aug 2019 - issue 71 copy deadline: friday 7 june theme: ‘neighbourliness’ do you know the name of your neighbours? when was the last time you spoke to your neighbours?

Congratulations to all puzzlers who sent in entries for cryptic crossword 53: Monica Anderson, Daniel Davies, Jen Davies, Sarah Davies, David Hyde, Michael Jones, George Knichington, Merry Makers, Janet Menage, Geoff Oldrid, Ieuan Reid, Jessica Reid, Geoff Smith and Anne Thorne.

Check out your own answers for crossword 53 below and see page 41 for details about the prize for our 54th cryptic crossword, from our sponsor for issue 70, West Wales Gold.

NB: Competition entry boxes are located in the Library and Mark Lane Bakery, or you can post entries to Cryptic Crossword No 54, Grapevine, C/O Victoria Hall, Bryn Road, Lampeter or drop it into the letter box if you’re passing.

If you are a local business, organisation or individual offering a service and would like to sponsor a crossword, then please contact lampetergrapevine@gmail.com and we will pass on your details to our crossword guru.

Diolch/Thankyou.

Local Knowledge/Cryptic Crossword No 53 by “Jeep” An swers O

in times of need who can you turn to? could you count on your neighbours to help you out?

N

N E

L

S

E

why not write in and tell us what you think... share your thoughts with a wider audience …

R

S

O

H

E

P

Diolch / Thank you We look forward to hearing from you soon

T

I

E

M

F

E

E

T

B

A

D

D

A

V

A

T

E

H

M

A

T

E

S

N

E

E

U

I

R

B

A

O

A

T

B

L

I

L

A

C

F

E A

R

R

E

A

E

R

N

E

43

T

V

O F

lampetergrapevine@gmail.com

O

D

P

O

(400 words maximum please! )

F N

O

have we lost the skills to be neighbourly?

B

F

T

what does it mean to be a good neighbour?

E

L

V

T

S

E

O

F

A

S

A

N

A

O

B

D

I

E

I

N

L

O

R

E

T

L

U

G

I

R

E

T

A

A

M

W

E

E

H

A

R

M

E

T

A

H

E

D

A

M

P

A

S

H

M

L

A

N

I

L

L

D

Y

T

O

C L

O D W

T S

C R

T

J

E D

X

I B

L

S

L E

C

H

E

E

H

A

D

G

U

R

I

R

A

B

S

T

O

S

E

E

E

A

R

A

I N

G

C S

H

L O

E

44