Lampeter Grapevine Issue 77 March 2020

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Nature as Therapy

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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?

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GRAPEVINE no. 77, March 2020 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, I knew that spending a day out in the woods could provide the necessary inspiration to get started on this editorial… A day visiting a Tir Coed project in a beautiful woodland setting, reminded me why I love my job, and proved to be just the boost I needed. Joining a group actively managing the woods was an uplifting experience; seeing the excitement of trainees trying something new, watching practical skills develop and curiosity grow, sharing delicious food, good conversation and welcoming positive and constructive feedback. For these individuals the location and supportive environment was ideal for their needs right now and I’m sure they will all continue to benefit from this access to the natural world.

Chatting with a colleague on the journey home we agreed that we’d both had a fantastic day meeting a lovely group of individuals and we were heartened by the obvious enjoyment and value of the course for all involved. However, we then started to debate another side of the ‘Nature as therapy’ theme and how some activities in the outdoors are being presented as ‘essential routes to happiness and fulfilment’. Nature-related activities are I’m sure very therapeutic for many people (me included), and we are frequently provided with statistics from studies that identify the benefits of these kind of experiences for our general health and

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wellbeing… but does this create an unfair pressure on those people who might not thrive in an outdoor setting, who may have experienced negative or traumatic incidents in such spaces, or who are trying to escape a life in the open? As a society, we are becoming increasingly aware of mental health issues and need to maintain a openness to finding a variety of ways to approach this avoiding the ’one-size-fits-all’. We are all individuals with our own wants, needs and life stories. Just look at the examples inside this issue.

Angie Martin, Darllenwch yn hapus / Happy reading.

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News from Transition Llambed

What to do with 100s of seeds!?

Some plants produce 100s, if not 1,000s, of seeds on one plant alone! Think of brassicas (eg kales, cabbages), chard, beetroot, broccoli, spinach, coriander, lettuces, mustard greens, radishes, rocket (aka arugula) and parsley for starters.

It’s real bounty but most home gardens need no more than a few of these plants, so what to do with the rest? Here are some thoughts.

1. Give some to a friend or neighbour who wants to grow their own food. Maybe you can introduce them to something new or a new variety of something they have already grown.

2. Take some to a local seed swap. The Lampeter Seed Swap (22 Feb) may have already happened but many gardening clubs will be holding a seed swaps around now.

3. Donate some to Banc Hadau Llambed/ Lampeter Seed Library – come and talk to us at a People’s Market about what gaps we might have in the library.

4. Sow some extra to grow on for Bwyd Bendigedig Llanbed/ Incredible Edible Lampeter alongside your own plants. Let them know on Facebook (ediblellambed/ ediblelampeter) so they can let you know when the beds are being planted up for the 2020 growing season.

5. Grow some extra for the Lampeter Plant Swap later this Spring: not everyone has the confidence or space at home to grow food from seed, and you could help someone else to grow their own veg for the first time this way instead.

6. Try growing some as micro-greens on a windowsill or sown thickly outside between your main crops / as ground cover between other plantings. Micro-greens are baby seedlings of food crops and are usually harvested with scissors between 14-30 days after sowing: the harvest time depends on the seed type and how mature you want to eat them. Being so young, they need to be eaten raw rather than cooked, and also as fresh as possible after harvesting, so could be added to salads and sandwiches, or scattered over cooked veg. Perfect to cut a few just before your meal. Amazingly, some research shows that microgreens are up to 40 times more nutritious than the mature plants. The short harvest time means that they do need repeated sowings to provide a continuous crop but could be very useful as an occasional tasty and nutritious addition.

There is a knack to growing them to gain the full benefits but you don’t necessarily need any special kit. For info and tips: homemicrogreens.com/category/growing-microgreens/ or homemicrogreens.com/easiest-microgreens-to-grow/ Check out this video by RED Garden in Ireland www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-mIB6JUgPY about growing micro-greens outside.

Julia Lim, Lampeter Seed Library

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Welsh Culture Is World Culture – Part 4 Albion’s Megalithic Landscape Calendar and the Aquarian Spring way to a definitive spiritual climate change.

The Mayan calendar that began during the earthly pastimes of God Himself, Bhagavan Shree Krishna (3227 to 3102 BC), also culminated in the 2012 crossover. The universal invitation to all souls and precise method of entry into those pastimes was delivered by Shree Krishna Chaitanya (1486 to 1534) with the promise that His message would be spread to every town and village. By 2020, the distribution of over 500 million books in all major languages worldwide has fulfilled that promise.

The industrially-tailored beliefs imposed by yesterday’s men clinging on to yesterday’s methods of misleading intelligent people - into believing that we are nothing more than randomly mutated apes with no higher purpose in life than to earn money and buy things - are now fading rapidly into history. We are eternal spirit souls with unlimited potential facilitated by the golden opportunity of human life. The now widespread practice of yoga and mantra meditation techniques accompanied by vegan/vegetarian diets is purifying both individuals and the entire atmosphere in all directions.

When Father Sun (Surya-Narayan) symbolically fertilizes Mother Earth (Bhumi-devi) at Beltane, the gigantic conception temple at Avebury extending down to the pregnant belly of Glastonbury Tor dramatically highlights the original process of Creation and re-birth in a magnificent celebration of life, love and divine beauty.

We have a great deal to sing about!

Madan Lloyd

For everyone who feels they don’t have much of a voice in shaping their own or mankind’s destiny, the rapidly reviving Circles of Perpetual Choirs from Wales to East Anglia offer both personal empowerment and the opportunity to sing our society back into full harmony with nature. Our ancient forebears demonstrated such breath-taking levels of expertise in astronomy, mathematics, geometry, metrology, geodesy, surveying and landscape engineering as to render our history textbooks woefully inaccurate. Our voices carry the power both to heal and raise our consciousness.

2020 is the year of clear vision. Every new astrological age ushers in an unstoppable surge of new life, just as spring follows winter. The 9-pyramid landscape calendar on Egypt’s Giza plateau reveals 2012 as the precise crossing point from Pisces to Aquarius, significant not only as one more 2160-year cycle in the Great Year, but also as the time for fulfilment of prophecies in numerous ancient cultures worldwide. Existential Rebellion is leading the

For further info, please email madanlloyd@gmail.com www.wizardsofom.com and www.earthstars.co.uk Or visit the Welsh Culture Is World Culture Facebook page

Parêd Gwyl Dewi Llambed

St David’s Day Parade

Sadwrn 29 Chwefror 2020

Sat 29 February 2020

Dechrau Ysgol Bro Pedr 11yb

Starting 11am Bro Pedr

Gwisgwch wisg Gymreig neu goch,

Wear Welsh costume or red,

i ddilyn sesiwn i’r plant

followed by family time

yn Neudd Fictoria gyda Siani Sionc

in Victoria Hall with Siani Sionc

cani bawb a phaned.

singing and cuppa.

CROESO CYNNES I BAWB!

ALL ARE WELCOME! 5

Where can I recycle foil lined crisp packets in and around Lampeter?

CYNGOR TREF LLANBEDR PONT STEFFAN

Edrychodd y pwyllgor gweinyddiaeth ar gyflogi glanhawr stryd ar gyfer Llambed a fyddai'n darparu gwasanaeth wrth gefn i wasanaeth y CSC ac nid yn ei ddisodli. Cytunwyd i gyllidebu ar gyfer glanhawr stryd newydd yng nghyllideb blynyddoedd nesaf ac i edrych ar hyn yn y flwyddyn newydd ac efallai ei roi allan ar dendr yn hytrach na chyflogi rhywun.

Roedd PCSO Iona Jones-Kenny yn bresennol yn y cyfarfod a dywedodd fod cyfarfod adeiladol iawn wedi bod yr wythnos diwethaf ynghylch

Reception, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter Campus, Ceredigion SA48 7ED

ieuenctid yn y gymuned. Roedd Iona wedi siarad â Home Start sydd â chynllun busnes ar gyfer banc Nat West, i'w agor yn y dydd a chlwb ieuenctid a chanolfan galw heibio yn ystod y nos. Dywedodd Iona y byddai hwn yn lleoliad delfrydol. Mae'r gwasanaeth ieuenctid hefyd yn treialu bws ieuenctid symudol yn yr ardal y maent yn gobeithio dod ag ef

i Lanbed Dywedodd y Maer for y Cyngor yn falch i gael camerau teledu cylch cyfyng yn ôl yn y dref.

Denmark Farm Conservation Centre Betws Bledrws LAMPETER Ceredigion SA48 8PB

LAMPETER TOWN COUNCIL

The administration committee looked into employing a street cleaner for Lampeter which would provide back-up to the CCC service and not replace it. It was agreed to budget for a new street cleaner in next year’s budget and to look at this in the new year and maybe to put it out to

tender instead of employing someone.

PCSO Iona Jones-Kenny attended the meeting and reported that there

CAVO Bryndulais Bridge Street Lampeter SA48 7AB

had been a very constructive meeting last week regarding youths in the community. Iona had spoken to Home Start who have a business plan for Nat West Bank to open it Home Start in the day and a youth club and drop-in centre at night. Iona said that this would be an ideal location.

Youth Service are also trialing a mobile youth bus in the area which they

Victoria Hall, Bryn Road Lampeter, SA48 7EE

are hoping to bring to Lampeter.

The Mayor Cllr. Rob Phillips said that the council were glad to have CCTV cameras back in town.

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Plumber’s Plog

Nature as Therapy

(Plog is a word I’ve invented – it’s like a blog, but on paper instead of online)

Nature is not just therapy. Nature is Life. ‘Nature’ covers all our food, fresh air and water! To say that Nature is good for you is like saying that trees and oxygen are good for you. How odd that we need to be reminded of these things.

The NHS and Cancer Research websites tell us that studies show that eating lots of fruit and vegetables can prevent and ameliorate serious illnesses such as heart disease and cancer. Newspapers often declare that ‘recent studies have shown’ that exercise/ simply being in woodlands is good for our bodies, and good for our mental health. Some GP’s in Swansea have started ‘social prescribing’ of gardening and walking. (WalesOnline June 2018) I find it curious that even if we are aware of what is good for us, we are not often able to actually do those things!

Access to nature and fresh organic vegetables is increasingly difficult for many. I am intrigued by the old concept of the Cae Ysbty, meadows once found much more commonly throughout Wales. Cae Ysbyty translates as ‘Hospital Field’, and sick animals could graze these meadows as a form of self-medication; they would instinctively know which flowers or herbs to eat. There are hundreds of useful medicinal plants that grow wild, such as nettles, yarrow, St. Johns’ wort, comfrey, feverfew, meadowsweet, fennel, wild garlic, borage, mint, dandelions, and many more… These meadows provided vast amounts of vitamins and minerals for humans and animals, and it was accepted wisdom that sick animals were able to self-medicate. This intuition and traditional knowledge have largely been lost.

Many pharmaceutical drugs come directly from natural herbs and plants; for example, morphine/codeine from the opium poppy, aspirin from white willow bark, penicillin from penicillin mould, some heart medicines come from digitalis/foxglove. Betulinic acid, from white birch trees, has antiretroviral, antimalarial, and anti-inflammatory properties, and has been found to have potential as an anticancer agent. These plants are no longer so accessible -physically and intellectually- to the common human or animal; like so many other things, they have been taken out of the commons and into private hands; the slightly altered chemical compositions have been patented and cost the NHS/GIG/animal owners enormous amounts of money. It’s a shame that we need to be reminded that Nature is therapeutic, and a sad indictment of our times.

Joanne Camlin BSc WSHom

Can you remember the last time you were in a place where you couldn't see anything artificial? I can - it was on the mountain above Llanybydder, and although we were on a track which someone had made (it was made of soil and rock), from where we stood, facing east, we could see nothing but trees, hills and sky. No electric wires, no roads, no wind generators; no farms, even. I thought then, and I think now, how brilliant it is to be able to get to the mountain so easily. In my house, on the other hand, I am surrounded by man-made things walls, carpet, machines and electric lights. It's a different

world.

Going for

a walk

in

natural

surroundings is as healing as a holiday.

Someone told me ages ago that there are no straight lines in nature: even a blade of grass, they say, grows a little bit on one side and then a bit on the other side in order to point upwards. If that's true, why do we

surround ourselves with straight lines? We must be in love with the unnatural, I think. We still live in square houses with rectangular boxes all around us. No wonder we have all kinds of illnesses.

I came across a fascinating story recently. A Western researcher was travelling in China, and in one remote village, there was a serious drought - they were in such trouble that they had sent for a famous rainmaker from far away. When he arrived, he immediately asked for somewhere to stay at the edge of the village; he went

indoors and stayed there for three days. At the end of the third day there was a downpour, followed by a fall of snow. The researcher went to the old man and asked him how he had done it. "I didn't do anything", he replied. "Where I come from, everything is in order; when we need rain, it rains; when we need fine weather, it's fine. But the people in this village are all out of order, out of harmony with the Way. When I arrived, I was infected, so I asked for a cottage at the edge of the village so I could be alone and put myself right. Once I was back in harmony with the Way, it rained."

I wonder what they would say to that in Australia?

Frank Pitcher

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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.

Corrections and apologies Apologies to Joanne Camlin for an accidental typo in the title of her poem, ‘Ionawr’, included in Karen’s Creative Compendium (Issue 76, Feb 2020, p??). Please accept our sincere apologies.

Coedwig Gymunedol Long Wood Community Woodland Notification of Public Meetings 2020 AGM - Monday 24 February, 7.30pm Monday 9 March, 7.30pm Wednesday 8 April, 9.30am

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Monday 11 May, 7.30pm Monday 8 June, 7.30pm Monday 6 July, 7.30pm

Can you spot the ‘Grapevine grin’?

Somewhere amongst the pages of Grapevine each issue you will find this sunny smile.

Maybe tucked away or perhaps clearly in view?

Where will it be this time?

Wednesday 5 August, 9.30am Monday 7 September, 7.30pm Monday 5 October, 7.30pm Monday 2 November, 7.30pm Wednesday 2 December, 9.30am Canolfan Long Wood Visitor Centre

All welcome

People’s Market

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Every 2nd and 4th Saturday 10am-1pm @thepeoplesmarketlampeter 8

(as a defence over the overwhelming feelings in the moments) to resist what is going on. That held breath, especially if repeated many times, creates a habit in the nervous system that can lead to a general discomfort with life, a life not fully lived, and various physical and emotional ailments. You may feel stuck, that the grief won’t go away, that the anger is not getting any smaller, that you never seem to be able to relax. Breathwork can really help clear these habitual pathways in the nervous and energetic systems.

In a breathwork session, as music is being played to accompany your journey, you will be encouraged to breathe deeper than usual. The breath used is a connected breath, with no pause or break at the end of the inhale and the exhale. It is a circular breath. What will happen is that the natural flow of your life force will start to pour back into places it withdrew from when fear/ trauma happened. Your body and its energy system will remember their natural ability to self-heal.

To me, the most important benefit of this practice is a renewed sense of connection with myself and life in general. Through helping with stress, anxiety and long held trauma, it has brought a greater self-awareness, love and compassion. I experience a sense of peace and well-being that has been absent for a long time from my life.

If you are curious and would like to know more about breathwork, or to book a session …

Please contact: Mia, 01570 423339 thislittlelightofmine@phonecoop.coop Mia Hillairet

Inner Nature as therapy…

Often when we talk about nature, we think about what’s out there, in the fields and the woods, the sky, the animals, the ocean… outside. We forget that nature is also inside our bodies, that we are totally part of it.

I am particularly interested in one element… our breath, and how we can use that breath to keep ourselves in balance and in health. Breathing techniques have been used for a very long time. You will be familiar with some of them if you practice yoga or tai chi for example.

Breathwork draws on those practices. Several Breathwork therapies were formed in the 1960’s and 70’s, like Rebirthing, developed by Leonard Orr, which focusses on healing the traumatic experience of birth, and Holotropic Breathwork, developed by Dr Stan Grof and his wife Christina out of their research on consciousness and the effects of psychedelic drugs. Since then, the field of breathwork therapy has grown and expanded upon those principles to include a more generalised approach to trauma and therapy. Studies have shown that breathwork can help reduce symptoms associated with anxiety, depression, insomnia, PTSD and ADD. You might have experienced this yourself: when faced with trauma humans tend to hold their breath, we choose

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Ffoniwch ni ar 07582 905743 os gallwch chi helpu.

Lampeter Food Bank Lampeter Food Bank urgently needs a few more people to help with holding our phone, taking referrals and dealing with enquiries.

If you can help, please contact us on 07582 905743

Please Note: Issue 78 will now be a Combined April/May publication 9

Multiple Sclerosis Support Group - Lampeter & District - ‘Nature as Therapy’

Running, skipping, jumping, hopping, laughing, with wild shouts of joy, through the long grasses and flowers of the meadow. Walking, sitting, rolling, lying, hearing, smelling, watching the small creatures of the earth as they busy themselves below the canopy of grasses. Absorbing information and freeing the mind.

‘Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf and take an insect view of its plain.’ Henry Thoreau (1817-1862).

At our last Support Group on 3 February we were joined

by Adelle Gilmour who is from The MS National Centre in Cardiff. Her post, funded by The National Lottery provides one-to-one support for people living with MS and is called My MS, My Rights, My Choices. It covers accessing treatments, health and social care services, employment

rights, welfare benefits. Adelle helped people with their PIP applications and appeals, and then joined us all. We had a lively afternoon and welcomed another new person.

We also discussed Nature as Therapy. Suggestions were that standing on stinging nettles initially increased MS pains in feet but then it subsided until the pains were gone, and that a combination of Valerian and banana helps with getting off to sleep.

‘There is no flower that soothes the psyche like Camomile.

Modest daisy-like flowers belie Camomile’s strong spirit.

For above all, this little plant represents an ability to stay cool and collected in the face of adversity.’

The Healing Spirit of Plants, Clare Harvey and Amanda Cochrane, (1999).

One day the sun was shining. I needed to get outside after weeks of an indoor life. With help I managed to walk up our steep, slippery garden to our pond. This was so therapeutic as I sat on a big rock just watching the water.

The combination of MS wobbliness, and my broken arm, had made me nervous of walking outside but what a relief and boost to my confidence it was. Sitting by the pond I remembered the biologist E.O. Wilson and his book ‘Biophilia’ (1984) which he defines as ‘the urge to affiliate with other forms of life’, which is what I felt as I sat there watching the small creatures zooming around in the water.

To see a grain in a world of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.

‘Auguries of Innocence’ by William Blake.

Jottings That nature has the power of healing is attested to by the current popularity of the nature-writing genre where authors share their experiences of finding comfort during grief, adversity and depression by spending time in the natural world.

In the past poetry was the go-to genre: John Clare, Dafydd ap Gwilym and Gerard Manley Hopkins being popular. Perhaps the prospect of the loss of biodiversity may relegate these old-time poets to the genre of hiraeth.

We are fortunate that Ceredigion has landscape, sea and an ever-changing skyscape (with minimal light pollution for star-gazing – weather permitting) in which we can lose ourselves by walking and observing, painting, sketching or even composing poetry or music. Modern technology even facilitates the setting up of garden trail cameras so that we can appreciate nocturnal mammal behaviour.

Here are two of my favourite walking places when feeling low: the coastal path where I can lose myself in watching the Choughs playing on the wind, and the mountains where I may be lucky enough to watch the Peregrine falcon or the Golden eagle hunting. The song of a Blackbird pouring forth from the top of an ash tree after a May shower is always uplifting, and parties of swifts as they perform their chases while screaming like banshees is exhilarating.

David Price

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 Tesco’s community/charity room 12-2 on the 1st FRIDAY of the month.

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

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Are you familiar with Mel Brooks’ black comedy 'The Producers'?

The story concerns two theatrical producers who scheme to get rich by overselling shares in a Broadway show, plotting to ensure that it flops, they plan to flee to Rio de Janeiro with the profits.

We should be increasingly aware that fossil fuel investments are in fact Ponzi schemes (where victims believe profits come from sales unaware that other investors are the source of funds) Having been fully aware of the limitations we need to impose for quite some time now, and of the consequences of not doing so, you would think the fossil fuel industry could not possibly be so calculating as to gamble on the end of the world, but you would have to admit that it is in their interests. In a Ponzi scheme, the illusion of a sustainable business is maintained as long as new investments keep pouring in and belief in the non-existent assets remains, right up until full repayment is demanded, which is what will happen if we all divest from fossil fuels, at which point things could get very awkward for past and present fossil fuel execs.

Unfortunately it will be rather too warm in Rio de Janeiro.

Even if it wasn’t fast becoming apparent that we have very little time to respond to what is now being commonly termed as a full blown climate crisis, with extraction costs very nearly outweighing sales; fossil fuels against all reason continue to draw fabulous investments from Governments - like the UKEF - Billions upon billions of British taxpayers' money going into foreign fossil fuel infrastructure - Barry Gardiner, Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade points out, we are not doing anybody any favours with these investments – why poor money into infrastructure that will make the planet uninhabitable if we use it? Why build any more cars?? EVERYBODY will lose, either when the realisation that we cannot on either ethical or financial grounds pursue fossil fuels finally prevails... or when said shit finally and irrevocably hits said fan... (Which arguably it is already doing) these assets will become stranded and worthless; Larry Fink and Mark Carney both recently addressed this publicly. If both the chairman of Black Rock, the largest money management firm in the world and the chairman of the Bank of England and the Financial Stability Board 2011-18 are saying these things out loud – you can bet we’re in trouble.

What they are saying is if we don’t divest from fossil fuels we all get caught with our pants down either way.

Putting Larry Fink in my Ecosia search bar (you know about that right? – find out!!), I can apparently buy him on Amazon – he seems not so bad for a billionaire - perhaps he's the only one not for sale?

I tried to find out how much of our pension was in fossil fuels in order to divest from/switch funds - I don't want to continue to be part of the problem a moment longer, and want out... I was surprised at how difficult this question was for them to answer... I wasn’t proud that I had only just gotten around to asking the question, but I couldn’t believe I was the first one to ask it?? It shouldn't be beyond the capabilities of an investment firm to supply this information, which should already be being made widely available in a timely manner to avert the worst outcomes of a climate induced catastrophe of which financial consequences are but one (albeit precisely the one that investment companies should have a handle on - even if profit were the only bearing) If we care about our children we should ALL be asking for this, companies and customers alike, and it should become part of policy if not now, then with the utmost urgency. We need to find out how deeply into fossil fuels we are, we need to make sure that everyone is aware, and we need to set about putting things right. Now. Keep having these conversations. Talk to any of us at The People’s Market Victoria Hall; The Repair Cafe, The Inconvenience Stall, The Seed Library, Incredible Edible, Transition Lambed, and Extinction Rebellion at lampeter@xrcymru.org.

Cheryl Hillier singer/songwriter, health and climate campaigner, and Biochar Lady 2transitionllambed@gmail.com

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Dip in to Nature Therapy at Denmark Farm There is growing evidence that spending time in nature can improve our mood and mental wellbeing as well as our physical health.

For those of us who already recognise the benefits this probably isn’t too much of a surprise, but for anyone who needs further convincing there is now plenty of research to back this up.

For example, a study by the University of Essex (2017) looked at the health and wellbeing impacts on participants as a result of taking part in nature conservation volunteering activities with the Wildlife Trusts. The research confirmed that the mental wellbeing of participants improved significantly over a 12-week period, and that improvements were greatest for people who had not previously taken part in these type of activities.

As well as recognising the benefits of nature to our own wellbeing, there is also a need to increase people’s connection to nature in order to ensure the future conservation of nature itself. In the words of David Attenborough “No one will protect what they don’t care about; and no one will care about what they have never experienced”.

There are plenty of local opportunities for connecting to nature through volunteering, from helping the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales to manage their local nature reserves, to volunteering with Long Wood Community

Woodland, or ourselves at Denmark Farm.

Volunteering for Nature provides a whole range of benefits. Besides supporting good mental and physical health, it provides an opportunity to get close to nature while working outdoors. Volunteering is also a great way to meet new people and learn new skills, which all helps to build confidence. And of course, the volunteers provide an invaluable contribution to the work of the organisation.

If you’d like to experience the benefits for yourself, why not drop into one of our volunteering sessions at Denmark Farm? Upcoming dates are: Saturday 14 March, Saturday 18 April and Thursday 23 April Volunteer days are organised as part of our ‘Cadw Natur Mewn Côf/ Keeping Nature in Mind’ project, funded through the Landfill Disposals Tax Communities Scheme.

Sessions include a mix of practical activities from bramble removal to willow coppicing, as well as wildlife surveys. No previous experience is required, and we’ll provide everything you need – including the nature!

We also have a range of courses on offer, from wildlife and habitat survey training to ‘Grow your Own’ vegetables, and plenty of techniques and skills to help you live a more sustainable lifestyle. See you soon for some Nature Therapy!

Aline Denton www.denmarkfarm.org.uk

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Bu Beca ac Asha yng nghyfarfod Llysgenhadon Hawliau’r Plant yn Ysgol Gyfun Aberaeron dan ofal Miss Angharad John.

‘Beca and Asha attended the Children’s Rights Ambassadors meeting at Aberaeron Secondary school with Miss Angharad John.

Diolch i Aled ‘Ynni Da’ am ddod i gynnal gweithdai tywydd gwych gyda disgyblion blwyddyn 3 a 4 fel rhan o’u thema ‘Glaw neu Hindda’.

Year 3 and 4 took part in a fantastic weather workshop with Aled from ‘Ynni Da’ as a part of their ‘Rain or Shine’ thematic work

Diolch i Steffan Griffiths a stiwdio Tinopolis am y croeso cynnes ac am y cyngor arbennig ar sut i gyflwyno'r tywydd. Roedd blwyddyn 3 a 4 wedi joio mas draw ac rwy’n siŵr bod yna lawer o sêr teledu’r dyfodol gyda ni yn y Dderi! Yn dilyn hyn aethant i’r Gwlyptir yn Llanelli er mwyn darganfod a dysgu am y gylchred ddŵr. Diwrnod i’r brenin!

Thank you to Steffan Griffiths and Tinopolis studios for the warm welcome and the excellent advice on how to present the weather. Year 3 and 4 thoroughly enjoyed the experience and we are proud to say we have some budding weather presenters in our midst!

Then they all moved on to a visit to the Wetlands in Llanelli to learn and explore the water cycle.

What a fantastic day!

Nusery and reception children enjoyed learning about Chinese traditions and celebrating the Chinese New Year. 2020 is the year of the rat.

Cafodd plant y meithrin a derbyn amser da yn dathlu’r Flwyddyn Newydd Tsieiniaidd ac yn dysgu am draddodiadau yn ymwneud â’r dathliadau.

Congratulations to Kyle Davies for representing the school in the regional finals of CogUrdd.

The Foundation Phase celebrated the Hindu festival of Vasant Panchami which is the celebration of the beginning of Spring, with making kites and wearing yellow.

Llongyfarchiadau mawr i Kyle Davies am wneud yn arbennig yng nghystadleuaeth sirol CogUrdd. Rydyn ni gyd yn falch iawn ohonot!

Congratulations to Anna, Asha, Beca and Rhydian who competed in the quiz ‘Dim Clem’ organised

by CERED. Good luck in the next round!

Bu’r Cyfnod Sylfaen yn dathlu gwyl dechrau'r gwanwyn yr Hindw, sef Vasant Panchami gan wneud barcutiaid a gwisgo melyn.

Llongyfarchiadau mawr Anna, Asha, Beca a Rhydian a fu'n cystadlu yng nghwis 'Dim Clem' a drefnwyd gan CERED. Pob hwyl yn y rownd nesaf!

Corff iach, meddwl iach! Diolch i Lleucu o Actif-i-ti am ddysgu plant y Cyfnod Sylfaen am bwysigrwydd ymarfer corff yn ystod wythnos iechyd meddwl plant.

Thank you Lleucu from Actif-i-ti, for teaching the importance of physical activity to the Foundation Phase children during children’s mental health week. Healthy body, healthy mind!

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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.

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07780 448708

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Lampeter Food Project Lindsay 01570 493791 A free meal and good company for all who want it!

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Circuit Training

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Fencing Club*

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4 Week Multi Fit Beasting (X-Fit / Metafit / Insanity)

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Ysgol Gymnasteg Rees*

Rees School of Gymnastics*

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Yoga with Karen Hills. Tues: 6-7pm at Llanfair Clydogau Village Hall. Weds: 10 -11.30am at Victoria Hall and 6-7pm at Llanfair Clydogau Village Hall.

Explore physical postures to relax the body and mind. Improve flexibility, balance and concentration. Use breath and relaxation techniques to deal with life’s stresses. Monthly Saturday Yoga and Lunch workshops see: www.breatheinyoga.co.uk 1-1 sessions also available. Info and to book (essential) call 07547 125937.

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CELLAN MILLENNIUM HALL CLASSES AND GROUPS For information about the Hall & contact details for classes - see our website www.cellanhall.wales For Bookings: 01570 422066 Hire Charge: £7 per hour

MONDAY Golden Broth Lunch Club: 2, 16 & 30 Mar, 11.30-2pm Line Dancing: 7-10pm

TUESDAY Lampeter Home Ed. Group: 1-5pm Qi Gong & Tai Ji: 6-8pm Lampeter Bee Keepers: 8.15-10.15

(2nd Tuesday of month) WEDNESDAY Yoga: 5.30-7pm Aerobics & Body Toning: 7.30-8.30pm THURSDAY WI: 2nd Thurs of month 7.30pm FRIDAY Five Rhythms Dance: 11.30-1pm 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

MERRY MAKERS WOMEN’S GROUP We meet every Wednesday at St James’ Hall, Cwmann. There is always food to share and activities such as painting, creative writing or board games in the afternoon. These are fun and we share skills and laughter. We maybe a slightly eccentric group but we enjoy ourselves. We always go home feeling better than when we arrived.

We welcome new members. There is a free car park at the hall, disabled access and toilets. The Bwcabus and T1 Carmarthen bus from Lampeter stop outside the hall.

The group promotes accessibility- the £3 pay- as- you- attend fee covers lunch, refreshments and activities.

The group meets from 10.30am, with lunch at 12 noon and the workshop starting at 1pm. Come for part of the day if you can’t make it all.

For more details please phone 01570 470172 or just turn up on a Wednesday.

Merry Makers Women’s Group COTHI GARDENERS The monthly meeting on Wednesday, 18th March, hosts a talk by Marion Stainton on 'Murder, Magic and Plant Potions'. After this talk you may never look at familiar garden plants in the same way!

Marion's garden, The Brooks, exemplifies her ethos of care for the environment and wildlife. She also has a passionate interest in the historical and modern uses of plants, and a fascination with the myths and folklore that surround them. Her talk will include recipes for poisoning arrow tips; the psychoactive properties of plants; their long use in murder; their potential for cures for cancer; and so much more.

Cothi Gardeners are friendly, passionate gardeners with a broad 8 Sgwâr Alban, Aberaeron, SA46 0AD interest in all things horticultural.

New books, records, CDs & DVD’s The club meets at Coronation Hall, 2nd hand books & records Pumpsaint, SA19 8UW, at 7.30pm book & record finding service every third Wednesday of the delivery available orders taken by phone or in person month. Guests are very welcome, £3 NEW ONLINE SHOP each including refreshments. www.gwisgobookworm.co.uk See our website for more details: Books – Bags – Vinyl www.cothigardeners.com or DVDs – CDs – Maps – Cards facebook.com/cothigardeners Open Mon-Sat: 10am-5pm Closed Sun Joy Beveridge facebook.com/gwisgobookworm info@gwisgo.co.uk 01545 23 82 82

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Nature as Therapy - Yr Efail Gardens I’m sure it will be no surprise to hear that I never cease to be amazed and inspired by nature.

This time of year is particularly spectacular, as spring bulbs come into flower and perennials emerge from winter dormancy and suddenly there are flowers providing colour and insects emerging from their hidey holes to bring the garden alive with their busy foraging.

As I write, two robins are asserting their territorial claim on the fence – chests puffed out, necks extended, heads up and swaying from side to side – what a delight to see.

Our plants and vegetables may not be the best looking (never discard an ugly one) but they give us such delight. We are so lucky to be able to take pride in our work and its end products. Yes, we feel physically and mentally fitter from gardening (a lifelong learning experience) and treasure the privilege of being able to spend so much time in the fresh air and also enjoy the benefits by eating our home-grown produce. We may suffer aches and pains but I’m sure they’d be worse if we didn’t lead an active outdoor life. The right clothing and footwear enable my daily fix of nature and fresh air.

I find working the soil really therapeutic, watching the worms as they slither away to find a safe haven away from my fork (and taking a rotting leaf down into the ground with them). How do spiders survive so far under the soil? and then create such magical webs that are bejewelled on frosty mornings.

Glistening snail eggs too – insect ingenuity leaves ‘man’ far behind - nature’s every creation has a purpose so I think and watch a while before leaping in to ‘clear’ an area. It’s more rewarding and beneficial to work with nature, maintain the rich variety. Be a part of everything natural that fits and lives well together. Blue tits, ladybirds, lacewings and hoverfly larvae will munch pesky greenfly. Keep a piece of garden or just a tub to enjoy its thriving life, it is so rewarding. Every week, I make time to walk with friends on Cors Caron for a different experience of nature – loving the reflections and unique flora and fauna. I always come away feeling relaxed and renewed. And it’s free Locally Bwlch y Geuffordd Gardens, Bronant 01974 251559 and Yr Efail, Llanio Rd, Tregaron 01974 299370 are open by arrangement for the NGS at this time of year so please get in touch. https://ngs.org.uk/find-a-garden/ Shelagh & Steve, Yr Efail

Nature as Therapy As a magical writer, I use nature as inspiration for my stories, often garnered on my early morning walks. In my Wellington boots, with the sun not yet showing her full face, I begin my day to the songs of the birds waking up on my riverbank, so my day always starts with me and nature.

I love walking on the beach too. The buffet and swell of the sea in my ears, and the wind snatching at my hair is uplifting, but also grounding, reminding me of who I am and where my place is in this world.

But best of all, I love to dance on the grass with my tribe. Bare feet, cool and soaked in dew, we dance together for ourselves, for each other, for women everywhere and for the earth we love.

Join Tribal Unity Wales from Tuesday 3 March to begin your dance journey.

Details in ‘Move Your Body’ section of listings in the Grapevine.

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PUMSAINT. WI In January the ladies of Pumsaint WI enjoyed a games evening where we played several different indoor games. The ladies who had entered the County Table Tennis competition took the opportunity to get in some extra practice. This paid off of as Diane Bookham won the Singles and Sue Jones and Diane came 2nd in the pairs.

In February, after the usual business, we had a list of ladies wanting to join in the Quiz Night in Llanybydder next month and several names were put forward for various other events.

Arrangements for the Briane Group Meeting, 17 March, that Pumsaint are hosting, were discussed.

Next month will be our Swper Cawl at the Black Lion, Abergorlech.

After the meeting we heard that one of our oldest ladies, Mena Williams, had had a fall and is in hospital with a broken leg. A card will be sent and some ladies will visit.

Anne Brooks, Secretary, Pumsaint WI

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Film Nights

Elmo's Delights Maesyffin Shiitake Mushrooms & Elmo’s Spinach Lasagne

Fri 6 March: Mrs Lowry & Son (PG) Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Spall, Stephen Lord Drama about artist L.S. Lowry’s difficult relationship with his mother.

91 minutes

Ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil

Fri 20 March: The Art of Racing in the Rain (PG)

1 garlic clove, crushed

Milo Ventimiglia, Amanda Seyfried, Kevin Costner (voice)

300g Maesyffin shiitake mushrooms, sliced

Enzo the dog learns about life from his racing driver owner.

109 minutes

1 tsp thyme leaves, chopped 200g |Elmo’s new season spinach

Fri 3 April: Downton Abbey (PG)

300g tub light soft cheese

Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery

4 tbsp grated hard cheese

The Crawley family and their staff prepare for a royal visit.

119 minutes

6 fresh lasagne sheets

Method

Fri 17 April: Sorry We Missed You* (15)

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 Heat the oil in a large frying pan, add the garlic and cook for 1 min Add the shiitake mushrooms and thyme, then cook for 3 mins until they start to soften. Throw in the spinach and stir until the heat of the pan wilts the leaves Remove from the heat and stir in the soft cheese, 1 tbsp of the hard cheese and some seasoning Put a quarter of the spinach mix on the bottom of a medium-sized baking dish, lay 2 pasta sheets on top, then repeat until you have used all the pasta. Finish with the final quarter of the spinach mix, sprinkle over the rest of the grated hard cheese, then bake for 35 mins until golden and the pasta is tender.

Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Rhys Stone Ken Loach’s drama about a family caught up in the “gig economy”.

Showing as a benefit night for Lampeter Food Bank.

101 minutes * Strong language and violence alert!

Subtitles are available for hard-of-hearing viewers: please ask crew before film starts

Doors open 7.15pm, film at 7.45pm Admission by Donation Join our Film Screening Team

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

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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.

The first sheep dog sale in Ceredigion for 7 years

Sêl cŵn defaid cynta Ceredigion ers 7 mlynedd Gan Ohebydd Golwg360 30/01/2020

By Golwg360 Journalist 30/01/2020

Y sêl yn Nhalsarn yn codi arian tuag at Uned Cemotherapi Ysbyty Bronglais.

The sale in Talsarn raising money towards the Chemotherapy Unit in Bronglais Hospital.

Crwydro’r Andes ar gefn beic Gan Rhodri Price 30/01/2020

Exploring the Andes on a bike

Blog Rhodri o Lanbed am hedfan i Ecwador yn Ne America a seiclo adre.

By Rhodri Price 30/01/2020 A blog by Rhodri from Lampeter about flying to Ecuador in South America and cycling home.

Canlyniadau Siarad Cyhoeddus CFfI Sir Gâr

Carmarthenshire YFC Public Speaking results

Gan CFfI Sir Gâr 28/01/2020 Aelodau Clwb Llanllwni ymhlith yr enillwyr mewn cystadleuaeth o safon uchel iawn.

By CFfI Sir Gâr 28/01/2020 Llanllwni Club members amongst the winners in a very high standard competition.

Buddsoddiad o £3.2 miliwn i Ganolfan Dulas

An investment of £3.2 million for Canolfan Dulas

Gan Ohebydd Golwg360 21/01/2020 Mae’r gwaith o droi Canolfan Dulais Llanbed yn unedau busnes modern wedi dechrau.

By Golwg360 Journalist 21/01/2020 The work on transorming Canolfan Dulas Lampeter into modern business units has started.

Bro Pedr ar y brig Gan Ohebydd Golwg360 21/01/2020

Bro Pedr on top

Canlyniadau Safon Uwch yn rhoi’r ysgol yn y 25% uchaf o ysgolion a cholegau gwledydd Prydain.

By Golwg360 Journalist 21/01/2020 A level results place the school in the top 25% of UK schools and colleges.

Blwyddyn newydd a degawd newydd yn San Steffan

New year and a new decade in Westminster

Gan Ben Lake 16/01/2020

By Ben Lake 16/01/2020

Neges flwyddyn newydd gan ein Aelod Seneddol.

A new year’s message by our Member of Parliament.

Corau newydd a chyfleoedd i bawb

New choirs and opportunities for all

Gan Dylan Lewis 09/01/2020 Corau newydd lleol yn paratoi ar gyfer Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Ceredigion.

By Dylan Lewis 09/01/2020 New local choirs preparing for the Ceredigion National Eisteddfod.

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Sale 22nd February until 28th March All non-UK spun yarns stock at wholesale prices Adriafil, Stylecraft and Kingcole At Old Post office College Street Lampeter www.redappleyarn.co.uk Facebook - redappleyarn 01570 423715 The shop is taking a holiday and will return somewhere in the new knitting season

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Karen’s Creative Compendium 052 An extra ‘a’ slipped its way into Ionawr by Joanne Camlin (KCC051), apologies Joanne for the typo in the title, my fault. Our first poem this month may seem out of time but I for one am more than ready to lie back behind closed eyes and imagine the warmth of sun that is hopefully soon to come. Then, what if standing stones were discarded stone-age heliblades? hwyl, Karen

Heatwave

by Amanda Pickering

Still as a painting of cloudless sky, sheep on the hills roasted pasture, a park where students stretch loosely under birches and people gather in clusters of dust and gossip.

A small dog tows his owner along the river path where reed beds glitter with seed.

She can smell the perfume of a mock orange feel the rhinoceros bark of a near tree.

If she reached out would there be a smear of burnt sienna on her skin?

Helicave

by Karen Gemma Brewer No longer standing but lying sacred stones whirl above my head grinding air to a downward plume raising dust and this cave-home where palm-paint hand-prints mark time in ochre lifelines on the naked innards of mountain and gods’ golden tongues flicker to taste the dry sticks at my feet hold back the black, breathe heat until we rise as the sun into dawn.

High in bright pterodactyl skies the helicave flits among icy peaks hovers beside dandelion-clock clouds follows wriggling snakes of water touches down in a niche of cliff mouth agape to an unfamiliar vale where different coloured skins sing new sounds to fresh rhythms yet honour too those golden tongues.

Animal Friends – An A-Z story

Starlight

by Polly Phemus

Imagine then, alone at night Starlight falling as flakes of snow On sheep-flecked hills and sleeping fields And farmyards stirring as dawn creeps near, Dreaming to hear a darling's breath, slow Whispering life into wintered spring Fresh bright air on starling feathers While darkness yields to newborn dew Like diamond dust on yawning meadows And morning birds begin to sing.

by Wendy Steele

Angela adored animals. Bill loathed them. Commuting every Monday morning and staying away all week suited him fine.

Despite her imposed solitude, Angela thrived in the country. Equestrians around her aided her with the three horses while Huw at the farm at the top of the hill knew everything about sheep. Far from being lonely, Angela filled her days with hard work and soon the small holding included two pigs, thirty chickens and a donkey named Peter.

Glad to be out of her cosy, nosy Surrey suburb, Angela made friends in the village. Hairnets and dog food were the basket fillers of the blue rinse brigade in town while here, milk and bread for the freezer was supplemented with fresh fruit and vegetables from the neighbours.

“I'll pay you back,” said Angela, accepting an armful of rhubarb from Mrs Evans at the back door.

“Jam would be nice dear,” said Mrs Evans.

“Kindling's on the driveway in a sack bag, split this morning.”

“Lovey, you're an angel,” said Mrs Evans, trudging away.

Most Fridays Angela found herself dreading Bill coming home. No amount of jam and home cooked meals seemed to appease her grumbling husband.

Only the birds he viewed through his binoculars from the garden kept him amiable. Peter the donkey was an especial pet hate of his.

“Quite what you thought you were doing, turning our home into an animal sanctuary, I don't know!”

“Really?”

“Small holdings are one thing, but taking in these worn out dumb animals is ridiculous!”

Tea was taken in the garden. Umbrellas were a must as Bill hated the sun on his skin.

“Very intelligent is our Peter,” said Angela.

“Whatever you say but I don't want any more bloody animals!”

“Exactly what are you saying?”

“You bring one more animal into this house and I'm leaving!”

“Zebras are arriving on Monday.”

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The Secret Commonwealth

by J. Sandover Cramped in the home busy alone The family orbit the unknown The unspoken memory and desire Confined in darkness to inward grow Outside Loosening limbs to swing Hearts to sing A voyage of nature discovering Deep-breathing the harmony Every shade of blue and green Rising on the breeze to bask The sunlit heights of the red kite Observing every sign of life Nourishing We begin to find our voices Explore our choices Release our anxieties to skim Bouncing along the surface of the sea Sinking into infinity Reabsorbed for transformation In the endless tides of becoming We begin to play Our laughter released ringing The rocks folded into cliffs Echoing patterns of eternity Long before we are born Long after we have gone Beauty regenerates To find new expression Our here and now Full of this ebb and flow Touching our souls to know We are blessed Together sharing

Celtic Christianity LV I

Harry Harrison

St Cadfan / Catamanus / Catamanu / Catman / Gideon Abbot and first hermit on Bardsey Island.

Founder of monasteries.

Reposed 590.

Remembered 1st November.

A Breton nobleman, son of Eneas Ledewig (Aeneas of Brittany) and Gwen Teirbron (Gwen Three Breasts), daughter of Budic II of Brittany. He journeyed to Britain accompanied by the children of Ithel Hael o Lydaw (of Brittany): Baglan, Flewyn, Gredifael, Tanwg, Twrog, Tegai, Trillo, Tecwyn and Llechid. Other followers include Maël, Ilar and Kentinlau (Cynllo), who accompanied Cadfan to Ceredigion. They may have fled the Franks.

St Cadfan founded a clas (cloister or monastery) at Tywyn, modern Towyn in Gwynedd. It was the mother church of the cantref of Meirionnydd south of the River Dysynni. At Llangadfan in northern Powys he founded a church wherein there is a stone dating from the 8th or 9th century inscribed with his name and indicating his grave.

There is also a holy well where many were cured of rheumatism, scrofula, and skin diseases. It continued to attract pilgrims long after the Reformation. Baths and changing-rooms were added until it went into disuse about 1894. He later moved further up the coast to the Lleyn peninsula and to Bardsey Island, received from Saint Einion Frenin, king of Llŷn, around 516 and to have served as its abbot until 542. It is said that as he went from Towyn to Llangadfan he passed through Pistyll Gadfan, Eisteddfa Gadfa, and Llwbyr Gadfan.

In the church at Towyn, there is a stone pillar, called the Cadfan stone, with an ancient inscription that marks the place of his burial: "Beneath a similar mound lies Cadfan, sad it should enclose the praise of the earth. May he rest without blemish."

A Cadfan also has an active cultus in Finistere and Cotes du Nord, Brittany. While it is generally held that this is the same Cadfan (the reason for thinking that he was a Breton), there are still problems in making the connection between the two.

The question may never be settled. The Breton Cadfan is the patron of a church at Poullan, near Douarnenez.

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Troparion Of St Cadfan Leaving thy native Brittany for the love of Christ, O Father Cadfan, thou dost teach us not to love places or things more than Him. Wherefore, O holy one, intercede for us that we may be faithful to our calling and found worthy of great mercy.

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Public Speaking Success

Success at recent Urdd competitions

Many congratulations to Taidgh Mullins, Hugo and Ifan Meredith on winning the Rotary Club’s English Public Speaking competition on 30 January, 2020. There were teams from Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion competing.

In addition to winning the prize for the best team...

Taidgh Mullins won the prize for the best opposer Hugo won the best proposer and Ifan Meredith won a prize for the best Chairperson.

The topic discussed was...

‘This House believes that homework should be banned’.

The team will now go on to compete in the Welsh final.

We wish them every success.

Urdd National Swimming Gala Oisin Gartland - two silver medals Boys’ Relay Team - 6th (Dion Jacob, Joshua Drury, Kieran Gibbard & Harry Condon) Lowri Meles James Evans managed her personal best in her race Joshua Drury made a good impression in his race We wish to thank Mr Roderick for going to support the pupils and to Mrs Griffiths and Mrs Jacob for their assistance.

Urdd county Netball Year 6 team – 4th (Charley, Katie, Tia, Rosie, Lowri, Sofie, Ellie Maie & Amy) We wish to thank Miss Jones for coaching and Miss Davies and Mr Thomas for their support We would also like to wish the best of luck to the following in their upcoming competitions: Fflur Meredith - County Cogurdd Competition Elen Jones and Ifan Meredith - County Cogurdd Competition Darcey Lambert - National Gymnastics Competition

Welsh Athletics Congratulations to the following on their success in the Indoor Welsh National Championships over the weekend (1 & 2 February 2020): Hugo Douglas – 3rd, 200m Sprint & 3rd, 60m Hurdles Osian Roberts – 1st, High Jump (1.88m) [Welsh Champion in the competition for under 15’s!] & 1st in the Hurdles Casi Gregson – 2nd in the 60m Hurdles & 2nd in the 200m Sprint We met the Plaid Cymru leadership again later in the year and agreed that TLC members would give a Ben Lake (MP), Jonathon Edwards (MP), Mike Walker, Dylan Wilson- Lewis, Elin Jones (AM), Adrian Kendon presentation and Adam Price (AM) plus a Q&A session at the Plaid Cymru autumn conference. We also agreed that Ben Lake and Elin Jones would accompany us to visit the Borders Railway between Edinburgh and Galashiels which was reopened by the Queen in 2015. This will hopefully take place over Easter.

Thanks to the generosity of Aberystwyth Council, we will be having a stand at the Eisteddfod in Tregaron in the summer.

We are working with Swansea University to provide a Virtual Reality display of the rebuilt railway demonstrating the beauty of the line and the potential for visitors once the line is rebuilt.

We are hoping to recruit some Welsh speakers to join our committee and help at the Eisteddfod stand to promote the line.

If you are interested please call 01570 218036.

Adrian Kendon

Traws Link Cymru West Wales Rail Campaign Ymgyrch Rheilffordd Gorllewin Cymru

Just a year ago committee members of Traws Link Cymru met with the leadership of Plaid Cymru and this meeting was followed by a discussion held in Westminster Hall led by Jonathon Edwards about the reopening of the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Railway. Present at that Westminster Hall meeting and supportive of the proposal was the now current Welsh Minister, Simon Hart, MP for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire. Speaking in support was also Ben Lake, Liz Saville Roberts, Chris Elmore (Labour) and Andrew Jones MP who responded on behalf of the Government.

Between then and now we have, of course, had a change of Prime Minister and the election of a new Conservative Government but there is plenty of evidence that the rebuilding of the railway is now being seriously considered by all political parties. For example Ken Skates AM, the Labour Minister for Economy and Transport, has published a paper called “A Railway For Wales” which specifically states that North South connectivity may include “...upgrade lines, reopened lines and new lines...” illustrated by a map of “Strategic Corridor Developments” showing the link between Carmarthen and Aberystwyth.

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Lampeter Book Festival Returns - Booking Now Open for Free Writing Workshops Gŵyl Lyfrau Llanbedr/Lampeter Book Festival will return for a second year on Saturday 16 May, with free writing workshops, author readings, a book fair and a night of performance, poetry and music, including many opportunities for anyone to get involved.

Booking is now open for the four writing workshops, each led by an established writer/tutor and covering a range of literary styles and disciplines. Attendance is free but spaces are limited so book early to secure your seats.

Bookings are also now being taken The workshop options are: from authors and publishers wishing 11.30-1.00 Writing Reviews with Mathew Jarvis, including the review process to take a table at the book fair which 11.30-1.00 Writing From the Past with Martin Locock, drawing on history and will run 11am-5pm in the Old Building historic events in current creative writing at UWTSD Lampeter.

The fee of £10/table also includes an 2.30-4.30 Poetry with Kathy Miles optional short reading slot, in the 2.30-4.30 Prose with Karen Gemma Brewer.

University’s Old Hall, during the Author Readings running between 1pm-2.30pm. Again spaces are limited.

The day’s activities will be bookended by two special events, an opening ceremony and guest author address, at 11am in the Old Hall, and a poetry and music performance night, including star guests and open mic, from 7pm at the Castle Green pub – food available.

The festival is again organised by Lampeter Writers Workshop with the support of UWTSD and there is the possibility of additional fringe events and other locations around town over the festival weekend. Further details will follow in the April issue of Grapevine.

To book onto the workshops and/or reserve an author’s table and reading slot, contact Martin, mlocock@gmail.com or Sue, 01570 423167 or to read at the open mic email Karen karen@karengemmabrewer.co.uk Karen Brewer

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Opportunity for a Commuity Woodland Group at Coed Blaenwern, Lampeter Coed Cadw (the Woodland Trust in Wales) are offering a special opportunity for the community to adopt a wood on the outskirts of Lampeter.

Coed Blaenwern is the 15 acre woodland on Maestir hill overlooking the western edge of Lampeter Its south-western boundary touches Maestir Road where there is a field gate giving access. It is one of the small plantations on the former Falcondale estate and is planted with larch, beech and spruce. It has now been kindly left as a legacy to the Woodland Trust.

The Trust support communities to engage with their local woodlands in many different ways. In the case of Coed Blaenwern, we think this small, manageable and attractive wood could offer the ideal opportunity for a suitable community woodland group to get hands on and benefit from running their own local enterprise.

The planted trees are of a suitable size and age to be managed, with the potential to harvest timber products and generate a small income. Some of the trees are larch and are infected with Phytophtera ramorum disease.

However, fortunately, this disease should not affect the quality or saleability of the larch timber. A statutory felling notice has been served requiring the larch to be felled within three years.

What is a ‘Community Woodland Group’?

A community woodland group is any group that gets together with an agreed constitution and takes an active and responsible role in managing a woodland, collectively setting objectives, engaging with other stakeholders and sharing out the benefits within the local area. They come in many shapes and sizes! Community woodland management should generate multiple benefits for the community (which could include local jobs, local timber, recreational benefits and space for wildlife).

What’s on offer?

The Trust would be willing to consider a variety of options.

For the right applicant, we would be looking to lease the woodland to the group for a period of anything from 5 to 25 years. A community group taking on management of the wood would therefore be able to really ‘take ownership’ and get stuck in. The lease would also allow the lessee to apply for grant income to support their activity.

Any group looking to take on a lease would need to be formally constituted, and be set up as a legally-recognised entity such as a charity, community interest company etc, with their own insurance. Under a lease arrangement, the group would take responsibility for financial management and health and safety and management of the site during

the term of their lease.

However, it isn’t as daunting as it sounds! If you are interested in the opportunity but don’t feel fully prepared, Llais y Goedwig, the community woodland network for Wales, with support from Coed Cadw, are there to support community woodland groups throughout the process. Local officers are on hand to support, advise and facilitate access to a vibrant community woodland network!

Check out www.llaisygoedwig.org.uk to find out more.

If a successful community woodland group becomes established at Coed Blaenwern, there may be opportunities in future, subject to agreement, to extend involvement to other Trust woods in the locality.

How will the Trust make sure that the woodland is protected?

The terms of any lease will oblige the leaseholder to adhere to certain basic conditions protecting the wood, and its neighbours, from harm. Compliance with these conditions will be monitored by the Trust. The Trust will only lease woodland to suitable bodies whose objectives are appropriate. Under UK law, any significant felling will also require the manager to apply for a felling licence from Natural Resources Wales and to adhere to its conditions.

I’m interested… what happens next?

If you are interested, please write or email your details to juliejenkins@woodlandtrust.org.uk with a brief summary of why you are interested and how you might fit the brief, no later than 30 April 2020.

Should you wish to find out more, we will host a guided visit to the wood on Saturday 4 April 2020. Please contact kyliejonesmattock@woodlandtrust.org.uk / 0343 770 5785 if you wuld like to attend. If that date is not convenient, we can issue particulars for self-led visits.

Once the Trust have gauged initial interest, we will be in touch to discuss how best to take matters forward.

Coed Cadw / The Woodland Trust

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cies richness and pollinators by 50% and improved micronutrient levels have reduced vets bills by 50% where herbal lays are in use.

Changing our farming methods does mean that production levels will fall in the short term while we wait for the soils to recover, so we should act quickly while there is still some wiggle room and reductions in food waste can take up the slack... we waste so much food at present we don’t really know the meaning of food shortages - it is too cheap really, but globally storms, droughts, fires, floods, locusts and plagues will start impacting food supplies soon enough.

Local food would be very competitive if we were paying the true carbon cost of our highly packaged, processed and imported foods. The lack of transport and agrochemical overheads should more than compensate.

Farmers will be our knights in shining armour; they uniquely have the key to restoring soils and diversity, storing carbon and reversing climate change, and they are realistically the only ones we can rely on to feed us. Our food security and our lives are in their hands.

As the world finally recognises the debt we owe to farming and farmers, communities need to come together and support their local farmers through the changes that we ALL need to make to become more resilient, adapting as we move into uncharted territory.

Making sure that the food we eat is local, seasonal and regeneratively grown, demanding it at every opportunity is one of the most positive things we can do.

Making change does represent a risk to our farmers, we need to reward them, and show them that they have our full support, make a pledge to be part of the change, we have the power to save the world one carrot at a time.

Eating Local: Join the Pledge Farmers have too long been under pressure to produce cheap food, whilst devastating the environment, farmers, animals, and consumers have all suffered, but the profits of supermarkets and agribusinesses like Monsanto have boomed.

Shifting the target from producing cheap food whatever the cost towards community based agricultural systems will provide more jobs and boost local economies, but the benefits extend much further.

97% of massively species rich wildflower meadows have disappeared due to nitrate use producing ‘green deserts’.

This is a great loss to diversity above and more importantly below ground where the web of life would normally begin… the further the nitrates reach, contaminating the air and flowing into the sea, the more species we lose...

Welsh grass-fed practices are admired, whilst few appreciate that the luscious greens represent fields enriched with nitrates, and fewer still appreciate how ‘improved’ fields are mere shadows of their former glories, and how massive this loss is.

Intensive agricultural practices lead to soil loss; the UK loses 1.4 million tonnes each year. The inability of ‘improved’ soils to hold water increases both flood and drought threats, critically important with the increasing weather extremes we already experience. Farmers all around the world have been ruined waiting for rain that never comes and watching their soils wash clean away.

The ability of regenerative farming methods to restore carbon to the soil, greatly improving diversity and resilience means that regenerative farmers must receive major support, since other carbon capture schemes are still largely hypothetical… but only 8% of Wales’ farmland is farmed organically.

Chemicals have ruled our farming practices to date at the detriment of the environment and our health. That same diversity that is so important to the web of life starts at the microbial level, impacting plant health, and the health of everything that eats the plants… Ignoring this special relationship between soil and gut biomes means continued dependence on chemical use in the field and in each of our daily lives. However, returning to sustainable/ regenerative/organic/resilient methods - call it what you like, means that ecosystems can recover and a return to the viability of species all over the world, including us.

Returning to organic farming increases spe-

‘Join the pledge to buy local, sustainably grown food.’ at Change.org and look out for the pledges to sign locally around Lampeter.

‘What is Resilience?’ hosted by the Harmony Institute and Lampeter Resilience Hub Tuesday 10 March 5.45-7.30pm Founders Library, UWTSD, Lampeter campus entry is ticket only, free via Eventbrite

By Jessica Hill Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Science at the University of the West of England.

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Across 1. King when St David’s College Lampeter was founded (6,3,6) 10. End of a fizzy drink sounds like help (3) 11. Tap turned to give joint educational support (Abb) (1,1,1) 12. Illegally treat horse? Does penny drop in?

13. William Killick tried at Lampeter Assizes for attempted murder of whom? (5,6) 16. Whale found in Marseilles (3) 17. Heavy weight with nothing in for animated character (4) 18. Nothing to this Native American people (3) 20. Public house in the north (3) 21. Finished endless gala in Irish county (7) 23. Year not starting for sound register (3) 25. Genus of clam can chew up a car (4) 26. Seen with six and three points to an old penny (6) 28. Vast lamp arranged to have a flat screen image (6,2) 30. First goddess of the day playing part cameos (3) 32. Point on sailor’s compass sounds like favourite drink (5) 33. Radio 4 soap not right for supporting church roofs (3,6) 34. Toucans lose heavy weights of fiddler crabs (3) 36. Tear heart out of scripts (3) 37. Chicken dish offered at Conti’s Italian evenings (11) 42. Unusual end of dialect should be at home in Wales (4) 43. Siberian river starts in Obninsk (2) 44. Hawaiian girl has Christmas a point and one (7) 45. Beauty salon on College Street Lampeter (7) 48. Mum leaves animal flesh to consume (3) 49. Advice for enjoyment after eating and drinking (2,5)

See rough working grid on page 34. Eds Down 1. Levels of service provided by the Ceredigion Language Charter (4,6,6) 2. More secure computer file men often quip about (7,9) 3. Regret bad scar, fun arranged by Welsh Assembly for old travellers (5,4,3,4) 4. Gentle knock cavern to draw off slag (7) 5. In hot stew to come up with new idea (3,2) 6. Made refined cheese (4) 7. Hints at winner for heir starting with nothing but two old pennies (4-2) 8. Price graph or change for something printable (12) 9. Goodbye has thanks to the French sight of small child (5,2,5,4) 14. Strong desire for currency (3) 15. In the direction of stop but with no starting price (2) 19. Golf’s starting point is endless before morning for sporting group (4) 21. Dysfunctional Co-ed left musically soft (5) 22. Don’t delay take a part (3) 24. Sympathy expressed when doctor lost draw (2) 27. Perform end of successful wedding agreement (2) 29. Cancel point with century polish (5) 31. Type of livestock shown at Llanllyr, Talsarn each April (8) 35. French city where cane is refined (4) 38. Hectic two wheeled race shows extremes of trust (Abb) (1,1) 39. Extinct flightless bird started major ornithological archive (3) 40. Alright a Canadian cheese (3) 41. Sporting politician can offer excellent start (3) 45. Plumbs alterative drinking hole (3) 46. Nimrod began mathematical game (3) 47. Reverse race has no point for this vehicle (3)

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Susan meeting Kelsie to receive her winner’s voucher Another warm welcome to new puzzlers - there were fewer entries this time (probably my fault for delays to publication), so congratulations to all who completed cryptic crossword 60: Maurice Bray, Sarah Davies, Trevor Harris, Brynmor James, Michael Jones, Hugh Parry, Marty Presdee and Geoff Smith.

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