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OMMUNITY EWSLETTER FOR LANGOED LANRAFON AND ENMON SSUE AY FREE C N L , G P I 19 M 2017 WHAT’S HAPPENING WHERE Knitting Club: the third Monday of the month at Pont y Brenin hub, 2.00pm-3.00pm. Hello, everybody...another copy of The Puffin has just rolled off the press. Turn to page 3 to read about The Llanddona Puffin Prize Draw, which takes place later this month. Llanddona Book Reading Club: usually meets on You’ll have noticed the unseasonably chilly few days the second Tuesday of the month at the Owain that we’ve had recently; this year’s display of spring Glyndŵr pub. Contact Kirsty Simpson at flowers has been glorious, and the dusting of snow [email protected] for details. against all the new greenery looked quite unusual. Beaumaris The old adage 'ne’er cast a clout till May be out' appears Beaumaris Film Night: do you enjoy a good film? to be holding true... Here’s hoping that the weather Canolfan Beaumaris Leisure Centre invites you to warms up before too long. some of the best and most recent films available, each at just £5.00 a ticket: the first Thursday of the month at 7.30pm, with refreshments available 30 minutes beforehand. For more information e-mail [email protected] or telephone 01248 811200. Table top sale: the first Sunday of the month, 10.00am-4.00pm, at the Canolfan Beaumaris Leisure Centre; refreshments are available. E-mail [email protected] or telephone 01248 811200 for more information. Antiques & collectors’ fair: the third Sunday of the New greenery and snow late last month... (A Perrott) month, 10.00am-4.00pm, at the Canolfan Beaumaris Here’s a selection of what’s on in the locality: Leisure Centre; refreshments are available. Contact [email protected] or telephone 07516 Llangoed 277794 for information/bookings. Cuppa with a copper: Friday 19 May 2017 and Friday 30 June 2017, 2.00pm-4.00pm, at Pont y Brenin Hub…a drop-in session for people to come and discuss any matters with our Police Community Support Officer, Teleri Jones. Contact her on 07814 646320 for more details. Table top sale: Saturday 20 May 2017, 10.00am- 4.00pm, at the Village Hall; tables cost £5.00, entry costs £1.00, profits go to Blood Bikes for Wales. Contact Chris Linford at [email protected] to book a table. Llangoed and District Flower and Vegetable Show: Saturday 19 August 2017, 2.00pm at the Village Hall...see page 6 for more information. Beaumaris pier in its heyday, with PS Rhos Colwyn (scrapped in 1911) Whist group: alternate Thursdays, 1.30pm-3.00pm approaching (source unknown); have a look at the photograph on page 6 at Pont y Brenin Hub. Please let us know if you’d like an event to be featured Bingo: the third Friday of the month at Pont y Brenin in The Puffin; our e-mail address is at the foot of each Hub at 7.00pm. page. The Puffin ISSUE 19 MAY 2017 [email protected] 1 OF 8 SBWRIEL A BAW CŴN/LITTERING AND DOG The current arrangement is a £75 fine reducing to £50 if payment is made within 10 days of the issue of the fixed OFFENCES penalty notice. Arbrawf gorfodaeth ar gyfer pob trosedd yn ymwneud â sbwriel a baw cŵn You may be aware that several local authorities across North Wales have employed an external private Mae’r Cyngor yn gyfrifol am gadw ffyrdd mabwysiedig, enforcement company, Kingdom, to issue fixed penalty culfannau, traethau mwyniant a thir perthnasol arall ar notices for littering and dog fouling. yr Ynys yn glir o sbwriel. Ar hyn o bryd mae’r Cyngor yn trefnu bod gwaith codi sbwriel, sgubo strydoedd, gwagio The Council wishes to conduct a trial from early summer biniau sbwriel a dyletswyddau glanhau eraill yn cael eu 2017 with Kingdom where they will issue a fixed fine of gwneud gan ei gontractwr £75 for all littering and dog casglu gwastraff, Biffa. fouling offences. They will employ their own O ran gorfodaeth enforcement officers, but amgylcheddol mae gan y will work in partnership Cyngor hawl i roi dirwy with staff from the cosb sefydlog pan fod pobl Council’s Waste yn gollwng sbwriel neu’n Management Section methu â chlirio baw cŵn. (similar to the Yn hanesyddol mae nifer y arrangements that they dirwyon a roddwyd wedi have with other North bod yn isel iawn ac rydym Wales local authorities). yn ymwybodol ei fod dal yn bwnc llosg ar draws yr The Council would like to Ynys. Y trefniant hear your views on # presennol yw rhoi dirwy o whether you would support £75, sy’n cael ei ostwng i £50 os derbynnir taliad o fewn this trial initiative to issue a fixed fine of £75 for littering 10 niwrnod i ddyddiad rhoi dirwy cosb sefydlog. and dog fouling offences. If you have any feedback on the above proposal, it would be appreciated if you would Efallai eich bod yn ymwybodol bod sawl awdurdod lleol e- mail them to me. ar draws Gogledd Cymru wedi cyflogi cwmni gorfodi preifat allanol, Kingdom, i wneud y gwaith o roi dirwyon Bethan Lloyd Jukes cosb sefydlog ar gyfer gollwng sbwriel a methu â chlirio Swyddog Ymgysylltu Panel Dinasyddion baw cŵn. Citizen Panel Engagament Officer Mae’r Cyngor yn dymuno cynnal cynllun peilot gyda Medrwn Môn Kingdom o ddechrau’r haf 2017 lle byddant yn rhoi Neuadd y Dref/Town Hall dirwy o £75 ar gyfer pob trosedd yn ymwneud â sbwriel Sgwâr Bulkeley/Bulkeley Square a baw cŵn. Byddant yn cyflogi eu swyddogion gorfodi Llangefni eu hunain ond byddant yn gweithio mewn partneriaeth â Ynys Môn/Anglesey staff Adain Rheoli Gwastraff y Cyngor (sef trefniadau LL77 7LR tebyg i’r hyn sydd ganddynt ag awdurdodau lleol eraill Ffôn/Phone: 01248 724944 yng Ngogledd Cymru). E-bost/E-mail: [email protected] Byddai’r Cyngor yn falch o dderbyn eich barn ynglŷn â fyddech yn fodlon cefnogi’r arbrawf hon o roi dirwy LLANGOED: IMPROVEMENTS TO SEWERS sefydlog o £75 ar gyfer troseddau’n ymwneud â sbwriel a baw cŵn. Os oes gennych unrhyw sylwadau ar y cynnig Residents in Llangoed and Glanrafon have been uchod gwerthfawrogwn petaech yn eu hanfon i mi. affected for years by sewage overflowing out of manholes during periods of heavy rain. In recent times Enforcement trial for all littering and dog fouling Dŵr Cymru/Welsh Water has placed a pumping station offences by the Village Hall as a short-term measure to try to alleviate the problem, and soon it will be investing The Council has a responsibility to keep adopted roads, around £1 million to improve the system in the area. laybys, car parks, amenity beaches and other relevant land free of litter on the Island. The Council currently Work will begin in summer 2017; before the work starts, organises litter picking, street sweeping, litter bin however, Dŵr Cymru/Welsh Water will be organising an emptying and other cleaning duties through its waste information event so that local residents can see plans cleaning contractor, Biffa. for the work and meet some of the project team who will be on hand to answer questions. During the work, Dŵr Regarding environmental enforcement, the Council can Cymru/Welsh Water will keep residents informed and issue fixed penalty notices when people drop litter or fail there will be regular updates on its website. to clean up after their dog has fouled, but historically the number of fines issued has been very low and we are Dŵr Cymru/Welsh Water aware that it is a contentious issue across the island. http://www.dwrcymru.com/ The Puffin ISSUE 19 MAY 2017 [email protected] 2 OF 8 THE PUFFIN PRIZE DRAW ANGLESEY RAMBLERS/CERDDWYR YNYS MÔN: CLEARING UP AT CAIM Tickets are on sale now for our May Prize Draw. 7 April 2017 was a sunny Friday, and the Ynys Môn We have some great prizes, including a Russell Hobbs Ramblers volunteers were out at Caim where there kettle, a barbecue and two wooden garden arches were a number of issues on the footpath. (courtesy of B&Q) and a selection of vouchers kindly donated by the Midland Tapas Bar, Beaumaris, the Marram Grass, Newborough, Little Beauty, Beaumaris and Pili Palas, Penmynydd. If you haven’t already bought one, or would like to help us by selling tickets, please contact the Editorial Team – our e-mail address is at the foot of each page – or telephone Caroline Draper on 01248 490727. 'SILVER SLASHING' NEAR LLANGOED AND LLANFAES Gwen Richards writes that the 'Silver Slashers Ramblers' volunteers were working in late February on the footpath between Carwad and Cae Mawr. Cae Mawr is on Lon Cae Mawr, the lane from Sling to Llanfaes, Mud, glorious mud... (A Massey) and Carwad is nearer to Llanddona. With some members on holiday, not all were addressed, but those present managed to build and net a boardwalk over a muddy area, unblock the stream running alongside the path, replace and net a number of broken boardwalk treads and build a handrail and steps around a tree growing across the path. A member of the Highways Department also used a chainsaw to cut encroaching branches and to clear trees that had fallen across the path. From Andria Massey TREES AND STORM DORIS The area took a battering around 23 February 2017, when Storm Doris crossed right over us. The Met Office reported that over the previous night and into the Before…where’s that stile? morning Storm Doris underwent something called 'explosive cyclogenesis', labelling it a 'weather bomb'.