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Produced by the Church in Parishes of St Ishmaels, Hasguard, Herbrandston, Robeston West, Dale and St Brides with Marloes.

The Church in Wales Parishes of Dale, St Brides with Marloes, Herbrandston, Robeston West & Hasguard with St Ishmael's

Parish Priest Revd. Linda Evans B.Th Diocesan Evangelist Revd.. Captain David Evans Contact 01646 636966 or [email protected] Postal Address The Vicarage, 172 Castleway, Dale, , SA62 3RN Church Wardens Dale: Mil Reynolds 636671, Billy Bevan 636335 St Brides: Mary Lewis 636430, Peter Evans 636366 Marloes: Yvonne Evans 636251, Heather Morse 636399 St Ishmaels: Eira Best 636403, Pam Cook 636237 Herbrandston: Josie Owens 692203, Sylvia Davey 695843 Robeston West: Margaret Lewis 01437 890683, Gillian Thorne 01437 890693

Baptist Chapels: Moriah --- Marloes and Aenon --- Sandy Hill The Revd Paul Bartlett 01646 692084

LOCAL SERVICES SHOPS: Marloes Village Store : 01646 636968 Open: Mon - Sat 8:00 am to 5:30 pm Sun 9.00 am - 2:00 pm Post Office open: 9:00 am to 12:00 Mon, Tue, Thur and Fri.

Herbrandston Post Office and Stores: 01646 692203 Open 8:30 am - 6:00 pm Mon - Fri and mornings Sat & Sun

MOBILE LIBRARY: St. Ishmaels, Marloes & Dale 17th July, 7th Aug, 28th Aug Herbrandston 18th July, 8th Aug, 29th Aug ( There are two stops on the road from the Taberna to the Post Office between 2.45pm and 3.35 pm) Contact 01437 776128 or 07929 058660 (Signal varies!)

MOBILE POST OFFICE: Tuesday: St Ishmaels 14:00—15:00 Dale 15:15—16:15 Thursday: St Ishmaels 13:00—14:00 Dale 14:15—15:15 JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS ON THE PENINSULA

MARLOES On behalf of the Marloes & St. Brides I wish to congratulate the members of the Jubilee Committee for a very successful and enjoyable weekend, in spite of the weather on Sunday. The activities on the field on Sunday were very well supported both by local residents and visitors. The Jubilee tea was one of Marloes best with plenty of choice and a good cup of tea. “Marloes Got Talent” proved very entertaining, and the 50's evening in the Lobster Pot was greatly enjoyed. The climax came on Monday evening with the procession from the Village Green to the Beacon Field, culminating with the lighting of the Beacon Fire at 10.15 precisely by Phil Griffiths and Barbara Scale. The hundreds who attended this event will remember the evening for a long time – good weather, a great atmosphere, and a bonfire second to none. Thank-you to every one who contributed in any way to all the activities of the weekend.

Cllr. William Richards, Chairman – Marloes & St. Brides Community Council

From Marina Titley: Marloes Recreational Area Update

May I thank all the members of The Marloes Diamond Jubilee weekend was a the Jubilee Committee for giving huge success. Not only did it raise over £300 it us such a lovely afternoon on entertained well over a 100 people and perhaps Sunday, despite the weather! The more at the beacon on Monday night. A very big time and effort showed during the thank you goes to all those involved in organising afternoon, when we all sat down the events and raising the money to make it all happen. and enjoyed a fantastic tea, and were entertained with the We have had our Lottery funding bid of £5000 "Marloes talent contest" confirmed. We will hear from PAVS in late June Thank you for bringing the and from the match funding bid (PCC) in early community together and just July. So far things are looking very positive so we looking at their faces you could should be able to hold a meeting in mid July to see you had done a super get the project phase started. Fingers crossed we job...... can it be an annual should see some new equipment by late summer. event !!?? PS In Marloes Hall there is a We have a page on the Marloes website which we large box full of tins and shall keep updated with news and there are plans containers left over from the to go viral on Facebook! Sunday afternoon, if anyone Thank you to all who have supported us and wants to claim them. worked hard to get us this far. Mark Burton Festival of Roses at Herbrandston

May I convey my sincere thanks, to every one who helped too make the Jubilee Festival of Roses a resounding success. From the small crew who helped me set up the display eg. filling the phials with water, fixing the cards, and placing the roses. The ladies who wrote the cards, the Church members for selling the roses, the ladies who organised the refreshments in the hall. Last but not least, everyone who purchased a rose/roses.

God bless you all. Yours thankfully, Colin G Reynolds

ONE'S HAD ENOUGH! Dedicated to those many “Unseen Heroes”

One has a rather special job: there's lots of travelling round For, all across the British Isles, one has to visit towns. Now, some of these are ugly, and some of them are quaint– But when will people realise that one hates the smell of paint?

It's true, there's never litter: the streets are spick and span; And every police officer is smiling, to a man. One never, ever, ever, gets jostled by the crowd As they wave their flags and cheer– my goodness, aren't they loud?

One week one is in Scotland; the next, one is in Wales; But they never let one stop to shop: one misses all the sales! It's best behaviour every time: one must never lose one’s cool– Even with some dense official who's being such a fool.

The work, it hasn't altered at all in sixty years– They couldn't mechanise it; that never was one’s fear. But, all around, the world has changed; a huge difference, of course, is, When one started there were debutantes, and every girl loved horses.

So don't you think one's justified at least to mull it over When, at one’s time of life, it's off we go again to Dover, Or Penzance, bound for Tresco, or darkest ? So many thousand miles! Oh, why not jolly well retire?

Of course one was delighted when first one got the job; And one can't deny that, down the years, one's earned a fair few bob. But now, at last, the day has come – this work, one's going to chuck it: Someone else can follow Liz’s coach with a shovel and a bucket!

Chris Jessop An amazing £700 raised for Dale Play Area funds Thank you!

Dale certainly entered into the fun and celebrations of the Diamond Jubilee with a day to remember on Saturday 2 June. The Community Picnic ‘Bring & Share’ saw a great village turnout with a feast of dishes. The stalls lined the street and village green – the star attraction being the cake stall which was loaded with homemade delights and raised an astounding £130. Activities continued throughout the afternoon with a backdrop of flags and bunting on the eye-catching boats which adorned the water for the boat pageant. No one can deny that the ‘Dale Queen’ stole the show – amazing the crowds and providing endless entertainment for the children.

We owe a huge thank you to the community of Dale with a special thanks to all those who helped make the event such a success. A big thank you to Luke and Steve Warlow, Mark Reynolds, Simon Vickers and Brian Thomas for their muscle and mechanical power clearing and raking the green, and sweeping down the pavements in advance of Saturday. Thank you to all those who helped clear away the tables and chairs on the day, just in time for the rain.

Our fundraising efforts were made possible with the generous donations for the stalls, auction and raffle. A big thank you to: Marianne Brand, Lynne Llewellyn Davies, Cerianne & Adam from The Moorings, Jan Mathias, Alex Mathias, Sion Slaymaker & Mark Gainfort on ‘Kingfisher’, Steve Evans of GE Evans & Son Butcher, Teifi Cheeses and Tony & Cath from The Boathouse Café Dale

Thank you also to John Mecklenburgh for organising the boat pageant; to John Webber for judging the boat pageant; to our auctioneer Peter Morgan; to Caroline Lawley and Tania Warlow for organising the Scarecrow competition, which was judged by Sean Kehoe; to John Bramley for scrutinising the judging and handing out the awards and medals; and to the musicians of ‘Your not Percy’ and their ensemble for what proved a perfect end to the day.

We raised a further £300 towards the fireworks fund with significant donations from The Griffin, West Wales Windsurfing and Freemans Motors. Unfortunately the weather did set in and we decided to postpone the bonfire and fireworks. We hope to rearrange these for a fine evening over the summer – please look out for further information.

The Dale Play Area Group - Rosemary Mecklenburgh, Anne Meeke, Nia & Phil Marshall, Sian Mathias, Sean Kehoe, Jane & Alan Mason, Shelley Courie & Amanda Jenner JOIN US AT OUR CRAFT FAYRE IN DALE CORONATION HALL

SATURDAY 21 ST - TUESDAY 24th JULY 10AM-5PM

WE HAVE A VARIETY OF CRAFTS FOR SALE Anyone wishing to donate or sell craft items o the basis of us keeping 20% of the sale price to donate to the Paul Sartori Foundation, please bring them to the hall on Friday 20th July 2-5 pm and collect them on Tuesday 24th July 5-7pm.

Teas and homemade cakes available

DALE WI will be joining us serving cream teas on Tuesday 24th Childrens crafting activities throughout the weekend

For more information call EMMA - 07896719409 / ANN - 01646 636873

St Ishmaels Potato Challenge

The weigh-in was held on 26 th May. Again a very successful event and money raised came to over £700.

Winners were: Heaviest crop (adult): K Gainfort Heaviest crop (junior): Matthew Page and Megan Clarke Funniest potato (adult): R Jenkins Funniest potato (junior): Isabella Thomas

Raffle Winners: J Dilly; Mrs James; C Llewellyn; L Evans; V Edwards; C Bater; M Garlick; R Llewellyn; H Phippen and M Standen. Eira Best Community Councils DALE www.wales.gov.uk/marine - ALL Among items discussed at the meetings on RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO RESPOND 21 st May, 2012: TO THIS CONSULTATION. If you need Annual General Meeting – Mr P Morgan help in finding the response form or if you was reappointed as Chairman, Mr L Jones need help in filling in / submitting the was appointed as Deputy Chairman and Mr response form, please contact the Clerk H Bishop was appointed as Clerk. The (636 668) who will be happy to assist. Chairman reported on the business Responses to this Consultation must undertaken by the Community Council be submitted to the Welsh st during the past year, including the Government by 31 July, 2012 – continued, progressive improvement in please respond. parking arrangements in the village and the Arcopol+ - the Community Council has contacts made with the County Council on been asked by the County Council to such matters as road resurfacing and refuse participate in this scheme which is an collection. The Chairman noted that Mr J international programme to improve Goodwin has stepped down from the community response and resilience in case Community Council and thanked him for of oil pollution incidents. The matter is his wise advice and contributions to the being reviewed. business of the Council. It was noted that the community will face continuing issues in The next meeting of Dale Community th the coming year(s) relating to the need to Council will take place on Monday, 16 develop a common response to the July, 2012 at The Jubilee Suite at applications for wind turbines, the threat 1900hrs. Members of the community are imposed by the HPMCZ Consultation and encouraged to attend and, with the the continuing risk of raves / “spontaneous permission of the Chairman, to address the events” attracted by the airfield, which is meeting. now a protected heritage site. The meeting approved the accounts for the year which MARLOES & ST BRIDES show that Community Council funds at 31 st Matters under discussion at this meeting, March, 2012 stood at £945.48, a deficit on held on the 12 th June will include discussion the year of £187.03. on the following:- Welsh Government Consultation – Highly Protected Marine proposed site of Highly Protected Conservation Zone proposed for the Marine Conservation Zone – Dale Bay Marine Reserve/Marloes Sands – the Council reviewed the progress of the area. The closing date for consultations is community’s response to this consultation the 31 st July. Please see details in the May and to the threat that it presents to the newsletter and on the Marloes website. community of Dale and to the businesses Planning Matters – NP/12/0290 – Single and activities carried on within the village. Storey Extension and two storey rear The meeting reviewed the first DRAFT of extension, 2 Mullock Bridge, Marloes – to the Community Council’s response and be considered. Approval has been received agreed changes – the text of this DRAFT for the erection of a 9m pole and response is available to residents on associated wires at Harveys Cottage, request to the Clerk (636 668). The text of Marloes - BT Openreach. the Consultation can be found on Planed – Action Plan – Draft Transcripts of the Visioning Meetings to form basis of It was noted there is a vacancy for a Action Plan Councilor as Mr. M. Orton had tended his Finance Matters - Approval of Annual resignation. The Council wishes to thank Statement, and consideration of Internal Mr. Orton for his support and hard work in Audit Report; Smiths of Derby Invoice – the past. Clerk will advertise vacancy for Clock Mechanism Annual Service - £241.20 Councilor and post notices in the Brook – VAT of £40.20 is recoverable by the Inn, Sportsclub and Noticeboard. Anyone Council; Website Invoice 1545 - interested in becoming a Community Brownsmart - £29.88. Councilor can contact Clerk (636298) Community Recreation Area – before the end of July. Information on the Annual General Meeting Pembs National Park and the Grant Application to NP/12/0149 Boundary Fence – Raybrook, Pembrokeshire County Council. Trewarren Rd., St. Ishmaels. Planning Jubilee Celebrations – Report on permission has been granted. Weekend Events/ Financial Details NP/12/0103 - Erection of 1 No. 20kw Highway Matters – Clerk to present an wind turbine - Trewarren Farm, St. up date on outstanding matters. Painting of Ishmaels - Permission has been granted. yellow lines is outstanding on the Marloes Vodafone Open Femto Trials Project Sands roadway. County Cllr. Reg Owens to Stephen Crabb MP has informed the be briefed on highway issues. Council our nomination for the above trial Next Meetings – The dates for the next was unsuccessful. Vodafone stated if they meetings are planned for Monday 9 th July went ahead in an area which didn’t fulfil and Monday 13 th August – to start at their technical criteria it could impact on 7.30pm. Please see notices on the Marloes the current service of both mobile and Hall notice board for any alterations to broadband available in the local area. For these dates. Members of the Community example, if they attempted a trial in an area are very welcome to attend these meetings, which has some mobile coverage, the and with the permission of the Chairman existing service could be disrupted during address the meeting. the trial activity. Vodafone has provided assurances that they will remain committed ST ISHMAELS to developing and expanding their network Matters discussed at the last meeting were: coverage to more areas of the country. Pembs. County Council Stephen Crabb will continue to push for Ordinary Elections/Nominations greater coverage by the key providers and The following are the persons successfully hope to improve the current reception in re-elected to the St. Ishmaels Community the village. Council – M.J. Cheshire, J. Everett, M.V. BDO Audit 2011/12 Hawkins, C.W. Jenkins, T. H. Jenkins. Details of the Income and Expenditure

St. Ishmaels Community Council

A vacancy exists for a Community Councillor for the above Community Council.

Anyone interested in joining the Council please contact Clerk: Lynda Thomas - 01646 636298 before the end of July 2012 Accounts for 2011/12 were presented by the for the ward of St Ishmaels. Clerk and then submitted to the Internal Village Warden - A new village warden had Auditor prior to approval by Council and been apponted and would take up his duties. submission to BDO. Dog Fouling - Dog fouling was still a major Village/Cemetery Maintenance problem in the village, not only on the sports Clerk presented correspondence with Mr. field but also the village green and back lanes. Glenville Codd (Area Maintenance Manager) It was decided to circulate a letter to the and Mr. David Seaman (Superintendent of whole of the village asking dog owners for Cemeteries) with regard to various their cooperation. The clerk was tasked with outstanding projects that have been the pricing of dog litter bins and the cost of requested in the village over the last six emptying them. If this was not successful months e.g. black & white posts missing from then legal enforcement would be considered. Grove Rd., clearing Stewart’s Lane, Housing Development - The name maintenance/replacing village road signs. ‘Triplestone Close’ had been accepted by The complaints from the community Pembrokeshire County Council as the new regarding the Cemetery have now prompted street name for the housing development at a planned meeting with Mr. Codd and the Sir Benfro site. Councilors T. Jenkins and C. Jenkins. Clerk Jubilee Party - It was agreed to give also solicited the help of our County financial support to a village jubilee party to Councilor Mr. Reg Owen who has agreed to be held on the village green. Jubilee mugs had pursue the matter. been ordered and would be distributed shortly. The next meeting will be the AGM on Play Area - Cllr Owens said he had been Wednesday 11 July, 2012 @ 1900hrs. approached by parents of young children to Members of the community are welcome to change one of the seats on the swing for a attend. bucket seat for use by toddlers. The Clerk Clerk to the Council :- Lynda Thomas Tel: had contacted Pembs. County Council and 01646 636 298. had been told this was not possible due to health and safety regulations, as it was not CYNGOR CYMUNED allowed to place a child’s seat next to an HERBRANDSTON adult seat. The Clerk would investigate the possibility of COMMUNITY COUNCIL obtaining funding for a new play area. Items from the meeting held on 17th May Village Website - To comply with 2012. forthcoming Welsh Assembly legislation, the Election of Chairman - Cllr Henry Lloyd website would be a community council was elected as Chairman and Cllr Reg website, but with links provided to other Owens as Vice Chairman, Cllr Lloyd village organisations. welcomed Cllr Janet Batey who had been Footpath to - South Hook newly elected onto the council. Following the LNG had agreed to provide financial support election of the Chairman all the councillors towards the multi user footpath. then signed the Declaration of acceptance of office. Clive Griffith New County Councillor - Cllr Lloyd Clerk congratulated Cllr Reg Owens on being [email protected] successful in the recent County Council elections and being elected as the councillor Diary For Church & Community

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JULY Sun 1 1100 Combined service and “Bring & Share” lunch, St Peters, Marloes to celebrate the ordination of David Evans. 2000 Fish Week Quiz, Taberna, Herbrandston Sat 7 1430 Natural History Group, Rockpooling at St Brides Mon 9 1930 Marloes & St Brides Community Council, Marloes Village Hall Mon 16 1900 Dale Community Council, Jubilee Suite Wed 11 1900 St Ishmaels Community Council Sat 28 1330 Herbrandston Carnival and Church Fete Mon 30 1930 St Ishmaels Memorial Hall meeting, St Ishmaels Memorial Hall Sat 21 1000-1700 Craft Fayre at Dale Coronation Hall Sun 22 1000-1700 Craft Fayre at Dale Coronation Hall Mon 23 1000-1700 Craft Fayre at Dale Coronation Hall Tue 24 1000-1700 Craft Fayre at Dale Coronation Hall 1500-1700 Dale WI Cream Teas, Coronation Hall

AUGUST Thu 2 1800 Marloes & St Brides Fete, St Brides Castle Sat 4 1400 St Ishmaels Carnival Thu 9 1400 Natural History Group, “The Wildlife of a walled garden”, at the walled garden in Dale Fri 10 1500 Dale Summer Fete and BBQ, Vicarage Grounds Sun 12 0915 Dale Yacht Club Regatta, Dale Mon 13 1930 Marloes & St Brides Community Council, Marloes Village Hall

Calling all footballers!

St Ishmaels Junior Football Club

We are looking for any enthusiastic footballers to join our junior team ready for the new season. If you are aged between 7 years and 9 years we would love to hear from you. If anyone is interested please contact Robbie Thomas on: 07800728740 or 01646 636496 for further details . CHURCH SERVICES JULY

1st Sunday July 1st 11.00am Combined Service St Peters Marloes. Holy Communion

2nd Sunday 8th July 9.30am Morning Prayer Marloes 9.30 am Morning Prayer Herbrandston 9.30 am Holy Communion St Ishmaels 11.00am Holy Communion St Brides 11.00am Holy Communion Robeston West 6.00pm Evensong Dale 6.00pm Holy Communion Herbrandston

3rd Sunday 15 th July 9.30am Holy Communion Herbrandston 9.30am Holy Communion Marloes 11.00am Holy Communion Dale 11.00am Morning Prayer St Ishmaels in the Memorial Hall 11.00am Holy Communion Robeston West 6.00pm Evensong Herbrandston

4th Sunday 22 nd July 8.30 am Holy Communion Dale 9.30 am Holy Communion Marloes 9.30 am Holy Communion St Ishmaels 11.00am Holy Communion St Brides 11.00am Holy Communion Robeston West 6.00pm Evensong Herbrandston

5th Sunday 29 th July 11.00am Combined Service Dale Patronal CHURCH SERVICES AUGUST

1st Sunday 5th August 8.30am Holy Communion Marloes 9.30am Holy Communion Dale 9.30am Holy Communion Robeston West 11.00am Holy Communion St Brides 11.00am Holy Communion St Ishmaels 6.00pm Holy Communion Herbrandston

2nd Sunday 12 th August 9.30am Morning Prayer Marloes 9.30 am Morning Prayer Herbrandston 9.30 am Holy Communion St Ishmaels 11.00am Holy Communion St Brides 11.00am Holy Communion Robeston West 6.00pm Evensong Dale 6.00pm Holy Communion Herbrandston

3rd Sunday 19 th August 9.30am Holy Communion Herbrandston 9.30am Holy Communion Marloes 11.00am Holy Communion Dale 11.00am Morning Prayer St Ishmaels in the Memorial Hall 11.00am Holy Communion Robeston West 6.00pm Evensong Herbrandston

4th Sunday 26 th August 8.30 am Holy Communion Dale 9.30 am Holy Communion Marloes 9.30 am Holy Communion St Ishmaels 11.00am Holy Communion St Brides 11.00am Holy Communion Robeston West 6.00pm Evensong Herbrandston

St Ishmaels Memorial Hall meeting Monday 30th July 7:30

Please spare a couple of hours to help plan the future of the Memorial Hall. Yvonne Evans Secretary, Memorial Hall Management Committee St Brides & Marloes Churches Fete

Holy Communion St Brides Holy Communion St Ishmaels Thursday 2nd August 6:00 pm

SCRUMPTIOUS CAKE STALL

Enormous book stall

YUMMY HOT FOOD

Fancy goods and produce stalls, skittles, bouncy castle etc

Mystery “guess the weight” animals—what will it be this year??

All this and the best view in Pembrokeshire

Herbrandston Hall centenary As the hall is a hundred years old this year, a couple of events are anticipated: a Thanksgiving service on July 29 th and an exhibition of photographs starting on July 30 th keep your eyes peeled for posters in the shop with more details. Herbrandston Carnival & Church Fete

Saturday 28 th July

Assemble at school from 1.30pm for the Procession at 2pm .

Entertainment and lots of stalls on the green

Cakes, teas and ice cream

More details from Josie at the village post office 01646 692203

COASTLANDS LOCAL HISTORY GROUP

Marloes Hall was full to capacity. It was standing room only as the Codd family congregated to swap histories. They came armed with their own research and were soon to be seen deep in converse with neighbours pouring over their own research and adding items gleaned from others, new found cousins were discovered, and new avenues of research opened up. It was a fascinating evening. We are indebted to Malcolm Cullen for all his hard work setting up the evening and for bringing with him his own research into his branch of the family, and to his most interesting introduction to the evening. Nikki Bosworth gave valuable advice as to the ‘hows’, ‘wheres’, and ‘whats’ of family history research, while Mike Bennett was on hand to discuss the mills associated with the Codd family. All told a most interesting evening……any other family want an evening?

We hope you all enjoy a wonderfully sunny summer and are raring to go again in the autumn when our programme opens with a talk by Derek Rees at Marloes Village Hall.. Details will be in September’s PP. Harriet Bishop St. Ishmael's Community Forum AGM

The AGM was held on June 7th in the Memorial Hall. The minutes of the last AGM were read and approved. The reports from the various sub-groups were received with interest. Members were particularly encouraged by the report from the Coastcare and Environmental Group detailing the number of rubbish sacks collected from local beaches in the past year. The group collected 83 sacks from Lindsway and 22 from the Gann estuary and Musselwick. They also took part in the Welsh coast path clean up. Well done team! The Carnival Committee were thanked for their generous financial help in the replanting of the Jubilee Gardens. Gratitude was also expressed to St. Ishmaels Garden Centre for their support of the project. In the election of officers for the next year Ann Barkworth was re-elected as chair, Yvonne Evans, vice-chair, Jude Walters, treasurer and Colin Green, secretary. Matters debated following the AGM: It was decided to transfer a sum of money from the Forum's account to the Environmental Group for the further purchase of plants for the Garden. It was proposed the Forum should have a stand at the Carnival to publicise its work, to invite suggestions for further activities, and to assess local interest in our website. Tish Festival will run from August 1st to the 3rd. The Carnival will be on Aug 4th. Concern was expressed about the growth of Japanese Knotweed along the banks of the Brook and also about the amount of vegetation clogging it up by the Inn. Appropriate bodies will be contacted to help resolve the problems. There will be a working party to help clear the churchyard on June 26 at 2.30. Please bring your own tools. There was concern about the lack of leisure provision for young people in the village. The Muga project which promised so much appears to have stalled, we will be looking into how to move it forward. Steps will be taken to replace the village notice board. Date of next meeting: Oct 4. in the Memorial Hall. Members of the community are invited to attend. Colin Green Marloes Beach Cleaning Report

The Wales Coast Path opening in May saw Mill Haven tidied; National Park staff kindly collected the rubbish, saving a long walk heavily laden. One week later, for the MCS/Marks & Spencer event we concentrated on harder-to- reach beaches. Rubbish from Albion, Little Castle, and Renny Slip came out on foot; the Skomer MNR RIB delivered Steve Morrell and Chris Jessop onto the Wooltack Point seal-pupping beaches which are inaccessible from the top – and, even more helpfully, returned later to collect them! Six sackfuls: many thanks to all involved. Top Find was a pressure bottle containing Carbon Monoxide blend: test gas for ships’ detectors? N.B. if a curious child had taken a good deep sniff… Chris Jessop St Ishmaels Cricket Club 2012

League fixtures Senior 7th July 1st XI v Lawrenny home 2nd XI v Herbrandston II away 14 th July 1st XI v Carew away 2nd XI v Haverfordwest IV home 21 st July 1st XI v Cresselly away 2nd XI v Narberth III home 4th August 1st XI v home 2nd XI v Neyland II away 11 th August 1st XI v Narberth away 2nd XI v home 18 th August 1st XI v Haverfordwest home 2nd XI v Pembroke II away 25 th August 1st XI v Whitland home 2nd XI v Camrose & Spittal II away Cup competitions Duggie Morris Semi Final if successful in Round 2 (date TBA) Alec Colley Semi Final if successful in Rounds 1, 2 & Quarter Final (date TBA) Ormond Youth Cup Competition Final if successful in previous rounds Sunday 15 th July Or Ormond Youth Plate Competition if unsuccessful in Round 1 of Cup Competition (date TBA) Wendy Bradshaw (Secretary)

Friday 10th August in the Vicarage Grounds, commencing at 3.00 pm.

Cake, Produce, Toy & Book Stalls, Games,

Teas, Skittles, Raffle, Tombolas, Etc St Ishmaels Carnival 2012

“Just a reminder that the carnival is on Saturday 4 th August at 2pm.”

As always we would be very grateful for any offers of help on the day itself….without your support we could not continue with the carnival. If you think you could help in any way, please do let us know.

Most importantly we need to have as much support on the day as possible, please join us in the parade by dressing up or joining in with a float – we promise to have lots of fun with stalls, fantastic raffle, fairground rides, pig roast, teas, live music, tug of war and much much more.

We would love to see as many of you on the day as possible – without your support the carnival would not be the fantastic day out for the whole family that it always proves to be!

We all love the carnival and hope that you will continue to support this fantastic event in our community calendar.

Gemma Thomas

St Ishmaels 100 Club

Winners for April/May were: 1st Prize H King £35 2nd Prize A Lawrence £25 3rd Prize T Edwards £15

Thank you to all who support the club to raise money for church funds. Eira Best Coastlands Natural History Group Summer Events

1. Rockpools atatat St. Bride's

Saturday 7 July, 2.30pm. Meet at St. Bride's beach carcar----park.park. Come and see the amazing variety of animals and plants in the rockpools at St. Bride's with expert leaders from Dale Fort Field Centre. Option 1 --- Easy rockrock----walkingwalking --- wear nonnon----slipslip sandals or trainers. Option 2 --- Stay on the sand and look at it all from dry land. All welcome. Dogs allowed.

2.2.2. The Wildlife of a Walled Garden

Thursday 9 August, 2pm. at Walled Garden (next to the church). AllAll----roundround expert naturalists Peter Brown and Robin Mogg show us the insects and other animals to be found in the walled garden. No dogs. Access with the kind permission of the tenants, Jo and BriBrianan Dilly. Organised in conjunction with Planed "Wildlife on your Patch"Patch"..

St. Ishmaels Community Forum Japanese Knotweed Japanese knotweed was introduced into Britain in the 19 th century as an ornamental plant. Over time it has become widespread in a range of habitats, including roadsides, riverbanks and derelict buildings. It outcompetes native plants and animals. It is lush green in colour, has shovel shaped leaves and the stem is bamboo like in appearance. It produces white flowers in Sept./Oct. and can grow by 10cm a day. Advice from Environment Agency: If you have Japanese knotweed on your land you may be causing a private nuisance to surrounding properties. If Japanese knotweed on a neighbouring property is causing a nuisance to you, we recommend that you co-operate with the landowner and seek to control the problem amicably. Property owners whose land links up to a stream (riparian owners) are responsible for clearing half the width of said stream and landowner on opposite side responsible for their half. A combination of herbicide treatment and careful excavation should eventually remove the problem. For further advice and information go to www.environment-agency.gov.uk (Ed’s note: Please note that it is an offence to remove Japanese knotweed from your property and dump it, either at a recognised refuse site or elsewhere) Nature and the Environment What lies beneath ………

At the dragonfly morning at Orlandon Kilns last month, there were unfortunately not many dragonflies to see. A few Large Red and Azure Damselflies, plus some nice Beautiful Demoiselles on the stream but no Chasers or Emperors. It has been noticeable that this year that no Emperor Dragonflies (really big chaps!) have emerged from the pond – usually there are up to 10 large empty larval cases attached to the plants to show that they have emerged.

So we did some pond dipping instead. The pond dipping was most interesting – as well as the usual small mayfly and damselfly larvae, there were two kinds of larger larvae which were quite voracious – they started to eat the rest of our catch! One of them had a thin neck with a big head on the end and was christened the “Loch Ness Monster”! Thumbing through the ID books and Google searches identified them as the larvae of both Great and Lesser Diving Beetles. And, staring into the depth of the pond for Great Diving Beetle larva any length of time, you could see good numbers of them swimming around. Some of the Great Diving Beetle larvae were huge – about 2” long - and were swimming through the water in a rather creepy undulating fashion. Although we have had the pond since 2006 this is the first time I have seen these creatures in the pond. And I did find an adult Great Diving Beetle in the moth trap last autumn.

So, I thought, perhaps this is the reason for the lack of dragonflies?? I had previously assumed that it was due to the poor summer last year, which meant that few eggs Lesser Diving Beetle larva were actually laid, as dragonflies need good weather to fly, mate and lay eggs. But perhaps it could be that these fearsome Diving Beetle predators have eaten all the young dragonfly larvae. Or, thinking about it again, it could be that the poor summer meant few dragonfly larvae, themselves fearsome predators, to eat the Diving Beetle larvae, which is why there are so many of them this year. All I know is that it is pretty scary down there with everything eating everything else!

And it just goes to show how difficult it is to disentangle Great Diving Beetle adult cause and effect in the natural world.

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