Sibrydion (Priceless) Cymunedol Apr-May 2019 Issue 63

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Photo: Christine Radford – Looking out to Sea (Barmouth sand dunes)

Delivered free to homes in villages: Pick up a copy in: Arthog, Penmaenpool, Fairbourne, Friog, Llwyngwril, Barmouth, Dolgellau, Machynlleth, Rhoslefain, Llanegryn, Llanelltyd, Bontddu, Corris, Tywyn, Pennal, Aberdyfi, Dinas Abergynolwyn, Taicynhaeaf. Mawddwy, Bala, Harlech, Dyffryn (Volunteers also deliver in: Dinas Mawddwy, Tywyn, Ardudwy, Llanbedr Dyffryn Ardudwy, Harlech, Bala, Brithdir, Talybont) Ready to get moving?

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2 Sibrydion TRY THE NEW TR APP EXTRA TRAINS EASTER ACTIVITIESth April 2019 nd April 2019 th - Friday, 26 Saturday, 20 Monday 22

EVERY DAY 10am - 4pm in the Slater Room, Wharf Station, Tywyn FREE fun and creative activities for your children EASTER SUNDAY The Easter Bunny visits Wharf Station, Tywyn - he’ll be giving out eggs and waving off trains all day long! Come along and give him a smile… ‘Name the Bunny’ Competition - £1 per entry Easter Bunny Treasure Hunt - the Easter Bunny will be hiding clues for you to find all along the track, so make sure you keep an eye out when riding the train CADER MONDAY MARKET EXPLORER SPECIAL Steam trains running ALL DAY Tywyn Pendre.... 08.50 Abergynolwyn… . 09.50 OPEN King’s Licensed Café & Railway Shop Rhydyronen…… 08.57 Dolgoch…………. 10.00 OPEN Railway Adventure Playground & TRY Brynglas ………. 09.03 Brynglas………… 10.09 Quarryman’s Caban Café at Abergynolwyn THE NEW Dolgoch ……….. 09.15 Rhydyronen…….. 10.16 OPEN Narrow Gauge Railway Museum TR APP Abergynolwyn… 09.31 Tywyn Pendre….. 10.30 NORMAL FARES APPLY NORMAL FARES APPLY Tywyn Wharf…… 10.42

01654 710472 01654 710472 www.talyllyn.co.uk • [email protected] www.talyllyn.co.uk • [email protected] Gorsaf Wharf Station, Tywyn LL36 9EY Photography ©Barbara Fuller ©Darren Turner Gorsaf Wharf Station, Tywyn LL36 9EY Photography ©Barbara Fuller ©Darren Turner

STATIONS AT STATIONSth 2019 MEET THE EASTERst April BUNNY 2019 Easter Day - Sunday, 21 GOOD FRIDAY 4 p.m. April 19 Stations of the Cross: The Right Rev Dr Michael Langrish, former Bishop of Exeter, will be joining us on this spiritual pilgrimage as we contemplate the journey Jesus Christ made on his way to the cross, with accompanying prayers and readings 1. Jesus is condemned to death FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY 2. Jesus carries his cross 3. Jesus falls the first time The Easter Bunny visits Wharf Station, Tywyn 4. Jesus meets his mother - he’ll be giving out eggs and waving off trains 5. Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross all day long! Come along and give him a smile… 6. Veronica wipes the face of Jesus ‘Name the Bunny’ Competition - £1 per entry 7. Jesus falls the second time Easter Bunny Treasure Hunt - the Easter Bunny 8. Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem will be hiding clues for you to find all along the 9. Jesus falls the third time track, so make sure you keep an eye out when 10. Jesus is stripped of his garments 11. Jesus is nailed to the cross riding the train 12. Jesus dies on the cross 13. Jesus is taken down from the cross Steam trains running ALL DAY 14. Jesus is laid in the tomb - 7 return trips from Wharf Station OPEN King’s Licensed Café & Railway Shop Train departs Wharf Station 4 p.m. TRY and returns to Wharf Station about 8.30 p.m. THE NEW OPEN Railway Adventure Playground & Tea & Coffee will be served by the guard during the trip Quarryman’s Caban Café at Abergynolwyn TR APP Adults & Children £2 OPEN Narrow Gauge Railway Museum It is advisable to book in advance by telephone or email NORMAL FARES APPLY Donations gratefully received in aid of the charity Embrace the Middle East

01654 710472 01654 710472 www.talyllyn.co.uk • [email protected] www.talyllyn.co.uk • [email protected] Gorsaf Wharf Station, Tywyn LL36 9EY Gorsaf Wharf Station, Tywyn LL36 9EY Photography ©Barbara Fuller ©Darren Turner Photograph ©Ian Cooper

Sibrydion 3 Sibrydion A great calendar Cymunedol for good causes

The Charity Calendars are well on the way now. It won’t be long before they are available for sale and will be available throughout the year. The entries were kindly judged by Jean Napier, our local Professional Photographer purely on the merit of the each photo. There were two people who had more than one entry selected, as Jean had no idea who had taken what. We really have some lovely pictures for it. These were two from Andrew Currie of Abergynolwyn and also Christine Radford, of Fairbourne. Both clearly have Debbie Ashton, an excellent eye for a great photograph. Andrew and Christine will win a Editor half-day session with Jean out shooting photos in a location of their choice, at a time to suit them (and Jean!) with Jean sharing her expertise, plus Andrew will receive a small cash prize of £50, as one of his photos is picked as the cover photograph.

Other photographers who have contributed to the calendar are: Kevin Taylor of Llwyngwril, (residing at the Wirral), Kate Allsopp, a long-standing frequent visitor to the area, from Suffolk, Phillipa Millar of Llanbedr.

So well done to all the entrants, we had a lot to choose from. Thank you for entering the competition! Well done especially to those whose photos were selected, and I’m sure you will see what a fabulous calendar it is.

Sibrydion is thrilled to have the support of our printer, Jamprint, (www.jamprint.co.uk) who are kindly printing the calendars at Cost Price, so that we can maximise the amount of money we raise for the charities we are supporting, namely: RNLI; Aberdyfi Search and Rescue; Air Ambulance Wales; First Responders; all of which are crucial to our safety all around the year and also Welsh Hearts, who, together with First Responders have provided training to so many people, in using the Defibrillators, which we all have in our communities. Visitors to our area as well as we locals have much to be grateful to them all for! All profits, after costs covered, will be split five ways equally between the charities listed above. So please support this and order calendars – they will make a great gift!

If anyone would like to pre-order a calendar they will be competitively priced at £8.50 and we can post out to you as soon as they are ready, for £1.75.

Email [email protected] for details. Or post a cheque for £10.25 to Sibrydion Cymuned Charity Calendar, Bod Idris, Llwyngwril, LL37 2JB. Please note the submission They will be in local outlets and also will be available on the village website deadline for content www.llwyngwril.org.uk. Many thanks for your support. in your diary –and supply in good time. 01341 250884 or [email protected] Debbie Ashton – Many thanks.

4 Sibrydion Join us, Singing into Spring! your first session is Come and sing with friendly local singing FREE groups, your first session is FREE ! in Dolgellau in Barmouth in Llanbedr with Swnion, Saturday with Singin’ Wimmin in with Cambrian Coast Singing Workshops every Parlwr Mawr at The Dragon Community Choir in the month with guest teachers. Theatre on Thursdays in newly refurbished Village Details: Hazel 01341 280329 term time at 7.30pm. Hall, every Monday in [email protected] Details from Ann 01341 247382. term time at 7.30pm. [email protected] Details from Ann 01341 247382. in Llwyngwril [email protected] with Singwril every Monday except first of the month in Criccieth from 7-9pm at Y Ganolfan. with Lleisiau’r Byd / £3/session, including tea World Voices in the and cake! More details from Jerusalem Hall Vestry on [email protected], Wednesdays at 7.30pm. 07815574477 and ‘Singwril’ Details from David 07840 957853. on Facebook. [email protected]

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1/4 page – £55 / £65 1/3 page – £70 / £87 01341 250884 Photo: Christine Radford – Looking out to Sea (Barmouth sand dunes) Delivered free to homes in villages: Arthog, Penmaenpool, Fairbourne, Friog, Llwyngwril, Pick up a copy in: 1/2 page – £95 / £108 2/3 page – £140 / £163 Rhoslefain, Llanegryn, Llanelltyd, Bontddu, Corris, Barmouth, Dolgellau, Machynlleth, [email protected] Abergynolwyn, Taicynhaeaf. Tywyn, Pennal, Aberdyfi, Dinas (Volunteers also deliver in: Dinas Mawddwy, Tywyn, Mawddwy, Bala, Harlech, Dyffryn Full page – £169 / £199 Back page – £270 Dyffryn Ardudwy, Harlech, Bala, Brithdir, Talybont) Ardudwy, Llanbedr

Sibrydion 5 Opening the Chest – Cist Gwynedd 2019/20 Revenue and capital grant funding available for Gwynedd’s community and voluntary groups.

Voluntary and community groups in Gwynedd are our residents to make a real difference in their being encouraged to consider applying for revenue communities.” and capital grants that will support projects The closing dates for receiving applications for the to improve the quality of life of the county’s Voluntary Development Fund and the Welsh Church residents. Act Fund are 11 April and 28 June, 2019. The Voluntary Development Fund offers capital The closing dates for the Sport Wales Community and revenue grants of up to £10,000, to support Chest Fund (Sportlot) are: 5 April; 10 June; volunteers to improve the quality of life of residents 6 September; 4 November 2019 and 13 January 2020. and communities in Gwynedd. For further information, please contact the Cist Gwynedd Office on 01286 679 153, or via “This is an opportunity for e-mail:[email protected] our residents to make a real difference in their communities.”

The Welsh Church Act Fund offers grants of up to £3,000 to registered charities and a contribution is committed to local Eisteddfodau in Gwynedd, which is a sum of £300 and can be accessed by emailing: Pony Trekking, Camping, [email protected] Holiday Cottages Application packs for both of the above funds are Excellent sandy beach for families available on the Gwynedd Council website: www. gwynedd.llyw.cymru/voluntarydevelopmentgrant Cist Gwynedd also administers the Community Chest Fund (formerly known as Sportlot grant) in Gwynedd. This fund offers grants of up to £1,500 to sports, community or fitness and well-being groups for projects that increase participation and creates new opportunities in sport and physical activities. The application form and guidelines are available online only via the Sport Wales website: • Pony Trekking/Riding lessons, 4yrs upwards www.sport.wales • Holiday Cottages • Camping with Estuary views Councillor Craig ab Iago, Gwynedd Council Cabinet • Mawddach trail/cycle path Member who leads on the leisure said: “Cist www.bwlchgwynfarm.co.uk Gwynedd grants support a variety of projects [email protected] led by local volunteers. This is an opportunity for 01341 250107

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Sibrydion 7 Discover the Mawddach Wholefood Co-operative

By Hannah Johns. Illustration by Alyosha Barnes The Co-op building is dark when I arrive. I punch in the code and push the door open. Immediately the wonderful smell of dried goods (spices, Mawddach sultanas, seeds...) greets me, and I switch on the lights. I am standing in the Old Changing Rooms – Wholefood a now renovated space at the corner of Dolgellau Park. Shelves line the length of the interior while Co-operative noticeboards and posters fill the remainder of Cyfanfwyd the walls. For me, one of the joys of using this Co-operative is the free access. No need to worry Mawddach about opening hours or unexpected closures here! I begin to gather the supplies I need, browsing the We have been supplying new products on display for Fair Trade Fortnight. wholefoods, organic and I collect my special order of tea and gluten-free ethically sourced food, flour, not forgetting my favourite dairy-free and environmentally friendly cheese! It’s so handy that we can get items like household products to our this ordered to suit our own needs. Next week I members at good value will pop in again to bag some bulk items. prices for over 30 years. All members do a task, so I do ‘bagging’ once a The Co-op is open to local year, using our digital or brass weight scales; radio residents in the Mawddach and heater on, cup of tea on the counter, and a area and beyond. Members chat with another member. pay an annual subscription of £12 and participate in the We’re a social bunch, so look out for product running of the Co-op from tasting evenings or fundraising events. We our new premises at: welcome new members – find out more on The Old Changing Rooms, Facebook (Mawddach Wholefood Co-operative), Dolgellau Park, LL40 1AU. email [email protected] or pop along to our next open day on Saturday 6th April, 12-5pm! You are welcome to come and have a look For now, I list my shopping in the book round to see if you (we can pay by cheque or BACS) and give the would like to join us. floor a quick sweep. Turning off the lights and leaving, I am thankful for this local resource and the honest, wholesome food it offers For more information – still going strong after 30 years. find us on Facebook or contact [email protected]

8 Sibrydion Located on the banks of the beautiful Tal-y-llyn Lake, the Tyn Y Cornel Hotel sits in the heart of the stunning mountain scenery of Mid-Wales.

A perfect base for everyone who wants to explore the many local attractions, whether it’s climbing Cadair Idris, or simply relaxing by our glorious lake. Stay over and wake up to the mountains in one of our 21 individually designed rooms, all en-suite, the majority with lake views. Private fly fishing and boat hire is due to commence by May 2019. Now licensed as a venue for Civil Wedding Ceremonies providing a memorable venue in which to celebrate, whether it be for a wedding, birthday party, christening or funeral wake for up to 120 guests. Open all day for Breakfast, Lunches, Evening Meals, Tea/Coffee & Cakes served in our lakeside restaurants and bars.

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Sibrydion 9 Have your that addresses everyone’s needs is the local Gwynedd extremely challenging. In addition, say on the local public transport network bus network has seen a very difficult period over recent years, with some companies stopping services and In order to be able to plan a bus network others losing licenses. that addresses local transport needs, the “We know that some residents are struggling to Council has to be aware of the needs of attend medical appointments, others unable to Gwynedd residents. shop or visit a bank and some elderly residents In order to plan a suitable network for the future, being isolated because there is no adequate bus Gwynedd Council is consulting on the public service available in their villages. In order to make transport network and is eager to hear the views the best use of the money available to us, we and comments of the residents of the county. encourage Gwynedd residents to complete the questionnaire - we want to hear about the purpose The Council spends around £1.5 million on of your journey and how using the bus service is maintaining the network annually and contributes improving your well-being.” £476,000 to the Government for the Welsh Concessionary Card (over 60 and disabled). It has become clear that the financial situation that will “By undertaking a review of the face Gwynedd Council over the next few years will be more challenging than ever and every penny of network, we are keen to ensure expenditure will need to be justified. that we focus resources on bus Councillor Dafydd Meurig, Gwynedd Council's routes that provide our residents Cabinet Member for Environment, who leads with the greatest social value.” on the transport field, said: “Our intention as a Council is to be able to offer a bus network that addresses the needs of most of the people The questionnaire is available on Gwynedd of Gwynedd – in an efficient and cost effective Council’s website www.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/ manner, whether on a large bus, minibus, taxi or consultations and paper copies are available in ‘on demand’ service. Of course, in a rural county the Council’s libraries. The questionnaire is open such as Gwynedd, ensuring a suitable bus network until 30 April 2019.

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Sibrydion 11 Gwynedd supports north Wales learning disabilities strategy

Gwynedd Council’s Cabinet has supported a carers and people with learning disabilities. regional learning disabilities strategy across north This also clearly links with our local priority of Wales that is based on the desires and choices of ensuring that care is based on the needs and those people who receive care services. desires of local people. The strategy which is relevant to the region’s “We will now move to putting this strategy to work children and adults highlights how health and care and ensure that people with learning disabilities services across north Wales can work closely to have a better quality of life and live in communities promote independence and ensure that services where they feel safe and well and are fully are tailored to meet the needs of people with appreciated and included. learning disabilities. “The innovative ‘Cegin Arfon’ project is a fine The regional strategy has been developed by the example of this vision in action. The project offers six county councils and the health sector along people with learning disabilities opportunities to with input from people with learning disabilities gain work experience and training which equips and their cares, and focuses on ensuring that they: them for work and essential life skills. Those who are part of the project have the opportunity to  Find a good place to live work in the cafe at the Arfon Leisure Centre which  Do something meaningful helps them to develop their self-confidence and  Have friends, family and relationships allows them to make an invaluable contribution  Are safe whilst they develop skills that will benefit the min  Are healthy their everyday lives.  Get the right support. “This is just one example of the wide-range of Councillor Dilwyn Morgan, Gwynedd Council exciting projects happening across Gwynedd by Cabinet Member for Children and Families said: the Council, health sector and other agencies “I am proud to see this work progressing. The which include Gwynedd’s innovative social regional strategy is based on collective work enterprises.” across the region from councils and the health sector but also vitally based on feedback from Main image: Cegin Arfon at the Arfon Leisure Centre offers training and work experience 12 Sibrydion Sibrydion 13 Local Interest Tywyn Diddordebau Ileol

Regular activities at Neuadd Pendre, Tywyn  The Old Territorial Army Drill Hall, Brook Street, Tywyn. email: [email protected]

Neuadd Pendre Social Centre is the ideal venue for meetings of groups. Rooms of various sizes are available for hire by the hour or day, or any mix of rooms can be hired for functions, events or celebrations. Fully modernised kitchen facilities of a commercial standard are available for events requiring catering and the licensed bar is also available on request, operated by the Neuadd Pendre Committee.

Kid’s ballet classes – Mondays, from 4.00-4:45pm (ballet infants), 5.00-5:45pm (ballet juniors) Contact Sarah Verity Gibbons. Adult Dance Fitness – Mondays 6-7pm and Wednesdays 7:30-8:30pm Contact Sarah Verity Gibbons. Kid’s Street Dance Classes – Wednesday’s. Contact Sarah Verity Gibbons. 4-4:45 (street infants) / 5-5:45 (street juniors) / 6-6:45 (street seniors) Bingo – 1st, 2nd & 3rd Monday in month. 7.30–9.15pm. Contact. 01654 710694 or 01654 711839 Freewheelers Social Club – Every Tuesday 2.00–4.00pm. Various activities. Contact 01654 711839 Table Top Games for Ladies – Every Thursday 2-5pm Contact: 01654 711477 (Mrs Sheila Webster) Tywyn Stompers – Line dancing. Friday. 7.30–9.30pm. Contact 07795415455 Whist Drive – 3rd Friday in the month. Doors open 6.30pm for a prompt start a 7pm. Contact: 07795 415455 (Mary Page)

SITUATED BEHIND THE TYWYN PLAYGROUND ON THE LEISURE SEAFRONT EVENTS AT NEUADD PENDRE 2019 PARKOPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Brook Street, Tywyn LL36 9DP Concerts £10 at the door (£9 in advance OUTDOOR FUN FOR from Flame Lily Health Store, High St, Tywyn) ALL THE FAMILY! • 18 HOLE PUTTING Saturday 20th April – 7.30pm COURSE JONATHAN MANN • CROWN GREEN with Cor Meibion Bro Dysynni Choir BOWLS Saturday 4th May – 7.30pm • LAWN TENNIS SIMON GLEDHILL COURTS In demand worldwide and Tywyn! • TARMAC TENNIS Tuesday 8th May – 7.30pm • SHUFFLEBOARD LEN RAWLE MBE • QUOITS Returns yet again to entertain • POOL Tuesday 18th June – 7.30pm • TABLE TENNIS JONATHAN EYRE • CRAZY GOLF Theatre and Classical performer • SKITTLES All events feature the famous Wurlitzer Cinema Pipe Organ. 01654 710994 - www.tywynwurlitzer.com 07717481324 Catering by Angie Bee ALL EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE FOR HIRE

14 Sibrydion TYWYN BAPTIST CHURCH

Connecting our communities to Christ – by Gods love

Regular Events Regular events

Monday Toddler singing 10am, Welsh lessons**1pm, Crafty Sew ‘n’ Sews**2pm 3.00 p.m. Traditional service (1st Monday of the month) Monday Toddler singing 10am, Welsh lessons**1pm, CraLy Sew ‘n’ Sews**2pm 7.30 p.m. H.O.P.E. House of Prayer Everywhere 3.00 p.m. TradiQonal service (1st Monday of the month) Tuesday 7.30 p.m. H.O.P.E. House of Prayer EverywhereToddler Group 9.30am, WI meeting** 2pm, Prayer Meeting 7.30pm Tuesday Toddler Group 9.30am, WI meeQng** 2pm, Prayer MeeQng 7.30pm Wednesday Baby Group 9.30am, Welsh lessons** 9.30am, Craft Club** 10am, Welsh lessons** 1pm, Bro Dysynni Male voice choir** 7pm, House Groups** 7.30pm Wednesday Baby Group 9.30am, Welsh lessons** 9.30am, CraL Club** 10am, Welsh Thursday lessons** 1pm, Bro Dysynni Male voice choir** 7pm, House Groups** 7.30 Hearing Aid Clinic 10am (1st Thursday of every month), Healthy Eaters** 6pm, Ladies Bible Study 7pm (fortnightly), Music practice 7pm

ThursdayFriday Hearing Aid Clinic 10am (1OYES! Academy** (schoolst Thursday of every month), Healthy Eaters** 6pm, yrs. 3-6) 5.45pm, OYES!**(school yrs.7-9) 7.30pm Ladies Bible Study 7pm (fortnightly), Music pracQce 7pm Saturday No events currently

FridaySunday OYES! Academy** (school yrs. 3-6) 5.45pm, OYES!**(school yrs.7-9) 7.30pm Sunday Service 10.30am, OYES! Extra time** (fortnightly youth Bible study) 5pm

**ForSaturday more informationNone currently on any of the above groups, please enquire regarding availability on 01654 711752 or email [email protected]. Sunday Sunday Service 10.30am, OYES! Extra Qme** (fortnightly youth Bible study) We also run CAP5pm money courses and support the trussell trust (South Gwynedd Foodbank) and the Meiryionnedd (Bi-monthly) Prayer Network held at Ty Siamas, Dolgellau.

Local Interest Diddordebau Ileol Community News Newyddion Cymunedol Events We also run CAP money courses and support the trussell trust (South Gwynedd Foodbank) Digwyddiadau Sibrydion FREE and the Meiryionnedd (Bi-monthly) Prayer Network held at Ty Siamas, Dolgellau. Cymunedol (Priceless) Apr-May 2019

Can you Issue 63 **For more informaQon on any of the above groups, please enquire regarding spare half availability on 01654 711752 or email [email protected] hour?

Photo: Christine Radford – Looking out to Sea (Barmouth sand dunes)

Delivered free to homes in villages: Arthog, Penmaenpool, Fairbourne, Friog, Llwyngwril, Pick up Rhoslefain, Llanegryn, Llanelltyd, Bontddu, Corris, a copy in: Abergynolwyn, Taicynhaeaf. Barmouth, Dolgellau, Machynlleth, (Volunteers also deliver in: Dinas Mawddwy, Tywyn, Tywyn, Pennal, Aberdyfi, Dinas Dyffryn Ardudwy, Harlech, Bala, Brithdir, Talybont) Mawddwy, Bala, Harlech, Dyffryn This is your Ardudwy, Llanbedr community magazine distributed by volunteers.

It’s published just 6 times a year, so we are always looking out for new volunteers to help reach more people. Could you deliver copies to houses in your village or, if short of time, a couple of roads? 01341 250884 or [email protected]

Sibrydion 15 THE FIRST YEAR The Making of Tywyn & District History Society by Liz Deakin

When, early in 2018, the possibility arose of Another public meeting was called and it was Tywyn’s main line railway building being available decided to go ahead with the first official meeting for use as a museum, a public meeting was called in March 2018. At this meeting a constitution was to gauge local interest. The meeting was well agreed and officers were elected from those willing attended and it became obvious that not only was to take on the extra commitment to an untried but there a rich local history and a great story to be ambitious society. Among the teething problems told, but considerable enthusiasm from collectors were the resolution of a suitable monthly date and of suitable artifacts and photographs. an ideal venue, avoiding clashes with established clubs and a popular time for meetings. The idea has stalled as the possibility of affordable premises faded in the spring of 2018; no major It was also decided to recruit a committee for the grant can be sought without that solid foundation. achievement of a town trail. This would involve However, expectations had been aroused and, the production of several information boards and unwilling to abandon their dream, a core group leaflets and extensive public liaison, a project decided to launch the idea of a history society, requiring considerable and continuing commitment which, while extending the range of historical but attracting widespread support from residents, knowledge and interest, might incorporate some of businesses and politicians. We succeeded in the aims of the museum enthusiasts. winning a National Lottery grant and additional financial support from Tywyn Town Council.

16 Sibrydion We hope the fulfilment of the project will prove a While valuable contacts have been made with valuable and lasting asset for Tywyn. other history groups and academics, who have provided us with truly excellent speakers, members’ From its inception the society has been committed contribution evenings have been equally successful to the democratic decisions of its members, who, and informative. In July we organised a History Hunt in the past year, have selected 5 major themes and in August a most enjoyable coach trip with a alternating invited speakers with members and guided tour of St David’s University in Ceredigion residents own contributions, a successful formula and a lavish high tea at the Hafod Hotel. We also had which will continue. our first new year’s meal at the Talyllyn Railway’s Wharf Cafe and hope to further develop the social side of our society in the future. “Our invited guest speakers range Next year’s programme will cover the following from heads of department at Cardiff themes: poets and their patrons in medieval University and the Museum of Wales Tywyn, land transport history (trails and roads), the Neolithic period in North West Wales, the history of to those currently recording and rural cinemas and other arts in North Wales, ships researching…” and ship-building. Our invited guest speakers range from heads of department at Cardiff University and the Museum of Wales to those currently recording and researching who will doubtless occupy senior Last year’s themes covered the slate industry, the positions in the decades to follow. Talyllyn Railway, the Second World War as it affected Meirionnydd, the development of Tywyn as a town Meetings will be on the third Monday of the month and resort, church and chapel in Wales and in Tywyn from May onwards, taking place in the Baptist in particular and Cantre’r Gwaelod, the legendary Church, High Street, Tywyn. Membership is open ‘Lost Atlantis’ under Cardigan Bay. to all and is available throughout the year. Non- members are also welcome to all our meetings.

MAY 2019 TO APRIL 2020 – THEMES AND SPEAKERS

Date Theme Speaker(s)

May 20 The Talyllyn Railway David Mitchell from Talyllyn Railway June 17 Medieval Tywyn ‘Poets and patrons in and around medieval Tywyn’ Dylan Foster Evans, Head of Welsh Studies, Cardiff University July 15 Medieval Tywyn Member & local resident contributions JULY & TRIPS Penrhyn Castle August 7th, and other smaller car/train trips, AUGUST including a guided tour of Harlech town Sept 16 Trails, roads and buses ‘The Old Ways of Meirionnydd’ Jean Napier, photographer and writer Oct 21 Trails, roads and buses Member & local resident contributions Nov 18 Neoliths and the arrival ‘The First farmers: the Neolithic period in North West Wales’ of the first Celtic peoples Jane Kenney, Senior Archaeologist, Gwynedd Archaeological Trust Dec 16 Neoliths and the arrival Member & local resident contributions of the first Celtic peoples Jan 20 Culture, the arts, cinema The history of Tywyn Cinema and Rural Cinemas in Wales Annie Grundy, Tywyn Cinema, & Jamie Terrill (PhD on this subject) Feb 17 Culture, the arts, cinema Member & local resident contributions, including the choral tradition March 16 Ships and ship-building ‘Derwenlas shipbuilders in the nineteenth century’ David Jenkins from Museum of Wales Cardiff Apr Ships and ship-building Member & local resident contributions

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Sibrydion 19 Local Interest Diddordebau Ileol Bala

Church services in Bala

Christ Church (Anglican), Ffrydan Road: 9.00am Welsh service 10.30am Bilingual Capel Tegid, Tegid Street: 10.00am Welsh Capel Annybrynwyr, Mount Street 10.00am Welsh English Chapel (Presbyterian), High Street 10.30am English Our Lady Of Fatima (Roman Catholic), High Street. Saturdays at 4pm English Evangelical Bro Tegid, High Street, 10.30am English 6.30pm English Jehovah’s Witnesses, Kingdom Hall, Llanddrillo 10.00am Welsh Coleg Y Bala Nos Sul 6.30yh Gwasanaeth i deuluoedd ac unigolion o bob oed.

An alphabetical list of community organisations within the Bala and Penllyn area, taken from www.balawales.com. See official website for the town www.visitbala.org Cor Merched Edeyrnion This is a choir of 50 female voices, formed in 1979. Members come from the villages around the towns of Bala and Corwen. They enjoy giving concerts and also competing in many festivals. The choir has won the ‘Best Ladies Choir’ title 11 times! They have a website and meet on Mondays at 7.30pm, at Neuadd Edeyrnion, Corwen. Contact Mrs Manon Easter Lewis, the Musical Director. 01490 412550 Rotary Club, of Bala and Penllyn The group welcomes contact from other Rotarians around the world. They meet on Mondays at 6.30pm for 7.00pm at The White Lion Royal Hotel, High St. Bala. Other useful information: Recycling Centre is on the industrial estate. Internet access: at the library and also Ysgol y Berwyn for free broadband. Penllyn Leisure Centre has free wi-fi in the café. North Wales Police: non-emergency: 0845 607 1002 or 101, if less urgent than 999. Lake Warden Office at the lake foreshore, 01678 520626 Cinema Neuadd Buddug, 01678 520800 Bala Golf Club, Penian 01678520359 www.golffbala.co.uk Penllyn Leisure Centre, 01658 521222 Bala Lake Railway 01658 540666 www.bala-lake-railway.co.uk Sailing Club 01658 520118 www.balasc.org.uk Ganllyn Bowling 01658 541000 www.balabowling.club.moonfruit.com Other clubs – Bala Catamaran Club; Bala & District Motor Club; Bala Rugby Club; Bala Sailing Club; Bala Town Football Club; Bala & District Angling Association.

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Local Interest Llanegryn / Bryncrug / Diddordebau Ileol Abergynolwyn

Regular activities at Neuadd Llanegryn  Bookings or enquiries / Pwyllgor Neuadd Egryn: Holly Griffiths 01654 710793. Cymdeithas Egryn Avril 01654711232. Cyngor Cymuned Llanegryn Llywela 01654710613. Table Tennis – Mondays 7.30pm onwards in the Main Hall. Players at all levels welcome. Pwyllgor Neuadd Egryn Committee – 1st Monday at 7.30pm Cymdeithas Egryn – [In Welsh, learners welcome] 3rd Monday at 7.30pm Cyngor Cymuned Llanegryn Community Council – 4th Monday at 7.30pm Walking Club – Tuesday evenings May – Sept. Join us for a leisurely walk exploring local paths. Meet at 6.50pm outside the Neuadd. Coffee and Chat – Thursday mornings 10.30–11.45am. Drop in for friendly informal chat over coffee and biscuits. All welcome. Make and Mend – Thursdays 10am–1pm and 6–9pm in SHED EGRYN our community workshop. We will try and help YOU repair broken items, or make something from scratch. Or just call by to see what we are about over a coffee.

Regular activities at Y Ganolfan Bryncrug Community Hall  The Ganolfan has a Hall with a stage and a sizeable kitchen to accommodate large functions and also a Meeting Room which seats up to 50 people and has access to a small kitchen. We would like the Community to get together and organise activities during the day or any of the free evenings. Bookings or enquiries: Graham, 01654 782 258 Youth Club – Mondays 7–9 pm (Youth Leader Michelle Bain) Young Farmers – Thursdays 7.30–9.30pm, Daf Jones or Catrin Lisa Davies, 01654 711813 / 07856 650099 Dysynni Ladies – 2nd Wednesday of every month 7.30pm Merched y Wawr – Last Friday of every month 7.30pm Bryncrug Community Council – meet 3rd monday of every month. Coffee morning – 3rd Tuesday of every month 10.30am–12 noon

Regular activities at Y Ganolfan, Abergynolwyn

 You can hire our lovely village hall very affordably, for your own events or functions: – Main Hall £12/hr, Meeting Room £8/hr, Kitchen £3/hr. Enquiries 01654 782644

Pilates classes with a qualified instructor. Monday afternoons, 2-3pm, just £5 each week. All abilities welcome including beginners. Please bring cushion and mat/blanket. Caffi’r Ceunant – The Café – Wednesday to Sunday, 9.30am to 3.30pm. Tel 01654 782372 Aber Friends – 2nd Tuesday of every month at 2.00pm. Tel 01654 782767 Band Practice – Every Monday, at 6.30pm to learn and at 7.30pm to play. Tel 01654 782622 Knit & Natter Group – Every Wednesday Oct–Apr 2.00-4.00pm, admission £2. Tel 01654 782671 Line Dancing – Every Wednesday at 7.30pm, admission £2.50. Tel 01654 782331

22 Sibrydion Sea, lake and river fishing • road, mountain and ‘Get Active!’ trail biking • sea, lake, river and leisure centre by Mark Yorke swimming • surfing, wind surfing, kite surfing, paragliding, and sand boarding • sea, lake, and This part of the world has so much to offer for river kayaking. In the Leisure Centre - squash, visitors (and locals), but I wonder if we appreciate gym, badminton, astro-turf hockey and football the wide range of opportunities for “physical field football • rugger and cricket • tennis, golf activity” and exercise that are available in this and croquet • rock climbing, ice climbing, caving locality, as an antidote to our apparent fixation and abseiling • shooting clay pigeon and game • with a smartphone and other items of technology? mountain and road running • lake and sea sailing • high and low level walking • gorge-walking and If we confine ourselves to the old county of white water rafting • horse riding… Merionnedd: say an approximate area bounded by Tywyn - Dolgellau - Bala- Machynlleth, I suggest Is there any other locality within the UK with a (dependent upon our interests of course) we can similar geographical area, which can provide over engage with: 43 opportunities for exercise?

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Sibrydion 23 Local Interest Aberdyfi / Pennal Diddordebau Ileol

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Sibrydion 25 IN ABERFYFI by Caroline Jackson

Is your idea of croquet a genteel game played by playing Pale-Maille or Pall Mall which required ladies and gentlemen wafting around serenely striking a ball with a mallet through two “arches of in spotless whites on velvety green grass on a iron” placed at each end of an alley. Croquet is now lovely summer’s day? Or alternatively a cut-throat played on a lawn with mallets, balls, 6 hoops and a game of dastardly ploys to beat the opposition short post – the finishing peg. into humbled submission? Well I’m pleased to say There are 2 official games, Association Croquet and there is a third way – in Aberdyfi we play the fun Golf Croquet. There are several other games, which and friendly way. we also play in Aberdovey – Crazy Croquet, Garden There has been a croquet lawn at The Aberdyfi Croquet and Robert’s Croquet invented by our Bowling Club and Recreation Ground for several mentor Robert. This is the best game for beginners. years and there are now two lawns.

There is a core of regular players who play at “…come along to the Croquet Season least once a week, and last season saw several newcomers playing for the first time joined us. Launch on 8th May from 2–4pm. You can play croquet seven days a week from May This is your chance to find out to October. All equipment is provided. what goes on…” For beginners the best time to come along is on Wednesday afternoons when free tuition is available Over the years the equipment at the Aberdovey and we all have the chance for a bit of preliminary ground had become a little tired despite a lot of coaching under the expert and kindly eye of Robert, TLC to keep it going. It definitely needed renewing the founding father of the group. By tradition and we felt it was time to spread the word and someone always brings a homemade cake for sharing encourage more people to take up the game. To in the clubhouse with a cuppa after the game. that end 6 months ago the Bowling Club made an It really is a game for everyone who enjoys taking application for a grant to the Community Chest. some gentle exercise in the fresh air with other like- The Community Chest is a Sports Wales Lottery minded people. No special clothes are needed just initiative, which provides funding for community clothes you feel comfortable in and no high heels. sport and physical activity. Gwynedd Council All ages can play from 6 year olds to 96 year olds. administers the grants and we were delighted that Some of the most skillful players in Aberdyfi are in the application was successful. The Bowling club their 80s! A session usually lasts about 2 hours. now has a set of high quality hoops and balls. All we You can pay £3 on the day or buy a season ticket. need now are the people! I knew nothing about the origins of croquet except To mark the beginning of the croquet season there that an exotic version of the game using flamingoes will be a Croquet Season Launch on 8th May from was played in Alice in Wonderland. According to 2 till 4. This is your chance to find out what goes Wikipedia the modern game took England by storm on. A warm welcome awaits and there will be light in the 1860s. Though a couple of centuries earlier refreshments on sale. Come and give it a go and join Charles II and his courtiers amused themselves in the fun!

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Sibrydion 27 Local Interest Llwyngwril Diddordebau Ileol

Regular activities at Y Ganolfan, Llwyngwril

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Clwb Gwril – 1st Monday in the month, for the over 50s. Full programme of events/ talks/ social Afternoon at 2.00pm Cymdeithas Ddiwylliadol – Every 1st Monday at 7.15pm. This is for Welsh Speakers and Learners are welcome to join. Singwril – Every Monday apart from the 1st in the month, at 7-9pm. £3/session, including tea and cake! More details from [email protected], 07815574477 and Facebook ‘Singwril’ Whist Evening – Every Tuesday evening 7.00pm. Come along for a couple of hours of fun to include refreshments. Learners welcome. Keep Fit – Every Tuesday 10.15-11.30am includes warm-ups, floor exercises, some equipment, socialising and FUN. Do as much or as little as you wish No booking required, £2.50 per session. Buddug Jones: 01341 250202 Art Group – Every Tuesday 1.30pm. Details: Lyn Baxter 01341 250044 or Sue Richards 01654 768004 (Due to space constraints, membership is currently full. Please contact us to be put on the waiting list) Coffee Morning – Each Wednesday. Come and enjoy a chat, coffee/tea and cake. Yarn Bombers also have a meeting and ‘knit-in’. Garden Club – 1st Wednesday in each month. Members meet at 7pm and talk starts at 7.30pm. You don’t need to be a gardener to come along. Full programme of interesting talks. See the Events Diary for details of meetings. Contact Val Dyer. 01341 250334 Short Mat Bowls – Mixed Every Thursday afternoon at 1.30pm Table Tennis – Every Thursday at 7.00pm, £2 per person. 01341 250394 for info Stitch & Bitch (Nicely) – Fridays 2–4pm. Join in an extra session with the Yarnbombers, learn to knit, or crochet and share ideas. Helen Jenkins 01341 251253 Headway South Gwynedd – Every 4th Saturday 10.45am except August and December. Community Council Meeting – 2nd Wednesday of the month, apart from April and August. Any issues the public wishes to raise must be sent to the Clerk, ([email protected]) seven days prior to the following meeting, or verbally to any of the Council Members.

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Sibrydion 29 The shocking truth about NOT picking up your dog’s poo

There were approximately nine fouling offence and fined up to £1,000. A person million dogs kept as pets in the UK in can complain about dog fouling by contacting 2018 producing over 1,000 tonnes of Gwynedd Council by filling in their online form. dog mess a day. Registered blind people are not required to clean The system of controlling dog fouling under public up after their guide dogs. spaces protection orders was introduced by the Dog poo is unsightly, unpleasant, smelly and Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. anti-social: It replaces the old system of dog control orders  It poisons grass and lawns. under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005.  It carries hookworms, ringworms, tapeworms, and more. If a dog fouls in a public place, then by law, the  It transmits human diseases, too! owner or person in charge of the dog at the time must clean up after it, simply it’s about being a  It pollutes waterways responsible dog owner. When dog poo is left on grass decomposition starts and toxic bacteria seeps into the soil. Dog Poo Gwynedd Council officers will fine anyone that carries dangerous pathogens and pollutes our doesn’t clean up their dog’s mess. fresh water supply In England and Wales, local authorities can The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has introduce public spaces protection orders, making warned dog owners about the health dangers it an offence not to clean up dog mess in certain posed by dog faeces, which are swarming with areas. Under those orders, a person who doesn’t coliform bacteria. it has been estimated that a clean up after their dog may face an on-the-spot single gram of dog waste can contain 23 million fine of up to £80. These fines are known as fixed faecal coliform bacteria, which are known to cause penalty notices. If a person refuses to pay, they can cramps, diarrhoea, intestinal illness, and serious be taken to the local Magistrates Court for the dog kidney disorders in humans.

30 Sibrydion Certain pathogens are also communicable from found in dogs all around the world. This particular dogs to humans. These transmittable diseases are virus is specific to dogs, both wild and domestic. known as zoonoses. Owners should clean up after Giardiasis – this refers to an intestinal infection their dogs and make sure their dogs’ vaccinations that is caused by the protozoan parasite giardia, are up to date. The EPA also warns against walking which is the most common intestinal parasite that your dog by a water source and using faeces to is found in humans. Dogs develop the infection by fertilise your lawn. ingesting infectious offspring (cysts) that are shed When infected dog poo comes into contact with in another animal’s faeces. your lawn, the poop will eventually “disappear”, Salmonella – a wide-spread and very but the parasite eggs can linger for years! When a significant bacterial organism that affects human or animal comes into contact with that soil many species of animals, including humans. It through everyday activities like walking barefoot, affects warm blooded as well as cold blooded gardening or playing, they risk infection from animals. A member of the bacterial family, those eggs … even years after the poop is gone. Enterobacteriaceae Salmonella is spread either Dog poo often containsroundworm larvae, which directly or indirectly by faecal-oral contamination cause blindness, toxocariasis. If a human ingests a among individuals, and between species by roundworm larva, it can migrate through the body means of ingestion of the organism in food or causing disease to the brain, lungs, kidneys, liver, water or by contact with contaminated objects heart or eyes. So, when people (especially children) called fomites touch soil, dog toys or anything that has been Cryptosporidium – these are a protozoan parasite in contact with dog faeces and then touch their that affects rodents, dogs, calves, humans and mouths, they can become infected. Children may cats. Infection with this parasites is known as play out where dog poo has been left and become cryptosporidiosis. It can be a primary disease, or infected by coming into contact with the poo. it can occur as a secondary infection in dogs with Dog poo also can contain: weakened immune systems. Whipworms – this is a parasitic roundworm that Campylobacteriosis – an infectious disease that causes trichuriasis when it infects a human large causes severe diarrhoea in dogs as well as in intestine. It is commonly known as the whipworm people. It is among the most common bacterial which refers to the shape of the worm; it looks like infections of humans, a whip with wider “handles” at the posterior end Dog poo doesn’t just “wash away” or disappear. Hookworms – these are parasites. This means So, if you’re not disposing of your dog’s waste, they live off other living things. Hookworms affect you’re putting yourself, your family, your dog and your lungs, skin, and small intestine. Humans your water supply at risk. contract hookworms through hookworm larvae Keep the lovely places in Gwynedd, clean, found in dirt contaminated by faeces such as Abergynolwyn, Llwyngwril, Aberdyfi Tapeworms – it’s rare, but people can get and Tywyn so everyone from dog owners, tapeworms from their pets. You have to swallow local communities and holiday makers an infected flea. This most often happens in can enjoy the them at their best. children. To be safe, always wash your hands after It’s so simply, if your dog playing with animals and playing outside. poos while you are out Canine parvovirus type 2 – (known as parvo) walking then pick it up. Classified as a group II virus in the family Someone may be watching! Parvoviridae and the genus Parvovirus. Parvo in dogs is extremely contagious and is spread through a dog’s faeces whether through direct or indirect contact with the faeces of an infected dog.

Corona – a canine coronavirus infection (CCV) is a highly contagious intestinal disease that can be Sibrydion 31 Local Interest Fairbourne & Friog Diddordebau Ileol

Regular activities at Fairbourne & Friog Village Hall

 The recently refurbished Village Hall offers includes a state of the art kitchen to enable hirers of the Hall to plan party and catering events operating with the most modern equipment and surroundings. Find us at: Beach Road, Fairbourne, Gwynedd We welcome your ideas and suggestions for future activities – please get in touch with Mike Murray, booking agent: 01341 250518

MONDAY Tai Chi 11.00– 12 noon Art Club 1.30–4.30pm Indoor Bowls 7.00–10.00pm TUESDAY Gardening Club 10.00– 12 noon (last Tuesday of the month only). Keep Agile 1.30–3.00pm. Suitable for all ages The Ark 4.00–5.30pm – St Cynon’s children & youth club WEDNESDAY Table Tennis 10.30– 12 noon Call 01341 251007 Bingo 10.30– 12 noon (3rd Weds of the month only). Parents & Toddlers 1.00–3.00pm (2nd and 4th Weds only) THURSDAY Badminton 10.00–12 noon Indoor Bowls 7.00–10.00pm FRIDAY Quiz Night 7.00–10.00pm (last Friday of every month) See our noticeboards for more information on our activities.

In the Lobby Food Bank Collection Point / Book Sale Bowling at Fairbourne Why not try bowling on Fairbourne’s own Green, in such a delightful setting. Picnic tables surround the area and we have a Pavilion where on Tuesdays and Saturdays a slice of home made cake and a cup of tea for £1 can be enjoyed. Membership is £45 for the season, and members can bowl every day if they wish. Junior sized bowls are available for youngsters with smaller hands, and full sized bowls are on loan for their parents. Contact: Dorn Lee 01654 288309 or Pete Greenwood 07788 605070

32 Sibrydion Showcasing Youth

This season’s series of concerts sponsored by the Machynlleth Music Club under the title of Showcasing Youth, comes to an end on Thursday May 9th with the visit of the music scholars of Shrewsbury School to the Tabernacle.

The season has been exceptional with the very special Kanneh-Mason family with the extraordinary talents of all the children, followed by the winners of the Gregynog Instrumentalist of the Year Competition showing clearly what an outstanding competition that has become. Four Shrewsbury School Music Director, John Moore young men (carrying a violin, a cello, a harp but not a piano ) gathered from different parts of least one young person is evident. This will be the the country to give a concert worthy of the most final visit of their Director of Music John Moore who experienced professional musicians. Their paths has given such great service to music in Wales and will be followed with interest. Shropshire during his thirty years at Shrewsbury. And finally come the scholars of Shrewsbury The concert is at 7.30 pm on Thursday May 9th. School making what has become an annual visit to Tickets, £10.00, are available at the door and the Tabernacle. Many of them will follow previous there is no charge for under 18’s. Next season’s Shrewsbury pupils into the world of professional Showcasing Youth concerts start with the return of music, and every year an extraordinary talent of at the Kanneh-Mason family on Friday October 25th.

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Sibrydion 33 All About Noorie at Indiana Cuisine, Fairbourne with Debbie Ashton

Noorie, you are well known today, not only locally but also in various parts of UK as all those who travel to visit Wales cannot stop raving about your cooking skills. What is the secret behind the magic you produce? Raj & Noorie with the children of Ysgol Bro Idris, Friog Noorie: I believe that in any and every field there are some basic principals, combined with ethics that must be present in order to give every How do you find working with Raj? individual and business not only the success N: An experience in itself. Raj is a fun loving person but satisfaction too. The will and willingness who understands this tremendous balance of to do what you intend, to do and that too with work and pleasure. In fact he makes the work a all honesty, passion and hard work. I am a firm pleasure, so hard work does not seem that hard! believer in almighty and destiny but even he helps He says serious work does not mean you become even those who help themselves. So hard work is serious. Focus is what is important and a desire must. As we are in Wales, it is right to say “if you to do things the way no one else has ever done. I don’t climb the mountain, you do not see the view!’ enjoy working with him and as work partners we Where did you learn the cooking from? do not believe in compromising with quality of food or service. We have learned a lot from each N: Most of the Indian Households in India you other and even after so many years we always take would expect an Indian girl to benefit from 20 minutes after closing, to discuss the evening we learning these skills at home. It is usually passed served. on from mothers and then carried on in chain. This used to be the most important criteria for How do you single-handedly cook fresh and finding a good husband! In the olden days in India, individually cooked dishes, almost every very the way to a man’s heart was always through busy evening? the stomach! You could never bypass that. (The N: A lot of planning, prep and practise the hardest modern India today has changed). I was lucky to part is to do all of that even at times when under be born into a Sikh family and we all know how rich pressure. Believe me, every restaurant kitchen and varied the north Indian Cuisine is. Fortunately is under pressure, the majority of the time, as my dad was a professional Chef, so I must give him each table is different from the next. The food the credit for the very important initial learning. industry has become very demanding. There are After that it was all self taught. I still take every preferences, intolerances, gluten-free, nut-free, opportunity to learn. dairy-free, vegan, vegetarian, etc. One needs to Did you always wanted to be a Chef? be absolutely ready, not only to deal with it, but also to make sure you have the knowledge and N: Interestingly, I never seriously thought of this the expertise to give your diners the confidence profession and was more inclined to lean toward that they are in safe hands. Raj is always calm and being a beautician. I have done courses in that composed. He believes in a lot of planning and field too. It was our Raj’s Mom, who spotted the organisation. He is my strength, with him at front hidden talent (as a well known film producer and of house; I am never worried even in the toughest director she has that eye!). She encouraged me, situations. As a team, we have built a strong but also supported me and gave me the confidence understanding we make sure all of our guests leave that I am much more than just Raj’s wife. Indiana very happy and satisfied. Food and service are the Cuisine was her vision and I am glad that Raj and I most important factors in hospitality and we never were able to prove ourselves. take it lightly. 34 Sibrydion We know you and Raj love dining out and often on N: Very satisfying! We have received more from the your days off you are seen eating at other local community than we have given. Many stories and establishments. Do you switch off the chef in you or examples of the kind gestures of our local people are you still very observant and critical on what you still make us very emotional and grateful. In over eat and see in other places? 10 years, we have established a special bond and friendships have formed naturally. Indiana Cuisine N: First of all there are plenty of great restaurants is like a second home for many and we love that with good chefs around. It is very humbling that feeling! We recently had an afternoon event, with so many chefs from these establishments have the Pysgod Bach Class children from Ysgol Bro dined with us and given me the opportunity to Idris, Friog Site. They came to our restaurant and cook for them. Their repeated return visits to our we taught them about our Hindu faith and culture restaurant always give me great joy. Vice versa I and also gave them the opportunity to try a variety have been equally delighted to be enjoying when of our food. We feel it is important to show them they’re cooking too! I like to just enjoy the food that there are other ways of living/eating and what and the evening when I am out with Raj and the our beliefs mean on a day-to-day basis, as we are children, but many times unconsciously you notice in such a multi-cultural society, today. Our culture things where you feel there are certain things you is quite different from the typical Welsh way of life, are doing better than others and certain things you and so we wanted to share this with the children. need to do as good as others. Raj and I are very We had a fantastic afternoon and the teaching staff keen learners. We are like blotting paper when we who came with the children, complimented us on see good practise. We observe but also absorb at our hospitality, and teaching. Some of our recipes the same time and then try to better ourselves. will be in a cookery book, which is part of the Ysgol You both have become an important part of the Bro Idris foundation Phase Enterprise project. local community and contribute to various causes, how does that feel?

Sibrydion 35 THE CHURCH IN WALES Bro Ystumanner Ministry Area

Bro Ystumanner is the Ministry Area of the Church in Wales at the southern tip of Snowdonia. There are six churches in the Area, visitors and newcomers are very welcome. All churches are open everyday at least from 10am to 4pm. Services are all Anglican, and bi-lingual where possible. Worshippers of all denominations are very welcome.

Tywyn, St Cadfan’s. This is the “mother” church of the Ministry Area. Services: Sundays at 11.15 am Holy Eucharist on 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month at 8.00 am & Wednesdays at 10.30 am. Healing Service on 3rd Sunday of each month at 3.00pm. Silent Prayer: Wednesdays and Fridays at 8.00 am & 5.00 pm Churchwarden: tel 01654 712116 or 711892

Aberdyfi, St Peter’s. Services: Sundays at 11.15 am Churchwarden: tel 01654 767935

Abergynolwyn, St David’s. Services: Sundays at 09.30 am Churchwarden: tel 01654 782332

Llanegryn, St Mary’s and St Egryn’s. Services: Sundays at 11.15 am Churchwarden: tel 01654 710630

Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, St Michael’s. Services: No regular services are held but visitors are welcome. See the exhibition about Mary Jones who walked barefoot to Bala to obtain a Welsh-language bible, and the model of the Dysynni Valley. Churchwarden: tel 01654 782332

Pennal, St Peter ad Vincula. Services: Sundays at 09.30 am Churchwarden: tel 01654 702121

Ministry Team The Area is led by the Vicar, Revd Dr Ruth Hansford. Assisting her are three non-stipendiary clergy - Revd Nigel Adams, Revd Celia Adams and Revd Christina ten Wolde and two Readers - Meryl Gover and Sue Whitehouse. July 2018

Barmouth U3A New members always welcome, a good place to start See our website for details of is at the monthly meeting, which is held on the second all our activities: Wednesday of the month: The Arts Room, The Dragon Theatre, Barmouth – starting at 1.30pm www.barmouthu3a.org.uk

36 Sibrydion Sibrydion 37 Hafan y Sêr residential unit officially opened

A new residential unit which offers respite care circumstances.The additional needs of the children for children with various disabilities in Gwynedd can be very hard work for families, and even one and Anglesey has officially opened. night of rest can be of great help to be able to cope with the regular demands. Hafan y Sêr truly does The Hafan y Sêr facility offers respite care for make a difference to the quality of life of children, up to six children at a time in a purpose built young people and their families in Gwynedd.” facility. Children are referred to Hafan y Sêr, which is located in Penrhyndeudraeth, through Councillor Dilwyn Morgan explained: “Whilst Hafan the specialist children’s teams in Gwynedd and y Sêr is an important part of the care package we Anglesey. offer as a Council, it focuses on offering services to children and young people with the most complex Councillor Annwen Hughes, Gwynedd Council needs. Chair, said: “It was an honour to officially open the Hafan y Sêr residential unit – it is clear that “Through the ‘Amser Ni’ project, we intend to the provision is already offering a very important build on the range of respite services we can offer service to numerous families in Gwynedd and to families. The truth is that there is a general beyond. It was fantastic to see the excellent shortage of people recognised to offer short facilities which are available in the purpose-built overnight respite care as foster carers and our building for children aged between 8 and 18 years hope is to work with people who have an interest old and to know that they receive care of the in order to make a positive difference to children in highest standard by dedicated members of staff.” the county. Hafan y Sêr is run by Gwynedd Council’s Children “We are eager to hear from anyone who has an and Family Support Service who work closely with interest in registering as a foster carer who can the Isle of Anglesey County Council. The building offer short respite support. Our officers are happy includes modern rooms, recreational open space, to chat to anyone who is keen to find out more sensory equipment, computer facilities and an about the campaign.” enclosed garden. If you are interested in being part of the The response from families who have already ‘Amser Ni’ scheme and to provide short made use of Hafan y Sêr has been very positive, overnight respite for children with disabilities, with many parents noting that the facility has contact the team in Gwynedd on 01286 transformed their lives. This is what one family 674686 or email [email protected]. had to say: “Hafan y Sêr is like a holiday camp for cymru; or Anglesey on 01248 752984 or our children - they look forward for weeks to go [email protected] there! The experience of staying with friends in a comfortable and caring environment is so nice for them, which is very difficult to get under normal

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Sibrydion 39 Local Interest Corris / Aberllefenni / Ceinws Diddordebau Ileol

Regular activities at Institiwt Corris

 Corris Institute has a flexible large main hall that is ideal as a meeting/conference or event space, with garden space for breakout if required. There is a catering kitchen as part of the community café – making the venue ideal for self-catered functions. Upstairs there are smaller meeting rooms and office space for rent, with fibre broadband access. Bookings or enquiries: Elaine, 01654 761346 or email [email protected] www.institiwtcorris.org.uk

Post Office – Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday 9.00–11.30am. Free cash withdrawals, cash & cheque deposits for highstreet banks, travel money, Royal Mail and Parcelforce, Post Office Financial Services, Phone and Broadband. Saturday Papers 9.45–11.30am. Community Café – Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday 10.00am – 1.00pm. Run by volunteers for the local community to get together and enjoy refreshments and a chat. All welcome. After School Club – Organised child care and activities during term-time 3.30–6.00pm. Booking advised, contact Wendy 07398 494372. Baby Walking Goup – Fridays. Meet at 9.30 in term time, 10.00am during holidays. Join us for leisurely local walks with toddlers, pushchairs or balance bikes in tow. ClŴb y Den – Social group for over 50’s – 2-4pm 2nd monday of the month. Winter works the Corris Railway The first trains of 2019 on the Corris Railway will revived line continues at the workshops of Alan Keef operate over Easter Weekend with children being Limited near Hay-on-Way as fund raising permits. able to follow an Easter Egg Trail and receive a prize New volunteers are always welcome and anyone on Easter Sunday and Monday. interested can e-mail the Railway via enquiries@ However this does not mean that the Railway’s corris.co.uk or call in at the Museum in Corris on days volunteers have had a restful winter. Visitors to Corris when the Railway is running. station will find that the wall between the tracks and the farm access road has been taken down with a fence being erected to form a new boundary line. This is part of the long term project to construct a new station building with overall roof which will recreate the atmosphere of the original that was demolished half a century ago. In the workshops at Maespoeth Junction progress has continued with ongoing construction of two new carriages which are 21st Century evocations of those built in the 1890’s and an original waggon is being brought back to life. Track has been maintained, lineside foliage has been kept under control and maintenance of the line’s steam and diesel locomotives has been carried out. Meanwhile construction of the next steam locomotive for the

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Sibrydion 41 Local Interest Diddordebau Ileol Arthog

Regular activities at Arthog Village Hall

 The Ganolfan is a fantastic venue that lends itself easily to all types of events: from parties for children and adults to funeral, christening or wedding receptions. It is an ideal location for business meetings or courses and its large clear hard floor and high ceilings give perfect opportunity for dance and fitness classes. The hall is available to hire for business use or personal use at very competitive prices. We have a fully fitted kitchen making us the perfect venue for self-catered functions or for serving food catered outside. Showers, hot water and central heating mean we offer a great resting site for cyclists or weary walkers tired from enjoying the scenic Mawddach Trail or many of the other local routes. To book the Hall please contact our Caretakers Martin and Bekki Stott on 07497 361165. Yoga – Gentle/beginners Yoga 6-7pm / Intermediate Dynamic Yoga 7.15-8.45pm, every Tuesday. Niki Rees – fb.Mawddach Yoga 07884554150 or email: [email protected] Keep fit, flexible & balanced using Yoga to retune & regulate the mind & body. Knit & Natter Group – 7.30pm, 2nd Wednesday of the month Sequence Dancing – 7.00pm, every Thursday Heavenly Connections – 7pm Fridays, fortnightly. Spiritual group with guest mediums.

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Friday 26 April at 7.30pm Tickets £10.00 Fri 12 April 8.00pm Fri 10 May 8.00pm The Gary Potter Trio Jazz guitar maestro from Liverpool, Gary Potter is influenced by Tickets £5.00 Django Reinhardt and Charlie Parker, and regarded as one of the world’s greatest jazz and country guitarists. Live at the Club Friday 24 May at 7.30pm Tickets £10.00 An exciting, informal night of Blues, Jazz, Soul, & Ska. Muso’s from far Rosenkratz Renewed and wide. You will love the quality A lively band with songs from the fifties and sixties. and variety.

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42 Sibrydion Telecare equipment scams warning

Gwynedd Council is warning the public to beware The Council is also reminding people about the of potential phone scams from individuals North Wales Buy with Confidence scheme, set up reportedly selling telecare equipment. in response to concerns about rogue traders. The scheme provides consumers with a list of local The Council is aware of complaints from businesses, which have given their commitment to neighbouring counties where some residents trading fairly. reporting they have received cold-calls from individuals selling telecare equipment, and Every business listed has undergone a series requesting personal bank details over the phone. of detailed checks before being approved as a Gwynedd Council would never contact Gwynedd member of the scheme. Buy with Confidence is the Residence’s to sell the Telecare equipment, the largest scheme of its kind nationally and continues equipment is provided according to assessed to expand its geographical coverage. needs and self-referrals. www.buywithconfidence.gov.uk Gwynedd Council is urging residents not to provide bank details to anyone, unless they are completely satisfied that the individual requesting the information is genuine and works for a legitimate, bona fide organisation.

Sibrydion 43 Celf Aran Arts Celebrates 5th Anniversary

People often talk about the “sense of place” Siamas Cyf have a display in the Gallery selling CDs which defines a particular location. Many and musical instruments. components combine to create this unique There is a good variety of work on offer including thumbprint: natural landscape, culture, heritage, painting, ceramics, jewellery-making, textiles, food, buildings, weather and of course the people leather work, photography, stained glass, natural who live in the area. cosmetics, woodwork and pottery. However the Celf Aran Arts Co-operative celebrates its fifth overriding factor which attracts customers and anniversary this April. Sense of place has been keeps them coming back is that the pieces in the central to the ethos throughout. Celf Aran Arts Gallery are imbued with the sense of place which is a collective enterprise featuring hand-crafted makes Dolgellau and the surrounding area in the designs by local artisans, showcasing work shadow of Cader Idris unique. inspired by the area in which it was created. For more information about Celf Aran Arts come into the Gallery on Eldon Square, “The Gallery is run by the makers Dolgellau 10am-5pm Mon-Sat. Visit their website at: www.celfaranarts.co.uk or see equally, as they pool their knowledge, their Facebook page. share what works well and support each other.”

The Co-operative has sixteen permanent members and a visiting monthly guest artist all of whom display their work in the Gallery housed on the ground floor of Tŷ Siamas in Dolgellau. There are an almost infinite number of variations of models for Art Galleries. Some start up and fold almost immediately, some are more enduring. What aspects have made Celf Aran resilient enough to weather the storms for five years and, moreover, grow and flourish? Gail Roberts is one of the members of Celf Aran Arts. She reflects that the flat structure of a Co-operative was deliberately chosen so that everyone would be equal and decisions would be made collectively, not by a hierarchy. All members have different skills and valuable experience to offer the group. The Gallery is run by the makers equally, as they pool their knowledge, share what works well and support each other. The relationship with Siamas Cyf who run Tŷ Siamas has also been one of mutually beneficial co-operation. Siamas Cyf rent the Gallery space to Celf Aran Arts. Celf Aran Arts sell tickets for the music events which are run upstairs in Tŷ Siamas.

44 Sibrydion The Craftsman by Marcus Christian

I ply with all the cunning of my art This little thing, and with consummate care I fashion it—so that when I depart, Those who come after me shall find it fair And beautiful. It must be free of flaws— Pointing no laborings of weary hands; And there must be no flouting of the laws Of beauty—as the artist understands.

Through passion, yearnings infinite—yet dumb— I lift you from the depths of my own mind And gild you with my soul’s white heat to plumb The souls of future men. I leave behind This thing that in return this solace gives: “He who creates true beauty ever lives.”

Marcus B. Christian, “The Craftsman” from The Poetry of the Negro 1746-1970. Copyright © 1970 by Marcus B. Christian. Reprinted by permission of University of New Orleans, Marcus B. Christian Papers, Earl K. Long Library. Source: The Poetry of the Negro 1746-1970

Sibrydion 45 Yoga & Printmaking Course – with Jackie Grace, David Begley and Veronica Calarco

Stiwdio Maelor has now been open in Corris for David says; “Why yoga and printmaking? I wanted over four years and there have been around 200 to give participants the opportunity to unwind artists, writers, musicians and dancers complete and relax, to feel invigorated before starting to residencies. Some very talented people have print. Yoga is a fantastic start to the day and the visited Maelor, using amazing techniques to combination of yoga and art makes for a great produce their work. So Maelor has decided to pair workshop. Yoga also allows us to lose our artistic up local practitioners with the artists to create a inhibitions, creates a great atmosphere and fosters series of unique workshops. The first workshop we creativity. I love these workshops as I get to enjoy will be hosting will be printmaking, taught by David the yoga also and the work produced on these Begley (from Ireland) and Veronica Calarco with days is always very special. Like yoga, anyone of yoga by local practitioner, Jackie Grace. any ability can enjoy making a print. Monotype is a generous and immediate medium – everyone goes The day will begin with a yoga session guided home with beautiful hand made prints.” by Jackie Grace, followed by lunch catered by the wonderful Idris Stores and then a three hour group demonstration and instruction of Jackie Grace is a qualified Soma practitioner monotype printmaking methods and materials who had been living and teaching around Corris by David, assisted by Veronica. A monotype is an for quite a few years. Her yoga technique gently image painted / drawn with ink onto a surface reaches out to help guide you through tangled such as glass, metal or perspex, then transferred briers so you can experience the wildness and onto paper using an etching press. As the name beauty of your world. Soma Yoga integrates suggests, each work is a unique, hand drawn, hand poetry and music with the observation of printed monotype and will be printed on 300gsm natural cycles. Within the practice participants 100% cotton acid free Fabriano Tiepolo paper. nourish their roots, strengthening the core and Participants will experiment with materials, and renewing a sense of beauty and uniqueness. learn and develop printmaking skills in order to This one hour session will help the creative make their own unique hand pulled prints. All juices flow for the afternoon printing session. materials are supplied including paper, non-toxic David Begley is an Irish artist and writer. He has ink, use of rollers, etching press etc. They will all exhibited his animations, drawings, paintings have an opportunity for one to one time with David and prints at galleries and festivals in Australia, and Veronica. China, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, USA and the UK. He has facilitated groups and individuals at all levels since 1990. David is an enthusiastic facilitator who teaches by instruction and encouragement, helping the participant to develop their skills and their personal way of seeing and making. www.davidbegley.com Veronica Calarco is an Australian printmaker who founded Maelor in 2014. Veronica studied printmaking at the Australian National University in the 1990’s. She migrated to Wales in 2013 and is currently doing a PhD in printmaking at Aberystwyth University.

46 Sibrydion Wednesday 1st May 2019 10am – 4pm, £75 (£65 if Friend of Stiwdio Maelor) per person including yoga, lunch (catered by Idris Stores), afternoon tea, materials and monotype printmaking workshop. Stiwdio Maelor, Corris SY20 9SP Participants are welcome to stay a night or two at Maelor for an extra cost. For more information or to book email: [email protected]

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Sibrydion 47 The BIG Quiz! by Rennie Telford

As winter slowly begins to fade away and we look their droppings in a prominent position, usually forward to another spring and summer, it might a convenient rock or boulder near or in the water. be a good time to dust off and exercise the brain I’m not suggesting you make a habit of sniffing cells, so I thought that a short quiz might be a droppings, but Otter ‘spraint’, as it is called, has good idea. So here are five little posers for you a rather pleasant sweet smell to it, whereas Mink to have a go at and to help limber up those little ‘scats’ are blackish in colour and have a distinctly grey cells. Answers are at the end. unpleasant reek to them. But the Question is: What is the connection between an Otter, a Grass The Otter is probably one of Britain’s most Snake, a Fallow Deer and a Wren? 1 charismatic wild animals although it can be rather shy and elusive. It is always a thrill to catch sight of one as it runs along a riverbank or swims Every garden that has bird feeders almost effortlessly through the water and we are fortunate certainly has its quota of Blue Tits; those to have a fairly healthy local population of them. 2 charming little birds that provide endless They have been seen alongside the Mawddach enjoyment with their antics and acrobatics. They trail and around the estuary at Fairbourne - on take readily to nest boxes and I have spent hours one occasion I watched one for several minutes watching the parent birds working themselves as it hunted for fish in the shallow water’s edge on to a frazzle feeding Fairbourne beach. Otters are sometimes confused their ever-hungry with the superficially similar Mink, but the two brood. Blue Tits are relatively easy to tell apart. Otters are much feed their young bigger than Mink - fully-grown adults are larger almost entirely on than a cat. Mink are very much smaller with a more caterpillars and pointed face and tend to be much darker coloured, grubs and try to almost black in some cases. When swimming the time their broods to Mink rides higher in the water with its upper body coincide with when clearly visible while the Otter swims almost totally these are at their submerged with just its nose breaking the surface. most plentiful and Both animals mark out their territories by leaving if they get it wrong 48 Sibrydion things can be very bad indeed for them. They only used to watch the bees flying up into the dunes have one brood per year and it is in their interest where they were the main pollinators of the Lady’s that most of them survive. They have several Bedstraw which provided a welcome splash of strategies to achieve this. Their eggs are laid at colour with the yellow carpets of flowers amongst daily intervals but the earliest eggs go into a sort the Marram grass. of dormant stage so that when the last one is laid But the Question is: and the female starts to sit on them, they are all Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson were strolling at a more or less equal level of development so through the park near Baker Street on a sunny that the young are all evenly matched. Even more afternoon in early spring when Watson drew amazingly, when the adult arrives with a wriggling Holmes attention to the ‘Humble Bees’ buzzing caterpillar in its beak to be greeted with 10 or so around the flowers. gaping mouths, it seems to know which one needs to be fed next so that all the fledglings develop ‘Ah the female bees’ said Holmes shooting them a equally, unlike a lot of birds where the weaker ones cursory glance. can starve to death. ‘How on earth do you know they are females?’ exclaimed Watson. But the Question is: ‘Elementary my dear Watson’ replied Holmes. Approximately how many caterpillars and grubs will a pair of Blue Tits collect for their voracious Why was Holmes so certain the bees were female? brood each day? (Remember the caterpillars are mainly those minute ones you can find on the underside of a leaf) Thrips are those tiny little insects which most a) 60-70 b) 600-700 c) 6000-7000 4 of us only notice when we get a face full of them in our eyes and mouth when out walking or cycling on a warm, close day in summer. They are sometimes known as Thunder bugs, as they One sure sign that spring has sprung is the become more prevalent and irritating on close welcome sight and sound of tubby Bumble 3 thundery days when they can take to the air in Bees buzzing around the early flowers. Everyone seemingly vast numbers. They spend most of their seems to like Bumble brief lives, though, buried deep in the recesses Bees - they always of flower petals feeding on plant tissue and if appear to be friendly you look closely at a dandelion flower head for looking insects to instance, you are almost certain to find several me and on the whole of them hidden away in the depths. They can be they tend to be quite a major pest to keen gardeners and can cause unaggressive and extensive damage to plants in greenhouses, where inoffensive - quite if uncontrolled the population can rapidly increase content to be left and become a significant problem. Their numbers alone to get on rise so quickly because in favourable conditions with their business. they dispense with the time consuming palaver They are important of mating and instead just churn out cloned pollinators of all female Thrips in a continuous process (called kinds of plants and parthenogenesis). Who needs males? Like most bee friendly gardens and habitats very minute insects you can only appreciate their are crucial for their survival, which is why I appearance and complexity by looking at them was so disappointed when the area of rough with a magnifying aid, preferably a microscope. grassland around Penhryn point in Fairbourne was deliberately allowed to flood with the tide in But the Question is: order to create a salt marsh environment. Prior What do Thrips have in common with Sheep? to this, I had found several Bumble Bee nests over the years, in and around the grass tussocks and

Sibrydion 49 …Continued The Answers I might be considered a bit odd by some 1 – The connection between these seemingly 5 people but I rather like Centipedes and unrelated animals is their scientific names. All Millipedes. It fascinates me how they are able animals have an un-varying scientific name which to move all those legs in perfect co-ordination is recognised world wide to avoid confusion as without getting in a right old tangle. These many common names can vary from country to country legged members of the Myriapoda group are or even from one local area to another. The found practically anywhere in gardens, sheds and scientific name consists of two words such as outhouses. Although superficially similar there are for example Mustela nivalis (Weasel). These four distinct differences between them. Centipedes creatures have repetitive names though; The Otter are carnivorous, fast moving and tend to have is Lutra lutra; The Grass Snake is Natrix natrix; The flattened bodies enabling them to move rapidly Fallow Deer is Dama dama; while the Wren rejoices through the soil - Millipedes are vegetarian, slow in the name Troglodytes troglodytes moving and usually have rounded tube shaped 2 – The answer is 600 - 700 - quite amazing when bodies. Some millipedes have the habit of you think about it. Over the course of a 14 to 15 curling themselves into a tight coil if disturbed hour day each parent bird can return to the nest presumably around every 3 minutes or so clutching a wriggling under the insect in its beak. No wonder they look so scruffy impression and battered at the end of the summer. I always that if they keep putting out high-energy fat balls throughout bury their the summer so that the parent birds can top up head they their energy levels at the end of the day. wont be seen. 3 – I’ve always thought Sherlock Holmes must have been insufferable company with his continual ‘smart Alec’ deductions but in this case he was on pretty safe ground. At the end of the year all the members But the Question is: of a Bumble Bee colony die except for a few fertilised Let’s assume for the purposes of this question that queens, which hibernate through the winter re-incarnation is a given – you are given the choice months. Come the warmer weather in the following of coming back as either a Centipede or a Millipede. spring they emerge and set about building a new Which would it be and why? nest, laying eggs, which hatch into female workers

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50 Sibrydion who then take over nest building duties while the queen carries on producing more workers. She doesn’t waste energy producing male bees, which don’t contribute to the running of the colony, until late summer when she also produces new fertile queens to ensure the continuation of the species. So any Bumble Bees you see through the Spring and early summer are almost definitely females. 4 – Bit of a tenuous connection this one! Both Thrips and sheep have the same name in the singular and plural – One Thrips is a Thrips and ten Thrips are ten Thrips – One sheep is a sheep and Located at the gateway to Snowdonia, ten sheep are ten sheep. we believe the best is right here around us. at goes for our food too – fantastic 5 – No right or wrong answer to this one really but locally sourced produce, cooked and served I think it might be a bit more enjoyable perhaps to by local people to locals and visitors alike. come back as a Millipede. The reason I’m afraid comes down (as do many things in life) to sex. Most species of Centipede have a rather distant attitude INTRODUCING | CYFLWYNO to the mating game - the female lays her eggs in a suitable spot hoping that a male Centipede will stumble across them and fertilise them - it’s not quite as haphazard as that but the two sexes have no direct contact with each other. The majority of Millipedes on the other hand, use a rather more traditional approach - boy millipede meets girl millipede, and boy millipede and girl millipede do THE BRIGANDS INN what comes naturally. In fact you can sometimes ’ come across a pair of millipedes wrapped in a DINERS CLUB passionate embrace. So if you come back as a Fel diolch i chi am eich cefnogaeth a Millipede at least you get the possibility of a bit of a yddlondeb lleol, dewch ar hysbyseb hon cuddle occasionally! i dderbyn 10% i wrdd o’ch bwyd. As a thank you for your local support So how did you do? and loyalty, bring this advert to receive a 10% discount o your food. 5 correct - Move over David Attenborough *O er applies to new or existing 4 correct - Genius in waiting ENJOY customers producing this voucher. O er applies to food only, 3 correct - Semi Genius drinks not included. % *Yn berthnasol i gwsmeriaid 2 correct - Semi Genius in waiting 10OFF ALL newydd neu presennol sy’n dangos y daleb hon. Yn berthnasol i fwyd yn 1 correct - Give yourself a pat on the back FOOD unig, dim yn cynnwys diodydd.

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Sibrydion 51 Gardening Diary Dyddiadur Garddio

The first shoots By Lisa Cunningham-Allsop – Camlan Garden Centre, Dinas Mawddwy.

April: Hopefully the Beast from the East of 2018 will be a dim distant memory by now, as I write this we’ve had snow further north in Wales but escaped the worst here. It’s been a much kinder winter, not forgetting the record-breaking high temperatures of February! The Spring Equinox was on 20th March and although the clocks went forward a week later this year evenings should now be feeling lighter, giving us more time outdoors.

There is still the risk of a late sharp frost, so if you May: Possibly the busiest month in the gardening hope to have a good crop of fruit this year it would calendar, it will seem as if you will never get all of be wise to protect blossom just in case. Be careful the jobs done in the garden! The longer warmer with pots too, protecting them with bubble wrap evenings will help, and you will need the extra or fleece to prevent them cracking and keeping time for potting on seedlings; and keeping on top tender seedlings under cover in the greenhouse of the weeds which will be popping up everywhere or polytunnel. You can, however, sow hardy plant in the garden. seeds directly into the garden beds and borders. Early summer bedding plants will be available but Also, think of the needs of our precious pollinators they are still vulnerable to a late frost which can and include wildflowers where possible. You will happen in our part of Wales! Plant up tubs and be rewarded with butterflies, bees and all kinds hanging baskets but keep an eye on the forecast of pollinators if you make the effort (and it will aid for night time temperatures and bring them under pollination of your vegetable and fruit plants too!) cover if necessary. Towards the end of the month they should be hardy enough to stay outdoors. If you need to water the garden, do this early in the morning and after sunset; and consider setting up an effective rainwater collection system to avoid metered water costs. Rainwater is better for the plants too! Don’t forget that we have regular plant deliveries so there is always something new to see; and if you have a specific plant in mind do let us know and we will try to order it for you. The shop also has a comprehensive range of gardening equipment and materials – so pop in for a browse. 52 Sibrydion The first shoots

You can call in to see us at for more advice and keep checking our Facebook page and Twitter for the latest news (@camlangardening). If you ‘Like’ the Facebook page and ‘Follow’ us on Twitter regular updates will pop up on your timeline. Our farm shop is run by Ian Allsop, who has more than 30 years of professional gardening experience and knowledge and is on hand to offer any advice! He likes a challenge so do pop in for a chat.

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Sibrydion 53 A World-renowned Railway Heritage Museum, right on our doorstep!

Did you know that there is an internationally knowledge of railways as our displays and exhibits renowned museum nestling quietly in Southern are all clearly described. If you can spare a morning Snowdonia? Over 16,000 people a year, from all or afternoon once in a while we can place you around the world, beat a path to its door in Tywyn. with experienced attendants who will show you Welcome to the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum the duties and guide you until you feel confident (NGRM), situated within the Wharf Station building enough to become a fully fledged attendant. of the Talyllyn Railway on Neptune Road. Our visitors think very highly of us; here are just We would love to see you come and visit us, we some of their comments: have something for everybody; two floors of interest and fun with children’s activities area, “An enjoyable visit. A very Thomas the Tank Engine story players for the youngsters and a recreation of the study of the helpful attendant. Thank you.” Reverend Wilbert Awdry, the creator of Thomas, plus locomotives, “We enjoyed our visit and meeting wagons, signals, for the lovely guide who was very railway fans. knowledgeable and obviously liked How much does all family visitors.” this cost? Nothing! Entry is completely “Lovely friendly volunteers.” free because we are a charity “Museum lady curator was very entirely run by helpful, knowledgable, friendly enthusiastic volunteers. and good to talk to as was the gentleman being trained.” Could you help us inform and “Our family (2 adults, one three year old enthuse our and one five year old) absolutely loved visitors? We are the museum. We have visited the railway seeking new twice so far and plan to attend may more volunteers to greet them, times. The attendant was very helpful and point out knowledgeable and the interactive activities interesting items, or the suited our kids needs perfectly.” facilities they can use to make full use of their visit. Maybe this would be to guide the young, “The museum is really interesting and young at heart, up to the footplate of William and even my wife who is not a Finlay where they can let their imagination set railway enthusiast enjoyed it. William chuffing down the line with their hands on the controls or direct them to the ramped access The gentleman on duty was very ways, lift and toilets. Many of our visitors share pleasant and informative.” their experiences and memories, jogged by one of the displays, from the four corners of the world. “Top quality small museum experience. Strongly recommended. Guides enthusiasm You don’t have to be a member of the Talyllyn and imparted knowledge made the occasion.” Railway to volunteer in the museum as we are a separate organisation, you don’t even need any

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Sibrydion 55 Daily Bread

Jesus’s close friends, the disciples as we call them, much when others have too little. It is a prayer that noticed that he prayed differently from them. There poverty should not be our lot. Poverty brings with was a sense of communion, perhaps an intimacy it poor health care, oppression, lack of education. about his praying whilst theirs was ritualistic, a To avoid poverty we need the wherewithal to be ‘babbling’ as he called them. “Teach us how to breadwinners and adverse events such as illness, pray,” they asked of him and so he gave them and unemployment or natural disaster can prejudice us the Lord’s Prayer, the Our Father. The irony is that. It is just our ‘daily’ bread we should pray for. that the very prayer which he left us has on many Jesus taught us to avoid the constant worry about occasions become a ‘babbling’ as we race through it worldly things. His message was to live in the ‘here in our Christian services. and now’ and to be grateful for what we have rather than fret over what we do not have. There is a lovely The meaning of the prayer has become lost. aphorism I read the other day: “Success may be in Praying for our daily bread for instance seems to getting what you want, but happiness is in wanting lack relevance when there is plenty of bread in what you get”. our shops, even “speciality” breads and to avoid running out inadvertently, there is often one or two It is “our” daily bread. The whole of the Lords Prayer loaves in our freezers. So what did he mean when is predicated on the plural, the communal ‘our’ and he encouraged us to pray for our daily bread? We ‘us’ not ‘mine’ and ‘me’. We know all too well that need to apply the two horizons test. An horizon is for many, daily bread is more than they can expect. the limit of our sight. We search for the horizon of We pray for them and as Pope Francis has said “you the poor, pastoral people of Palestine of some 2000 pray for the hungry, then you feed them. That is how years ago and then bring our findings to our horizon. prayer works.” There is an African proverb: “When For many in Jesus’s Palestine the provision of bread you pray move your feet.” I am writing during the each day was all they could expect. Only the rich season of Lent which always is a time to consider ate meat. For most people famine was a constant how we should ‘move our feet’ to help those threat. A silent village would be one to avoid. It suffering the effects of poverty. meant the millstone was no longer grinding. Famine At the feeding of the 5000 Jesus showed how a little had struck. can go a long way. Our individual charitable giving When Jesus gave his disciples this prayer perhaps can feed so many when so many others join it. he was thinking of one of the Proverbs of the Old Rev. Lindsay Ford Testament: “Give me neither poverty nor riches but give me only my daily bread.” Perhaps this daily prayer is a reminder to us that we cannot have too Image – Unsplash/Jonathan Rados. Unsplash/Jonathan – Image 56 Sibrydion CHURCH TIMES Regular Midweek Activities Monday – 7.00pm Women’s Fellowship at Gallery for the Bro Cymer Room, St. Mary’s, Dolgellau (fortnightly) Wednesday – 7.00pm Craft Club at Gallery Room, Ministry Area St. Mary’s, Dolgellau

Covering the Churches in Arthog, First Wednesday in month – 2.30pm Bryncoedifor, Dolgellau, Fairbourne, ‘Be Still, Be Silent’ (meditation and silent prayer) Llanelltyd, Llanfachreth, Llanelynnin at St.Mary’s, Dolgellau and Llwyngwril Thursday – 7.30pm Ministry Area Prayer Group Friday – 9.00am ‘Tyfu gyda’n Gilydd’ / ‘Growing St Catherine’s Church Arthog Together’ (for parents and young children) Holy Eucharist Easter Day 21 April at 3pm.No at Gallery Room, St. Mary’s, Dolgellau service 26 May due to 175 celebration St Celynnin’s

St Paul’s Church Bryncoedifor (bilingual) Services & Events 9.00am Holy Communion (1st and 3rd Sunday) during Holy Week St Mary’s Church Dolgellau (bilingual) Sun 14th April – Palm Sunday (Lent 6) 8.00am Holy Communion (2nd and 4th Sunday) 9.45 a.m. Procession from the Free Library, 10.00am Holy Communion and Sunday School Dolgellau, and United Holy Communion at 10 at (1st, 2nd and 3rd Sunday), All Age Praise St. Mary’s (the only service in Dolgellau area). (including Sunday School) (4th Sunday), United Holy Communion (5th Sunday) Tue 16th 7pm - Holy Week Compline at St. Illtud’s.

St Cynon’s Church, Fairbourne Thu 18th 7pm Maundy Thursday Communion Holy Eucharist every Sunday at 11am inc Easter and Vigil at St. Mary’s. Day except Family Service 19 May at 11am. No Friday 19th - Good Friday 11.45am - Ecumenical service 26 May due to 175 celebration St Celynnin’s. Walk of Witness from the Marian and Holy Eucharist and Vigil Maundy Thursday 18 April 12noon short service in Eldon Square, Dolgellau. at 7pm. 1pm - Stations of the Cross from Llwyngwril beach

to St Celynnins. 2pm - the Way of the Cross at St Celynnin’s Church, Llwyngwril St. Mary’s. Holy Eucharist every Sunday at 9.30am inc Easter Day except 28 April and Morning Worship 19 May at Sat 20th - 10am - Grand Easter Coffee Morning at 9.30am. Special service to celebrate 175 Fairbourne Village Hall. St Celynnin’s 26 May at 11am with former Archbishop Barry Morgan. Sunday 21st - Easter Sunday – Easter Communion Good Friday 19 April Stations of the Cross at 1pm at all churches (usual times in Dolgellau Area) from Llwyngwril beach to St Celynnin’s 9.30am St. Celynnin, 11am St. Cynon and 3pm St. Catherine. (mainly in English) St Illtud’s Church Llanelltyd 11.30am Holy Communion (1st, 2nd, 3rd Sunday), To absolutely confirm service times, and avoid Morning Prayer (4th Sunday), United Holy any possible wasted journey, please contact Communion at Dolgellau (5th Sunday) the relevant church wardens. For a home visit or St Machreth’s Church Llanfachreth any other information in the Dolgellau area please 3.00pm Holy Communion (1st, 2nd, 3rd Sunday), contact Rev’d Tim Webb on 01341 388091. Evening Prayer (4th Sunday) United Holy For Arthog, Fairbourne and Llwyngwril please Communion at Dolgellau (5th Sunday) contact Rev’d Lindsay Ford on 01341 250888 or one of the Churchwardens: Yr Hen Eglwys Llangelynnin Old Church For Arthog and Fairbourne: George Williams on Evening Prayer 28 April at 5pm. No service 26 May 01341 250204 or Liz Stokes on 01341 251066. as above. For Llwyngwril and Llangelynnin: Thelma Wilson 01341 250289 and Maggie Bates 01341 250048.

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Apr-May 2019 details and plans out Issue 63 Aberdovey English Chapel into the community. Wednesdays & Fridays 10.30–1pm Church open For more information, for refreshments and sale of FairTrade products. call 01341 250884 Midweek Meditations: Wednesdays 2.15-4pm: or email: debbieashton@ Photo: Christine Radford – Looking out to Sea (Barmouth sand dunes) Delivered free to homes in villages: Arthog, Penmaenpool, Fairbourne, Friog, Llwyngwril, Pick up Rhoslefain, Llanegryn, Llanelltyd, Bontddu, Corris, a copy in: Silent prayer and a study of the Psalms. Abergynolwyn, Taicynhaeaf. Barmouth, Dolgellau, Machynlleth, (Volunteers also deliver in: Dinas Mawddwy, Tywyn, Tywyn, Pennal, Aberdyfi, Dinas uwclub.net Dyffryn Ardudwy, Harlech, Bala, Brithdir, Talybont) Mawddwy, Bala, Harlech, Dyffryn Ardudwy, Llanbedr Crafters’ Corner: Fridays 2-4pm all are welcome to come and learn and practise their crafts. Barmouth Elim Ice Cream Sundays: 11.00am Summer sundays – Family-friendly worship for all. Pentecostal Church WoW! Worship on the Wharf! Sundays 6.00pm Pastor: Rev Dawn Robinson. Join Aberdyfi Christians Together in the Wharf Sunday Service at 11.00am. Gardens for a time of worship together, led by Revelation Bookshop: Open Mon–Thurs Scripture Union Cymru. 10.00am to 2.30pm Simon Morgan 01654 767336 and/or email: [email protected]. Elephant Works, Park Road, LL42 1PH Presbyterian Church of Wales. (Opposite Barmouth Co-op Carpark) Seaview Terrace, Aberdovey LL35 0L 01341 280808 [email protected] www.aberdoveypresbyterian.co.uk www.barmouthelim.co.uk

Bro Ardudwy Churches We are a group of churches stretching along the coast from Bontddu to Llandecwyn. We have different identities but a common purpose - to worship God, grow his church and love the world. All services are bi-lingual and generally alternate between Holy Communion and Team led Morning Prayer.

Sunday Services - Every Sunday Llanfigangel 11.30am Harlech 9.30am Llandwywe (Talybont) 11.30am Llanaber 9.30am Barmouth 11.30am Llanfair (1st, 2nd and 4th Sundays) 9.30am Llanbedr (2nd, 3rd and 4th Sundays) 9.30am Llandanwg (3rd Sunday) 6.30pm

Mass Times for Saturday 12.00 noon in St David’s Tywyn Catholic Churches Sunday 9.00am in St David’s Tywyn

(The Catholic Church in Thursday 6.00pm in St Mair Machynlleth Aberdyfi is now closed.) Sunday 11.00am in St Mair Machynlleth

For more information about St David’s and St Mair, visit www.stdavidandstmair.co.uk Service times for other churches in Tywyn can be found at www.tywynchurches.org.uk

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The forecast was good with no sign of rain Entrance to Portmeirion was free on St. David’s day. Early rhododendrons, camellias, magnolias Half term it was, but we went on the train and daffodils were flowering. A good day was had Entrance was free, cost us not a penny by many. The grounds were packed, never seen so many.

Leaving the crowds we climbed thru’ the trees We meet every week in the school lay-by To reach the viewpoint, testing our knees opposite the closed As we sat on the rocks eating our lunches garage in Friog at 9.30am Everyone Enjoying the scene, we are all fresh air junkies. welcome, with their packed lunches. Left dry and empty by the low tide reaches Christine Radford Far below were the vast open beaches. 01341 250814 The queues were so long, we couldn’t face the wait So ice-creams abandoned we made for the gate.

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Sibrydion 59 OUR FILMS AND EVENTS FOR APRIL, MAY & JUNE Wednesday 3rd April Friday 12th April from 7pm Saturday 8th June, time TBC Doors 6pm for 7 - 10pm FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY (12A) TAKE THAT: Greatest Hits Tour YULI - The Carlos Acosta Story Plus fun-filled fight-night party! Live-stream from tour finale LIVE from the ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Sunday 28th April - from 11am Thursday 27th June, 7pm Saturday 6th April LAWRENCE OF ARABIA NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: 6.15pm - midnight In full 4K, with lunch-break! SMALL ISLAND

THE BLUES BROTHERS Tuesday 14th May, 7pm • EASTER HOLIDAY • Plus After Party! NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: SCREENINGS FEATURE Sunday 7th April 7pm ALL MY SONS • CAPTAIN MARVEL (12A) BORDER (15) Friday 7th June, time TBC • FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS (12A) Plus meatballs or vegballs • LEGO MOVIE 2 (U) ORPHEUS • THE KID WHO Thursday 11th April 7pm by THE FLANAGAN COLLECTIVE. WOULD BE KING (PG) NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: LIVE THEATRE!! Supported by • FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY (12A) ALL ABOUT EVE NOSON ALLAN, ACW and...... DUMBO! Details and showtimes are on the website and in our programme www.tywyncinema.co.uk Telephone: 01654 710260

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Mondays, Wednesdays & Saturdays TUESDAYS 1 Apr – 7 Oct 1.45pm (weekly) Barmouth Bowling Club Tuesdays 7.30pm (weekly, term time) Come along and have a game of flat green bowls Machynlleth Wind Band at £3 a session. Beginners are welcome and tuition Y Tabernacle, Machynlleth. We are a community will be given. A healthy outdoor activity for all the band which meets EVERY TUESDAY during term family, with friendly members of the Club. time. New brass and wind players always welcome.  Mari 01341 280043 For further details please contact the Musical Director, Sally Marshall 01654 781304. MONDAYS Or visit our website or face book page. Tuesdays 2.00–4.00pm (weekly) Mondays 7:30–9.30pm (weekly) Freewheelers Social Club Neuadd Pendre Dance Club – Tywyn Neuadd Pendre Brook Street Tywyn. We are a Come and join us in Ballroom and sequence Charity organisation holding numerous activities dancing. Tuition available. Licenced bar. New including Bingo, Quiz, Music, Games and members always welcome. interesting talks on a topic of interest. We have  Gerald 01654 711582 Day Trips to various locations and have Lunches and Buffets too. New Members always welcome. Mondays 4.15–5.45pm / 6.00–7.30pm

(weekly, term time) Yoga Classes – Barmouth WEDNESDAYS The Arts Room, Dragon Theatre. Improve your strength, flexibility and general well-being.Early Wednesdays 10.30–12.30pm (weekly) session, Gentle Yoga; Later session Dynamic Coffee Mornings – Y Ganolfan Llwyngwril £7.50 drop in or £30.00 over 5 weeks. Yoga. Come and enjoy a chat, coffee/tea and cake to www.traceyyogamassage.co.uk support Y Ganolfan. Dydd Mercher. Bore Coffi i  Tracey 01766 770610 / 07809 485323 gefnogi’r Ganolfan bob bore. Mercher o 10.30 tan 12.30. Dewch am sgwrs, paned, a chacen. Mondays 7:30pm (weekly, term time) Cambrian Coast Community Choir Wednesday 7.00–9.30pm (weekly) Batala Bermo A fun, friendly, mixed choir singing songs from all over the world, all taught by ear by a skilled leader. at The Venue in Barmouth. Have fun and to learn No experience or musical knowledge needed. to play Samba rhythms on a variety of drums. We sing for us, not for competition or public No experience is needed, just enthusiasm and performances. VENUE: We have returned to the energy. This community band will give you instant newly refurbished Llanbedr Village Hall. friendships and opportunities to learn new skills  Neil on 01766780096 for more details. and travel abroad with the world wide Batala family if you wish. Come and give it a go you will be welcomed.

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REGULAR & WEEKLY EVENTS Thursday 7.30pm (weekly) Fairbourne Dance Club – Sequence Dancing WEDNESDAYS Arthog Village Hall. The easiest way to learn ballroom dancing as the steps are all there and Wednesdays 5.15 / 6.30-8.00pm (weekly) the choreography is all done for you. Beginners Yoga – Llanelltyd Village Hall Welcome. Admission £2, (incl. tea and biscuits) Gentle/Beginners class 5.15-6.15pm, £5.  01341 250317 or 01341 251018 Intermediate Dynamic Yoga 6.30-8.00pm, £6. Keep fit, flexible & balanced . Yoga Asana & Thursday 7.00–8.30pm (weekly) Pranayama Breathwork = Harmony, Relaxation. Gentle & Progressive Yoga  Niki Rees 07884554150. fb.Mawddach Yoga. Tywyn Scout Hut. Newcomers always welcome. Please bring a Yoga mat cushion, blanket/sleeping bag and water. £6 per session payable weekly. THURSDAYS  Gill 01654 710470 [email protected]

Thursdays 10.00am–2.00pm (weekly) Thursday 7.30–9.30pm (weekly, term time) Dolgellau Thursday Market Singin’ Wimmin’ – Barmouth At The Ship Hotel, Dolgellau. Spread through 3 Arts Room, Dragon Theatre. Singin’ Wimmin is an rooms. A local produce market selling free range acapella, women’s choir. Songs are taught by ear eggs and meat, cheese, cakes, cookies, sweet and so you don’t need any previous singing or musical savoury pies, preserves, honey & beeswax products. experience to join in. We sing beautiful songs from A craft area with English & Welsh handmade around the world in harmony. Our musical leader greeting cards, mounted photographic prints is Julie who encourages everyone to have fun (local scenes), knitted baby and children wear, and laugh a lot...which relieves stress and makes patchwork and sewn items - cot quilts, bags, aprons, you feel good. Whatever singing experience or door stops, fused glass jewellery, locally written ability you have, if you are a woman who wants to children’s books, slate planters and candle holders, have fun singing then Singin’ Wimmin is for you. flowering and vegetable plants and vegetables in Sessions cost £5 ...first session is free. season. Coffee and teas available through the Hotel.  Sandra 01341 247561 or Ann 01341 247382.  Pauline 01341 423390

 Gary 07795 066 454 or Mike at the Slaters. APRIL Wed 3 Apr 7.30 (every 1st Wednesday) Tues 2 Apr 2.00pm (every 1st Tuesday) Llanuwchllyn Women’s Institute Tywyn Women’s Institute At The Village Hall New members welcome, At the Baptist Church (Tywyn). Visitors are refreshments and interesting guest speakers. welcome, refreshments are being served. Thur 4 Apr 10.00am – Noon (every 1st Thurs) Tues 2 Apr 8.00pm (every 1st & 3rd Tuesday) Hearing Aid Clinics Folk night at the Slaters Arms, Corris Drop in clinics to check and service Hearing Aids – Traditional Folk Music session. All musicians by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board trained welcome, just come along and play. This is an volunteers at Dolgellau Leisure Centre and Tywyn open, inclusive and relaxed session, all tunes Baptist Church. General servicing, new batteries, including Welsh, Irish, English, Scottish, Breton tubing and domes. There is no need to make an and even Bluegrass are permitted and encouraged. appointment, just come along, there is no charge. 62 Sibrydion Events Events DigwyddiadauDigwyddiadau

Thur 4 Apr 7.00pm (every 1st Thurs) Fri 12 Apr 7.15pm Open Mic night at the Quarry Cafe Sound Journey Gong Bath At the Quarry Cafe, Heol Maengwyn, Machynlleth. St Peter’s Church (upstairs), Machynlleth  01654 702624. An evening of sonic nurturing. A wonderful way to relax and experience the sounds and vibrations Thur 4 Apr 8.00pm (every 1st Thurs) of gongs, Himalayan singing bowls and other Zikr, Dances of Remembrance instruments. A time to just ‘be’. Bring a mat and At Derwenlas Hall, near Machynlleth SY20 8TN blanket to get comfy. Visit our FB page for more These Dances are meditation in movement that can details FB ‘Inner Resonance’. £5.00. Claire - 0751 help us be in touch with the sacredness of all life. 6326240 Using sacred phrases, the Dances are easy to learn and everything you need to know for each Dance is Sat 13 Apr 1.00pm taught first. Croeso i bawb ~ everyone is welcome Create, Make & Eat Cake Cost: £5 (concessions available) Contact Sandra Hywel Dda Rhydymain Dolgellau LL40 2AY Sunfire for more details: [email protected] A taster Needle Felting Session. You can make a www.dancesofuniversalpeace.org.uk Rabbit or Chicken using a barbed needle and some Corriedale wool in a 3 hour workshop, plus a Cream Sat 6 Apr 2pm Tea. Everything provided - come and have some fun North Wales Wildlife Trust AGM and get creative. £25. Julie Cottrell - 07736952800 Free Library Dolgellau. Incudes Tea and talk by Tony [email protected] Morgan - ‘Wildlife Adventers in USA’. Free. Janet Baker - 01341 423988 Mon 15 Apr 8.00pm (every 3rd Monday) Acoustic Jam – Mach Mon 8 Apr 7pm At The Skinners Arms, Machynlleth. Singers, Tywyn & District History Society meeting musicians and audience welcome. No charge. Baptist Church, High Street, Tywyn. Martin bates  07794441832 from Lampeter University on Cantre’r Gwaelod (the Lowland Hundred) £3 non members £2 members. Fri 19 Apr 7.30pm–9.30pm Quentin Deakin - 01654 711245 Sat 20 Apr 10am–6pm & 7.30–9.30pm Sun 21 Apr 10am–4pm Tues 9 Apr 2.30pm Dances of Universal Peace, Sufi practices & Pennal Tuesday Club mantras Easter Weekend, Canolfan Pennal. A talk by Mrs Libby Andrews about Aberangell Village Hall. 3 sisters from 3 countries: her work with Otters. All welcome. Entry £2. SANDRA SHAMSIA (Wales), SILJE DEVI (Estonia), Lesley - 01654 791373 YELENA SWARANA (Latvia). Join us for a taste of the Baltic countries here in Wales. As sisters we Weds 10 Apr 8.00pm have joined Dancing hearts many times at the Cor Meibion Bro Dysynni Latvian Dancing Heart Camps and we have a rare (Welsh Male Voice choir) opportunity to bring some of that tender sweetness Trefeddian Hotel, Aberdovey. Licensed bar available of knowing One Heart, One Love beyond differences for drinks during concert. Free. Roger Duke - 01341 here together in the UK. Silje Devi has visited before 259727 many years ago, Leading Dances of Universal Peace at Peace Through the Arts Camp & Yelena Swarana Thu 11 Apr 12 noon (every 2nd Thurs) has been to Sacred Arts Camp and also Danced with Pub Philosophy us here in Wales. Please bring food to share for all The Skinners Arms, Machynlleth. Philosophical meals (lunch & supper). BOOKING ESSENTIAL. £80 discussion. No charge.  0779 4441832 Shamsia Sandra Sunfire: 01650 511513 [email protected] dupderwenlas.org.uk

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Fri 19 Apr 1pm Celebration of Our Lord’s Passion Sat 20 Apr 7.30pm St Bodfan & St Mary, Llanaber. A celebration of the U2 Tribute Act day on which we commemorate the crucifixion of Harlech Memorial Hall - 01766 780576. £10.00 Jesus Christ. Free admission. Pam Odam - 01766 555551 Sun 21 Apr 2pm Hwyl y Pasg / Easter Funday Fri 19 Apr 6pm Canolfan Pennal. Easter Bonnet Competition, Easter Stations of the Cross egg hunt, Welsh Teas, Stalls. £3, children £1. Eluned St Tanwg, Llandanwg. We remember the journey Besent - 01654 791221 Jesus took from his condemnation to his death. Free admission. Pam Odam - 01766 555551 Sun 21 Apr 12:00 Railway 1960s Dolgellau Sat 20 Apr 1–4pm Ebenezer Methodist Church, Meyrick Street, Needle Felting Taster Workshop Dolgellau. Visit our model railway exhibition and Hywel Dda Rhydymain. A needle felting taster step back into Dolgellau’s past. Admission FREE workshop for complete beginners make a rabbit Donations welcome. Open until 4pm. John - 01341 or a chicken - both if you have time. Using a barbed 421093. needle and Corriedale sheeps wool, everything provided including a cream tea. Please message me Sun 21 Apr 10.00–2.00pm (every 3rd Sunday) to book a place or for more info. Thanks, Jules. £25 Dolgellau Farmers Market Jules Cottrell - 07736952800 or julescreatejc@gmail. Market extended to now include Eldon Sq and the com, Facebook: Create Make & Eat Cake. Free Library. Stalls include fresh local produce, honey and beeswax products, chocolate, plants, jewellery, Sat 20 Apr 9am wood & slate crafts, baby knits, photographic prints Cake Stall textile bags and aprons.  Mo 01341450211. Outside Llanbedr village shop. Fruit, plain, jam, Dundee or Sponge, your choice - you might even Wed 24 Apr 2pm find a Christmas Cake too! St Peter’s Church, Start of Croquet Season Llanbedr, will hold their annual cake stall. Aberdovey Bowling Club and Recreation Ground Free admission. Pam Odam - 01766 555551 First day of Croquet Season. Beginners, newcomers, old hands - a friendly welcome awaits. Sat 20 Apr 10am – 4pm Come and give it a go and join in the fun! Railway 1960s Dolgellau Free tuition and light refreshments. £2.00 for 2 Ebenezer Methodist Church, Meyrick Street, hours. Bowling Club - 07971890002 or 01654 767 706 Dolgellau Visit our model railway exhibition and step back into Dolgellau’s past. Donations welcome. Sat 27 Apr 7.30pm FREE. John - 01341 421093 Spanish Night Meal Pool Side Cafe. £10.00 Harlech & Ardudwy Leisure - Sat 20 Apr 2pm 01766 780576 Bingo Harlech Leisure Centre. £1 per game. Harlech & Ardudwy Leisure - 01766 780576 MAY

Sat 20 Apr 7pm Weds 1 May 6.30pm Easter Vigil Machynlleth Music Club presents Noriko St Tanwg, Llandanwg. We begin our celebration of Ogawa Piano the Resurrection of Christ .Free admission. Pam Y Tabernacl, Machynlleth. Noriko has achieved Odam - 01766 555551 considerable renown throughout the world following her success at the Leeds Piano 64 Sibrydion Events Events DigwyddiadauDigwyddiadau

Competition. She appears with all major European, Tues 14 May 2.30pm Japanese and US orchestras and at the BBC proms. Pennal Tuesday Club Noriko is a great educator and regularly judges for Canolfan Pennal. A talk by Mrs Jacky Windsor-Lewis BBC Young Musician, and other major competitions on the History of Perfume. All welcome. Entry £2.00. and records extensively. We are extremely Lesley - 01654 791373 privileged to welcome her to the Tabernacle. (This was a postponed concert from October 2018 Thu 16 May 8.00pm (every 2nd Thursday) owing to bad weather.) Programme to include: Pub Philosophy Mozart: Turkish March from Piano Sonata in A major  See 11 Apr entry for details. K.331. Schumann: Kinderszenen Op.15. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor. Appassionata Fri 17 May 10am Debussy: Arabesque, No.1. Clair de Lune. La North Wales Wildlife Trust Woodland Walk Cathedrale Engloutie. Chopin: Grande Valse Meet Arthog Village Hall carpark/layby, SH 63752 Brilliante in Eb major, Op. 18. Ballade No.1 in G 14117,LL39 1YY A woodland walk with RSPB minor, Op.23. Tickets £12 Music Club Members / volunteers to find Bluebells and Flycatchers. N.B. a under 18’s free. Mrs Sally Marshall - 01654 781304 short but fairly steep path. Bring a picnic lunch. Free Janet Baker - 01342 423988 Tue 7 May 8.00pm (every 1st & 3rd Tuesday) Folk night at the Slaters Arms, Corris Fri 17 May 6pm  See 2 Apr entry for details. Bro Beetle Drive Dyffryn Ardudwy Church Hall. Lots of fun and games Wed 8 May 7.30pm (every 1st Wednesday) - try your hand at creating a beetle! Prize for the Llanuwchllyn Women’s Institute person making the beetle in the fastest time and a  See 3 Apr entry for details. prize for the lowest overall score. There is a raffle and refreshments will be available. Beetle game Weds 8 May 1pm tickets cost £5 and will be available at the door - Aberdyfi Croquet Season Launch refreshments included. £5.00. Pam - 01341 555551 The Aberdyfi Bowling Club and Recreation Ground First day of croquet season. Beginners, newcomers, Fri 17 May 7.15pm old hands of all ages - a friendly welcome awaits. Sound Journey Gong Bath Find out what goes on. Come and give it a go and St Peter’s Church (upstairs), Machynlleth. join in the fun! Free tuition and light refreshments An evening of sonic nurturing. A wonderful way to on sale. £3.00 per session. Bowling Club - relax and experience the sounds and vibrations 07971890002 or Robert 01654 767 706 of gongs, Himalayan singing bowls and other instruments. A time to just ‘be’. Bring a mat and Weds 8 May 8pm blanket to get comfy. Visit our FB page for more Cor Meibion Bro Dysynni details FB ‘Inner Resonance’. £5.00. (Welsh Male Voice choir) Claire - 0751 6326240 Trefeddian Hotel, Aberdovey. Licenced bar available for drinks during concert. Free. Roger Duke - Fri 17 May 8.00pm (every 3rd Friday) 01341259727 Dances of Universal Peace – Dawnsio O Heddwch Byd-Eang Thu 9 May 10.00am – Noon (every 1st Thurs)  Shamsia Sandra Sunfire: 01650 511513 Hearing Aid Clinics [email protected] for details  See 4 Apr entry for details. Sat 18 May 2pm Thu 9 May 8.00pm (every 1st Thursday) Bingo Zikr, Dances of Remembrance Pool Side Cafe. £1 per game. Harlech & Ardudwy  See 4 Apr entry for details. Leisure - 01766 780576

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Sun 19 May 11am-5pm Top Tips NGS Garden Open Ty Capel Ffrwd Llanfachreth, LL40 2NR Cottage Garden open for charity, Cream Teas & Plants for sale. Bluebell wood and stream, wide range of trees, shrubs & plants. A bird watchers What is TerraCycle? paradise!! £3.50 - Children free. Rev. Mary Bolt - TerraCycle is a worldwide, innovative recycling 01341 422006 company that collects many items not currently recycled by our local Councils. By sending these Mon 20 May 7pm “non-recyclables” to TerraCycle, we save them from Tywyn & District History Society meeting ending up in our landfills, verges and waterways and, Baptist Church, High Street, Tywyn. David Mitchell at the same time, collect points that translate into from the Talyllyn Railway, on the history of the money which goes directly to various charities. railway. £3 non members, £2 members. Quentin Deakin - 01654 711245 What does TerraCycle recycle? *  all brands of crisp packets Mon 20 May 8.00pm (every 3rd Monday)  batteries Acoustic Jam – Mach  inkjet cartridges  See 15 Apr entry for details.  postage stamps (used)  pet food pouches and flexible plastic bags/pet Weds 22 May 6.30pm treats Cor Meibion Bro Dysynni  trigger spray tops (Welsh Male Voice choir)  Garnier shampoo Baptist Chapet Tywyn. Coral concert ‘phone for  old spectacles details. Roger Duke - 01341259727  washing up liquid bottle tops  old mobile phones  marker pens/highlighter pens/felt tip pens Get your We’re a  McVities’s nibbles packs community  cracker wrappers events listed  in here! magazine for biscuit wrappers our community  all brands of cake bar wrappers (it’s free) spirit.  toothpaste tubes and caps/any brand of toothbrush outer packaging/toothbrushes and electric toothbrush heads EVENTS SUBMISSIONS  Pringles tubes and plastic lid and seal ARE NOW ONLINE *(All Items Must Be Clean And Dry)

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Where is my local drop-off point? Cletwr in Tre’r-ddol, SY 20 8PN, collects Garnier personal care and beauty products. The box is At the moment, these items are being collected at: located just inside the front door to the shop. The Old Police Station, Lombard Street, TerraCycle also collects plastic contact lenses, Dolgellau, LL40 1SB blister and foil packaging from Boots Opticians, Great Darkgate St., Aberystwyth SY23 1DE. In Llwyngwril there are two drop off locations. There is now a labelled black bin in front of the Recently, I also became aware that clean, used Riverside Stores, or you may place your items on the mascara wands are needed at the Pets And Wildlife doorstep or in a labelled metal dustbin outside the Services (PAWS). Just package them up in a ziploc back door at Bod Idris, located opposite the Blue bag and send them to 4 Norfolk Grove, Great Wyrley, Chapel, Salem on the corner by the car park. Staffs. WS6 6JS. These items are collected by our local eco warrior, Craig, who selflessly collects and sorts these So… what becomes of these items; sends them to TerraCycle to collect the recycled items? points and gives the money to the Barmouth It is very interesting to look at the TerraCycle site Food Bank / Barmouth Elim Church / Barmouth at www.terracycle.co.uk to discover that juice Oasis Community Group / Y Not Drop-In Centre / pouches become backpacks; crisp packets are Dogs Trust / Gwynedd Hospice At Home and Hwyl turned into casual shoes; granola bar wrappers Nadolig. become shower curtains. The plastic waste is The mental health charity, MIND, Aberystwyth ground into plastic pellets that are made into pencil located in the Cambria Building across from the cases, picnic benches, playground equipment etc. pier, is also a collection point for crisp packets; The Sybridion magazine and Greener Tywyn Pringles tins; toothbrushes, toothbrush heads, tubes at greenertywyn.co.uk will keep you updated on along with the outer packaging; any beauty product any future recycling schemes and drop-off points. packaging; pet food pouches and flexible plastic bags; biscuit (non-savoury) and cake packets/ wrappers.

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Sibrydion 71 WINDOWS | CONSERVATORIES | DOORS Why choose Sky windows? A family-owned local business in Dolgellau and Machynlleth, we have been manufacturing and installing Windows, Doors & Conservatories for the past 21 years. Whether PVCu or Hardwood, the choice is yours. Only the very best materials are used, and we keep up with technology – proven as all our windowshave a WER (Window Energy Rating) of A.

Fitted by our own Installation Engineers (No Contractors), we guarantee that you will be more than happy with your installation, whether it is one Window or a Bespoke Conservatory. FREE No Obligation Quotation Call our Showrooms: DOLGELLAU – 01341 421990 or MACHYNLLETH – 01654 700088 www.skywindowscymru.co.uk First Aid for Windows & Doors Change the panes - Not the frames Repair and care for all your PVCu and Aluminium Window and Door problems. • Misted up units • New handles, hinges and door locks • ReplacementPatio Door wheels • New locks and keys • Door panels and cat flaps

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Old Town Hall, 1 Penrallt St, Machynlleth, SY20 8AJ t: 01654 7000 88 Dolgellau Showroom, Unit 9 Marian Mawr, Dolgellau,Gwynedd, LL40 1UU t: 01341 421 990 [email protected]