Peninsula Papers Information and news for the communities of , Hasguard, Robeston West, Walwyn’s Castle, Dale, St Brides and Marloes.

Papurau Penrhyn Gwybodaeth a newyddion am gymunedau St Ishmael’s, Hasguard, Robeston West, Walwyn’s Castle, Dale, St Bride’s a Marloes. APRIL 2019 EBRILL

The Church in Parishes of Dale, St Brides with Marloes, Hasguard with St Ishmael's, Walwyn’s Castle & Robeston West

Parish PriestsPriests: Fr. Andrew Johnson (Dale, Marloes & St Brides, St Ishmaels) Rev’d. Dr Rhiannon Johnson (Walwyns Castle & Robeston West) Contact : 01646 636966 [email protected] Postal Address: The Vicarage, 172 Castle Way, Dale, , SA62 3RN Deacon: Rev’d Gaynor Ford 01646 693452 [email protected] Church Wardens Dale: Peter Morgan 636625 St Brides: Mary Lewis 636430, William Richards 636242 Marloes: Yvonne Evans 636251 St Ishmaels: Richard Neale 636802, Heather Phippen 636261 Walwyn’s Castle: Jayne Edwards 01437 781575, Kate Morgan 01437 781270 Robeston West: Gill Thorne 01437 890693, Geoffrey Harries 01646 692736 Baptist Chapels: Moriah --- Marloes Paul James 01646 636241 Aenon --- Sandy Hill Anne Hardacre 01437 763639

LOCAL SERVICES SHOPS: Marloes Village Store and Post Office 01646 636968 Open: Monday 9-1, Tuesday to Saturday 9-4, and Sunday 9-12:30 The Taberna Shop, : 01646 693498 Mon-Fri 8:00 am-6:00 pm, Sat 8:00-12:30, Sun 9:00 am-11:30 am

MOBILE LIBRARY: Next dates: Friday 1 st February, 1st March, 29 th March St. Ishmaels Burgage Green Layby - 10.50 am to 11.20 am Dale - Blue Anchor Way - 11.35am to 12.05am Marloes - Toilets - 12.15 am to 12.45 am Contact 01437 776126 or 07774 230200 (van)

MOBILE POST OFFICE: Tuesday: St Ishmaels 14:00—15:00 Dale 15:15—16:15 Thursday: St Ishmaels 13:00—14:00 Dale 14:15—15:15

CONTACTS FOR HALL HIRE: FOR HIRE THE CORONATION HALL AND JUBILEE Marloes: Bridget Lister 01646 SUITE DALE 636274 St Ishmaels Memorial Hall: Yvonne Evans 01636 636251 St Ishmaels Sports & Social Club: Sports Club: 01646 636444 or Steve Richards 07413 005893 BOOKINGS: WENDY KEHOE 01646 636721 Walwyns Castle Village Hall: EMAIL– [email protected] Jean Rees 01437 929813 Dear Friends,

Rumour is an amazing thing. Without it we would not know who is good at what and who we can ask for help. We would not know who is ill and strug- gling and if we do not know, how could we help? But there are times when rumour can get it spectacularly wrong. So, in case you have heard a rumour that we are leaving Dale, that the moving van is booked and our bags are packed, and all the churches are be- ing closed, please let me assure you that this is completely wrong. The truth is a little more complicated. Andrew has been asked to take pas- toral responsibility for St. Katharine’s church in along with his other duties as part of our move to a new ministry area. This is going to be complicated and the fine details are yet to be sorted out. Please pray for An- drew as he takes on this big new responsibility. The church there is hurting and in need of love and reassurance. The churches here too may justifiably feel hurt too. So, let me give some reassurance. Andrew and Rhiannon will still be living in Dale. They and Gay- nor will still be available for weddings, baptisms and funerals and all the nor- mal vicarring. The peninsula churches will still have regular services. Andrew may be taking fewer of them, but Gaynor is willing to take more. Rhiannon may be taking on some extra responsibility too. This is a Gethsemane time for all of us church -people. We are facing things we would much rather not have to. On the night he was betrayed, Je- sus prayed so hard that his sweat looked like drops of blood on his skin in the torchlight and he was praying that there was an easier way for him, that he could avoid what was being laid on him. At last though he accepted betrayal and crucifixion and so opened to us the way to life. Just think how quickly the rumours of Jesus’ arrest and trial must have spread. Only to be followed so closely by the rumour of the resurrection. Unfaceable sorrow followed so quickly by unbelievable joy. That is the Easter mystery at the heart of the Christian faith, With our best wishes for a joyful Easter, Andrew, Gaynor and Rhiannon Andrew and Rhiannon

Welcome to the April issue of Peninsula Papers or Papurau Penrhyn, the first issue pro- duced on our new printer. We’ll report on the technicalities next month but the trials went well and we are able to produce the copies at twice the speed of the old one! Many thanks to CC for their help.

Produced by the Church in Wales Parishes of Hasguard with St Ishmaels, St Brides with Marloes, Walwyns Castle, Robeston West and Dale Family Service DROP IN FOR LUNCH! & St James Altar Guild invite you to drop in for lunch at Easter Egg Hunt the Coronation Hall, Dale. St Ishmael’s Church We are serving tasty home- Monk Haven made soup and bread every 11.00am 21st April Tuesday during Lent be- tween 12 and 2.00 pm. Everyone welcome, the first one is on March 12 th . Donations to charity.

A Roman soldier enters in haste, then stops to consider the report he is about to deliver- “Beg to report, sir! Sometime near dawn the corpse got up and walked out of the tomb.” He’s not going to like it. He’s not going to like it at all. Let’s try it another way… “Beg to report sir, there is a distinct and inexplicable absence in the dead body department, but otherwise things remain as usual. “ No... It was a sap’s job, dead easy, a cushy number- sit around in a garden and make sure that a dead body stays buried. Public relations, he said. Not for long, he said, just until things calm down. Well, they’re not going to very calm now I can tell you. “Beg to report sir. The stone is rolled back, the tomb is empty apart from some bandages left folded, kind of tidy really.” “Seal off the area sir? Well we tried sir, but half of the detail had buggered off somewhere and before we knew it his womenfolk had been in and seen, well and seen what we’d seen.” “Beg to report sir, Jesus, that heretic, that troublemaker, that uncomfortable rabbi from Galilee is walking the streets again, even though we only crucified him last Friday.” “It’s a conspiracy, that’s what it is. A handful of grieving women and a few fishermen eluded the guard, rolled back the enormous stone in complete silence, carried the body out through the city with no one seeing it and have buried it hurriedly but without trace somewhere else.” No, not even he’d fall for that. “Beg to report, sir, that the ultimate penalty of the state has barely even slowed down this King of the Jews.” He’s not going to like it. He’s not going to like it at all. The ALTAR GUILD

With Cake Stall, Book Stall and raffle

BANK HOLIDAY SUNDAY 5th MAY 3 – 5.30 p.m. CORONATION HALL DALE In aid of the Church and Cemetery ALL WELCOME

MOTHERS’ UNION Fr. Andrew gave us much food for thought as he talked us through the Stations of the Cross a few years ago for the Deanery Quiet Day in Marloes. We now look at the whole thing from a different perspective - “The Stations of The Resurrection” which will be put to us by Rhiannon at this years Deanery Quiet Day which we, Marloes MU, are hosting at Walwyns Castle on Tuesday 9th April from 10.00 o’clock. Coffee will be available before we get on with the main programme. There will be a bring and share Lunch so we look forward to seeing as many of you as possible. In May there will be a Community Coffee Morning at Marloes Village Hall, rising funds for Alzheimer's Association and Christian Aid. For any more information contact Harriet 636668, or Bridget 636274. PASTORAL VISITING The parishes of Dale, Marloes, St Brides, St Ishmaels and Robeston West have trained a group of people who have been security checked and are fully aware of safeguarding issues to be pastoral visitors, their role is quite simple, it is to be available for people living in the area who need - - Someone to listen to them and offer conversation - A regular visit All visits will be treated as confidential If you would like someone to visit please contact Revd Gaynor Ford 01646693452 Or Revd Andrew Johnson or Revd Rhiannon Johnson Community Councils supply the 6 figure light number, and the Items under consideration at the March location. 2019 meeting included the following:- Police Matters – No further information Planning Matters - NP/18/0666/FUL – Ty received about the items vandalised recent- Gwyn, Marloes – Section 73A, Sub-division ly. Members were concerned to hear that of host dwelling – National Park had ad- at least one property in the village has had vised that the boundary change had meant domestic oil stolen from their tank. Clerk the application was subject to a further notified today (19/03/19) that the National period of consultation. Members agreed Trust car park hut at the Marloes Sands car with the further letter that had now been park has been broken into overnight. sent objecting to the application, as they Residents/Visitors are asked to report any were concerned with the possible over use suspicious activity/vehicles to the police via of the site which also housed a residential the 101 service. caravan. Dog Fouling – Dog owning residents and NP/18/0754/FUL – Puffin Cottage, Marloes visitors are asked to please clean up after - Planning consent had been received for their dog. Dog litter can be put into the the erection of a double garage with work- County Council black litter bins. Apart shop to the rear. from being unsightly, dog litter also poses a NP/18/0749/FUL – Philbeach Farm. It was health problem particularly to young chil- noted that the proposed Grain Store will dren, and also to livestock. now be built further away from the nearby Clock Tower – Night Silencing – For 2019, the Night Silencing equipment will be Listed Building, and will also be screened. th th Highway Matters – Noted that two utilised from the 15 April to the 30 disability parking places had been signpost- September, from 12 midnight to to 5pm ed near St. Brides Church. Cllr. Owens inclusive. asked to arrange for signs at the Mullock Clock Tower – Opening/Closing – A junction to be replaced, also several signs in volunteer is required to open and close the St. Brides. Road (Dark Lane) from Kensing- Clock Tower each day from mid April to ton Place towards Eastfield/Fopston report- late September approximately. Anyone ed as being in a poor state – potholes and interested in undertaking this role is asked surface water problems. to contact the Clerk to the Council Footpath s – The Clerk read out the note (636251). Rural Wisdom Project – A small num- from Dan Wynn, National Park Ranger with th regard to action to be taken on footpaths ber attended the meeting held on the 7 locally. Work will be undertaken on Frank- March when Ms. Rachel Evans explained ies Lane, Marloes and the Clock Tower what the Project is about, gave examples of Lane in April. The Council expressed their the work undertaken in the Milford area, thanks to the person who had recently and noted issues affecting this Community. trimmed the Clock Tower Lane making it A further meeting will be held in St. Ish- easier for users to continue walking along maels, as she would prefer to operate over the Lane. a larger area than just one Community. See Street Lights – Three now repaired, with links for further details https:// a further one reported. Residents can volunteeringmatters.org.uk/category/wales/ , report problems via and [email protected] – need to http://ruralwisdom.org/category/wales/ Financial Matters - The meeting ap- Community Councils proved the payment of £500 to the Clerk for munity residents of Marloes &St. Brides are the year 2018/19; to the Wales Audit Office very welcome to attend, and may speak at for the Audit Fee of £139, and also to One the invitation of the Chairman. Voice Wales (Local Council Association) for See www.marloes.org.uk for further Community membership of £62 in 2019/20. information; minutes of the Community Council Church Reorganisation - Mrs. Evans, meetings after they are approved, and also previous Clerk and Church Warden at St. Peter’s, copies of Peninsula Papers (excluding adverts). Marloes outlined to members the changes to local church parishes which will take effect St Ishmaels from the 8 th May 2019. From that date, the From the meetings of 4 th Feb and 4 th March four local churches will form part of a larger Roads. The Clerk reported that, despite Ministry Area with 18 other churches from numerous calls to PCC, there had been no Dale to Llangwm. The local Parochial Coun- response from the Highways Supervisor. cil will be replaced by a Church Council with There are pot holes by the Garden Centre, no legal powers, and there will be a Local Brook Lake and the top Grove Road. The Ministry Area (LMA) Council which one state of the top Dale road was bad. Sandy member from each church can attend. The Haven slip also is still bad as is the endless existing Vicars in this area will no longer be problem of flooding in Grove Road and moss specifically tied as now to a church(es), and on Lindsway Drive. the parish( not community) boundaries will Cemetery Gates: These were now mend- be removed. Mrs. Evans also outlined some ed and operational. of the financial changes. The information Electoral Roll: There are 350 members of was noted at this stage, acknowledging that the community electoral roll. this may have an affect on the local commu- Street Lighting: There are 3 lights that are nities over the coming months. not operational. Chair Moira had reported Yacht Wreck on – Members them to PCC before Christmas. noted that on the 25 th February, a yacht had (Following an urgent request from the clerk been wrecked on Gateholm Island. The following the meeting, two members of PCC yachtsman had been winched to safety, but Highways team met with him and Cllr Colin the boat had been wrecked soon afterwards. Jenkins in St. Ishmaels and the many long- The National Trust, National Park and the outstanding problems of potholes, flooding of County Council had responded positively to Brookside, Grove Road and Lindsway Drive, the the incident, with wreckage on the beach cutting of Stuart’s Lane hedging and the damage being removed by National Park volunteers to Sandy Haven slip were inspected and dis- to a skip in the Trust car park. cussed .) National Trust Car Park Permits at Toilets by the Cricket Pitch. The clerk Marloes Sands and Martins Haven – 2019 - reported that the toilets now attracted see separate notice. business rates and these had been passed on Bus Service – Noted that the County by PCC to the Community Council. This Council propose ending the Saturday Puffin charge was not subsidised, was added to the Bus Service this summer. This will impact on cleaning charge, applicable even during the visitors, and local residents, but it is the day period the toilets were closed for the winter when the bus service is least used. and effectively doubled the cost of having the Next Meeting - The next meeting of the loos to £840 per quarter (£3,360 p.a.) The Council will be held on Monday 8 th April councillors expressed their frustration and 2019, 7.30pm at Marloes Village Hall. Com- anger at this new policy by the Welsh As- sembly and Cllr. John said that he would Community Councils meet with Stephen Crabbe to air his and decided to put the building out to tender. the council’s views. ( This was done at the Subsequent to the tender date having meeting with Stephen Crabbe in the Sports passed, Carwyn Rees from Messrs. Owen Hall). and Owen had confirmed to the clerk that Coastlands School PTA Funding Miss Annabel Thomas had put in an offer Before the special meeting of the 4 th March which was the original guide price of moved to discussion over the hall, council- £30,000. The clerk reminded the meeting lors heard from Mrs Rosalyn Llewellin, that the highest previous offers had been in Chair of Coastlands School PTA, who had the region of £25K, with most of those asked to address them before the business offers having conditions and caveats at- of the day, concerning the application from tached. There remained some current the school for funding from the Pembroke- interest, in principle, from two other par- shire "Second Homes" grant for a construc- ties, but these were only at an early tion of a “Trim Trail” at the school. Mrs 'inquisitive' stage and no monetary offer had Llewellin sought to reassure the council as yet been received by the agents, either it had previously turned down a request more recently before or after the tender from the PTA for support for their applica- date. tion, as some of the conditions attached to In the discussion that followed, it was the grant seemed to be that future funding generally felt that that the cash offer of of any facilities, considered by PCC to £30K from Miss Thomas was now very duplicated within the community would not unlikely to be bettered and that the council be allowed, i.e. the existing Village Commu- should accept it. Cllr John stated that, nity Playground. though he agreed that the offer from Miss A lively discussion followed after Mrs Llew- Thomas was obviously the best to date, his ellin left the meeting. There was some concerns were primarily that due accounta- opposition expressed to the school’s appli- ble process in the sale should be maintained cation because of the existence of the and that the council should have the right village playground. Other councillors to know what the successful bidder's inten- strongly asserted however that it was vital, tions were concerning the future of the in an environment of competing catchment building and - most importantly - the me- areas, to help to ensure that school's surviv- morial element. All other councillors pre- al by supporting this initiative because, as sent repeated the long-held stipulations and averred by the PTA, the two facilities were concerns about the future of the memorial, clearly different entities and therefore but it was also strongly felt that the council should not jeopardise fund applications, should not delay further, as experience has either from each. dictated that higher offers seemed now

ST ISHMAELS MEMORIAL HALL unlikely. In the special meeting to discuss the dispos- After a vote called by the chair, councillors al of the hall, the clerk confirmed that, agreed nem con that the sale should pro- though there had been a little interest over ceed. The clerk informed the estate agents the sale period to date, at the cut-off date of this decision following the meeting. for tenders, there had actually been no existing offers. Before that date however, The next meeting of the Community Council there had been a cash offer for £32K which will be on April 15th at 3.00 p.m. in the Memo- had been withdrawn when the council had rial Hall Community Councils Dale the Quay houses just down from the first Meeting held on 04/03/19 coastal path steps in the hope that people Dale Council has had a great response to will put their dog litter bags in it after walk- the ‘Works party’ held on the 23 rd March. ing from the Fort and the coastal path. The History Group are going to maintain The Council are hoping for a more villagers the H.M.S. Harrier Bench. Mr Ian McColloch and visitors to embrace a Dog watching will be tending to the flower bed by the scheme in Dale and for there to be a great- public toilets. Robert Steen and Liz Aston er awareness of the devastating effects dog have already cleared around and opposite faeces left in fields can have on expecting the Yacht Club, and emptied the salt grit bin cattle. from water and then moved it to a more Enhancing Pembrokeshire Grants. suitable place. Sean Kehoe has washed down Both the Peninsular Papers and Winter the area opposite the Yacht Club from all Warmers were successful in their applica- the mud. John Mecklenburgh is to tend to tion for the Enhancing Pembrokeshire the Henry V11 grassed area. Rob and Gail Grant. Unfortunately Coastlands School Smith will continue to clear and clean the were unsuccessful in their application but beach of rubbish. Andy Truelove has moved will be applying again. the ‘Wade Bench’ and the Council are Rural Wisdom Project. awaiting news from the Wade family as to Rachel Evans gave a talk in the Coronation what they would like put in its place. Tim Hall explaining how the project could help Hibbert has cut and trimmed the hedge- the Villages of Dale, St Ishmaels and Mar- rows, and Mark Gainfort and Dave Pomfret loes, asking the Communities to think about have cut and looked after some of the how the project may be able to help by grassed areas, all making the Village look its facilitating activities, groups, and help with best. The Clerk was asked to write to them travel. all to thank them for their help in maintain- Broadband. ing the village. Cables and wires for broadband are still laid Highways . out waiting to be connected, they have The Council are still waiting for a site meet- remained so for over a year. ing about the ‘No Entry Signs’, and the ‘No The Clerk has been asked to inform Cll. Entry’ road markings. Paul Miller about the situation and to invite We have a new payment machine in the car him to Dale to look into this matter.. park after it had been submerged in water Dale Village Website. and have been told that a new card payment With thanks to Kevin Rogers and Gail Smith machine should be in place soon. Usage of the Council Minutes are now available to the car park had increased from (2017) - read on the Dale Village Website. The 21,504 to (2018) - 21,990. Agendas will also be available from next month. Grass cutting. th Cll. Reg Owens said that P.C.C. will contin- Date of the next meeting Monday 13 May ue to cut the grass area by the beach, but 2019 at 7pm. Community residents of Dale are were still reviewing the situation. very welcome to attend and may speak at the Dog Fouling. invitation of the Chairman. The Council no longer issue dog litter bins. Dale Council decided to ask for a Council Walwyn’s Castle notes from the March litter bin to be placed up from the back of meeting will be in the next PP. April Diary

APRIL Tue 2 1200 “Lent Lunch”, Jubilee Suite, Dale Tue 2 1730 Rural Wisdom “Talk at Teatime” at The Brook, St Ishmaels Wed 3 1000 Defibrillator familiarisation session, Lobster Pot, Marloes Thu 4 2000 Musical evening at St James The Great Church, Walwyns Castle Sat 6 0900 - 1700 Dale Fort/FSC Marine Symposium, Dale Coronation Hall Mon 8 1930 Marloes & St Brides Community Council, Marloes Village Hall Tue 9 1000 Mothers Union Quiet Day at Walwyn's Castle (see article) Tue 9 1200 “Lent Lunch”, Jubilee Suite, Dale Tue 9 1030 Tai Chi Taster Session, Coronation Hall, Dale (see advert) Tue 9 1800 Coastlands School PTA Easter Bingo, St Ishmaels S&S Club Wed 10 1900 Tai Chi Taster Session, Coronation Hall, Dale (see advert) Thu 11 1930 St James the Great, Walwyn's Castle, Easter Vestry Meeting, Village Hall Sat 13 1400 Dale Fort Wildlife Watch “Pirate Treasure Hunt” (see advert) Sat 13 1200 - 1700 Craft Fair, St Ishmaels Sport & Social Club Sat 13 - 23 1000-1700 Pembrokeshire Arts Association Spring Exhibition, Coronation Hall, Dale Mon 15 1500 St Ishmaels Community Council, Memorial Hall Mon 15 1930 “God, King and Country” meeting, Walwyns Castle Village Hall Tue 16 1200 “Lent Lunch”, Jubilee Suite, Dale Tue 16 1930 Dale WI “Understanding your heart”, open meeting, Jubilee Suite, Dale Thu 18 - 23 1000 - 2000 “The G&T Collective” Craft Exhibition, Marloes Village Hall Sun 21 Easter Egg Hunt, St Ishmaels Sport & Social Club (see advert) Sun 21 1100 Family Service and Easter Egg Hunt, St Ishmaels Church Wed 24 1400 - 1600 National Trust Beach Clean, Marloes Sands Wed 24 1930 Coastlands Local History Group, “Shipwrecks around Pembrokeshire”, James Hedley Phillips, Coronation Hall, Dale Thu 25 Start of exhibition at the Old Stables Heritage Centre, “The Harrier Years …. RADAR at Kete” Sat 27 0800 onwards Endurancelife Trail running event along coast

MAY Sun 5 1500 - 1730 St James Dale Cream Teas, Dale Coronation Hall Mon 13 1900 Dale Community Council, Jubilee Suite

Please also see the adverts for The Brook, The Griffin and the Sports & So- cial Club for the many other events which are too numerous to mention above.

It is the responsibility of each organisation to inform the editor of events for inclusion in the diary. April Services HE HE 11.00am Messy Messy 11.00am HE and Church 3-5pm Easter Easter 3-5pm and workshop hunt egg Robeston Robeston West Castle Walwyns 2.00pm Last Last 2.00pm Hour 2.00pm Last Last 2.00pm Hour 11.00am HE HE 11.00am Family Service &Egg Easter Hunt HE 11.00am HE 9.30am HE 11.00am 11.00am 11.00am Procession of witness 6.00pm Cere- Easter monies Lent 5 5 Lent Palm HE 9.30am Sunday Maundy Thursday HE 11.00am Good HE 11.00am Friday HE 11.00am 7.00pm HE Holy Holy Saturday Easter Day Day Easter HE 9.30am HE 9.30am Easter 2 2 Easter HE 9.30am HE 9.30am HE 11.00am 11.00am Dale Marloes Ishmaels St Brides St April 7th April 7th April 14th April April 18th April 19th April April 20th April April 21st April April 28th

Tish Church Notes. Many thanks to all who supported our Snowdrop Tea, a very successful event which raised over £600. Marloes & Dale Public Access Defibrillation Scheme (CIO) We are grateful for all the fundraising support the Scheme has received during the past year. We have raised enough funds to purchase two new defibrillators to replace those that were about to run out of date. A new Zoll defibrillator will be installed in the cabinet outside the Boathouse in Dale. The second Zoll defibrillator will be installed in the cabi- net in Marloes opposite the Lobster Pot. We are continuing to raise funds to replace a further three defibrillators in the autumn. To start with there is another ‘NAME THE RABBIT’ competition kindly hosted by Marloes Stores. Please call in to suggest a name. There will be a defibrillator familiarisation session to be held in the Lobster Pot, Marloes on Wednesday 3 rd April from 10 a.m. until 12 noon, led by & First Responders. All are welcome to attend.

Talk at Tea-Time at the Brook Inn

Question : Are there activities or services you would like to see in St Ishmaels and on the peninsula? Question: What would you like to tackle in your community if you had a worker to help make things happen? Help is at hand …… the Rural Wisdom project is coming to the Dale peninsula! Come to the Brook Inn on Tuesday 2 nd April between 5.30pm and 7.30pm to meet Rachel Evans, Rural Wisdom project worker, and share your hopes for your community. A warm welcome and an early tea will be provided - sandwiches, sausage rolls, cake, tea & coffee .

New Tractor desperately needed for ! At 17 years old the Skomer Island tractor is failing and become too costly for us to continue maintaining. The tractor is essential for the day to day running of the reserve, we can't even launch the island's boat without it! It may not be as emotive as a wildlife appeal but just as vital for Skomer to remain a func- tioning nature reserve. If you want to help you can donate via the just giving page – there is a link on the front page of the Marloes website www.marloes.org.uk. Friends of and Skomer The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales – WTSWW COASTLANDS LOCAL HISTORY GROUP

“Shipwrecks around Pembrokeshire” will be the subject of the April talk – on the 24 th at 7.30pm in the Coronation Hall, Dale. The speaker, James Hedley Phillips is a diver with many years experience of diving on many of the wrecks around Wales. Even more…. he has done thorough research into the vessels, finding out all about them and why they foundered – stories both sad and comical! Do come along: everyone is most welcome (Admission £2 for non members and £1 for members).

Marloes & St. Brides Community Council / National Trust Car Parking Permits 2019

In conjunction with Marloes & St. Brides Community Council, the National Trust will be allowing permanent residents of Marloes & St. Brides only to use car parking permits in both the Marloes Sands and Martins Haven Car Parks. It would be expected that those permanent residents will be on the current electoral register. For this year, existing permit holders can use their 2018 permits to access parking by either presenting the card to the car park attendant or to the pay and display machine - £1 payable. Any permanent resident who does not hold a card, or has mislaid their card, or changed their vehicle number can apply to the Clerk to the Council (636251) for anew per- mit. Details will be e-mailed to the National Trust office who will issue a permit which will be delivered to the Clerk to pass to the applicant. Members of the National Trust are able to park with their own membership card, and anyone wishing to join the the National Trust can join on the day by application to the Car Park attendant - Charges in 2019 are £6 per day, £3 part day. WALWYN’S CASTLE Dates for the diary: St James The Great Walwyns Castle Easter Vestry meeting, Thursday April 11th, 7.30 pm in the village hall. A meeting for The God King and Country project to collate information and research will be held on Monday April 15th in Walwyns Castle Village hall at 7.30 pm. All welcome , please join us and bring along any information or materials you have that we might be able to utilise showing the changes in rural life in the area from the First World War to modern day . God King and Country is a Heritage Lottery Funded project awarded through the First World War 'Then and Now ' programme .

April 4th Musical evening at St James The Great Church, Walwyns Castle at 8 pm.

Featuring Tenby Male voice choir, Peninsula singers and more. Entry £8.00. Followed by light refreshments in the village hall . Call Jane on 01437 781 575 or Kate on 01437 781 270 for more details.

Dog Owners

There are STILL dog owners who do not clear up dog mess around the villages – not just visitors but, sadly, some residents as well. PLEASE, PLEASE clear up after your dog. We don’t want our children walking in dog mess or throwing balls and toys into it. We don’t want dog -poo all over our shoes. We don’t want to look at dog -poo as we walk around the village. BAG IT AND BIN IT – we have plenty of bins. Please do the same on the beach, where children should be able to play safely in the sand and stones.

Dog Mess on Farmland You may not be aware that local farmers have had problems with both cattle and sheep picking up diseases from dog mess: these can cause pregnant cattle to abort their young and can cause death in sheep. Animals can also become infected with tapeworms spread through dog faeces. Recommended practices to avoid spreading disease are : Don’t let your dog scavenge anything from the grass and become infected. Don’t let your dog drink from water -troughs and ponds used by livestock. Don’t let your dog poo on grazing land – bag it and bin it if this happens. Worm your dog regularly. For further information search online.

Dale Community Council

PERKY (Peninsula Enterprise Resource KittY)

This is the Charitable Incorporated Organisation that has been formed from the Dale Play Area Association (CIO) in accordance with Charity Commission advice.

Do you represent an organisation or a formal/informal group, based on the Peninsula, that aims to better the quality of life and wellbeing of your members or residents? Grants from PERKY are available to support a broad variety of events and activities or the purchase of equipment. On receipt of a simple to complete application form we aim to make a decision about your request within 4 weeks.

For more information contact one of the Trustees, who are keen to see these hard-earned funds benefitting the Community. John Bramley, Sean and Wendy Kehoe, or Rosemary Mecklenburgh or email the Secretary on [email protected].

As part of the process of receiving our Enhancing Pembrokeshire grant Peninsula Papers/ Papurau Penrhyn is required to take a more proactive aproach to the Welsh language. Hence we now have a bilingual front page and the text below (for those of you who don’t speak Welsh) asks for contributions in the Welsh Language.

Croeso i’n darllenwyr Cymraeg ni i ‘Papurau Penrhyn’. Hoffen ni eich atgoffa chi fod ein holl ddefnydd printeidig ni wedi eu hanfon gan aelodau’r gymuned rydyn ni’n ei gwasanaethu. Tan nawr, dydyn ni ddim wedi derbyn unryhw erthyglau Cymraeg! Baswn ni’n croesawu erthyglau byr, cerddi neu gyhoeddiadau yn y Gymraeg oddi wrthoch chi. Os oes unrhyw erthyglau gyda chi yr hoffech chi eu cyflwyno, allech chi eu hanfon nhw er mwyn eu hystyried, cyn 15fed o’r mis, i [email protected] . Rydyn ni’n edrych ymlaen at glywed oddi wrthoch chi.

Beach Clean for Saint David, Marloes Sands Despite the very wet weather, a few of us turned out; special thanks to the Mountjoy family, coming all the way from Hook to take part! Although the beach had been swept clean by a combination of spring tides and large swells a few days earlier, there was plenty of plastic rubbish back on the shore by 3 rd March: proof if any were needed that marine pollution never goes away - it just goes somewhere else for a while. The most remarkable find had nothing to do with the sea: it was a live grass snake which shot out from under a heap of rope scrags, slithered across wet pebbles with ease, swam very confidently across a rock pool (yes, salt water) and then tried climbing a rock spur - without much luck, because of the rain making the sea-worn rocks so slippery. For more on this see Wildlife Notes at the back. Marloes Welcome Club Our AGM was held on March 6th following our St. David’s day lunch. We have had another successful year with a increase of new members. The chairperson thanked all the local people and organisations for the support they give us by giving of their time and experience to entertain us with slide shows, talks, music presentations, etc. These are all part of a varied and interesting programme which has included an afternoon by the Ladies Choir, bowls at the Meads Lei- sure Centre, and a river cruise up the Cleddau (a special thank you to Dale Sail- ing). Thanks also to Dylan's, St. Ishmaels Garden Centre and The Lobster Pot for providing us with lovely lunches. We are grateful to Elly and Caroline for allowing us to hold our meetings this winter in The Lobster Pot. The Coastlands School invited us to lunch followed by a tour of the school and entertainment by the pupils - we are very grateful. Our annual outing was a very enjoyable day at The Herit- age Centre at Henllan. Finally all the members were thanked for their support and how well everyone worked together to make such a successful club. A special mention was made of treasurer Joan Llewellyn and secretary Malcolm Cullen for all their hard work. The club meets every Wednesday at 2 .00pm. Contact Vi Parsons 01646 636380 or Malcolm Cullen 01646 636257

Dale WI

The Royles’ trip to Peru lived up to our expectations. Rosemary’s presentation showed fantastic scenery, beautiful birds, butterflies and native animals like the cuy (guinea pig). They had found the people very friendly, especially their guide and driver. Once they had left Lima, the landscape of the interior was stunning. The trip included Machu Picchu and the Manu National Park on the Eastern side of the Andes - the roads had steep drops to one side so quite hair-raising. There are 1760 bird species in Peru, and they saw 477 on this visit, with 203 being new to them. During this trip Rosemary’s list of birds passed the 5000 mark – about half of the world bird species - a notable achievement. Sadly no Andean bears.

On the 2 nd April, the monthly business/social meeting will be held. Earlier in the day, WI members will be providing and serving refreshments for the annual meeting of the Skomer Conservation Zone Advisory Committee be in held in Marloes. On the 16 th April, Rachel Owens will be giving a talk “Understanding your heart” in the Jubilee Suite at Dale Hall starting at 7.30pm. This will be an Open meeting so that others in the com- munities can attend.

New members are welcome at any time of the year. If you are interested in joining the WI please come along as a visitor, see also www.theWI.org.uk Transport can be offered from surrounding villages. For further information on Dale WI please contact Yvonne Evans on 01646 636251. Field Studies Council in Pembrokeshire 7th Marine Research Symposium Saturday 6 th April (9am – 5pm) Dale Village Hall

• ‘Saving Our Planet’ by Dr. Stephen Simpson - Associate Professor in Marine Biology & Global Change at Exeter University • ‘Life that Sparkles’ by Prof. Anthony Campbell - Cardiff University • ‘How our actions on the land impact marine wildlife’ by Sue Burton – SAC Of- ficer, Pembrokeshire Marine Special Area of Consideration

In the afternoon, there will be a ROCKY SHORE BIOBLITZ .

The Symposium is open to anyone. Attendance costs £15, which includes light refresh- ments and a buffet lunch – advance booking essential.

To book a symposium place or accommodation, email admin.pb@field- studies-council.org or ring 01646 636205. For queries please contact Helen Lewis, email [email protected] or ring 01646 636205.

Poor old Captain Fantastic! Further to our beach cleaning notes: you may have recently noticed glass fibre boat hull fragments, sail and cover scraps, and pieces of wood washed up at the western end of Marloes Sands. These are remains of the Macwester sloop Captain Fantastic which, as a result of engine failure, came to grief on the eastern side of Gateholm. Very fortunately Captain Fantastic’s solo skipper managed to get ashore unharmed and he was rescued by Coastguard helicopter, with Dale Coastguard in attendance; and happily, from an environmental point of view, the Diesel fuel and battery acid were very quickly dispersed by the strong wind and large swell. Alas, nothing could be done for the poor yacht herself: she broke up very quickly.

The Old Stables Heritage Centre 5th -18th April WINTER OPENING ****** THURSDAY ***** 10.00am -12 noon.

NEW EXHIBITION “ The Harrier Years – RADAR at Kete”

25th April - 7th July 2019 Open Thursday - Sunday 11 -5.00 Admission Free . Pembrokeshire Arts Association Spring Exhibition Coronation Hall, Dale April 13 th – 23 rd 10.00am – 5.00pm daily

ST. ISHMAELS SPORTS CLUB The Six Nations rugby tournament is over for another year and it provided some very exciting games for all who watched it at the Sports Club. Well done to Wales for winning The Grand Slam. The football season is coming to an end and the cricket season will soon be starting. Anybody who is interested in joining one of the cricket teams and getting a game please get in touch with the Sports Club on 01646 636444 or contact Mrs. Wendy Bradshaw. Coastlands School PTA will be holding an Easter Bingo event on Tuesday April 9th. The club will open at 6pm and eyes down will be at 6.30pm. An Easter Craft Fair will be held on Saturday April 13th between 12 noon and 5pm. Entry is free and there will be a free children’s craft workshop. Cakes and refreshments will be available. For more information on stalls etc. contact Ruth at: [email protected] . On Easter Saturday (20th of April) the football and cricket sections are holding a race night at the Sports Club. If you fancy a flutter, please come along and sup- port the sports teams. On Easter Sunday (21st of April) there will be an Easter Egg Hunt. Please con- tact the Sports Club for times etc. The weekly membership draw currently stands at £200. Note for your diary: The 2019 St. Ishmaels Carnival will take place on July 20th. Please contact the Carnival Committee for more information.

Y Border Bach by Mrs Cynthia Thorne

Gydag ymyl troetfford gul a rannai’r ardd yn ddwy, ‘Roedd gan fy mam ei border bach o flodau perta’r plwy. Gwreiddyn bach gan hwn a hon yn awr ac yn y man, Fel ynan’n ddigon syml y daeth yr Eden fach i’w rhan. A, rywfodd, byddai lwc bob tro, ni wn I ddim paham, (It’s about a lady who decides to Ond taerai ‘nhad na fethodd dim a blannodd llaw fy mam. have a border in Blodau syml pobul dlawd oeddynt, bron bob un, her garden but A’s llysiau gwyrthiol berchid am eu lles yn fwy na’u llun. things don’t quite work out Dacw nhw: y lili fach, mint a theim a mwsg, the way she Y safri fach a’r lafant per, a llwyn o focs ynghwsg; planned.) Dwy neu dair brlallen ffel, a daffodil, bid siwr, A’r cyfan yn y border bach yng ngofal rhyw ‘hen wr’. Dyna nhw’r gwerinaidd lu, heb un yn gwadu’I ach, A gwelais wenyn gerddi’r plas ym mlodau’r border bach. O belter byd ‘rwy’n dod ohyd i’w gweld dan haul a gwlith, A briw i’m bron fu cael pwy ddydd heb gennad y neu plith. Hen estron gwyllt o ddant y llew’, a dirmyg lond ei wen. Sut gwyddai’r hen doseddwr hy Fod Mam yn mynd yn hen?

WE ARE HIRING!! We are looking for wonderful people to join our fabulous breakfast and housekeeping team! If you are also fabulous we want to hear from you! Customer service is at the heart of what we do, so a passion for making people smile is a must! Please contact Jo on 07399 492603 for more details or send your CV and cover note to [email protected].

Commotion in the Ocean – Rock Pooling!

25 young Wildlife Watchers met at Dale Fort to hear the story by Giles Andreae. They then acted out the movement of each animal. We then headed to Castlebeach, walking as different animals found in the story. We then did a rocky shore scavenger hunt in which we found 5 types of crab! We learnt about the different adaptations of species and how to tell the sex of a crab. Next month the meeting will be on Saturday 13 th April in Dale Village at 2pm for a Pirate Treasure Hunt involving map skills to find the treasure. For more information about the group, visit the Dale Fort Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/DaleFortFSC/. To book a place please see our Facebook page, eventbrite or contact Dale Fort Field Centre on 01646 636 205 or ea.df@field -studies -council.org

DALE WALLED Coastlands C.P GARDEN

School PTA For anyone interested in Easter Bingo growing fruit and vegeta- bles – there is some space Tuesday 9th April available in the Dale Castle St Ishmaels Sports Club Walled Garden. The gar- den benefits from a south- Doors open at 6pm erly aspect and the en- Eyes down 6:30pm closed walls provide a pro- All welcome! tected, sheltered space, so important for growing pro- Bingo Boards £7.50 duce. Bingo Strip £1.50 For more information call Flyer Game £2.50 Jo on 01646 697086 or email: [email protected] Raffle and Refreshments! Eggscellent Prizes!! Grass Snakes A small group of hardy volunteers were doing a Beach Clean on Marloes Beach on 3 rd March, in distinctly less then ideal condi- tions (rain). Much to their sur- prise, on picking up a big pile of rubbish, a grass snake shot out from underneath. It wriggled off quickly then swam across a rock pool and disappeared. This all happened beneath the steep cliffs to the west of the main entrance on to the beach, an area which had recently been covered by a high spring tide. The current theory is that the snake woke early from hibernation, during the warm weather at the end of February, somewhere up at the top of the cliffs. At some stage after the last high tide it then fell down the cliffs on to the beach and decided to hide under a nice pile of rubbish. I hope it has now found its way into more suitable habitat! The onlookers were surprised to see the snake swim across a rockpool – we all know that grass snakes are good swimmers but in salt water?? I have only seen one grass snake since living in Pembrokeshire, and that was quite re- cently in a newly created meadow and pool in Marloes. It was underneath a “refugium” - a piece of black fibreboard which heats up in the sunshine and which provide reptiles and amphibians, which are cold-blooded, with a suitably warm and secure place to get themselves up to temperature. I have never seen a grass snake here at Orlandon Kilns, despite being surrounded by streams, damp fields, marshes, reedbeds, ponds and other habitat which grass snakes are supposed to just love! And we have compost heaps too, for them to lay their eggs in. But maybe the reason is in fact another mystery – we do not have any frogs. I have no idea why, not even a theory. I understand that even in Dale, home of the proverbial Dale Frogs, there are few actual frogs. Grass Snakes just love to eat frogs. So maybe no frogs, no snakes. But apparently they eat toads as well (presumably they are not affected by the poison in the toads?) We have plenty of toads. When we first built our pond I imported some frog spawn in the first year, as I thought that there might not be any frogs nearby. It is possible that some of these eggs reached adulthood as I did see just one frog in the pond once or twice in the following years. But never any spawn, and I haven’t seen anything for many years now. So I have put down a refugium to see what I can attract – it is possible there are grass snakes around but we are just not seeing them. I await April with interest, when grass snakes usually come out of hibernation (or February if they are at Marloes Sands!) Rosemary Royle

ABSOLUTE COPY DEADLINE FOR THE May ISSUE IS Friday 19th April 2019 (note early date)

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ORANGE BAG AND FOOD COLLECTIONS: Every Thursday from 6:30am (check locally for actual times) BLACK BAG AND BOTTLES ON these dates: April 4th and 18th, May 2nd, 16th and 30th