Postcard Club

AT THE club’s AGM, held in North Parade on 2 February, Sue Whitehouse was elected as chairperson, Peter Henley as secretary, Ann Lucas as treasurer and Gillian Hopkins as raffle organiser for this year. The club welcomed two new members and will hold their annual competition next month on St David’s Day, 1 March, at 2pm at the St David’s Club in Eastgate. The invited judge for the event will be Wendy Oliver.The members recently spent an enjoyable af-ternoon as guests of Peter and Angela Davis to view their collections at their home in Aberarth.New members are welcome.

Cardiganshire Horticultural Society

THE FEBRUARY meeting was held on Tuesday, 9 February in Waunfawr Community Hall.There was a good turnout of members to hear chairman, Caroline Palmer, warmly welcome Helen Warrington of Ty Cwm Nursery, Llany-bydder.Helen’s beautifully illustrated talk was in two parts.The first and larger part of it was on the growing of carnivorous plants which have become a specialist line in her thriving nursery. The second part focussed on the wide range of herbaceous plants which she also grows. The meeting also had a preview from John and Sue Wildig the organisers of the society’s popular summer outings, of the six trips which they will be running this season. These start with a spring visit to Aberglasney and a visit to Gwynfor Growers at Pontgarreg, Llangrannog on Sunday, 10 April. Other trips include visits to Dyffryn Gardens in the Vale of Glamorgan; Dibley’s Nursery of Ruthin for a tour of their house plant produc-tion glasshouses; Hampron Court near Her-eford; and Aber Artro Hall in Gwynedd. Booking for all six trips will open at the March meeting, which will be at 7.30pm on Tuesday, 8 March in Waunfawr Community Hall. This will be the society’s AGM, and it will be followed by a slideshow from Caroline Palmer of the much enjoyed 2015 summer trips and the very successful Kronberg trip of last autumn.

Ramblers

TO MANY tourists, who often find it quite scary to drive the windy little roads, it is the little bus services that run along the coast path that really make their holidays. These buses give them, and walking groups, the opportunity to take a linear walk without the need for car shuttles. Indispensable as the Cardi Bach Bus service between Cardigan and New Quay may be, it is constantly in danger of being cut. But rumours have it that the WAG and Ceredigion County Council are now putting measures in place to make sure the service can continue to operate.On Saturday, 13 February, on the route be-tween Cwmtydu and Llangrannog, every single seat of the Cardi Bach bus was occupied by members of Aberystwyth Ramblers. Despite a rather dire forecast a few days ear-lier, the weather was good, light easterly wind and even a touch of hazy sunshine. At midday, the 25 walkers got off the bus at Llangrannog to head for Ynys Lochtyn, a Z-bend shaped little island at the end of a rocky peninsula. It was clearly their lucky day: a large seal was spotted close to the rocks below. Back on the main path, there was a lunch stop in the lee of a stone wall. Soon after lunch, the steepest part of the walk was reached, well worth the climb for the great views down to Ynys Lochtyn, back towards Cardigan Island and on towards Craig Caerllan. Things got a bit muddy near the Urdd centre where there were millions of sheep-footprints across the path. Possibly one of the most impressive structural feats along the whole of the Welsh coast path is the part directly after Trwyn Crou. The hillside there is so steep that it is hard to imagine how this path was created without the diggers dropping into the sea far down below. It is even harder to imagine how they managed to construct a new path even higher up when the original one started to subside. All well worth it for the great views. At the end of this stretch, the walkers were awarded with another magnificent view towards Craig-yr-Aderyn, near New Quay and down into Cwmtydu. Cwmtydu was reached well in time for the walkers to enjoy tea and cakes at Melyn-y-Gors Café.

Cymdeithas yr Aelwyd

TERRY Edwards oedd ein cadeirydd nos Wener, 12 Chwefror, a chroesawodd Eryl a Gwynfryn Evans, Llanfihangel Genau’r-glyn, i rannu atgofion am eu gwaith.Yn fab fferm o Bennal aeth Gwynfryn i goleg Harper Adams a bu’n gweithio ar fferm ystad David Davies yn Llandinam cyn dechrau ar ei swydd gyntaf fel hyfforddwr amaeth yn Sir Feirionnydd. Yna bu’n gweithio mewn nifer o hufenfeydd – Four Crosses, Llangefni, Pont Llanio a Felin-fach. Ei swydd olaf oedd rheolwr rhanbarthol de Cymru i’r Bwrdd Marchnata Llaeth pan fu’n rhaid iddo wynebu problem gorgynhyrchu.Soniodd Eryl am fywyd yn ardaloedd Croesoswallt, Sir Fôn, Tregaron ac Idole wrth i’r teulu symud o gwmpas y wlad. Fel athrawes bu Eryl yn gweithio mewn cylchoedd meithrin, yn athrawes gyflenwi ac yna’n dysgu yn Bryn-saron, Llandysul.

Labour Party

ABERYSTWYTH Labour Party has organised its first branch meeting since the closure of the Aberystwyth branch in late 2014.It will be held this Wednesday, 17 February, in the Green Room of the Morlan Centre at 6pm.Membership numbers have risen in recent months and Llafur Ceredigion Labour now has the capacity to reinstate branch meetings in north Ceredigion.All Labour Party members, supporters and affiliates are invited to attend this first informal meeting.Jamie Scott, chair of Aberystwyth University Labour Students, said: “It’s excellent that the branch is back up and running and that the Labour Party in Ceredigion is working in the community again.”Penny Murfin, local Labour Party member, said about the reinstatement of the Aberystwyth branch, “Easier access to meetings closer to my home is important for my involvement in party campaigning and activities.”