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Teithiau cerdded/Trip Llanllawen

Sgwrs gan Non Owen  Nos Fawrth Chwefror 2il

Mae Non yn gweithio yn y clinig yn Stryd y Ffynnon, Rhuthun. Meddyg Llysieuol ydy hi. Mae hi’n dod o Dde Cymru yn wreiddiol, o bentre bach yn agos i Abertawe, felly mae hi’n siarad yn dipyn bach yn wahanol. Ond… siaradodd hi yn araf ac yn glir, a wnaeth hi ddangos enghreifftiau o lysiau meddyginiaethol i ni ar yr un pryd. Roedden ni’n gallu deall yn dda. Ddechreuson ni efo diod o’r blodau ysgawen (fel te). Doedd o ddim yn ddrwg. Wedyn ddangosodd hi gymysgedd o felyn Mair i ni – yn dda i leddfu croen – a chymysgedd o siwgr a nionyn i helpu efo peswch. Roedd hi’n sôn am ddiod melyn Mair a diod rhosod. Wnaethon ni flasu diod o licris efo teim ( yn flasus iawn). Roedden nhw’n gwneud sudd neu tintur. Ar ôl hynny, wnaethon ni drio hufen ac eli wedi ei wneud efo llysiau gwahanol i drin problemau cleifion. Roedd y sgwrs yn ddiddorol a dw i’n credu bod y cleifion yn cael triniaeth personol bob tro.

Dw i’n edrych ymlaen i ddarganfod mwy…… gobeithio fydd ‘na gwrs yn yr haf.

Diolch i Non am y noson.

CINIO  NADOLIG  -  Nos Iau Rhagfyr 17 eg

Roedd hi’n oer iawn – noson aeafol iawn, ond yn Bodidris Hall roedd ‘na dân mawr i gynhesu ni efo awyrgylch hwyliog. Wnaethon ni siarad efo ein gilyddd (Roedd cardiau lliwgar efo brawddegau defnyddiol wedi ei dosbarthu. Diolch Myfi. Syniad da) Symudon ni i’r ‘stafell fwyta efo’r cardiau i eistedd o gwmpas byrddau mewn grwpiau o wyth o bobl. Bob hyn a hyn, o gwmpas ein bwrdd,

wnaeth Pete ofyn cwestiynau amdanon ni tra

wnaethon ni fwyta cinio. Yn hwyrach, wnaethon ni ddychwelyd i eistedd wrth y tân, lle ganon ni garolau yn frwdfrydig. Diolch i Jina am chwarae allweddellau . Roedd hi’n ddiwedd da i’r noson.

Diolch i Jan hefyd – ti’n drefnydd da!

Noson gwis ( a mins peis!) Rhagfyr 1af

Roedd ‘na fwy na phedwardeg o bobl yna neithiwr – aelodau o’r clwb a ffrindiau Cymraeg. Diolch iddyn nhw am ddod. Am y tro cyntaf, wnaethon ni wisgo ein henwau, i helpu ni i gofio ein gilydd. Syniad da Beti! Gobeithio wnawn ni ddod â nhw bob tro. Wnaethon ni ddechrau efo cwis – tri o bobl bob tîm ( wel, tua tri), un deg un tîm pob un efo enw arbennig. Roedd y cwis yn ddau ran – cwestiynau yn anodd iawn, efo tipyn bach o ddadl ond dim trafferth. Roedd Myfi yn deud “Wna i ostwng eich sgôr –Peidiwch â dadlau” Dim o ddifri – dim ond hwyl! Roedd Geoff yn helpu efo’r atebion a’r sgôr.Y tîm enillodd oedd “Fisih” a thîm “Rhussull” oedd yr olaf – gwobr Booby iddyn nhw – ond cystadleuol at y diwedd. Ar ôl y cwis, wnaethon ni gael paned a minspeis – wedyn, wnaethon ni ganu carolau efo Anne (piano) a Billie (gitar). Diolch iddyn nhw!  Diolch unwaith eto i Rachel am y cwestiynau – a diolch i Myfi a Geoff hefyd.

Wnaeth Gill o ardal Llangollen ennill y raffl (cacen Nadolig). Diolch i Joy am y gacen gyda llaw!

Noson “Cacen a phaned” Tachwedd 3ydd, ‘09 

Cacen, cacen a chacen! ( O- a phaned!)

Cacen fanana, cacen siocled, cacen lemwn, cacen ffrwythau, cacen oren, “flapjacks”, bara te, “truffle torts ac ati....

“ Dw i ‘di bwyta gormod o gacen” meddai’n ffrind. Ga i baned arall?”

Roedd hi’n wir. Roedd ‘na lawer o gacennau i drio – blasus iawn. Diolch i bawb sy wedi coginio. Wnaethon ni eistedd o gwmpas y byrddau a siarad efo ein gilydd. Wnaeth Beti, Sioned a Jean ( o Ferched y Wawr) gefnogi’r sgwrs Gymraeg. Diolch iddyn nhw am ddod. Yn anffodus, gaeth y llyfr clwb ei anghofio, felly sgynnon ni ddim llofnodau, ond dw i’n credu roedd ‘na fwy na phump ar hugain o bobl yn bwyta cacennau. 

Hefyd, wnaethon ni ddechrau gwerthu tocynnau raffle am gacen Nadolig. Mi fydd o’n parhau yn ystod cyfarfod mis Rhagfyr. Cofiwch mis nesa, fydd ‘na gwis ac ymarfer carolau i ganu yn ystod ein cinio Nadolig. (Syniad da Anne!) Dewch efo’ch ffrindiau Cymraeg, i helpu  ni efo’r cwis a charolau. Fydd ‘na baned a minspeis i fwynhau. Welwn ni chi yna!

Noson Caws a gwin.   Hydref 6ed

Gaethon ni gyfarfod da. Roedd ‘na lawer o bobl – rhai pobl sy wedi mynd i ddau ddosbath yn unig ( dewr iawn ôn i’n meddwl) a rhai sy wedi mynd ers blynyddoedd – efo Cymry Cymraeg. Wnaeth John ( o Tesco) – dydy o ddim yn siarad Cymraeg – ddisgrifio tua chwech

gwin – wedyn wahoddodd o ni i flasu nhw. Hefyd roedd ‘na gaws a bisgedi i fwyta – Cadog ( caws Cymreig wedi ei wneud yn lleol); Caerphilly (wedi ei wneud yn draddodiadol yng Nghymru); Shropshire Blue (hufennog a blasus), a chaws Gafr Cymreig wedi ei wneud o laeth gafr llawn hufen. Roedd y noson yn ddymunol achos roedd ‘na lawer o sgwrs a wnaethon ni ffrindiau newydd.

Ymweliad â Llyn Efyrnwy. 12fed Gorffennaf 

Mae Jan yn gweithio i’r RSPB ar Lyn Efyrnwy, fel arfer efo grwpiau o ysgolion. Heddiw, wnaeth hi siarad efo ni. Roedd hi’n wych, siaradwr da iawn ac arweinydd arbennig. Dw i’n siwr bod pawb wedi mwynhau eu hunain. Mi welon ni’r llyn, y llifddor lle adeiladodd y “dipper” ei nyth (gwelwyd hyn ar “Spring Watch”). Wnaeth Jan ddeud wrthon ni

“Does ‘na ddim llawer o adar sy’n gwneud nythod o gwmpas y llyn achos bod lefel y dŵr yn codi yn gyflym efo’r glaw, felly dydy hi ddim yn saff i adeiladu yna. Wedyn, mi gerddon ni trwy’r coed yn chwilio am dai anifeiliaid. Welon ni dŷ draenog, tŷ pili pala, tŷ buwch goch gota, a thai llawer o adar gwahanol. Pan welon ni’r tŷ llyffant wnaeth Jan ofyn i ni  “ Be sy’n digwydd pan gusanwch chi lyffant?”Yn syth, dudodd ŵyr Ann “Wnewch chi gael dafad (wart)”“

Na wnewch” meddai hi yn chwerthin. “Mae o’n troi mewn i dywysog golygus” 

Wnaethon ni weld y cuddfan hefyd efo’r “feeders” cnau, llawer o adar gwahanol a gwiwerod. 

Mi orffennon ni efo’r ffilm ( yn Gymraeg efo isdeitlau yn Saesneg) am y llyn gan Severn Trent Water Authority. Roedd y pnawn mor dda fel ein bod ni’n mynd eto flwyddyn nesa i weld Prosiect y Gors. Dan ni’n edrych ymlaen yn barod ato fo.

Cwis  Gorffennaf 2il. 

Y tro nesa, wna i brynu gwobrau “booby” achos wnaeth ein tîm ni golli’r cwis. Dim ond un deg dau cwestiwn yn gywir allan o bedwar deg. O diar! Roedd y tîm sy wedi ennill yn dda iawn. Roedden nhw’n glyfar a wnaethon nhw ateb yn gyflym. Diolch i Rachel am y cwestiynau a diolch i Myfi am ofyn y cwestiynau.

Coleg Llysfasi prize day on Friday 26^th June 2009.

Cynhaliwyd Diwrnod Gwobrwyo Coleg Llysfasi ddydd Gwener, Mehefin 26ain am 2.00 y pnawn. Aeth gwobr Clwb Llanllawen am “y dysgwr gorau yn y gymuned” yn haeddiannol i JENNY BERRY sy’n mynychu dosbarth Llanllawen 3 yng Nghorwen.

Roedd teulu Jenny yn y gynulleidfa, gan gynnwys ei merch fach Seren. Maen debyg mai Seren ydy dysgwr fenga Llanllawen – mi ddechreuodd hi fynychu’r dosbarth cyn iddi hi gael ei geni a deud y gwir! Mae Seren yn flwydd rwan. Go dda Jenny!

Cyflwynwyd y wobr i Jenny gan Derek Brockway, dyn tywydd y BBC wrth gwrs.

Ar ôl y seremoni cyflwynwyd y 4 llyfr Llanllawen i Derek gan Myfi, Jane a Mair. Mae Derek hefyd yn ddysgwr Cymraeg ac roedd o’n hapus iawn i dderbyn y llyfrau.

Dysgodd Myfi ychydig o frawddegau iddo fo, felly gwnewch yn siwr eich bod chi’n gwylio rhagolygon Derek a pheidiwch a synnu clywed “Tan tro nesa” a “Cym’wch ofal”.

Edrychwch allan am ei lyfrau “Weather Man Walking” ac yn nes ymlaen yn y flwyddyn, llyfr yn Gymraeg am serenfor.

Mi fyddwn ni’n Ebostio Derek bob hyn a hyn yn gofyn iddo fo sôn am ein digwyddiadau. Pwy a ŵyr – fallai daw o’n aelod.

Felly llawer o ddiolch i Jenny Berry – enillydd haeddiannol dros ben, a fallai yn y dyfodol y bydd Seren yn dilyn llwybr ei mam ac yn ennill y wobr hefyd!

Rwan - ewch i weld y lluniau.

PENBLWYDD TAIR OED CLWB LLANLLAWEN!

(Mehefin 1af 2009) 

Y Parti Penblwydd……( Mehefin 6ed)

Yr wythnos diwetha, roedd y tywydd yn braf ac yn boeth, ond dydd Sadwrn 6ed o Fehefin fasai, hi ddim yn gallu bod yn wlypach! Roedd hi’n bwrw glaw hen wragedd a ffyn. Wnaethon ni gyfarfod efo’n gilydd (roedd ‘na 14 o bobl) yn Oriel Plas Glyn –y- Weddw yn Llanbedrog i gael cinio a phaned, wedyn i ffwrdd â ni i Lanllawen. Yn ffodus, daeth Jan â’i “gazebo”,wedi ei roi i fyny yn gyflym iawn, fel y gallon ni gysgodi rhag y glaw. Dim “squirrel hunt” – roedd y tywydd yn rhy wlyb o lawer i wiwerod – ond llawer o hwyl i hwyaid! Beth bynnag, wnaethon ni ddathlu efo cacen a gwin, yn sgwrsio a syllu dros y môr ar ynys hudolus Enlli. Roedden ni’n siwr bod y saint yn dathlu efo ni! “Penblwydd hapus i ni”

Roedd saith o ddewrion wedi penderfynu aros ym mhentre cyfagos Aberdaron dros nos. O mor braf oedd hi i gamu i mewn i groeso cynnes (a sych!) y Ship a Thŷ Newydd! Newid a syth i lawr i fwrlwm y bar i fwynhau gwydraid neu ddau o win cyn swper. Mae Aberdaron yn bentre bach bywiog iawn ar nos Sadwrn gyda llaw. Gaethon ni ein diddanu efo karaoke (profiad newydd iawn i rai ohonon ni!) – Cymraeg a Saesneg tan oriau mân y bore!

Er gwaetha’r glaw, gaethon ni benwythnos arbennig iawn. Yn llawn hwyl a chyfeillgarwch. Gaeth pawb gyfle i “chwarae” yn Gymraeg a chreu atgofion melys iawn. Mae un peth yn sicr…… mi fyddwn ni’n ôl!

Noson Galapagos efo Jan  Mehefin 3ydd

Wnaeth Jan wneud fideo am yr ynysoedd Galapagos yn ystod ei gwyliau 2006 (yn Saesneg), yn dangos llawer o adar ac anifeiliaid. Welon ni fo, wedyn welon ni luniau hefyd, efo sgwrs yn Gymraeg. Roedd y lluniau yn fendigedig ac yn ddiddorol iawn. Ddudodd Jan “Fy hoff anifail ydy y morlo” Dw i’n cytuno – a dw i’n hoffi “Boobies” efo traed glas. Dw i’n credu ei bod hi’n lwcus iawn i fynd yna

Y ddawns! Nos Wener Mai 15fed. Neuadd y pentre Llanfair. 

“ Roedden ni’n well, dach chi’n meddwl?” wnes i ofyn i grŵp Pen Tennyn. “Dach chi’n siarad am eich iaith Gymraeg, neu eich medr dawns?” medden nhw. Wel, dw i’n meddwl wnaethon ni ddawnsio yn well eleni, a wnaethon ni ddeall yn well hefyd! Dan ni wedi cael noson dda efo llawer o hwyl.

Diolch i bawb.

Noson –“Cam Wrth Gam” 24/04/09

Roedd y cyfarfod ‘ma yn ddiddorol. Roedd Elen Lloyd (un o’r bobl sy’n helpu’r elusen “Cam Wrth Gam”) yn siarad am y gwaith. Mae’r cynorthwywyr (fel Elen) wedi bod yn Affrica sawl tro i helpu pobl dlawd yno. Maen nhw wedi adeiladu tai bach, ceginau, ystafelloedd dosbarth a phethau fel hyn. Eleni, roedd y “project” yn darparu dŵr. Roedd rhaid iddyn nhw dyllu trwy’r pridd tan roedden nhw’n cyrraedd y dŵr – llawer o lathenni i lawr – wedyn pwmpio dŵr i fyny. Roedd rhaid gosod pibellau a thapiau yn y pentre ac yn y cae lle roedd yr anifeiliaid yn byw, a lle roedd pobl y pentre yn tyfu llysiau. Wnaethon nhw roi ffens o gwmpas y cae hefyd – ffens “rustic” iawn! Rhaid iddyn nhw godi tua chwe mil o bunnoedd bob blwyddyn i wneud y gwaith, wedyn bob mis Medi, mae’r cynorthwywyr yn treulio eu gwyliau yn gweithio yna. Wnaethon ni roi ein pres coffi – a rhodd o’r clwb iddyn nhw. Mae popeth bach yn helpu dw i’n siwr.

Taith gerdded – Pnawn Sul Mawrth 1af

Wel am ddiwrnod braf i gerdded! Aethon ni i gyd yn ein ceir draw i Brestatyn i gyfarfod Carol a John, oedd am ein tywys dros y traeth a’r twyni tywod ym Mhrestatyn. Wnaethon ni gyfarfod ym maes parcio’r “Smuggler’s Inn”. Roedd hi’n ddydd Gŵl Dewi Sant ac roedd hi’n heulog dros ben! Nefoedd ar y ddaear! I ffwrdd â ni – 29 ohonon ni, draw am y traeth. Yn ffodus roedd y llanw allan –(roedd John wedi bod i lawr i’r traeth i wneud yn siwr – ffiw!)). Mi gerddon ni i lawr ar y traeth- pawb yn siarad yn uchel – yn Gymraeg wrth gwrs. Roedd y gwynt yn chwythu’n gryf – ond dim ots – roedd hi’n sych ac yn heulog. Mi gerddon ni am ddwy awr – 3.6 milltir (meddai Pete – roedd gynno fo declyn arbennig i fesur hyn). Beth bynnag – doedd neb yn gallu credu hynny – achos wnaeth yr amser hedfan mor, mor gyflym. Roedd pawb wedi mwynhau eu hunain yn fawr iawn! Diolch o galon unwaith eto i Carol a John am ddangos y ffordd. Tan tro nesa…..

Y Dramau – Nos Sadwrn,

(Chwefror 7fed)

I ffwrdd â ni i Glawddnewydd i weld Cwmni Drama Cwlwm, sy’n cyflwyno tair drama fer…. “Sgŵp”, “Iechyd Da”, a

“Y Dyn Dewr”. Mae’r rhaglen yn deud….. 

“Sgŵp”. Digon digyffro yw’r pwyllgor papur bro nes i Gladys Mê ddangos teclyn bach disglair a ddarganfuwyd ar ffridd Sgubor Ucha, teclyn sy’n amlwg yn werthfawr i MI5 a’r KGB. 

“Iechyd Da”. Mae Alys yn gwneud popeth i’w theulu, a ddim yn cael llawer o werthfawrogiad, ond beth sy’n digwydd pan mae Defi (y mab) yn cam ddeall pethau? 

“ YDyn Dewr”. Mae Daniel yn ddyn perffaith ac yn hollol ddi – ofn, meddai Belinda, ei wraig. “Dyw eliffant neu lew ffyrnig yn poeni dim arno, ond efallai y bydd y gwylwyr yn anghytuno â hi erbyn diwedd y ddrama. 

Oedd, roedd hi’n noson dda, ond naddo, wnaethon ni (y dysgwyr) ddim deall popeth. Mi ddeallon ni ddigon i chwerthin ar jôcs a chwerthin efo’r actorion pan wnaethon nhw “corpsed”.

Roedd yr adloniant cymunedol ‘ma yn ardderchog. Rhaid i ni fynd eto! 

Y Cwis yn Llanfair – Nos Fercher,

(Chwefror 4ydd)

Diolch yn fawr i Rachel a Myfi am y cwis. Doedd y cwestiynau ddim yn hawdd, ond, efo help y tîm, doedd y sgôr ddim yn ddrwg. Roedd ‘na dri thîm, felly roedd gynnon ni dair gwobr – cyntaf, ail a thrydydd.

Noddfa Ymlusgiaid. Nos Iau – Ionawr 8fed

(jan2009) 

Roedden ni yn yr Owain Glyndwr, Corwen, efo Jane (siaradwraig), Betty (neidr), Edna (crwban), Katie (cudyll coch) ac Alfred (tylluan).

Roedd y noson yn ddiddorol iawn ac yn ddigrif. Mi siaradodd Jane am y crwban. Roedd o’n wyth oed ac roedd o’n eitha mawr. Maen nhw’n gallu byw am dri chant o flynyddoedd. (Rhaid i ni adael nhw yn ein ewyllys i’r plant). Mi ddysgon ni ffeithiau amdano fo. Wedyn, mi ddaeth y neidr allan. Roedd hi’n ddel iawn, yn edrych fel lliw dillad Jane. Gaeth Pete ei fwyta gan y neidr (dim wir) mewn arddangosiad ddychmygol. Mae nadroedd yn “gweld” gwres, felly maen nhw’n ymosod ar y pen – achos y pen ydy’r peth poethaf. 

Roedd yr adar yn byhafio yn dda. Roedden nhw’n ddel hefyd.

Mi eisteddodd y cudyll coch efo Debbie tra siaradodd Jane am y dylluan. Maen nhw’n edrych yn ddoeth iawn, ond roedd Jane yn deud eu bod nhw’n dwp. Dan ni ddim yn credu hynny. 

Ond, mi fwyheuon ni’r noson. Diolch i Jane.

Noson efo Nic.   Rhagfyr 3ydd

Doedd ‘na ddim llawer o bobl wedi dod allan neithiwr i’r Ceffyl Gwyn, Llanfair. Roedd y tywydd yn rhewllyd ac roedd hi’n oer iawn. Serch hynny, mi chwaraeodd Nic gitâr a banjo, a weithiau ganon ni efo fo. Roedd ‘na daflenni cerddoriaeth efo caneuon gwerin a charolau. Roedden ni’n ddiolchgar iddo fo, a Terry sy wedi chwarae ei gitâr hefyd.

Noson efo Angharad a “Blodwen Jones”.

 Heno Hydref 15fed, wnaethon ni wrando ar Angharad yn darllen penodau o “Bywyd Blodwen Jones” gan Bethan Gwanas i ni. Mae Angharad yn actio yn y rhaglen deledu “Rownd a Rownd” ar S4C. Wnaeth hi ddarllen y stori yn dda yn llawn mynegiant i helpu ni i ddeall. Mi fydd y rhaglen “Rownd a Rownd” yn dechrau eto wythnos nesa, efo argraffiad “omnibus” dydd Sul yn y pnawn. Wneith o ein helpu ni i wrando arni hi ar y rhaglen ‘ma i ddeall mwy o Gymraeg. 

Wnaethon ni fwynhau’r noson.

Coginio efo Myfanwy!(Nov2008)

Corwen Tachwedd 12fed 2008-11-19 

Wnaethon ni gael noson dda efo bwyd blasus. Roedd Myfanwy yn gwneud cawl efo llysiau wedi eu rhostio – pupur coch a thatws melys; bisgedi efo cnau, llugaeron wedi eu sychu a siocled gwyn; salad efo nionyn coch, bresychen goch a thwrci wedi ei goginio efo saws Thai; tarten Nadolig efo crwst “flaky”, mins, oren a sbeis: ac wedyn pwdin brenhines (melys a chyfoethog iawn) 

Ar y diwedd, roedden ni’n gallu blasu’r bwyd efo paned. 

Roedd Myfanwy yn siarad yn Gymraeg ac yn Saesneg i helpu ni ddeall, ac roedd John (ei gŵr) yn gweithio’n galed yn y gegin. 

Roedd ‘na fwy na phedwar deg o bobl yna. Diolch i Myfanwy a John am y noson.

Cerdded 0 Gwmpas Llangynhafal Awst 17fed

Roedd hi’n braf y diwrnod pan gyfarfyddon ni yn y “Golden Lion”, Llangynhafal am ddau o’r gloch efo Carol a John. Gerddon ni dros gaeau, dros gamfeydd, ac wedyn gerddon ni i fyny ochrau bryniau Clwyd i gyfeiriad Moel Arthur. Dan ni’n lwcus iawn i fyw yma, mae’r cefn gwlad yn hyfryd iawn. Ddringon ni i fyny tan gyrhaeddon ni’r bwlch rhwng Moel Arthur a Moel Llys - y – Coed. Droion ni i’r dde i gyfeiriad Moel Dywyll, cerdded cyfochrog â Chlawdd Offa, wedyn i lawr trwy frwyn, grug a llwyni llus, ac i lawr i ddychwelyd yn ôl. Roedd y daith yn dda – llawn golygfeydd. Diolch yn fawr i Carol a John.

Helfa Drysor  Goreffennaf 13eg

Yr tro ‘ma doedd hi ddim yn bwrw eira! Roedd hi’n braf, wnaeth bobl ddilyn tudalen o gliwiau (fel helfa Drysor Mawrth 18fed 2007).

Noson “Whist – (O.G. Corwen) Medi 4fed.

Noson “Whist”.

Roedd hyn yn brofiad newydd i ni – ond noson hwyliog. Siaradon ni fwy o Gymraeg a ddysgon ni fwy o eirfa – calonnau – diemwntau – clwbiau a rhawiau. Geision ni wneud yr un nifer o driciau â ddyfalon ni. Dechreuon ni efo deg cerdyn yr un, yna naw, wyth, saith, wedyn i fyny i ddeg eto. Andros o hwyl. Ymunwch â ni y tro nesa.

Gwobrwyo’r dysgwyr!

June(2008) 

Roedd hi’n ddiwrnod arbennig yng Ngholeg Llysfasi ddydd Iau diwetha – Mehfein 26ain 2008. Y diwrnod gwobrwyo. Llongyfarchwn bawb! Roedd hi’n achlysur arbennig i Glwb Llanllawen hefyd. Dyma’r tro cynta i ni noddi gwobr. Aeth gwobr Clwb Llanllawen i Joan Musselle eleni. Dyma lun o Joan ar y diwrnod. “ Diolch yn fawr” meddai Joan. “Dw i wrth ‘y modd! Mae’n fraint mawr i mi”

Report of the 2nd Annual General Meeting 2008.

Cynhaliwyd Cyfarfod Blynyddol Clwb Llanllawen yng Ngholeg Llysfasi ddydd Iau 22ain Mai 2008. Hwn oedd yr ail Gyfarfod Blynyddol yn ein hanes. Agorwyd y cyfarfod gan ein Cadeirydd Joy, yn ddwyieithog, drwy groesawu pawb ac yna adolygu’r flwyddyn yn fisol. Diolchodd Joy i Rachel am gysylltu â phawb yn rheolaidd ac am gymryd y cofnodion yn ein pwyllgorau. Hefyd, diolchodd hi i Jan am ei gwaith caled a’i brwdfrydedd unigryw yn trefnu’r rhaglen amrywiol a llawn yn 07 – 08. Diolchodd Joy hefyd i Colin am ei waith ar y wefan ac i Mair am greu’r ffeil hynod ddiddorol “Hanes Clwb Llanllawen”. Aeth Rachel ymlaen wedyn i roi adroddiad yr Ysgrifenyddes oedd yn cynnwys manylion aelodaeth 07 -08. Diolchodd Rachel i Alison Bradley,un o’n aelodau, oedd wedi cynllunio ein Logo newydd a Baner yn portreadu’r teulu Morgan a’r ddraig newydd! Cyflwynodd Rachel hyn oll yn ddwyieithog.

Ddudodd Jan bod y pwyllgor wedi dechrau rhoi trefn ar raglen 08 -09 ac y byddai ‘na ddau ddigwyddiad y mis ond y byddai’r nosweithiau gemau yn digwydd bob yn ail rhwng Llanfair D.C. a Chorwen. Dechreuwn y flwyddyn ym mis Medi efo gweithdy penwythnos (gweler y wefan os am fanylion) ac wrth gwrs ein Cinio Nadolig ym Modidris. Cawn ddawns  yn ôl yr arfer a phicnic i ddathlu penblwydd Clwb Llanllawen yn Llanllawen ei hun! (Mi fyddwn ni’n dair oed y flwyddyn nesa!). Ymysg pethau eraill mi fyddwn ni’n mynd i’r theatr, yn cerdded ac yn cael nosweithiau anffurfiol mewn tafarnau, a llawer mwy…. Siaradodd Jan yn ddwyieithog. Adroddodd Colin yn ôl ar y wefan gan ddiolch i Matt a Karen am eu cymorth yn trosglwyddo o’r hen safle i’r safle newydd. Roedd Jon hefyd wedi chwarae rhan bwysig iawn o ran adeiladu’r safle newydd ac wrth gwrs roedd Alison wedi cynllunio’r faner newydd sydd i’w gweld ar y wefan. Yna, wnaeth Colin ein tywys o gwmpas y wefan newydd gan gyfeirio pawb at y tudalennau newydd – tudalennau fel “Tu ôl i’r llun” a “Cerdyn post o..”.. Ychwanegodd fod gynnon ni gynulleidfa ym mhedwar ban y byd erbyn hyn.

Mi gaethon ni adroddiad y Trysorydd gan Brian Price oedd yn dangos bod ein sefyllfa ariannol yn iach. Ychwanegodd Brian bod y ffaith bod cymaint o bobl wedi bod yn barod i ddod i siarad efo ni am ddim wedi bod yn help mawr wrth gwrs, ac ein bod, fel clwb, yn gwerthfawrogi hynny’n fawr. Aeth ymlaen i ddeud mai nod y clwb oedd cynnig digwyddiadau am ddim os yn bosib neu o leia cadw’r gost mor isel â phosib.

Ethol swyddogion newydd. Ail etholwyd swyddogion ac aelodau’r Pwyllgor ac ychwanegwyd dau aelod newydd sef – Marilyn a Debbie. Mae Sian a Nan yn aros efo ni er mwyn cynnal ein cysylltiad â Bwrdd yr Iaith, a Gwenan yn yr un modd er mwyn cadw’n cysylltiad â Choleg Llysfasi. Ail etholwyd Myfi i gynrychioli’r tiwtoriaid.

Mi gawson ni gyfarfod llwyddiannus dros ben. Roedd y cyfarfod yn broffesiynol ond yn ddigon anffurfiol i bawb deimlo’n ddigon cyfforddus i fynegi barn a gofyn cwestiynau. Mae ein diolch yn fawr i Joy am ein tywys mewn ffordd mor ddidrafferth a graenus.

Dawns Efo Pen-Tennyn Mai 16eq 2008. 

Roedd na tua naudeg o bobl yna dw I’n credu, aelodau a gwestai gaethon ni noson hwyliog. Roedd y dawnsio yn well y tro ‘ma,  felly achos mae pawb  gwybod “CHWITH” a “DDE” erbyn hyn hefyd dan ni wedi dysgu geiriau newydd a dan ni’n medru dilyn  cyfarwyddiadau roedd Bryn yn frwd a wnaeth o weithio yn galed iawn efo ni. Roedd y

 sylwadau o’r aelodau yn dda a roedd pawb wedi mwynhau eu hunain. Dan ni’n andros o ddiolchgar I Gymry cymraeg am y sgwrs ac I Frwdd yr Iaith. Piti doedd na ddim mwy o ddysgwyr yna.

Dydd Gŵl Dewi. Dydd Sadwrn Mawrth 1af

Hen dro ‘nde! Wnaeth Dewi Sant gyrraedd heb ei sbectol. Wel, doedd ‘na ddim lle am sbectol mewn dillad lliain sach! Felly, roedd rhaid iddo fo fenthyg sbectol i allu darllen geiriau newydd i’r dôn Calon Lân. (Roedd o wedi ysgrifennu geiriau ei hunan) Wel mi fedrai fo ddathlu Dydd Gŵyl Dewi efo Clwb Llanllawen. Lle arall! Wrth gwrs wnaethon ni wahodd y brenin a’r frenhines i eistedd wrth y bwrdd uchel (wedi eu coroni ar y dechrau) Roedd pobl eraill yn eistedd ar fyrddau hir yn y neuadd ganoloesol. Wnaethon ni fwyta te pnawn wedi ei weini gan Myron, Angharad, a Gareth (staff y castell) Ar ôl te, wnaeth Myfi ddweud rhywbeth; wnaeth Dewi Sant ganu i ni; wnaeth Angharad berfformio dawns y glocsen a wnaeth Myron ganu yn hyfryd iawn. Diolch i ein croesawferch Myron am sgwrs ddiddorol a chaneuon; diolch i’r staff eraill; a diolch yn fawr i Jan am y trefniadau. (More Photos)

Noson o hwyl efo Nan a Sian ~ Hanes yr iaith Gymraeg:

Roedd y noson yn hyfryd iawn. O’r dechrau ddewison ni o’r lluniau ar y bwrdd_ rhywbeth oedd yn apelio i ni. Gaeth y grŵp ei wahodd i siarad am eu diddorodeb yn eu llun, ac i ddangos eu teimladau am yr iaith Gymraeg. Wnaeth pobl ymateb i’r her ‘ma yn dda iawn – yn Saesneg ac yn Gynraeg.

            Wnaeth Colin sôn am y rhaglen “Great Welsh Challenge” a Ray Gravell ( sy’n diwtor ar y rhaglen)- yn ysbydolaeth i’r bobl.

            Roedd ein teimladau am y sgwrs yn paratoi’r ffordd am y sgwrs oedd yn dilyn gan Nan. Roedd ei sgwrs yn ddiddorol iawn a chawson ni’n synnu gan y ffeithiau a hanes yr iaith Gymraeg.

Diolch yn fawr, Nan a Sian.

23 Ionawr 2008

Nonson efo Nick – Cefyl Gwyn Llanfair 

Wel, am nonson! Mwynheuodd pawb y cerddi y caneuon, y gêmau , y cwis a’r cwmni yn gyffredinol. Siaraodd Nick yn gyflym iawn, ond Siaradodd o’n gymraeg ac yn saesneg, felly redden ni’n deall yn iawn.  Dechreuodd Nick efo calonid am ddysgwr yn siard “Dan ni ddim yn ddysgwr  ond dan ni’n siard  Cymraeg fel ail iaith .” Roed o wedi dysgu ei hun.

  Ar ddechrau’r  Nonson chwaraenon ni gêm efo “beanbags”  roedd rhaid I ni daflu nhw o gwmpas y cylch wrth weiddi ein enw, nev geiriau  Newydd – I ddysgu nhw.   Wedyn chwaraeon ni gêm “Bingo Pobl” I ddarganfod pwy sy’n gallucyffwrdd eu traed….. Roedd y cwis yn anodd iawn. Diolch I’r drefn, gaeth bob grwp rywun sy’n siarad Cymraeg yn rhugl – I helpu nhw.

 Wneath Rhoda fara brith – “blasus iawn” roedd pobl yn deud. Dan ni’n meddwl (Rhoda a fi) ein bod ni am wneud y rysait perffaith I Clwb llanllawen.

The quiz in the Cefyl Gwyn.

18/04/07
Ty Mawr
Roedd ‘na tua 25 o aelodau yn y cyfarfod yn Ty Mawr, Gwyddelwern, I wrando ar sgwrs gan Geraint Owain.

Wnaeth y sgwrs gynnwys;
Hanes tafarnau Rhuthun o’r drydedd ganrif ar dddeg trwy’r “cyfnod aur”. Rhwng 1880 – 1920 pan roedd ‘na 47 o dafarnau yn y dre. Wnaeth o ddeud wrthon ni lawer o storiau gan gynnwys un stori pan roedd y crogwr yn ymweld ac yn aros yn y Llew Coch. Cafodd ei berswadio i ddangos ei ddyletswyddau a bron marw. A hanes Thomas Jones oedd wedi ennill y “Military Medal”. Cafodd ei gyflwyno i Edward Tywysog Cymru. Wnaeth Thomas “MM” wrthod ysgwyd llaw a fo – achos roedd o’n anhapus iawn ynglyn a’r driniaeth o’r goroeswyr rhyfel.

Roedd y noson yn ardderchog. Roedd Geraint yn siarad yn Gymraeg ac yn Saesneg.
Deallon ni bob gair!
 

29/03/07
Bingo Corwen.
Ty llawn! Roedd ‘na o leia tri deg o bobl yn y neuadd. Roedd pawb yn canolbwyntio ar gwblhau eu cardiau. Roedd rhaid i bob enillydd ddarllen eu rhifau yn uchel cyn derbyn eu gwobr..

18/03/07
Helfa drysor
Syniad da! Na drueni am y tywydd!
‘Roedd ‘na helfa drysor o gwmpas Rhuthun. Wnaeth Jan roi pedair tudalen o gliwiau i ni ddilyn. Roedd hi’n bwrw eira yn drwm iawn, efo’r gwynt yn gryf. Roedd y papur yn wlyb a doedd ‘na ddim posibilrwydd ysgrifennu. Wnaeth y tudalennau lynu gyda’i gilydd. Beth bynnag! Wnaethon ni orffen y daith a wnaethon ni fwynhau o. Rhyfedd iawn – Ie!
 

(Please forgive the Picture Quality)

01/03/07
Dawns Gwyl Ddewi
Pwy sy’n berchen a dwy droed chwith? Dw i’n meddwl y rhan fwyaf o’r bobl yna – yn enwedig i’r ddawns sgwar. Roedd y Ffermwyr Ifainc yn ymuno a ni. Miwsig gan Pen Tennyn
 

22/02/07
 Noson Ceilys yn nhafarn y “Drovers”
 Dynion yn erbyn marched efo cystadleuaeth gref. Enillodd y dynion – falle roedd gynnyn nhw fedrau crced neu sboncen! Mi fydd y timau yn fwy cyfartal tro nesa.

25/01/07
Cinio Santes Dwynwen
Noson arall yn y Woodlands Hall, y tro yma i ddathlu Diwrnod Santes Dwynwen. Roedd y cinio mor lwyddiannus a’r cinio Nadolig (nid oedd digon o le i bawb fis Rhagfyr) Unwaith eto, roedd y bwyd yn dda iawn.

17/01/07
Noddfa Ymlusgiaid
Siaradodd Jane yn dda am yr anifeiliaid yn y Noddfa. Roedd y neges “Peidiwch a chadw’r anifeiliaid ‘ma fel anifeiliaid anwes” a pham. Gwelon ni grwbanod, nadroedd, cudyll coch a thylluanod, a chlywon ni am y rhai eraill. Heblaw am y cudyll coch wnaeth pob anifail ymddwyn yn dda.

Past Events

Walks/ Llanllawen Trip

A talk by Non Owen. Tuesday evening February 2^nd

Non works in the clinic at the bottom of Well Street, Ruthin. She’s a herbal doctor. She comes from South Wales originally,from a small village near Swansea, so she speaks slightly differently. But…. she spoke slowly and clearly, showing us examples of herbs at the same time. We were able to understand well. We started with a drink of elderflower (like tea) – not bad. Then she showed us a mixture of marigold, good for soothing the skin, and a mixture of sugar and onions to help with coughs. She mentioned drinks made with marigold, drinks made with roses. We tasted the latter – then we tasted a drink made with liquorice and thyme (very tasty). They were made from a syrup or tincture. After that we tried cream and ointment with different herbs to treat the different problems of her patients. The talk was interesting and I believe the patients receive individual treatment every time.

I’m looking forward to discovering more – hopefully there will be a course in the summer.

Thanks Non for the evening

CHRISTMAS  DINNER – Thursday 17 December

It was very cold – a real winter’s evening, but inside  Bodidris Hall there was a big fire to warm us – and a happy atmosphere. We chatted to each other. We had coloured cards with useful sentences – thanks Myfi, a good idea) We moved through to the dining room with the cards and sat around the tables of eight. Every now and then Pete, on our table, asked questions from the cards while we ate.

Later we returned to sit around the fire where we sang carols enthusiastically. Thanks Jina for playing the keyboard. That was a good ending to the evening.

Thanks to Jan as well. You are a marvellous organiser.

Quiz night ( and mince pies!) December 1^st

 There were more than forty people there last night – members of the club and Welsh friends. We are so grateful to them for coming. For the first time, we wore our names, to help us remember each other. Good idea Beti! Hopefully we’ll bring them every time. We started with a quiz – three people every team (well about three), eleven teams each one with a special name. The quiz was in two parts – very difficult questions, with a bit of argument but no trouble. Myfi said “I’ll take points off – Don’t argue” Not seriously – only fun! Geoff helped with the answers and the score. “Fisih” was the team which won and “Russull” was the last – a Booby prize for them – but competitive until the end. After the quiz, we had a cuppa and mincepies – then, we sang carols with Anne (piano) and Billie (guitar). Many thanks to them! Thanks once again to Rachel for the questions – and thanks to Myfi and Geoff too.

Gill from the Llangollen area won the raffle (a Christmas cake). Thanks to Joy for the cake by the way!

Cakes and a “paned”  November 3^rd

Cakes, cakes and cakes! (oh – and a “paned”)

Banana cake, chocolate cake, lemon drizzle cake, fruit cake, orange drizzle cake, flapjacks, tea bread, Truffle Torte etc, etc.

“I’ve eaten too much cake” said a friend. “ May I have another cuppa?” She was right. There was lots of cake to try – very tasty. Thanks to everyone who baked. We sat around the tables and chatted with each other. I heard Welsh chat helped by Beti, Sioned and Jean from Merched y Wawr. Thanks to them for coming.

Unfortunately the club book was forgotten so we have no signatures,

but I think there were more than 25 people there eating cake.

We started selling raffle tickets for a Christmas Cake too. This will continue next month.

Remember next month, there will be a quiz and a carol practice to sing during our Christmas dinner (Syniad da Anne!) Come with your Welsh friends to help us with the quiz and the singing. There will be cuppas and mincepies to enjoy. See you there.

Cheese and wine evening. October 6th

We had a good meeting. There were many people – some who had only been to two classes (very brave I thought) and some who had been going for years – including Welsh speakers. John (from Tesco) – he doesn’t speak Welsh – described around six wines – then he invited us to taste them. Also there were cheese and biscuits to eat – Cadog ( Welsh cheese made locally); Caerphilly ( made traditionally in Wales); Shropshire Blue ( creamy and tasty); and Welsh Goat’s cheese made from full cream goat’s milk.The evening was pleasant because there was a lot of chatting and we made new friends.

Visit to Lake Vyrnwy 12th July

Jan works for the RSPB at Lake Vyrnwy and usually she talks to schools’ groups. Today she spoke to us. She was marvellous, a good speaker and excellent leader. I’m sure everyone enjoyed themselves. We saw the Lake, the sluice where the dipper built her nest (seen on Spring Watch) and where her chick died.

Jan told us not many birds make nests around the water because the water level can rise rapidly after rain –thus it isn’t safe to build there. Then we walked through the wood looking for animal houses. We saw a hedgehog house a butterflyhouse, a ladybird house and lots of different birds. When we saw the frog house – in answer to Jan’s question “What happens if you kiss a frog?”, Ann’s grandson said “You get a wart”

“No” said Jan laughing “It turns into a prince”

We saw the hide with the nut feeders, lots of different birds and squirrels.We finished with a film made by Severn Trent Water Authority about the Lake. It was such a good afternoon that we are going to go again next year to see the Bog Project. We’re looking forward to it already.

Quiz - July 2^nd

Next time, I’ll buy booby prizes, because our team lost! Only 12 questions out of 40. Oh Dear! The winning team were good – clever and answered quickly. Thanks to Rachel for the questions and to Myfi for being the “question master”

Coleg Llysfasi prize day on Friday 26^th June 2009.

The Clwb Llanllawen prize for the ‘best learner in the community’ was deservedly presented to JENNY BERRY from Corwen.

Jenny’s family were in the audience, including her daughter Seren who is probably Llanllawen’s youngest student, as Seren started going to class with Jenny soon after she was born.  

Very well done Jenny. The prize was presented to Jenny by Derek Brockway, who you will probably know as our Welsh weather man on the BBC. 

After the ceremony Derek was presented the 4 volumes of the Llanllawen course by Myfi, Jane and Mair. Derek is also a Welsh learner and was very pleased with the books.  

We spent nearly an hour in Derek’s company, he was interested to know phrases which he can start and finish his weather forecast on.

Myfi taught him a few Welsh sentences, so do tune in to Derek’s weather forecasts and listen out for Tan tro nesa, and Cym’wch ofal.

Derek said we had 1hr and 40 minutes before we would see the rain fall, and how right he was. 

Look out for his books ‘weather man walking’ and later in the year a children’s book featuring a starfish written in Welsh. 

We will be emailing Derek with Clwb Llanllawen events, asking him to give us a mention. Who knows he may even become a member. So a well deserved winner for the best learner in the community in Jenny Berry, and who knows may be in the future Seren may follow in her mum’s footsteps and win the award.

Please look at the photos of the prize day. 

CLWB LLANLLAWEN’S THIRD BIRTHDAY!

(June 1^st 2009)

 The Birthday Party………( June 6^th)

 Go to the Gallery to see the Photos

Last week, the weather was fine and hot, but Saturday June 6^th it couldn’t have been wetter! It was raining cats and dogs. We met each other (there were 14 people) at the Plas Glyn-y-Weddw gallery in Llanbedrog to have lunch and a cuppa, then off we went to Llanllawen.

 Fortunately, Jan brought a gazebo, put up very quickly, so that we could shelter from the rain. No squirrel hunt – the weather was too wet for squirrels – but a lot of fun for ducks! Anyway we celebrated with cake and wine chatting and gazing over at the magical island of Bardsey. We were sure that the saints were celebrating with us! “Happy Birthday to us”

Seven determined members had decided to stay overnight at Aberdaron. Oh how wonderful it was to step into the warm (and dry!) welcome of the Ship and Tŷ Newydd!  We changed and then it was straight down to the bar to enjoy a glass or two of wine before dinner. Aberdaron is a very lively little village on a Saturday night by the way. We were entertained with a karaoke (a new experience for some of us!) – Welsh and English, until the small hours of the morning!

Despite the rain, we had a very special weekend – full of fun and friendship. Everyone had the opportunity to “play” in Welsh and create lovely memories. One thing is for sure……… we’ll be back!

Galapagos evening with Jan. June 3^rd

Jan made a video about the Galapagos Islands during her holiday 2006 (in English), showing many birds and animals. We saw it, then we saw pictures too with a talk in Welsh. The pictures were wonderful and very interesting. Jan said “ My favourite animal is the seal”. I agree – and I like “Boobies” with blue feet. I believe that she was very lucky to go there

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The dance. Friday May 15^th  The village hall – Llanfair. 

“We were better don’t you think?” I asked Pen Tennyn.

 “Are you talking about your Welsh or your dancing?” came the reply.

Well, I think we danced better than last year and we understand better too! We have had a good night with lots of fun.

Thanks to everyone.

“Can Wrth Gam” evening 24/04/09

This meeting was interesting. Elen Lloyd (one of the people who helps the “Cam Wrth Gam” charity) was talking about the work. The helpers (like Elen) have been in Africa several times to help poor people there. They have built toilets, kitchens, class rooms and such things. This year the project was to supply water. They had to drill through the ground until they reached water – many yards down. Then, they pumped the water up, put pipes and taps in place in the village and in the field where the animals lived, and where the people grow vegetables. They put a fence around the field too – a very rustic fence! They have to raise around six thousand pounds every year to do this work, then the helpers spend their holidays working there. We gave them our coffee money – plus a gift from the club. Every little bit helps I’m sure.

A Walk – Sunday afternoon  March 1^st 

Well what a fine day to walk! We all went in our cars over to Prestatyn to meet Carol and John, who were going to lead us over the beach and sand dunes in Prestatyn. We met in the “Smuggler’s Inn” car park. It was Saint David’s day and it was very sunny! Heaven on earth! Off we went – 29 of us, over to the beach. Fortunately the tide was out –( John had been down to the beach to make sure – phew!). We walked down on the beach – everybody speaking loudly – in Welsh of course. The wind was blowing strongly – but never mind – it was dry and sunny. We walked for two hours – 3.6 miles (so Pete said – he had an instrument to measure this). Anyway – nobody could believe that – because the time flew so, so quickly. Everybody had enjoyed themselves very much! Many thanks again to Carol and John for showing the way. Until next time…

The Plays – Saturday night,

 (February 7^th)

Off we went to Clawddnewydd to see the Cwlwm Drama Company who are presenting three short plays… “Sgŵp”, “Iechyd Da”, and “Y Dyn Dewr”. The programme says….. 

“Sgŵp”. The committee meeting of the local community newspaper is uneventful until Gladys Mê shows a bright little instrument which was found on the pasture of Sgubor Ucha, an instrument which is obviously precious to MI5 and the KGB. 

“Iechyd Da”. Alys does everything for her family, and doesn’t get much appreciation, but what happens when Defi (the son) misunderstands things? 

“Y Dyn Dewr”. Daniel is a perfect man and totally fearless, so says Belinda, his wife. “ Neither an elephant nor a fierce lion worry him”, but perhaps by the end of the evening the audience will disagree with her. 

Yes, it was a good evening, but no, we (the learners) didn’t understand everything. We understood enough to laugh at the jokes and laugh with the actors when they corpsed.

This community entertainment was excellent. We must go again!

The Quiz at Llanfair – Wednesday night.

 (4^th February)

Thank you very much to Rachel and Myfi for the quiz. The questions were not easy, but, with the team’s help, the score was not too bad. There were two teams, therefore we had three prizes – first, second and third.

Reptiles Evening. Thursday.  January 8^th

^(jan2009) 

We were in the Owain Glyndwr, Corwen, with Jane (speaker), Betty (snake), Edna (tortoise), Katie (kestrel), and Alfred (owl).

The evening was very interesting and amusing. Jane spoke about the tortoise. She was eight years old and quite big. They can live to three hundred years old.

( we must leave them in our will to our children) We learned many facts about her. Then out came the snake. She was very pretty and matched Jane’s outfit well. Pete was “eaten” by a snake (not really) in an imaginary demonstration. Snakes see heat, and as the head is the hottest – they will attack there. The birds behaved well. They were pretty too. The kestrel sat with Debbie while Jane spoke about the owl. They look very wise, but Jane said they are stupid. We don’t believe that. 

But we enjoyed the evening. Thanks to Jane.

An evening with Nic:  December 3^rd

There weren’t many people who came last night to the Ceffyl Gwyn, Llanfair. The weather was icy and very cold. Nevertheless Nic played the guitar and banjo, and sometimes we sang with him. There were music sheets with folk songs and carols for us. We’re grateful to Nic and Terry who played his guitar too.

An evening with Angharad and “Blodwen Jones”.

 Tonight we listened to Angharad reading some chapters from the “Life of Blodwen Jones” to us. Angharad acts on the programme “Rownd a Rownd” on S4C. She reads very well – with expressions to help us  understand.

The programme starts again next week with an omnibus edition on Sunday afternoons. It will help us to watch the programme – to help our understanding of Welsh. (Northern Welsh is spoken)

Cooking with Myfanwy!

Corwen November 12^th 2008 

We had a good evening with tasty food. Myfanwy made soup with roasted vegetables – red pepper and sweet potato; biscuits with nuts, dried cranberries and white chocolate; salad with red onion, red cabbage and turkey cooked with Thai sauce; Christmas tart with flaky crust, mince, orange and spice; then queen of puddings (very sweet and rich). 

At the end, we were able to taste the food with a cuppa. 

Myfanwy spoke in Welsh and in English to help us, and John (her husband) worked hard in the kitchen. 

There were more than forty people there. Thanks to Myfanwy and John for the evening.

A Walk Round Llangynhafal

It was a fine day when we met up with Carol and John at the Golden Lion, Llangynhafal at 2 o'clock. We walked over fields, over styles, then we walked up the side of the Clwyd range in the direction of Moel Arthur. We are very lucky to live here: the countryside is very beautiful. We climbed up and up until we arrived at the pass between Moel Arthur and Moel Dywll, walking parallel to Offas Dyke then down, through bracken, heather and bilberry bushes, down to return back to the Golden Lion. This was a good walk, with wonderful scenery. Thanks to Carol and John.(More Photos)

Treasure Hunt

This time I didn’t snow! It was fine, people followed pages of clues (the same as the treasure hunt 2007).

Whist at the Owain Glyndwr Corwen

This was a new experience for us – and an enjoyable evening. We spoke more Welsh and learned new words  - hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades as we tried to make the number of tricks we had estimated. We started with 10 cards each , then 9,8,7 then up again to 10. Good fun, Join us next time.

Well done!

It was a very special day at Coleg Llysfasi last Thursday – June 26^th 2008. Prize day! We congratulate everyone! It was a special occasion for Clwb Llanllawen too. This was the first time for us to sponsor a prize. The Clwb Llanllawen prize this year went to Joan Musselle. Here is a photograph of Joan on the day. “Thank you very much” said Joan.” I’m thrilled! It is a big honour for me”.

Report of the 2nd Annual General Meeting 2008.

Clwb Llanllawen Annual General Meeting held at Llysfasi College on Thursday 22nd May 2008. This was the second AGM, The meeting was opened by our Chair Person Joy by welcoming those present and who then gave a review of the year month by month in Welsh and English, she thanked Rachel for keeping us all informed and her minuet taking at meetings and Jan for all her hard work and enthusiasm in arranging the very varied and full programme we have enjoyed during the year, Joy also thanked Colin for his work on the Website and to Mair for the production of the “History of Clwb Llanllawen”. Rachel then gave the Secretary’s report which included details of membership for the year she went on to thank Alison Bradley, one of our members, who had designed our new Logo and Banner featuring the Morgan Family and our new Welsh dragon! This report was also given in Welsh and English.
Jan said that the committee had started to put together next years programme and that we would be having two events each month with games evenings alternating between LlanFair DC and Corwen. The Year was to begin in September with a weekend workshop (see web for details) and of course Christmas Dinner at Bodidris Hall, we would be having another dance and a Third Birthday picnic at Llanllawen, a theatre trip, walks and some informal pub evenings. This report again was given in Welsh and English. Colin gave a report on the website and thanked Matt and Karen for help in the transition from the existing to new site. Jon had also played a large part in the design of the web layout and Alison had designed the banner for the web pages. Colin then gave a tour of the website and pointed out various new pages like ‘behind the picture’ and a ‘postcard from…’ he added that we now have a world wide audience.
Brian Price gave the Treasurers report which showed Clwb finances in a healthy position Brian added that we had been helped by people giving talks free of charge and this was appreciated, he went on to say that the aim was to make events free or cost neutral. The Election of Officers and Committee Members saw almost all of the previous committee returned to office with one or two additions Marilyn and Debbie, Nan and Sian remain ex officio members maintaining the link with Bwrdd yr laith and contact with the College maintained through Gwenan. Our regular all round good egg and tutor, Myfi, was also re-elected.
The meeting was a great success expertly run by Joy from the chair with all of the agenda being dealt with in thoroughly efficient and enjoyable manner giving members an opportunity to raise issues and ask questions.

Dance With Pen-Tennyn 16^th May 2008.

There were about 90 people there, I think members and guests. We had a good evening. The dancing was better this time, perhaps because people know “CHWITH” and “DDE” by now. Also we learned new words and we were able to follow instructions, Bryn was enthusiastic and worked hard with us. Member’s comments were good and everyone enjoyed themselves. We are grateful to all the Welsh Speakers for their conversation and to the “Brwdd yr Iaith”. It was a pity that more learners didn’t attend.

St Davids Day at Ruthin Castle 1^st March 2008. 

Eighty one of us met up on the afternoon of St David’s Day, for tea at the Castle, served in the banqueting hall on long tables. The Baron and Baroness (Jeff and Myfi) were crowned to open the proceedings. There were other Clwb members sat at the top table along with “Dewi Sant!”  Tea was served and enjoyed by all, after we had eaten Myfi said a few words and “Dewi Sant” addressed us and sang his own words to the tune of Calon lân. Our Hostess (Myron, from the Castle) told us something of the history of the castle and the banquets. Angharad showed us some Clog dancing steps. Myron sang us some traditional Welsh songs, with one in English. 

All in All a very pleasant day!!! (More Photos)

An evening with Nan and Sian – A History of the Welsh Language:

This was a good evening. At the start we were asked to choose a picture from the table – a picture of some significance to our learning of Welsh – then Sian invited us to say a bit about it to the group in either Welsh or English.This prepared the way for Nan to give us a short illustrated talk on the history of the Welsh language. This was very interesting and surprising to some of us. The good news is that the percentage of people speaking Welsh has now started to go increase.

Thanks to Nan and Sian.

(23 January 2008)

A night with Nick at the White Horse, Llanfair.

Well, what a night! People enjoyed the poetry, the songs, the

games, the quiz and the company in general. Nick spoke very quickly but in Welsh and English so we could understand well.

 He started by saying that we should not think of ourselves as learners, but rather as people who speak “Welsh as a second language” encouragement for us. He had learned Welsh himself.  We started the night playing a game with beanags, we had to throw them around the circle whilst shouting

our names, then other new words – to learn them. Then we played “Bingo Pobl” we had to ask people questions to find out who liked Indian food, who could touch their toes……

This was very difficult, fortunately each group had a welsh speaker to help them. Rhoda made Bara Brith “Very Tasty” people said. Rhoda and I think we will make the perfect Bara Brith recipe for Clwb Llanllwen.  

A quiz in the White Horse.

18/04/07

Tŷ Mawr
A meeting of about 25 members who listened to a talk by   Geraint Owain.

(Photos)

 on the subject of Pubs in Ruthin and the effects of world war 1 on some of the Ruthin volunteers. A fascinating talk – given in both Welsh and English. Geraint traced the history of the town pubs from c 13th- through the ‘golden period’ between 1880 and 1920 when there were 47 pubs in the town.
Lots of interesting facts about the trade and many anecdotes including one when a visiting hangman, staying at the Red Lion, was persuaded to demonstrate his duties – and nearly died in the attempt!
Geraint also told of Thomas Jones who had won the Military Medal, and was know as Thomas MM, being presented to Edward Prince of Wales (1920s). The photo clearly shows this – and that Thomas MM refused to shake the Princes hand ~ because of the appalling way survivors had been treated.
An excellent evening – content and delivery. Just right we understood every word.
 

29/03/07

Bingo at Corwen.
A full house! There were at least 33 people in the hall, with much concentration as we completed our bingo cards. Winners had to read out (in Welsh), their winning numbers before receiving a prize – so good practice all round.
 

18/03/07

Treasure Hunt.
Good Idea!
Shame about the Weather!!
Many thanks to Jan for her good idea and the hard work in writing the clues. We had a treasure hunt around Ruthin Jan gave us 4 pages of clues to follow- which quickly became a soggy mess, and impossible to write on,as the blizzard raged.

Nevertheless we completed the circuit taking refuge in the Seven Eyes at the end to thaw out!!

01/03/07

St Davids Day Dance.
Who has two left feet? I think the majority of us there especially for the attempted square dance!! We were joined by the Young Farmers (Some very young). Music and Calling from Pen Tennyn.
Thanks to all involved.

22/02/07

Skittles at the “Drovers”- Rhewl
Men versus Women (I’m told) with a good deal of competition. The men won – perhaps their previous cricketing or squash skills played a part. Any rematch will see the teams more evenly balanced.
 

25/01/07

Dinner Santes Dwynwen
Another evening at the Woodlands Hall, this time to celebrate Santes Dwynwens’ day, proved to be as successful as the Christmas Dinner (helping to serve as an overflow night. Again the food was excellent thanks to Jan for the arrangements.

17/01/07

Raptors and Reptiles
Jane gave us an interesting talk (in Welsh) about the animals received for care. “Don’t keep these animals as pets” was the message, and why. We saw tortoises, snakes and heard about others. Apart from the Kestrel which flew up onto a beam and was unwilling to comedown, all the animals were well behaved.

 

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