THE latest community news from Barmouth.

Friends of Ysgol y Traeth

THE group will be holding their annual Easter Eggstravaganza on Wednesday, 5 April, from 3pm on the school field. All welcome for fun and games, Easter Egg Hunt, a visit from the Easter Bunny and much more.

Beach Clean

BARMOUTH Lifeboat and Underwater Wales will be holding a beach clean on Barmouth beach on 13 April between 1pm and 4pm. The meeting point at the start will be the lifeboat station next to the leisure centre. Everyone is invited to go and help clean the beach or join in with Underwater Wales who will be doing an MCS Beach clean survey, where you record everything you pick up, an egg case hunt mermaids purses, wash balls etc and a nurdle hunt. Every piece of litter collected helps.

Merched y Wawr, Bermo

CYFARFU’R gangen nos Fawrth, 21 Mawrth. Croesawodd Llewela yr aelodau i’r cyfarfod ac anfonwyd cofion at Gwyneth sydd yn yr ysbyty wedi damwain yn ei chartref. Derbyniodd yr aelodau fag siopa i ddathlu’r aur (hanner can mlwyddiant Merched y Wawr) a thynnwyd lluniau ohonynt gyda’u bagiau. Hefyd, gwerthwyd sgwariau raffl cenedlaethol Carthen Melin Tregwynt. Darllenodd Megan adroddiad o’r pwyllgor rhanbarth gafodd ei gynnal yn Llanelltyd y nos Lun flaenorol. Cafwyd gwahoddiad i Gangen Nancol nos Fercher, 5 Ebrill, i noson draddodiadol Gymreig yng nghwmni’r Band Arall. Croesawodd Megan, Jane Wil-liams y gwraig wadd o Ddyffryn Ardudwy i’r cyfarfod. Cyflwynodd Jane ei hun i ni fel yr oedd yn ei dyddiau cynnar yn ferch fferm Cors y Gedol, Dyffryn Ardydwy a’i dyddiau coleg yn astudio a chreu crochenwaith. Mae’n awr yn ddarlithydd mewn crochenwaith yng Ngholeg Meirion-Dwyfor yn Nolgellau. Cawsom hefyd hanes difyr iawn ganddi o’i hamser ar y rhaglen deledu boblogaidd ‘The Great Pottery Throw Down’ pan greodd waith canmoladwy iawn. Daeth a rhai o’r cyrmyrch oedd wedi eu creu at y rhaglen gyda hi a hefyd gwaith arall i’w arddangos a’i werthu. Rhoddodd gyfle i bawb greu ei grochenwaith bach ei hun a chawsom andros o hwyl yn baeddu ein dwylo wrth geisio siapio’r clai i ‘bot pinch’.Ar y diwedd aeth Jane a’n gwaith adref i’w roi yn yr odyn i sychu. Diolchodd Megan yn gynnes iawn iddi am ei hamser a’i hymroddiad. Paratowyd y baned gan Megan a Mair ac enillwyd y raffl gan Iona.

WI

AT the monthly meeting the president welcomed the members and guests Christine Hemsley, Annette Evans and guest speaker Margaret Smith.Margaret’s topic was “Nepal 2015-Royal Kathmandu Valley Trek.”The pictures she took on her 10-day trek were amazing, featuring the Nepalese people, birds, plants, creatures and the breathtaking scenery of the area.Six days after her return home, on 25 April 2015, 9,000 people died during an earthquake in Nepal. At the end of her talk Margaret showed some pictures of the devastation left by the earthquake in the area she had just returned from. Janet Davies thanked Margaret for her very interesting talk.

Meirion was then sung accompanied by Blodwen on the piano. Five birthdays will be celebrated before our next meeting. The minutes from February were read and assigned. The Resolution results were noted as: 1, Alleviating loneliness and 2, Plastic Soup. The Te Cymreig afternoon at Plas Tan y Bwlch was enjoyed by several members while some of us enjoyed an evening at Harlech WI’s March meeting where we were greeted with hand crafted leek brooches and glasses of mulled wine. Barmouth WI will be celebrating its centenary next year and Susan and Mari visited the records office in Aberystwyth to find information about our beginnings. Various events will take place over the next month, for members to participate in. The raffle was won by Christine Leese and the flowers by Rose Morris. Mari O’ Rourke won the knitted hat competition. The next meeting is on 26 April.