Penygroes Community News

As you are probably aware, Phil Owen finished in the post of Community Development Officer on the 31st March 2008.

I would like to thank him for the effort he has made (above and beyond what was required of him) during the year he was in this position.

Phil has not had an easy task because it is almost impossible to please everyone.  I believe he has done a great deal for the improvement of the three villages and his work with the Protex development has been appreciated.

I also hope this past year has helped restore the community’s faith in this position which we have now have to continue without.  A great many achievements have been made but there are others still to complete.  We must all try to maintain the momentum that has pushed our village to the forefront during the last year.

I wish Phil good luck in his future role.

There has been another spate of fly tipping in Penygroes Woods.  It’s a shame that the enjoyment of many people can be spoiled by a few selfish individuals.  With a little bit of effort, Penygroes Woods can be a lovely place to walk - and so close to the village.  Hopefully, the people concerned will be brought to task & made to clear their rubbish.

Volunteers got together on Friday morning to improve the drainage of one of the paths in Penygroes woods.  Stone spread before the Boxing Day walk had washed down into a gully.  This was dug out and a pipe put in.  a drainage pipe was then laid in stone along the side of the path.  Future work will include drains across the path to keep it drier underfoot.

Many thanks to Mark, Ifor and John who worked really hard on a difficult stretch of path.

We had a brilliant evening last Friday (Dydd Santes Dwynwen) in the upstairs room of the Badgers, Blaenau.  Carmarthenshire company Gwingar talked us through 8 different wines and how they complemented the tastes from 2 different food menus (red wine menu & white wine menu).

Caryl & Julian Tandy had worked really hard preparing the food and Eleanor did an excellent job as a waitress for the evening. 

The weather was perfect for the boxing day walk - dry and not too cold.  John lead the way from the Farmers Arms, via Spien Rd., onto Maesglas Rd. & then over the top to Caerbryn.  From there, it was a bit of a pull up Caerbryn Rd. and then across Penygroes Woods to reach Llandybie Rd.

It was good to see some new faces this year.  Some stayed on at the Farmers to put back on some of the calories they’d burned off during the walk, but everyone enjoyed the afternoon. Perhaps someone will organise an Easter walk - any volunteers?