South Wales Three Peaks Trial

Laura McGreevy (of Llanmaes Social Committee Easter Bunny Hunt fame) is taking on the challenge of the South Wales Three Peaks Trial on Saturday, April 2nd. She will be accompanied by her husband Eamonn and friend Roger.

This is a gruelling 20 mile hike, encompassing three mountains and 1,500 metres of ascent, and will take approximately 10 hours.

Laura is hoping to raise £500 for Emmaus South Wales, the charity which supports formerly homeless people in Wales.

You can view the charity profile at the link below, and if you wish, make a donation towards the ongoing work of Emmaus South Wales.

 Show your support and sponsor Laura by clicking on this link

Fore more information on Emmaus South Wales and the great work they do, click on this link 

Important: Llanmaes Easter Egg Hunt 2016

Unfortunately the Llanmaes social committee are unable to provide an Easter Egg Hunt this year, as due to work and other commitments we do not have any volunteers available to coordinate this event on Easter Monday. It is a great pity that such a popular event has had to be cancelled and we would urge anyone who might be able to give some time to the Llanmaes Village Social Committee to please get in touch. Please get involved so that we are all able to continue to offer and enjoy a programme of village events in the future! If you would like to get involved and help where or when your able to, please email llanmaessocial@gmail.com

Thanks. 

Fun evening of Military Whist

Come and join us for a fun evening of Military Whist at 7.00pm on Friday 26th February 2016 Tickets £5.00 Ploughman's included Bar available Tickets: contact 01446 796224 or 01446 790222. Proceeds in aid of St Cattwg's Restoration Fund

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2015 Seniors Christmas Lunch

Bookings are now being taken for the Seniors Christmas Lunch, held at The Blacksmiths Arms on Thursday 17th December. To book, please contact Geoff Jones on 01446 794614 or geoffjones@talktalk.net.

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Children's Christmas Party

BOOK NOW for the 2015 children's Christmas party, Please contact Jackie Wright on 07976 698325 or email llanmaessocial@gmail.com. When booking please make sure you provide your child's NAME, GENDER and AGE, this is important to ensure Santa can bring along a suitable gift! The Llanmaes Social Committee hopes to see you there as the 2014 party was a huge hit!!

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BINGO EVENING

"EYES DOWN" For Bingo Night

Village Hall, Llanmaes

7pm Friday 20th November 2015 Tickets £7.50 each

Supper Included and Bar Available

Contact 01446 796224 or 01446 790222

Proceeds in aid of St Cattwg's Restoration Fund

Bingo Evening

Come and join us for an evening of fun, if you haven't played Bingo before don't worry. We would love to see you there

Burton - "a live act at the Llanmaes Village Hall performed by Rhodri Miles"

A reminder that tickets are available for the acclaimed stage play Burton at Llanmaes Village Hall, October 23rd at 7pm for 7:30pm start. This is not a Cinema documentary. Rhodri Miles (Richard II-Hollow Crown, Torchwood and Game of Thrones) vividly presents the life of the great Welsh actor from humble beginnings to Hollywood mega-star. Beautiful women, alcohol, wealth, stage and screen are the threads woven into this sad, happy, exuberant, often hilarious one-man show.

The show received critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2009 and also Hollywood Fringe Festival 2010, where the play won 'Best International Show'. 

To buy your tickets please click here to contact the Llanmaes Social Committee, or call Jackie on 07976698325.

Burton - Village Night Out

Tickets are now available for this Llanmaes social event, contact the social committee  HERE or just ask any member of the committee. There are a limited number of tickets for this event so don't delay! 7pm 23 October Llanmaes Village Hall, tickets £7.50

“Enveloped by the Celtic gloom a state of unfathomable melancholy, the mist on the hills, the black in the coal, all of it seeping into my very being”

— Richard Burton

7pm Friday 23rd October, Llanmaes Village Hall

McMillan Coffee Morning at Blacksmiths Arms

Come along to the Blacksmiths Arms at 11.00am on Friday 25th September and join in the World's biggest coffee morning. Please support this very worthy cause

Social Committee

The Llanmaes Social Committee is committed to provide it's residents with fun, entertaining events to all ages of the community year round. These events take considerable time and effort to arrange, this can involve a wide range of tasks from erecting tents, distributing flyers etc... to delivering activities on the day.
We are a small committee with only a handful of members currently, we are always on the hunt for new members to join and assist with the village events. If you have an interest in joining the social committee then please contact us via our web page HERE. If however you do not have the time to join the committee full time, but would be happy to help whenever possible or have an interest in supporting a specific event in our calendar then please do let us know, as we are always grateful for any help in setting up events, obtaining raffle prizes etc....

We hope to hear from you soon

Thanks,

YOUR Social Committee

Llanmaes Apple Fest change of date

The Llanmaes social committee has taken the decision that the annual Apple Fest will be moved from Saturday September 19th to Saturday October 3rd for 2015. This is due to the late apple crop this year. The event will go ahead and please check back on www.llanmaesonline.com over the next few days for more news.

The Llanmaes social committee is looking forward to seeing you all again this year for a fun and enjoyable afternoon of apple pressing and games for the family!!!

NOTE - Please bring your own apples to be pressed into fresh juice if you have some, but you can still come along and enjoy the afternoon without your own apple supply.

Thanks

Llanmaes Village Fete flyer correction!

Please be aware, the detail on the Llanmaes Village Fete Flyer is incorrect and should have read "Back by popular demand, Blue Ridge Canine Academy" and not "The Dog's Trust".  Apologies to both Dog's Trust and Blue Ridge Canine Academy. 

Donations to Fete stalls

Hi All

As you are aware we are hosting the Llanmaes Fete on Saturday 4th July and are asking if any you have anything you would like to donate to either:

The Bottle stall (anything in a bottle is acceptable) contact Jackie on 796605 Tombola Stall- have a look to see if you can find anything suitable for our Tombola stall contact Laura on 795257 Vintage Rose clothing, footwear etc.contact David on 796676

All donations gratefully received

Thank you and look forward to seeing you on the day

Jackie

St Cattwg's Church. Recent work in our Churchyard

Plinth to Preaching Cross

We at St. Cattwg's Church Llanmaes have been able this summer to carry out conservation work to the grade 2* listed masonry plinth structure with the help of grant monies from both the Welsh Church Act Fund and the St. Andrew's Conservation Trust in Dorchester.These monies have helped to boost our church restoration fund enabling us to carry out this project which was in danger of collapse. This should now stand in our churchyard for a long time to come.

The plinth is thought to be four hundred years old.  We know that John Wesley visited St. Cattwg's on more that one occasion. Given his preference for speaking out of doors the preaching mound would have offered an ideal place to do so. The original cross would have been removed during the Reformation when such crosses were often hidden from zealots in the churchyard by the wardens. Alas we are still to find ours. The current cross  had developed structural defects and was removed during these works. It is now hoped in the future to erect a cross replacing the modern cross erected last century,completing this monument. 

Kerry Veale

churchwarden

Plinth before work:

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And after hard work:

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Llanmaes 2015 Village BBQ

Tickets are still available for this year's Social Committee Village BBQ, if you haven't got tickets yet, then get in touch with a member of your social committee and secure your ticket for this popular village event! We hope to see you there!

Best Village in the Vale (Formerly Best Kept Village)

Good News! There are sufficient entries for the Best Village in the Vale Competition this year.

You are invited to a meeting on Monday the 8th of June at the Llanmaes Village Hall at 7:30p.m. to discuss progress to date and plan our steps. 

Hope to see you there!

Donations for Plant Sale

Dear Villagers

We have only a few weeks' until this years' Village Plant sale which is to be held on Sunday 24th May and as in previous years plant donations are always gratefully received.

We are looking for anything you can spare really from bedding plants, shrubs, vegetable plants etc.

Please bring along prior to 11.00am on the morning of the 24th or contact a committee member via the website or call Jackie Wright on 796605

Thanks Jackie

Best Village In The Vale Competition 2015 (formerly Best Kept Village)

CALLING ALL RESIDENTS OF LLANMAES

The Best Village In The Vale competition has come around again. The judging of the competition has changed and now includes village activities, village feature and village appearance. Llanmaes has come second for the last two years, and as a past winner of the title, we are clearly a strong contenders for 2015. Anyone who is interested in getting involved, please come along for a meeting at The Blacksmiths Arms on 21st April at 7:30pm. 

If you would like more information please get in touch by leaving a comment below or contact us HERE

Bring your Children to the Annual Llanmaes Easter Egg Hunt......