![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Picture9-1.png?resize=207%2C300\")
<\/a>This time of year does seem to be a time for looking forward. Spring, in this part of the world, is definitely here; the trees are well greened up , plants poking their heads up and I am pleased to say the hops in my garden have started their vigorous growth and are looking good and worth a photo even if you can\u2019t see the bright green leaves and dramatic red stalks. It\u2019s a time of year when most days I go out and \u201cpersuade\u201d them to wind themselves around the hop twine so that they grow where I want them to, not where they want to go. Fortunately, once they\u2019ve got the idea it\u2019s not a daily task. Sian tells me we now have 17 hop growers in the village signed up to giving their hops to make the beer known as Taff Temptress; the 2024 brew was exceptionally fine. So here we are again looking forward.<\/p>\nIn the Islands of Britain, Mayday or Calan Mai or Beltane was the marking of life becoming a little easier for a while. The cows for example were turned out to graze with less work for the farmer. It is a time of traditional celebrations, many of which are now sadly disappearing. You may still come across a Morris Side, who dance in the dawn of Mayday, beer in hand, if you happen to be up and about at 5am! More seldom still do you come across a May Queen or children dancing round the maypole on a sunny afternoon. However as old traditions fade new ones arise and we look forward to the Tuckers Plant Sale. This year it\u2019s a special VE day celebration marking 80 years since Victory in Europe and the thankful celebrations and hope for a peaceful future.<\/p>\n
It has always been the Wenvoe Forum\u2019s ambition to get the community to think about the future and the impact that each of our actions has on the future. We have been involved in a few initiatives that have tried to get people thinking and we have supported others to take positive action and run a few small projects and activities ourselves. What we have been less successful in is drawing new members and new voices into the forum. We hope to address that now with a new little project \u201cWenvoe Wonderings\u201d (or maybe we\u2019ll find a better name). This is to be a podcast of Wenvoe voices. The idea is to hear from people of all sorts chatting about matters of interest or importance to them. One of the farmers might talk about the changes they have seen over the last 30 years and the plans for future change. A recently arrived family might talk about the difficulties of starting a new school. Longstanding residents who no longer live in the village might let us know what they feel they have lost and gained from moving elsewhere. Each podcast would be 20-25 minutes.<\/p>\n
If you would like to help with creating the PodCast, learn about informal interviewing, recording and editing sound files, and especially if you already have those skills, please let us know e.mail gwenfo.forum@gmail.com. OR if you have something you would like to say to everyone else in the village then similarly, please e-mail. I look forward to hearing from you<\/p>\n
\nTo join our Facebook group, please \u2018friend up\u2019 with the GwenFo account @ https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gwen.fo.1 and then jon the Wenvoe Forum @ https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/635369267864402<\/p>\n
Some further information and updates, blog site https:\/\/wenvoeforum.wordpress.com\/. Any Wenvoe community member is welcome to join the Forum meetings, via Zoom, which are normally held 19.00 on the second Thursday of each month. E-mail gwen-fo.forum@gmail.com if you wish to join<\/p>\n
\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WENVOE FORUM Considering Tomorrow Today HAPPY MAYDAY This time of year does seem to be a time for looking forward. Spring, in this part of the world, is definitely here; the trees are well greened up , plants poking their heads up and I am pleased to say the hops in my garden have started their vigorous growth and are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[421,384],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6cWjO-41L","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10983,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=10983","url_meta":{"origin":15485,"position":0},"title":"A Belated Happy New Year!","author":"Alan Williams","date":"7th February 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 WENVOE FORUM Considering Today and Tomorrow A belated Happy New Year! Our apologies. We hadn\u2019t realised that the New Year WO copy date was early and we missed the deadline for the January issue. However, our article on Making 2022 happier can still be read currently on the home\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Wenvoe Forum"","block_context":{"text":"Wenvoe Forum","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?cat=384"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Hops.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11575,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=11575","url_meta":{"origin":15485,"position":1},"title":"Wenvoe Forum Zoom Event","author":"Alan Williams","date":"4th May 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"What Can We Do? Wenvoe Forum Zoom Event \u201c while the sun is shining \u201d 7pm. Thursday 12th May 2022 Saving energy and money! Simple, practical ideas and questions answered on the best way to manage your household energy needs. Make changes before next winter arrives. To book your place\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Coming Up"","block_context":{"text":"Coming Up","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14651,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=14651","url_meta":{"origin":15485,"position":2},"title":"The Village Hop Harvest","author":"Alan Williams","date":"9th September 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"WENVOE FORUM Considering Tomorrow Today \u201cThe Village Hop Harvest \u201d Some readers will know that Sian and Steve Jones coordinate the Village HOP Harvest on behalf of the Wenvoe Forum. Our hops go to join a Cardiff community hop growing scheme that results in a beer called Taff Temptress. If\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Wenvoe Forum"","block_context":{"text":"Wenvoe Forum","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?cat=384"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14186,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=14186","url_meta":{"origin":15485,"position":3},"title":"An Opportunity For You To Contribute Ideas","author":"Alan Williams","date":"9th April 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"WENVOE FORUM Considering Tomorrow Today AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO CONTRIBUTE IDEAS Have you ever wondered why your Community Council or the County Council didn\u2019t do something that you thought was obviously a good idea? Or perhaps you thought a plan was a bad idea or you simply identified something\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Wenvoe Forum"","block_context":{"text":"Wenvoe Forum","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?cat=384"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15369,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=15369","url_meta":{"origin":15485,"position":4},"title":"Wenvoe Repair Caf\u00e9","author":"Alan Williams","date":"9th April 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"WENVOE FORUM Considering Tomorrow Today Breaking News! Wenvoe Repair Caf\u00e9 Ken and Martin have been busy! Following the research we described last month, things have moved quickly. The Community Council gave their support to establish a repair caf\u00e9 in Wenvoe and offered the use of the Community Centre. Ken and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Coming Up"","block_context":{"text":"Coming Up","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/RepairCafe.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16259,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=16259","url_meta":{"origin":15485,"position":5},"title":"Seeing Further Ahead Together","author":"Alan Williams","date":"23rd October 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"WENVOE FORUM Considering Tomorrow Today Seeing Further Ahead Together The Wenvoe Future Forum was set up in the immediate post Covid period, when life was getting back to normal but there was a feeling that the world had changed and people were more aware of their own actions and their\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "New Items for November 2025"","block_context":{"text":"New Items for November 2025","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?cat=427"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15485"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15485"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15489,"href":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15485\/revisions\/15489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/forum01.jpg?resize=300%2C124\")
<\/p>\n