Category: Event Notices

Notices of upcoming events

Wenvoe Wildlife Group Summer Birdwatch

Wenvoe Wildlife Group

Wenvoe Wildlife Group Summer Birdwatch

Sunday 17th – Saturday 23rd May

Many What’s On readers have taken part in previous winter birdwatches in the parish and last year for the first time we also carried out a summer birdwatch.

Following this year’s winter birdwatch we are now planning our second summer birdwatch which will take place between Sunday 17th and Saturday 23rd May. The aim is to gather more information on the birds that are in the parish and compare our summer and winter findings.

We really do need your involvement! You only need to give up one hour of your time during the seven days. We have spread the birdwatch over a whole week to give people the best opportunity to take part. It does not get dark in mid-May until about 9.00pm, so plenty of time in the evenings to carry out your birdwatch!

All you need to do is to spend one hour recording the birds you see in your garden. So, for example, if you saw one blackbird on its own five times that counts as one. If you saw two blackbirds together at the same time, that counts as two and so on.

Then all you need to do is send your results to nigelrbillingham@yahoo.co.uk or bruce7@bt internet.com as soon as you can including your postcode and the date you carried out the birdwatch. The postcode helps us log what type of birds are in the different areas of Wenvoe. Don’t worry if your bird knowledge is limited, there are plenty of identification guides online.

If you would like to carry out a second birdwatch you could do this in one of the eight Wildlife Group’s sites which are listed below. This could be carried out on your own or in a small group on a day of your choosing within the above dates. Why not take a picnic whilst counting the birds? If you would like to do this, please let us know which site you are interested in, and we will ‘book you in’ to avoid duplication

We are delighted to say that the village school will also have one class taking part during the week.

The eight Wenvoe Wildlife Group sites are: Upper Orchid Field, Community Orchard, Elizabethan Orchard, Wild Orchard, Welsh Orchard, Goldsland Orchard, Watercress Beds and the Bee Loud Glade.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

What Do You Have Hiding

What do you have hiding, waiting to be repaired or fixed?

February would be a good time to dig out such items. The Repair Cafe Wales annual “FIX-IT-FEB” campaign will start on January 29th in Cardiff, Hodge House 1.00pm- 4.00pm, with support from the Deputy First Minister, Huw Irranca Davies. Subsequently you are bound to see this publicity in and around Cardiff and the Vale. The campaign encourages a reduction in items being sent to waste by having items repaired / fixed. There will be a lot of publicity and we look forward, not only to the work of fault finding and repairing / fixing but also the consequent development and sharing of experiences and skills amongst our volunteers.

We would welcome more volunteers, of any age. Youngsters might want to include work with a charity on their assessments for Duke of Edinburgh or other awards. Every volunteer will expand their knowledge of repairing / fixing.

Please do not forget to bring items for repair (free of charge) at Wenvoe Repair Cafe in the Community Hall on February 28th.

And think about potentially revitalising old PCs by swapping to open-source software e.g. Linux as outlined on page 13 of the January WWO.

WENVOE VILLAGE SHOW

WENVOE VILLAGE SHOW
Saturday 9 September, St Mary’s Church Hall

This is Wenvoe’s own local show and offers an excellent opportunity for some friendly, fun competition. Will your fruit and veg be the talk of the village? Is your baking a triumph? You don’t have to be an expert; you just need to enter.

The show is limited to entries from people who live in the Wenvoe community (Wenvoe, Twyn-yr- Odyn, St Lythans and Dyffryn) and children who attend the village school.

Entries to be registered at St Mary’s Church Hall between 8.30am and 11.00am on Saturday morning (for those who have other commitments on Saturday morning there will be a limited time slot to register entries between 6.00pm and 7.30pm on Friday evening 8th September but this WILL NOT INCLUDE CULINARY ENTRIES). The hall will then be closed between 11.00am and 1.00pm for the judging to take place. The public will be welcome to come and view the exhibits between 1.00pm and 4.00pm. From 3.00pm there will be a chance to sample the culinary entries for yourself. There will be a raffle (raffle prizes would be very gratefully received) and this will be drawn at 3.30pm.

If you wish to reclaim your entries, they should be collected between 4.00pm and 4.30pm.

Entry fee – £1 for the first entry and 50p for all subsequent entries per person. You may enter as many sections as you wish but the maximum number of entries per person in any one section of a category is two. Items entered in previous Wenvoe Village Shows are acceptable but only if they have previously failed to win a prize. If you would like to help on the day or have any queries, please speak to Mike or Glenys Tucker.

Money raised from this event will be donated to the St Mary’s Church building fund. Please support this local event in any way you can.

In conjunction with the Wenvoe Village Show there will be a Teddy Bears Picnic in St Mary’s Church grounds opposite, between 1.00pm and 4.00pm. Bring your own refreshments and teddy bears. There will be games for children and fellowship for all, in between popping over to the church hall to admire the exhibits. St Mary’s Church will also be open. Come, relax and enjoy the beautiful area in the centre of the village.

 

 

 

WENVOE OPEN GARDENS

WENVOE OPEN GARDENS

 

The Wenvoe Open Gardens on 17 June was a great
success. Twelve lovely people opened their gardens
for visitors to enjoy and the weather, except for one
brief shower of rain, was warm and sunny. It was a
friendly, sociable event with lots of chat and making
of new friends. Refreshments were available, and
very welcome, in the church grounds and the church
was open to visitors. Heartfelt thanks go to
everyone who supported the event by opening their
gardens, to those who bought tickets, donated money
and/or cake and to the volunteers who manned the
refreshments in the
church. The total
raised for St
Mary’s church
Building Fund was
£1,000, a
wonderful amount
and one to be
proud of. Thank
you all again

 

 

Tuckers Spring Plant Sale

 

TUCKERS’

SPRING PLANT SALE

Saturday 69th April
Once again, by popular demand, the Tuckers will be holding a Spring Plant Sale on the drive at 29 Vennwood Close on Saturday 29 April. So please mark the date and come to snap up some garden bargains.

You can choose your plants, browse a few local craft tables and buy a slice or two of home made cake. We will be joined by other local gardeners and there will be lots of free gardening advice on offer. (If you are interested in having a table to sell your plants please get in touch.) There will also be the usual raffle with good quality prizes and proceeds will go to the Wenvoe Wildlife Group to help enable them to continue with their excellent work in and around the village. Wenvoe Wildlife Group will have a table and will be able to answer questions and give information about their work.

Come and have a chat and pick the Village Gardener’s brains. We’re looking forward to seeing you all.

 

Oxfam Shop Penarth

OXFAM SHOP PENARTH

Regular readers of What’s On will know that I have been volunteering with the Oxfam shop in Penarth for the last 13 years. My responsibility along with two other colleagues is the music section which includes vinyl records, sheet music, small musical instruments (working or broken), pre-recorded cassettes, gig posters, programmes, fanzines and tickets, CDs and old music magazines. Even shellac 78’s (that break easily) if anyone remembers those!

Vinyl records have become increasingly popular in recent years and the shop sells records of all genres-pop, rock, folk, jazz, easy listening, punk and classical. Vinyl is welcomed in all formats – LPs, singles and 12 inch.

The shop with its impressive music section has built up an excellent reputation for selling good quality second hand records and other music related items at fair prices. In the last financial year approximately £17,000 was taken in the music section which goes towards Oxfam’s work across the world.

My colleagues and I research all the donations to ensure that any donations that are received achieve the best possible price.,

Caroline Mumford the shop manager, said “Everyone at the shop has been very grateful to those Wenvoe residents who have made music donations over the last few years. We could not offer our loyal customers such a choice of records and make so much money without your help. Unfortunately at the moment our saleable donations have run really low. So we are appealing to anyone who has music related items that they no longer use to consider donating them to Oxfam here in Penarth”.

If you are a music fan please pop into the shop when you are in Penarth and have a browse around. You never know what you might find!

I live in Wenvoe so I can pick up any donations you may have from your house. Alternatively if you prefer you can contact the shop at 8 Windsor Road, Penarth to arrange a pick up. The shop number is 029 20706358. My number is 07895 157629.

Thank you

Nigel Billingham

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