Hi Margaret - PM sent. Hope to meet up next week 
@Raf, @joe-otterburn, @Coralie, @billigog, and anyone else. Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow night in the Ivy Bush. 7pm.
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Hi Margaret, I hope youāre well. I canāt make it tonight unfortunately. Iām still keen to make the next one 
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Hi Margaret
Is the conversation group at the Ivy Bush happening tomorrow night? Iām keen to come along if it is.
Thanks
Joe
Iāll be there. Dw iān edrych ymlaen at dy weld ti.
Lovely to see you and hear your Welsh improving by the minute last week.
Due to the Big Party SSIW at the end of the month there will be no meet up in the Ivy Bush on May 31st. @Deborah-SSi
On Friday evenings for the past few months itās usually just been @billigog and I having a chat.
Would it be better, worse, more or less convenient if we were to be only on Tuesdays? Twice a month? @johndray, @joe-otterburn, @Coralie, @roblisle, anyone else out there in the big world that is SSIW?
Iām in Carmarthen at the weekend so Iād be grateful for advice on cafes, pubs, shops, etc. where I can try to use Welsh.
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Iām sure forumists who live in the area have more tips.
However, Iāve been there as a visitor and had a great time and one restaurant I can definitely recommend as very learner-friendly is Pantri Blakeman.
(address is 31A Blue Street, actually right in front of Bus station).
Of course, in a busy moment they canāt really stop and chat -which theyāre happy to do if itās quiet- but even just for ordering in Welsh, theyāre very patient and helpful!
(Oh, by the way, the food was good and good prices).
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As @gisella-albertini says, Pantri Blakeman. Up stairs, across the road from, and just up the hill from the bus station.
Siop y Pentan, Welsh bookshop in the market.
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However I would point out not too up the hill. 'cause I didnāt pay attention to the signs and walked up the tiny lane right next to the entrance door for quite a while before realizing that maybe something was wrong. 
p.s. in my defence I was quite anxious about missing my bus to London, and then the flight, or having forgotten something somewhere and so and so! 
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Hi Margaret
Good to chat last Tuesday.
Tuesday are definitely better for me. That said the next few weeks are tricky as Iām in France and London. Iāll be back onboard in the third week in July.
Kind regards
Joe
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Just moving this down to the end of the thread to make it easier for people to find the current projected dates:
Tuesday June 18th,
Friday July 5th,
Tuesday July 16th,
Friday August 2nd,
Tuesday August 20th,
Friday September 6,
Tuesday September 17,
Friday October 4,
Tuesday October 15,
Friday November 1st,
Tuesday November 19,
Friday December 6,
Tuesday December 19
Just a warning that weāre probably going to be changing to Tuesdays only. Just havenāt gone through my diary yet.
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Diolch @gisella-albertini and @margaretnock - I didnāt manage to get to either of the places you suggested, as I was attending a conference on Brenin Arthur which took up most of my time, but I walked down into the town centre on Thursday evening and ended up in the Boarās Head where I got into conversation (in Welsh) with a chap at the bar. We talked for at least twenty minutes and he was very complementary about my Welsh, which cheered me up no end. I also had plenty of opportunity to speak and hear Welsh at the conference and even spoke with Mererid Hopwood, which, as a fan, was great for me. SSiW has really broadened my horizons. Diolch yn fawr!
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A chat with Mererid Hopwood? My idea of heaven.
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Thanks for sharing with us how it went. 
And hey great to hear you had such a great time and caught the opportunities to speak Welsh!
I confess having to look up who Mererid Hopwood is. And I noticed she appears to teach and live in the area. So @margaretnock, with this intention, a little searchinā and keeping an eye on whatās going on in townā¦heaven is close, in Carmarthen! 
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