Thanks John. Not yet sure if I will be able to come along to a morning meetup, but I’ll see how it goes!
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This week coming we start our new meetup schedule
- Wednesday morning, 8 May from 10:30am in the King’s Arms, Holywell Street
- Wednesday evening 8 May 8.30pm in James Street Tavern , James St., East Oxford (but best to check first with @s-coates1 on this one)
- Friday morning, 10 May from 10:30am in Café Bap, Abingdon Rd
I’m tagging everyone just to make sure - no need to respond if you’ve already posted about the changes: @cat-1 @RichardBuck @Betterlatethan @rebecca @rachaelseculer-faber @jane-18 @bethan-williams-1 @mouselovinlady @Laura_P_87 @s-coates1
Hope you can make it to one (or more!) of these - and, as always, new faces welcome! 
Any questions, comments or suggestions, do let me know via the forum or a PM (if you prefer email, let me know and I’ll PM you the address)
Hwyl, John
Helo @cat-1 @RichardBuck @Betterlatethan @rebecca @rachaelseculer-faber @jane-18 @bethan-williams-1 @mouselovinlady @Laura_P_87 @s-coates1 !
With summer on the way, maybe a good time to brush off some suggestions from last year for other activities which could provide the space for us to practise a bit of Welsh in a relaxed environment and which, if they wish, would also allow partners, kids and maybe dogs to join us:
- Some pub lunches
- A few picnics in the summer - @cat-1 suggested one at a polo match in Kirtlington - don’t have to watch the match if you don’t want to
- River trip - Folly Bridge-Abingdon
- Meetup with another SSiW group (Milton Keynes, Coventry, Bristol etc ?), maybe somewhere midway
- Visit to an Oxford museum or Colleges etc, etc (Ros Temple hsa kindly offered to give us a tour of New College in Welsh during the summer vacation)
- A central Oxford walk - Botanic Gardens, University Parks, Christchurch Meadow etc - could perhaps invite members of Cymdeithas Dafydd ap Gwylim to join us
- A trip round Oxford on the hop-on hop-off open top bus
Further suggestions welcome
Also, don’t forget we have an invitation to Prof Bob Evans’ garden party in Sunningwell, nr Abingdon, on Sat 8 June from 1200 (children welcome and there’s a supply of toys and games if needed).
Hwyl, John
Thanks for the updates John. I’m in Oxford most Friday mornings but not free til after 11, how long do the Bap meetings usually last?
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Helo Meg - we’re generally there for around 1-2 hours and we don’t have a cut off time, so, really, we’re there as long we want. Hope you can make it
Hwyl, John
A quick memory jog that there’ll be the first of our Wednesday morning meetups tomorrow from 10:30 in The King’s Arms, Holywell St. and that the second of the week’s daytime meetups is no longer on Thursdays but is now on Fridays from 10:30 in Cafe Bap.
Hwyl, John**
PS Don’t forget there’ll be a walk on Sun 12th - see Oxford walks for details
… and another quick reminder about the first of our weekly Friday meetups, from 1030am tomorrow in Cafe Bap, Abingdon Rd
And typically, just as I’m brushing up my Cymraeg with glee, an emergency at work comes up and my Friday morning disappears, just like that. 
Have fun, you lot. I’ll be there next week…
O bechod - what rotten luck, Cat! 
Tan wythnos nesa, 'ta
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Don’t forget, pawb - as if you would! - this week’s meetups are following the new pattern (this is a bit of an experiment, so feedback/comments/suggestions still helpful)
- Wednesday morning, 15 May from 10:30am in the King’s Arms, Holywell Street
- Wednesday evening 15 May 8.30pm in James Street Tavern , James St., East Oxford (but best to check first with @s-coates1 on this one)
- Friday morning, 17 May from 10:30am in Café Bap, Abingdon Rd
Hwyl, John
PS Meetup details are also circulated by email for those of us who don’t (or don’t very often) use the SSiW forum. If you’d like to be added to the circulation list, do let me know (you could send me your email address via a PM, if you prefer, or I can PM you with mine).
I already have …
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A quick memory jog about the meetups tomorrow …
- Wednesday morning, 15 May from 10:30am in the King’s Arms, Holywell Street
- Wednesday evening 15 May 8.30pm in James Street Tavern , James St., East Oxford (check with @s-coates1)
And this has just been posted on Cymdeithas Dafydd ap Gwilym’s Facebook page - last year’s Eisteddfod in The Mitre was fun - if you’re interested in attending this year’s let me know if and I’ll clear it with them - there shouldn’t be any problem, but probably best to make sure :
The DAFYDD’S ANNUAL EISTEDDFOD will be held on Saturday the 18th of May (3rd Week) at 19:00 in Jesus College (Harold Wilson Room) moving to the college bar after. Everyone welcome! The event is a lot of fun and will be rather informal. Live competitions will also take place (details below) as well as the ceremony to crown and chair the winners of the literary competition -for the secondary schools of Wales. Come one and all to take part or to enjoy and socialise!
ADJUDICATORS: Iwan Rhys and Manon Awst
COMPETITIONS:
Open solo poetry or monologue
Open singing solo
Public speaking comPetition (subject TBC)
Opne solo instrumental
A piano will be available
If you are interested in competing, please drop me a message or email me at math.roberts@lincoln.ox.ac.uk in order to have an idea of numbers, etc. You are also welcome to offer ideas of other competitions! More info to come later in the week!
Thanks to @johnwilliams_6, @Betterlatethan and Clive for welcoming me to the group at the King’s Arms this morning. Good to meet you all. I feel encouraged to make more of an effort with my Welsh. Hope to see you now & then at future meetups, work allowing.
Hi @chris-roberts,
It was great to meet and chat with you. I could understand pretty much everything you said, and that is so encouraging. I hope to see you again soon.
Sue
Hi Chris - as Sue says, it was great to meet you and we’ll certainly be looking forward to seeing you at one of our meetups again soon
Hwyl, John
… and a quick reminder about tomorrow’s meetup
- Friday morning, 17 May from 10:30am in Café Bap, Abingdon Rd
Also Bob Evans has just emailed a reminder about their garden party to which we are invited (If you want to RSVP send me a PM and I’ll PM you back with his email address ):
Please come to our annual Welsh garden party lunch, Sat 8 June, from noon onwards, at 45 Sunningwell. One language or both: it’s an interest in Welsh culture that matters! Or Irish (we’ll have an Irish speaker with us too). Bring and share. RSVP if poss (if you haven’t replied already) and for more details, incl travel directions. All welcome .
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I have a poorly Arthur! I did consider dragging him with me, but maybe you lot don’t want to be ill! 
I keep forgetting that parenting is basically a full time job with permanent ‘on-call’ status, and only limited access to fairy dust! 
At least the other two spoke Welsh to me this morning, although a fair amount of it seemed to revolve around Pikachu…
Sorry to miss you all again - try again wythnos nesaf!!