Helo bawb - it’s back to the usual pattern for this week’s meetups:
Do get in touch if you should need Zoom login details or have any questions 
Hwyl a chadw’n saff
John
Another event at Jesus College, this Wednesday evening at 5.30:
‘The Celtic Cross is a cross-cultural celebration of Wales and Ireland founded in 1984. There will be readings, musical performances and a talk by Professor David Willis, Jesus College Chair of Celtic. All are welcome.’
(Unfortunately I have a prior engagement elsewhere in College!)
Helo eto - meetups same as usual next week. All welcome, especially newcomers - get in touch if you’ve any questions or need Zoom login details
Hwyl a chadw.n saff
John
Helo eto - here are this week’s meetups:
The King’s Arms will be the Plan B venue for future Friday meetups should the library cafe be closed)Do let me know if you need the Zoom login details
Hwyl a chadwn saff
John
Helo eto - it’s the same as last week for this week’s meetups
Newcomers always welcome!
Hwyl a chadwn saff
John
Helo bawb - it’ll be the usual schedule for this week’s meetups
Get in touch if you have any questions
Hwyl a chadwn saff
John
PS There’s a new Doodle poll to choose dates for this month’s walks 
Helo bawb - this week it’s the school holidays so probably lots of families visiting Oxford which makes it quite possible that the library cafe will be full to bursting on Good Friday. If we find that it is will head to the King’s Arms across the road for our meetup that day.
Also, if you’d like to join us for a walk+sgwrs, don’t forget to complete the new April Doodle poll
Hwyl a chadw’n saff
John
Helo eto - same pattern as usual for this week’s meetups:
There’s also another walk+sgwrs on Sat 23rd (see Oxford walks thread where there’s also a link to the May Doodle poll)
Hwyl a chadw’n saff
John
PS Do get in touch if you have any questions or suggestions 
Helo bawb - the last week in April already, and another couple of meetups, one virtual and one face to face/wyneb i wyneb :
Also don’t forget the Oxford walks thread which includes the May Doodle poll which helps us choose the best dates for our walks+sgwrs
Hwyl a chadw’n saff
John
Helo bawb - same meetup schedule as usual for the first week in May (but is there anyone out there who hasn’t been able to join us yet because days/times don’t work for you - do please let me know if that’s the case )
Hwyl a chadw’n saff
John
I’m never quite sure where to post these things but I notice that Marian Brosschott has revived the Easy Welsh youtube channel:
I find it quite a useful format with full·speed, natural-sounding interviews with bilingual subtitles.
(The format also exists for lots of other languages if anyone’s interested.)
How about posting it in this thread too so that those who wouldn’t normally read posts here on the Oxford group thread would see it -
OK Siaron I will do.
Helo bawb - just to confirm it’s the same meetup plan this week as last (but to reiterate last week’s plea 
if you haven’t been able to join us yet because days/times aren’t convenient, do please let me know!)
Hwyl a chadw’n saff
John
Helo bawb - as usual we’ll meetup via Zoom on Tuesday and in person on Friday. There’s a slight change on Friday though as, thanks to Neil Stevenson, the Weston Library’s Public Engagement Manager (ac ei wraig @anna-haywood 
), we can now meet up in the Space for Reading, the window area to the right of the main Weston Library entrance (opposite side to the cafe).There are sofas, chairs and a large circular table and we’re allowed to bring refreshments from the cafe.
Hwyl a chadw’n saff
John
Bethan and I tried the new venue in the Weston Library (and Helen Cook from the Bodleian came to say hello). I think it’s an improvement - comfy sofas and much less ambient noise than in the café.
One question that came up, out of curiosity - have any of you tried Welsh-language audiobooks?
Glad the new location worked.
Re Audiobooks. I haven’t but for those that like a good kiddie book here is a free link https://drefwen.com/pages/free-welsh-audio-books
Helo bawb - the end of May and the beginning of June this week, but we’ll be carrying on with the current pattern of meetups:
Last week in Nant G I learnt that it’s possible to get some audiobooks in Welsh via BorrowBox and by all accounts it works very well 
Hwyl a chadw’n saff
John
I’ve just tried that BorrowBox app but it asked me to enter my local library ID. I could search for my local library, but it didn’t recognise mine here. I wondered if it was just for the UK, but it did suggest an Australian library, so perhaps not.
If someone could start a separate thread for it and give information about it in the General section, then I’ll be able to include it in the newsletter. It looks very useful and we often get people asking about audiobooks in Welsh.
Helo eto - same plan again as last week. The Weston Library’s ‘Space for Reading’ works very well as a venue for Friday meetups. There might be one or two other people there, but the hour from 12 noon to 1pm has kindly been booked for us by the Library so, within that hour, we can chatter away as much - or as little - as we like. Do let me know if you have any questions or comments.
Hwyl a chadw’n saff
John
