Jon, promised you the pic of us with Tommo, Talking of Scrabble, Jonsais holds an annual scrabble competition in Derby. Maybe if we practiced that trophy could be ours. I’ve been to Yr Ysgwrn twice now and is fascinating. There’s a new roof going on at the moment as the government is spending a bit of money on the place. It’s as it was when the Bardd lived there. i’ll send you an email soon, trying to download your pics from your e mail at present.
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Thanks for the photo, John. Much better than the one I had - I will treasure it! Let me know if you have any trouble with the link to the photos I sent. And yes let’s see if we can have a go at that Scrabble Cymraeg trophy. Look forward to hearing from you soon. Hwyl!
For anyone who liked the look of the Rock Mill, and thought that wouldn’t it be a perfect spot to spend some time…you can stay in their loft!
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Looks very comfortable. I usually camp , but hey
Yes indeed, it was a brilliant week although I’m sorry I had to rush off on the Friday evening, leaving the rest of you to do the cleaning up. However it was well worth it from my point of view to be able to see my son before he had to go back to Canada on the Sunday, leaving his children behind to be entertained for a couple of weeks.
Having now recovered from that, I have had time to think back over the action packed week and how varied was the mix of characters and backgrounds of the people who were there and who all joined in so well to make it such a success.
My abiding memory will be of the “Eisteddfod” procession through the town, with musical accompaniment, much to the mystification of the onlookers, and then the ceremony at the Gorsedd Circle. Don’t you dare put that video on Utube Joan!! (smile) I can remember thinking "if anyone I know were to be here today and see what I’m doing, they wouldn’t believe it " If you get to see this, thank you also to Rhian for a truly surreal experience.
The other brilliant event was the" noson canu" in the pub. I don’t think I’ve enjoyed anything as much for years; there was a great deal of “hiraeth” involved on my part. Thanks to Rhian and Iestyn for this too.
I must also thank Cat (hope your back is on the mend) and the little ones for helping us get through the week of “Dim Saesneg o’r gwbwl” I must say though that I felt suitably chastened when Gwenllian put me straight when I called her “bach” “Dwi ddim yn bach!” she said firmly.
Thank you Iestyn for everything else you organised for us. I’m not sure that either “Qui Gong” or the attempt to teach us to play the ukulele (fruitless from my point of view) would have been obvious choices of things to do on holiday but both were worth a try.
So then, to sum up, it was a great week, with great people, doing interesting things in a very beautiful part of Wales. Who could ask for more. Will I be back? I hope so.
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I’ll never forget leading the way with a bow-saw in substitute for a sword. 
It was great meeting you and everyone else…That new-age women joining us was fantastic as well…Heddwch!!!
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Thought I’d mention that I’ve started a new thread on events at the bootcamp so that comments like those above could be more easily found if anyone’s interested in contributing. The thread is called July 2015 feedback
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