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Mountain Muse
Towering 1,000 feet above sea level and dominating the village, it beckons seductively drawing people of a certain inclination to have a love affair with it- to wander and wonder and sometimes to see ghosts.
Up one goes past the quaint white cottage with its endearing cats and kittens sunning themselves outside and eyeing you warily.
Occasional mountain bikers sweat their way energetically and joggers with strained faces puff and blow.
But the walkers own the great expanse and feel its healing powers. They are drawn here daily by their obsession with it. Friends meet and understand.
Horses leave lucky footprints in the soft earth telling tales of canters along the ridge. The sweet smell of their dung assails the nostrils.
In spring the ferns hide nesting skylarks. They soar upwards singing haunting cadences taking your spirit with them.
Sheep bleet to their lambs as they come to feed, flagwaving their tails-a happy sound. But a few steps along I sicken as I encounter a dead lamb with its mother standing guard over it.
For the bird watchers, sparrow hawks, buzzards and kestrels are a frequent sight and sometimes there is serendipity in the form of a snipe, raven, wheatear, reed bunting or stonechat.
The observation post stands at the peak and from here you can see for miles around. The Bristol Channel, Somerset and North Devon are visible to the south, the new Severn Bridge to the east and the Brecon Beacons rolling in the distance to the north. Other mountains loom and afford roads which wind evocatively to the valley towns and looking down one sees Pentyrch, a toy town now with its seemingly miniature
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Pentyrch Ladies
A drop in membership at Pentyrch Ladies has forced the group to reduce meeting at the Village Hall to once a month. In order to maintain continuity, the alternative meetings have been arranged as social events. The planned programme to June is as follows:-
Mar 14 Theatre Trip - Frank Vickery play - Trivial Pursuits
Mar 28 Music at the Lewis Arms
Apr 18 A trip to China by Anne Mills (Village Hall)
Apr 25 Picture quiz at the Lewis Arms
May 9 Holistic Therapies by Marje Millard (Village Hall)
May 23 Strawberry Picking - Radyr
June 13 Glamorgan Wildlife Trust - Conservation on your doorstep. (Village Hall)
June 27 Walk around Cardiff Bay and Summer Meal.
New and past members welcome.
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Pentyrch Open Gardens
Diary Dates
Friday March 22nd - Meeting for interested gardeners in Village Hall 7pm.
Saturday May 18th - Plant sale 10am - 12 noon - donations of plants gratefully accepted in Village Hall on Friday 17th May 7pm.
Saturday July 6th and Sunday July 7th - if anyone is interested in opening their garden or helping us in anyway, including your own craft stall, please contact Helen Edwards Tel: 20891337
Or email garden.dreams@totalise.co.uk
Application forms for grants from 2002's proceeds available from Bill Rodd, 31 Lon y Fro, Pentyrch . Tel: 20891584. Closing date for completed forms May 18th 2002.
In 2000 £1500 raised for the Village Hall Car Park Fund and in 2001 £3019 was distrlbuted amongst 14 groups within Pentyrch. Help us to make our village a better place to live.
Helen Edwards
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