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Friends of Borth-y-Gest Home Aims - The aims of the Friends of Borth-y-Gest are to look after and to improve our village. Click on the buttons here or above for Events, Updates, Photos and Contact. You may need to click on your Refresh button to get the latest version of the website pages Please see details of lots of new Events on the Events page Saturday 19th May - Nature Walk See Events for details. Saturday 26th May - Village Barbeque See Events for details. Sunday June 24th - Borth-y-Gest Open Gardens Day See Events for details. The Annual General Meeting of The Friends held on Thursday 17th May was well attended. David Medcalf gave a very interesting photographic presentation of events showing just how much has been enjoyed and achieved over the last year, especially with the help of the Tir-a-Môr Grant for environmental improvements. Robert Idris Jones showed that the accounts are in good order helped by the £200 from the Rebecca Fund and sales from 'A Little History of Borth-y-Gest'. Ieuan Roberts was elected onto the Committee. Phil Eccles then gave a fascinating slideshow on a sea kayaking trip he took with his wife in western Greenland last year. Benches We have some new and replacement benches in place for people to enjoy the views and the nature reserves. There are seven of them, all away from the car park and main path areas so I hope you’ll enjoy exploring to find them. Tree planting We had a great morning planting new [replacement] trees in the Plantation and new ‘native’ fruit trees in Pen-y-Banc Reserve. We also transplanted some ‘in the green’ snowdrops on the Mersey Street ‘buffer land’ to get a wider spread through the newly cleared areas in future years. The Friends were helped by the children from Ysgol Borth-y-Gest, students from Coleg Harlech and volunteers from the Snowdonia Society – many thanks to all!The fruit trees, which include apples, pears and damsons, will be a ‘community orchard’ in the years to come and this has been registered on the Wales Atlas of Indigenous Orchards – a project to encourage the preservation and spread of native fruit trees. The village toilets and flower tubs The toilets are now back in use after significant maintenance work by Gwynedd Council – a new roof and some repair to tiles on the inside. Many public conveniences have been closed in other parts of Gwynedd so it’s good to see investment in ours. The Friends have now installed some flower tubs outside, to brighten up the rather drab appearance. Thanks to Sheila Roberts and all those who helped Porthmadog Maritime Museum (behind the Canolfan). This museum is OPEN during weekends in June from 12 to 4 pm daily and some other days. If you are interested in getting involved there will be monthly meetings at the Yacht Club on the first Wednesday of the month at 8.00pm. For more information contact John Jones-Morris on 01766 512153 or email drjohn.bryngauallt@btinternet.com. Click here to see some photographs of the museum. Go to the Updates and Events pages for more information and news  In April 2011 'A Little History of Borth-y-Gest' written by Richard Walwyn was published for The Friends of Borth-y-Gest by Delfryn Publications. The book was launched at the Exhibition of Historic Photographs of Borth-y-Gest and the surrounding area over Easter 2011. The first 250 copies of the book have been sold and a second impression of the book is now available.
The book is an A5 paperback in black and white with a colour cover. There are 3 maps, 13 illustrations and several tables. The ISBN Number is 978-0-9561469-4-6. The book is available from Delfryn Publications, Delfryn, Borth-y-Gest, Porthmadog, Gwynedd LL49 9TW. Telephone: 01766 512115. To obtain a copy please send a cheque for £7.50 made payable to Friends of Borth-y-Gest or pay online by clicking the BUY NOW button below. |
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Borth-y-Gest is between Porthmadog and Black Rock Sands. |
