Lightsabers Appear on Cefn Sidan?

Hundreds of fluorescent tubes looking like lightsabers had came ashore on Sunday’s early morning tide. Pembrey Country Park campers who discovered them were keeping their eyes peeled for Darth Vader, Chewbacca or Luke Skywalker and the Stormtroopers.

Ranger Emyr Phillips said he had to rub his eyes when on beach patrol he came across several wigwams of the glass tubes in the dunes and then noticed a couple further along the beach walking with some of the ‘lightsabers.’

The couple told him they had been responsible for collecting the tubes off the low water mark where they had been washed up and walking them up the beach to the dunes because they did not want them to break and the glass being a danger to beach users.

The tubes are thought to have been jettisoned from a ship or to have been part of a lost cargo because they all washed ashore within a three-quarter mile stretch of the eight-mile long beach close to the Visitor’s Centre.

Mr Phillips said that he had thanked them for their public spiritedness before loading all the tubes and talking them to a place of safety for disposal. Beachcombers never know what they will find on Cefn Sidan. Over recent years there have been a batch of 500 deck chairs, thousands of bottles of sun tan lotion; a ship’s container full of new cars and a coconut tree with coconuts still attached.

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Mae cannoedd o tiwbiau fflwroleuol sydd yn edrych fel lightsabers wedi dod i'r lan ar llanw gynnar bore ar ddydd Sul. Roedd gwersyllwyr yn Parc Gwledig Pen-bre wedi eu ddarganfod ac roedden nhw yn cadw eu llygaid ar agor am Darth Vader, Chewbacca neu Luke Skywalker ar Stormtroopers.

Fe ddywedodd y ceidwad Emyr Phillips ei fod wedi rwbio ei lygaid pan ddaeth ar batrôl traeth a dod ar draws sawl wigwam o'r tiwbiau gwydr yn y twyni tywod, ac yna sylwi ychydig ymhellach ar hyd y traeth pobl yn cerdded gyda rhai o'r 'lightsabers.' Dywedodd cwpl wrtho mae nhw oedd yn gyfrifol am gasglu'r tiwbiau oddi ar y marc distyll lle'r oeddent wedi eu golchi i fyny ac mae nhw oedd wedi eu dodi yn y twyni oherwydd nad oeddent am nhw cael eu torri, a'r gwydr fod yn berygl i ddefnyddwyr y traeth.

Credir bod y tiwbiau wedi cael eu aberthu o long neu ei fod wedi bod yn rhan o cargo a gollwyd oherwydd eu bod yn oll wedi eu golchi i'r lan mewn darn tri-chwarter milltir yn agos at y Ganolfan Ymwelwyr, er bod y traeth yn wyth milltir o hyd. Dywedodd Mr Phillips ei bod wedi diolch iddynt am eu egwyddor cyhoeddus cyn llwytho’r holl tiwbiau ac eu gosod yn ddiogelwch ar gyfer gwaredu.

Mae beachcombers byth yn gwybod beth fyddant yn dod o hyd i ar Cefn Sidan. Dros y blynyddoedd diwethaf gweler 500 o cadeiriau dec, miloedd o boteli o eli haul, cynhwysydd llong yn llawn o geir newydd a coeden cnau coco gyda cnau coco dal yn sownd iddo ar Traeth Cefn Sidan. .

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The Twizy Due to Make its Debut in Llandovery

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog about ‘Tracy’ the Twizy Eco Car and a trip around Brecon. From August 5th, the Eco Car is coming to Llandovery. The state of the art electric car will be available to hire by the day and will be based at The Level Crossing for two weeks.

The Level Crossing is a community owned bunkhouse, bistro, and bar located next to Llandovery railway station. The new venture is aimed at walkers and cyclists for who there is secure storage and washing facilities for mountain bikes. It is based on the doorstep of the Western Brecon Beacons and the Cambrian Mountains; there is something for everyone to enjoy here- Mountains, lakes, castles, gardens and market towns.

This innovative little car provides a ‘green’ springboard for exploring the beautiful and stunning area, including the Black Mountain and could benefit tourism in Carmarthenshire greatly, now and in the future as more and more people are becoming conscience over the environmental impact of their holiday choices. More tourists are beginning to embrace sustainable holidays.

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Ychydig wythnosau yn ôl, ysgrifennais blog am 'Tracy' y Car Twizy Eco a’i thaith o amgylch Aberhonddu. O 5 Awst, mae'r Car Eco yn dod i Lanymddyfri. Bydd y car trydan ar gael i'w llogi gan y dydd, a bydd yn seiliedig ar y groesfan wastad am bythefnos.

Mae'r groesfan wastad yn eiddo i'r gymuned, efo bynciau, bistro a bar wedi ei lleoli nesaf at orsaf reilffordd Llanymddyfri. Mae'r fenter newydd wedi ei anelu at gerddwyr a beicwyr ar gyfer pwy mae storio diogel a chyfleusterau ymolchi ar gyfer beiciau mynydd. Mae'n seiliedig ar y stepen drws o Fannau Brycheiniog a Mynyddoedd Cambria, mae rhywbeth i bawb ei fwynhau gyda mynyddoedd, llynnoedd, cestyll, gerddi a threfi marchnad.

Mae'r car bach arloesol yn darparu sbringfwrdd 'gwyrdd' ar gyfer archwilio'r ardal hardd a thrawiadol, gan gynnwys y Mynydd Du ac a allai twristiaeth elwa yn fawr yn Sir Gaerfyrddin, yn awr ac yn y dyfodol wrth i fwy a mwy o bobl dod yn gydwybodol am effaith amgylcheddol eu dewisiadau gwyliau. Mae mwy o dwristiaid yn dechrau i gofleidio gwyliau cynaliadwy.

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Brecon in a Twizy

A new green initiative has been launched in the Brecon Beacons. The Eco Travel Network http://www.ecotravelnetwork.co.uk  was established by local researchers and business owners to offer a pool of electric vehicles for visitors who want to explore the region while keeping their carbon footprint low. These Renault Twizys carry two people and run on batteries that can be topped up at a number of local charging points.

Really delighted that Rough Guides wanted to cover our area on their website as more people are becoming conscience over the environmental impact of their holiday choices and more  tourists embrace sustainable holidays and staycations.

Rachel picked up ‘Tracy’ the Twizy from Westview Guesthouse near Hay-On-Wye. Driven at 30mph, Tracy can do 45 miles in winter and over 50 in the summer. Tracy has no windows and is perfect for the current weather.

Rachel drove the Twizy to the Brecon Cathedral, Llandovery, Myddfai Community Hall and Visitor Centre, Dolaucothi Gold Mines, Penderyn Distillery and The Felin Fach Griffin, re-charging Tracy at each location, ready to move onto the next.

For more information on sustainable holidays and staycations, contact: marketing@carmarthenshire.gov.uk

  

Mae menter gwyrdd newydd wedi cael ei lansio ym Mannau Brycheiniog. Mae'r Rhwydwaith Teithio Eco a Sefydlwyd gan ymchwilwyr lleol a pherchnogion busnes i gynnig cronfa o gerbydau trydan ar gyfer ymwelwyr sydd eisiau archwilio y rhanbarth tra'n cadw eu hôl troed carbon yn isel. Mae'r Renault Twizy’s yn cario dau o fobol ac yn rhedeg ar fatris y gellir eu pennau i fyny mewn nifer o fannau codi tâl lleol.

Mae mwy o bobl yn dod yn gydwybod am effaith amgylcheddol eu dewisiadau gwyliau ac wrth i fwy o dwristiaid cynnwys gwyliau a staycations cynaliadwy, mentrau gwyrdd yn neidio i fyny ar draws y Bannau Brycheiniog.

Cododd Rachel ei cerbyd 'Tracy' y Twizy o WESTVIEW Guesthouse ger Gelli Gandryll. Os Gyrru’r ar 30mya, gall Tracy wneud 45 milltir yn y gaeaf a dros 50 yn yr haf. Does dim ffenestri gan Tracy syn gwneud hi yn berffaith ar gyfer y tywydd braf ar hyn o bryd.

Gyrrodd Rachel y Twizy i’r Eglwys Gadeiriol yn Aberhonddu, ac ymlaen i Llanymddyfri, Neuadd Gymunedol a Chanolfan Ymwelwyr Myddfai, Mwyngloddiau Aur Doloucothi, Distyllfa Penderyn a Felin Fach Griffin, cafodd Tracy ail-godi tâl ym mhob lleoliad, yn barod i symud ymlaen i'r nesaf.

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