Hi! Welcome to our newsletter from Paul the Hall.

It's the middle of February already, the snowdrops are out in abundance and Andrew took the Snowdrop Service at Llantysilio church on Sunday. It was well attended despite the unpleasant weather.

Daffodils are pushing through in St Collens churchyard and Tom is sweeping up all the twigs and branches that the recent gales brought down. He has started excavating the ground to prepare a new footpath to the bell tower so that the ringers do not carry mud and grass up into the ringing room. They are intending to spruce it up and do not want it spoiled.

We are obtaining prices for replacing the slate surrounds to both the clocks on the bell tower. They are delaminating and will become dangerous if nothing is done. We need a cherry picker that can reach about fifty feet if anyone has got one.....

The coping stones on the very top of the bell tower are porous and need pointing and there is a certain amount of vegetation to be removed from up there. The walls in the bell-chamber are marked with the water that has got through and the timber beams are very damp, which is not good. I hope that we will have it all sorted out properly during this summer.

We had the lightning conductors tested last week. Believe it or not we have ten of them! The bad news is that they all failed. so, another headache for the facilities manager and for the treasurer. We await the full report with bated breath.

The hall has been repainted recently along with several other rooms and so the place is looking greate. Caroline keeps us spotless and is busy arranging the new on line booking system on our website. Give it a browse and see what you think.

We said farewell this week to Sue Wells who has held regular Pilates classes here for a long time. We wish her well in her new studio. A new dance group, Dance Zone, are a new regular fixture for Tuesday evenings from 5:00pm onwards. Sian Roberts is the instructor and they have their own Facebook page. She can be contacted on 07711889452 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

There was a meeting of the church council last week where the chairman Jonathan Abbatt, proposed that we go for 100% green energy when we renew our electricity supply in April. We have just moved our other utilities to Utility Warehouse and anticipate a saving of around fifteen hundred pounds per annum.

The vexed problem of people abusing our hospitality when parking their cars was raised and a plan of action was agreed which will come into effect on the 1st March 2017. Details will be publicised very soon.

At our recent Sunday luncheon in support of Shelter Cymru Andrew presented a cheque for a thousand pounds that we had raised to the local co-ordinator. Great lunch. With thanks to all our supporters. 

More info soon. PG