Robert Lloyd - a Sir Gar Blog of random news . . . and some Clecs!

Off to Aberglasney Gardens for tonight's concert featuring Bryn Terfel and Wynne Evans. Taking my wellies just in case!

Many thanks to all those kind shoppers in Carmarthen this morning who supported the programme sales for next week's fete and football festival.

Off to Carmarthen (St Catherine's Walk Centre) to sell programmes for next week's Carmarthen Town AFC Fete and Football Festival.

Rain stopped play, but it didn’t dampen the spirits for the official opening of the new Carmarthen Wanderers Cricket Clubhouse at Trinity Fields at Ystrad, Johnstown, Carmarthen. The opening was due to be carried out against the backdrop of a South Wales Junior Cricket Under-16 match between the Wanderers and Pontarddulais – but a classic summer deluge put paid to that part of the entertainment. VIP guests, including Glamorgan bowler Huw Waters and Carmarthen Town Deputy Mayor Phil Grice, were forced inside the new clubhouse, but at least it gave them chance to explore the new pavilion. More than £150,000 has been spent on dressing rooms and a lounge bar next to the nets at Trinity Fields. “The new clubhouse is a great example of partnerships at work,” said Carmarthen Wanderers chairman David Roberts. Mr Roberts said the key partners in the project were the University of Wales Trinity St David, the ECB English Cricket Board of England, Cricket Wales, Carmarthenshire County Council, Cwm...

The prestigious Lamphey Court Hotel & Spa in Pembrokeshire has appointed a manager for its new £2 million state-of-the-art Spa. Kristal Wright, 26, arrives at the spa with an extensive CV which includes working at The Four Seasons Hotel Hampshire, a Five Star Luxury hotel retreat based in Dogmersfield, Hampshire. “We are looking forward to welcoming Kristal to the hotel and spa next month,” said Phil Thomas, general manager at the Lamphey Court Hotel & Spa near Pembroke. “The Spa is taking shape in more ways than one. We can see the building developing and now we can see the staffing structure taking shape. “Kristal is qualified in a wide variety of spa and beauty treatments and therapies. She is highly-motivated and a good communicator and I’m sure she will prove to be an asset to the team here at the Lamphey Court Hotel & Spa.” The new spa is literally rising like the phoenix from the ashes. It was back in April, 2010, when the old spa at the hotel saw one of the most dra...

Carmarthenshire's Executive Board is writing to Llandeilo Town Council asking for members to agree a preferred route for a proposed bypass which could help reduce air pollution in the area. The Local Authority is currently undertaking a detailed assessment of air quality in Llandeilo as well as a major public consultation with the aim of assessing and managing air quality in the area. Recent exercises have revealed increasing levels of the pollutant nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in Llandeilo, to the extent where the Air Quality Objective set by the Westminster and European governments has been breached. As part of the assessment and consultation, the proposal for a bypass has been raised as a possible solution. Now, the county council has asked members of the town council to discuss their preferred location for a proposed bypass at their next meeting, which will allow them to lobby the Welsh Government on the matter. Leader, Cllr Meryl Gravell, said: “We have written to Llandeilo Town Cou...

Thank you very much, folks. Thanks to you, dear readers and visitors, this blog is continuing to pick up more hits. It's now hit the 36,000 page views mark. That's 2,000 more views since June 8 - just over a fortnight ago! Keep the hits coming, folks! Much appreciated. Many thanks. See earlier post - http://sirgarblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/34000-visits-chalked-up.html Meanwhile, the blog has chalked up its first visitor from Jamaica. The full country by country list (figures from January 6, 2010) is as follows - United Kingdom (GB) 10,703; United States (US) 1,330; India (IN) 101; Canada (CA) 76; Germany (DE) 68; Australia (AU) 67; Ireland (IE) 54; Europe (EU) 53; France (FR) 49; Taiwan (TW) 45; Japan (JP) 41; Belgium (BE) 35; Netherlands (NL) 29; Italy (IT) 29; Qatar (QA) 29; Spain (ES) 25; New Zealand (NZ) 23; Philippines (PH) 21; Pakistan (PK) 21; United Arab Emirates (AE) 19; Malaysia (MY) 19; Russian Federation (RU) 17; Poland (PL) 14; Singapore (SG) 14; Sweden (SE) 13; Bra...