Defibrillator
The village defibrillator is in the old phone box at Village Green.
Coffee Morning: Saturday 27
th April 10:15am
Please come and meet your neighbours and friends for an hour or so over a coffee (or tea) and biscuits.
A raffle will be held, as usual.
Quiz Night: Friday 17
th May 7:30
Doors open at 7:00pm, ready for another fun night. £2 per person plus a raffle. If you'd like to enter a team or reserve a table, contact Lynne: 07484 748614 or Llandyssil-hall@hotmail.com
Bring your own 'Friday Night' refreshments. Tea and coffee will be available as always.
Makers By Candlelight
The village craft group meets on the 4th Tuesday in the month - 28th May, 25th June, 23rd July - from 1:30 to 3:30pm in the Old School Hall. The cost is just £2 plus £1 for unlimited refreshments, with any profit going to charity - this year it will be 1st Montgomery Brownies.
We started in November 2017 and in the 50 meetings since then, we've raised £1,280 for five different local charities. Thank you to everyone for supporting the group.
Everyone is welcome - even if you don't do crafts - join us for a cuppa and a chat.
For more information, give Peter or Jane a call on: 01686 668368.
Llandyssil Ladies Club
The Ladies Club meets on the 3rd Tuesday of the month - 21st May, 18th June, 16th July - at 7:30pm in the Old School Hall. Annual membership is £20 but non-members are welcome for £3 for the evening, which always includes refreshments.
If you'd like more information, please call Marilyn Pettit: 01686 668523 or Lynn Davies: 01686 668247.
AGM & Open Meeting: Thursday 30
th May 7:30
Vote on Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and Trustees. If you wish to nominate yourself for any of these positions and/or reinstate the existing positions held by current volunteers, then come along and support your village hall.
Followed by an Open Meeting where anyone can have a say in what goes on in the village.
Montgomery Medical Practice Patients Association (MMPPA)
Triage for urgent care
If you are a patient at Montgomery Medical Practice, you need to know that the Triage system for urgent medical care has changed. Information was sent out with prescriptions during the last few weeks, but we think that not everyone will know about the change.
Until 15th April, patients were able to telephone the practice in the morning and again in the afternoon to ask for urgent appointments. From now on you won’t need to wait to speak to a receptionist, and then have a follow up call, as the Triage system has moved on-line.
We know that the announcement has caused concern, but the new system is straight forward and if you don’t have internet access from a computer, tablet, or a smart phone you can still contact the Practice by telephone.
You will need to access the practice web site so that you can fill out an on-line form to outline your problem and why you need an urgent appointment. You can do this from 08:30 to11:00 and then again between 14:00 and 15:00. If you are telephoning the Practice, the receptionist will fill in the form on your behalf. You will be able to send photographs attached to the form, for example if you have a rash causing you concern. The form also gives you options as to how you want the Practice to get back to you: a phone call, email, or text.
All the submitted forms will be assessed by one of the doctors during the same day. You will be contacted to tell you what will happen next. You may be given a doctor’s appointment, a nurse appointment, a referral to a physiotherapist…. whatever is the most appropriate treatment for your urgent condition.
You can find access to the on-line form on the Practice web site: https://montgomerymedicalpractice.nhs.wales/
Click on the Contact Us tab. You will see ‘Contact us on-line Submit a new request’ at the top of the page. Use this link to take you to the form: https://montgomerymedicalpractice.nhs.wales/contact-us
MEG Free Bicycle Scheme
The scheme has been flourishing over the past year with over 520 refurbished bikes passed on free to delighted new owners, after necessary work and refurbishment. We also carry out servicing to anyone's bike to get them back on the road free of any labour charge - we just charge the cost-price of any parts used.
So, if you're looking for a bike, give Brett a call on 01686 669730 and we should be able to help.
Getting on a bike not only gets you fitter but also saves CO2 - recycling a bike saves about ½ tonne of CO2 compared to making a new one!
Llandyssil Walking Group
A full programme of monthly walks will resume in the spring, on the 4th Wednesday of each month. We are also regularly invited to join the Montgomery group on the 2nd Wednesday of the month and also the Berriew group, which offers two walks a month, but not on any fixed days.
A number of folks are regular walkers with their dogs. Sadly, there is an increasing problem of dog mess. Please ensure that every dog walker clears up thoroughly after their dog every time.
I wonder how many people have made use of the walk display on the end wall of the village bus shelter?
Keep walking and enjoy our beautiful countryside, but please remember the Country Code:
be considerate of others living and working in the countryside
leave all gates as you find them
keep to the waymarked paths
take all your litter home - if possible, take home a few extra pieces, there's plenty of it about!
keep your dog under close control at all times and pick up & properly dispose of any dog waste. Keep your dog on a short lead when around livestock - remember, a farmer is entitled to shoot any dog seen to be worrying or attacking their animals
Look out for details of upcoming walks and join us if you can, to share the beautiful area in which we're very fortunate to live. If you'd like more details, please contact me: Mike Membery at mikemem@phonecoop.coop or give me a call on 01686 668643.
Llandyssil Newsletter
The latest edition of the amazing Llandyssil Newsletter can be downloaded by clicking this link so you can read it on screen or print it if you'd prefer.
