Project handbook and Layman's report on the website
Published on 11/Apr/2011 Now that the project has come to an end, the final publications have been produced. A technica Read MoreLife Active Blanket Bog in Wales Conference
Published on 25/Mar/2011 The project conference took place on the 8th and 9th March at the Lake Vyrnwy Hotel. A day Read MoreLake Vyrnwy to Aberdeen
Published on 21/Mar/2011 The LIFE Project is in the home-straight as it will end on the 31st March 2011. From the ori Read MoreLIFE on Countryfile – again
Published on 21/Mar/2011 Four years ago, Michaela Strachan and the BBC Countryfile team visited Lake Vyrnwy to film t Read MoreStock safety
Published on 07/Mar/2011 Research carried out by the project has shown that drain blocking on blanket bog can benefit Read MoreLIFE and science
Published on 01/Mar/2011 The LIFE Project is working with the National Trust on the Ysbyty Ifan estate to block over Read MoreWalk and Talk Events
Published on 16/Feb/2011 An illustrated talk by Mike Morris on the Blanket Bog Project at Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre f Read MoreLIFE on the Migneint
Published on 16/Feb/2011 The LIFE Blanket Bog Project has part funded ditch blocking on the National Trust land on the M Read MoreLIFE Project Conference
Published on 18/Jan/2011 The project is nearing its' end now and to review our work and that of others we are staging a proje Read MoreBlocking at Vyrnwy finished!
Published on 04/Jan/2011 The ditch blocking work at Lake Vyrnwy has finally been completed! R.G Evans and Sons have b Read MoreLIFE at the National Eisteddfod
Published on 29/Jul/2009
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The National Eisteddfod this year is being held in Y Bala, Gwynedd between Saturday 1 August and Saturday 8 August.
The National Eisteddfod of Wales is a major festival which provides an opportunity for visitors to be part of a convivial gathering to celebrate Wales' wealth of culture. This year, due to Y Bala being in the heart of the Project’s area, we will have a stand on the Maes. Members of the team and the partner organisations will be on hand to discuss the project with all the visitors and a series of activities, aimed at the young and young at heart, will be on throughout the week. These include colouring, badge making, papier mâché and getting close to the bog with our portable mountain! There will also be walks back at Lake Vyrnwy for those who wish to see it for themselves.
The main attraction for the project is our involvement in the Natur ein Bro project which is run by CCW. This year, eight primary schools from the Y Bala area have visited the project at Lake Vyrnwy where they were taken up onto the blanket bog. On the mountain they looked at the peat and the associated habitat and water. The most fun was had by taking it in turns to jump on the “jelly” to make the ground move for everyone else!
The children have since been back in the classroom with Twm Morys, Wales’ Children’s Poet for 2009/10 to create a piece for the Eisteddfod. On the Sunday, the children will be in the Babell Lên to perform their work in public so one and all are welcome to support them.
We hope to talk to as many people as possible and let them know just what is on the mountains surrounding Y Bala, so come and say hello if you’re down on the Maes.
