Here are details of all of our past meetings and events:
February 2024 Meeting – Share the Love
At our February meeting we all had a go at making a green heart for the #sharethelove campaign. It was great fun, even for us who aren’t very ‘crafty’ and I think we were all pretty happy with our endeavours 🙂
Thank you everyone who came along, we hope you all enjoyed yourselves.
January 2024 – London Trip
From Pam, our Treasurer ……
Mary and I joined other ladies from neighbouring WI’s on a trip to London on the 19-21st January. We met the coach outside Morrison’s in Carmarthen at 8am and off we set! We stopped off for breakfast at the services at Magor for an hour and then headed into London. We stayed at the Hilton Olympia Kensington, our rooms weren’t ready when we arrived, so we headed off out to find somewhere to have a couple of cocktails! We walked for a little while around Holland Park and then we saw The Mitre, that we had been on a previous trip. We found ourselves a comfy table and checked out the cocktail menu. My favourite was a Passionfruit Martini! I can’t remember what Mary had, or what the second cocktail was called – I do know that we had to get some chips to eat so that we could walk in a straight line!
We then headed back to the hotel for the evening where we met up with two other ladies, Nema and Hazel, for a meal and a giggle and a couple more cocktails.
Next day we had tickets to see The King and I at the Dominion Theatre. We had a few hours spare beforehand, so we met up with Nema and Hazel again, as they were also going to the same theatre, and had a walk around Tottenham Court Road. We stopped off for lunch at a lovely Turkish restaurant, and then headed to the theatre. The musical was fabulous! Helen George from Call the Midwife was the lead role and she was just wonderful. Afterwards we got a cab back to the hotel and met up with the ladies for our evening meal.
On the way home on the Sunday, we stopped at McArthur Glen Retail outlet for a couple of hours shopping and then onto a Beefeater for Sunday lunch. We arrived back at Carmarthen at about 6pm
January 2024 Meeting – Aromatherapy
What a fantastic start to the year!! It was lovely to welcome all of our ladies on back after the Christmas break.
Thank you to Rachel who was our fantastic speaker this month, and told us about all things Aromatherapy which is the practice of using essential oils for therapeutic benefit ….. we learnt how oils are made, the origin of aromatherapy, what the oils are used for and had a guess at smelling and guessing some oils.
December 2023 – Afternoon Tea
The ladies from the Wandering Willows had a very lovely afternoon tea at Amelia’s Vintage Tea Rooms today. Fabulous company, tasty sandwiches, cakes and scones with jam and cream. What more do you need?!
December 2023 – Wandering Willows WI Christmas Fair
Thank you to everyone who came to our very first Christmas Fair today!
From the stallholders with their fabulous wares, to the children from Carway School who entertained us with some Christmas carols, and of course everyone who came along to buy some presents and enjoy a cuppa and slice of cake. We would also like to give a huge thank you to all the volunteers who helped with our raffle, tombola stalls and in the kitchen today.
Once again, thank you all so much for your support, we raised £210.75 for Carway School.
December 2023 Meeting – Sweet Treats
Great fun was had by all at our Christmas meeting. Thank you to our lovely Rachel for showing us how to make chocolate covered mint cream sweets, and also to the ladies from Tetrim Teas for the insight into the health benefits of their delicious rhubarb tea, hand blended in Trimsaran with rhubarb from Anglesey and other natural ingredients from around the UK.
November 2023 – 70s Night
The ladies of Wandering Willows WI had an amazing night at the Pembrey and Burry Port WI’s 70s night on Friday!
Thank you ladies for hosting a fantastic evening
November 2023 – Remembrance Sunday
After our November monthly meeting, some of our ladies walked to Hero the horse in Coed Ffos Las.
We layed wreaths, listened to some readings, and had a moment of reflection.
November 2023 – NEC Creative Crafts
Some of our Wandering Willows WI ladies enjoyed a trip to the NEC in Birmingham visiting three exhibitions; Create and Craft, Cake International and Simply Christmas.
On the way home the coach was laden down with Christmas and craft goodies. The time ‘Simply ‘ flew by far too quickly, a sign of a good time
November 2023 Meeting – Christmas Card Making
Our November meeting saw us making Christmas cards …..
Jan (one of our members) showed us how to make stitched Christmas cards ….. thank you Jan for sharing your skills and knowledge with us.
October 2023 Meeting – AGM
Members today voted for who they wanted to be on the Wandering Willows WI committee, and we are excited to have eight ladies who are part of that team.
Members also voted for the officer roles and we are delighted to announce the following:
Secretary- Hayley Raine-Diplock
Treasurer – Pam Dormer
September 2023 – Line Dancing
Some of our ladies have been getting their dancing shoes on tonight and learning some line dancing moves with Janet, Carol and Hilary from Pembrey and Burrt Port WI….
A fantastic evening with fellow WI’s organised by Sir Gar Carmarthenshire WI thank you to you all it was fabulous (we can’t wait for the next one!)
September 2023 – Outing to Lampeter
Wandering Willows WI out and about in Lampeter …… St Peters Church Flower Festival, lunch, shopping, quilt museum and fun with friends 💜 🌈
September 2023 Meeting – Talk on life and everything inbetween
So lovely to welcome back our members for our September meeting after our summer break …..
Wandering Willows Secretary, Hayley stepped in last minute to give a talk she had given to another local WI last year ……. She talked about her life, her husbands cancer journey, fundraising and everything in between.
July 2023 Meeting – Macrame Keyrings
July’s meeting we welcomed O’r Galon who taught members how to make macrame keyrings. Members were taught how to make a flat style and helix style keyring.
June 2023 Meeting – Quiz Fun
June’s meeting members had lots of fun with a fun Quiz, rounds included Music, Food and Drink, and Anatomy.
May 2023 Meeting – Glass Painting
May’s meeting saw us welcome Crafty Dog Cymru who taught us the art of glass painting. We painted old jam jars and glass discs to make sun catchers with different designs.
April 2023 Meeting – Formation Meeting
Wandering Willows WI held its formation meeting in April 2023. Dancers from Dance Kingdom treated all who attended to a wonderful display in Latin, Ballroom, and street dancing.
