Brecon Steam Railway Trip
Today we went on an outing to the Brecon Mountain Railway. A good time was had by all, even Wayne!
Those that were able to come were all ready to leave by 10:00, and we got there, courtesy of Forge Travel by 11:10. We then had a short time in the station cafe, looked around the workshop and station, waiting for our Loco to arrive at 12:25.
Fortunately, Dave Couch and John Davies had their SLRs with them, Colin Jordan had the club video camera.
All photos and videos are now added.
- Written by Mark
Games Jamboree
Wednesday 23rd May, what a great night. Everyone said how much they enjoyed themselves. Chris the chair from the Caerau Shed
So we split into 7 pairs to have a go on the games. As well as the curling there was roll-a-ball, bounce-a-ball, two games of shove-ha'penny (but because of inflation it was shove-two-pence). two marble alleys and skittles.
The winner of each game was given a voucher. With a prize (four cans of beer) going to the person with the most vouchers at the end of the night.
The night ended well as there was a draw for the prize one member from each shed. Colin from ShedQuarters and Paul from Caerau Men's Shed shared the prize and went home with a couple of cans of beer each.
- Written by John Gates
Days at our Shed....
While members were producing in the workshop, Les was teaching in the music room, after he had prepared a superb shepherd's pie
- Written by Mark
Ukulele Tuition at The Court House Maesteg
The Court House Ukuleles Maesteg will soon be hosting Tuesday ukulele tuition sessions (with complimentary coffee or tea) at £3.00 per session.
These sessions are aimed at beginners mainly, but if you are an intermediate player, you will be welcomed. The sessions will be from
No music theory will be taught, but if you want to know, we will help, we will teach you Tab, which is much more useful for fretted instruments than standard notation.
You also have the opportunity to jam along with our resident ukulele band, the ShedHeads, if you wish.
If you need help choosing a uke, we can give you some advise, the first being, ensure a low string height at both ends of the fret-board.
We have club ukuleles so that you can try a session with one of ours, before you buy. Practise sheets, chord sheets and song sheets will be provided.
All adults welcome, if you are at a loose end during the day, want to get into some accompanied singing or want to join a uke club, come along and join us.You will soon be at a decent standard, the uke is a very easy instrument to learn, if you have 30 minutes practise time a day and some patience.
Uncle Dave Macon, a famous banjo player of the 1920s/1950s, was asked in a radio interview, "can you read music", he answered "not enough to hurt my playing".
Phone Mark on 07896 621429 for more details and when our sessions will start.
The Court House, 4 Station St, Maesteg CF34 9A
- Written by Mark
Flora Photo Challenge
Ok Chaps, ShedQuarters Photo Challenge 2.0 is here at last. It took a tad longer to finalise the Urban Landscape Challenge than 
So.... the challenge is flora, that means all plant life, not just the flower on a potted plant, although that can be very interesting as you will see below. Try and keep your hands steady by leaning on something, and take the photos in good light, this will add to sharpness, detail and colour. This is not a high tech camera challenge, two of the last winning photos were taken with an iPhone and a pocket camera. One of the best was taken with a very basic phone.
Also, the photos must be recent, photos you have taken for this challenge, not archive photos you have dragged up from the depths of your hard drive. Please don't strip the metadata when using photo editors (don't worry, this is a deliberate setting), these will not be accepted.
I would like people from other clubs to send their photos too, your best 4 only. The prize, at the moment, will be limited to the best from ShedQuarters, but we hope to expand this, with the co-operation of other club organisers.
If you have submitted 4 photos but take a better one or two, just email me the new photos and I will swap your chosen rejects out.
You have time, we are extending the deadline to the end of November, so get those Autumn colours while you can.
Happy shooting.....
- Written by Mark