Name the Dragon

will be taking place at the Pendragon Pub
on Bank Holiday Monday 31st August

The winner will be the proud owner of the dragon handmade by one of our members.

UP & COMING EVENTS

Mid Week Lunch

Sunday Lunch

Discontinued during summer holidays

restart in September

12.30pm

Saturday Breakfast in the City

takes place on the 1st Saturday of the month

Cosy Club

Next Breakfast

1st August 2026 at 10.30am

Evening Meal at the

Pendragon Pub, Excalibur Drive

Wednesday 2nd September 2026 at6:30pm

Committee Meeting

tbc

Name the Dragon

31st August Bank Holiday Monday

at the

Pendragon Pub, Excalibur Dr.

Cardiff.

Saturday 14 November 2026

Craft Fair at the

Cyncoed Methodist Church

Westminster Cres, Cardiff

CF23 6SE

12.30pm - 4.30pm

Stallholders can gain entry at 11.30am

Craft Fair at the Evangelical Church

27 June 2026

All the stalls were amazing and everyone who turned up had a great day. Hilary

A BIG THANK YOU TO:

The Llanishen Evangelical Church. They made us very welcome providing tea/coffee, cold drinks and biscuits.

To Helen and her husband, between them they had tables at two fairs, ours worked by her hubby, and another.

To all those who came and supported us on the day, it was hot and lastly but not least to our stallholders and volunteers.

We had tables in the centre for tea/coffee and a natter and as you can see from the photos the opportunity to craft. Catherine

Cream Tea at The Old Post House, St. Fagans

We were a small group of just nine but the restaurant made us feel very welcome and we were all on the same table. The Afternoon Tea was very good and we had copious tea refills. The conversation was lively and everyone enjoyed the venue. Most people took a doggie bag of leftovers away as we couldn't finish it.

Thank you to all the ladies that supported the outing and Im glad you all enjoyed it.
Lainey x

Thank you Lainey for organising this event, we all enjoyed it, a great way to spend a Friday afternoon. Catherine

Lisvane Summer Festival

Realy good day today sun shone all day thank you to everyone that helped out we all worked very hard, well done all and a very big thank you to Helen's hubby who managed to anchor the massive poster to the back of the gazebo and sorting out all the boxes and stuff from the car, and now a nice well deserved cuppa

THANK YOU EVERY ONE. Hilary

The Fair was very well attended this year and the weather was just right ..not too hot with a slight breeze.

Above: Lady Helen taking a breather. We all worked hard on the stall today and had good customer support.

Top right: Plenty of toys for sale and they DID sell.

Above: Sheila our Tombola wizard !

Thank you to the 2 Sheila's for helping me with my bag and chair today. I so appreciated your help.

X Lainey

Our Craft Fair on the
16th May at
Christ Church
Roath Park

Sunday Lunch
at the
Black Griffin, Lisvane
18 January 2026

Craft Fayre at the Cyncoed Methodist Church

Our Xmas Craft Fayre was held at Westminster Hall with the Cyncoed Methodist Church complex on Cyncoed Road on Saturday 13th December.

The Hall itself is of a good size and they are able to supply us with the use of good sized tables and an adequate amount of chairs.

An added bonus is the use of a serving hatch in the hall that provides a kitchen area with a hot water boiler for making tea and coffee. As you know we don’t charge our stall holders for refreshments but we did charge our Customers £1 for tea/coffee and some biscuits. (We made £15 in drink sales). Shazia and Lainey dispensed the hot drinks to happy customers.

Via the group and our Committee we had done our best to advertise the Fayre as well as we could both through online options and by use of displaying our Posters around community areas , shops and businesses. We had also put out advertising signs outside the Church very early on the Saturday morning indicating that there would be a Fayre going on later that day.

Catherine reported that a few people had notified her that they had to cancel their booking so we were a few tables down on the day, it did mean that present stall holders could spread out a little and use a second table to display their wares.

Hilary did a grand job manning the “Donations table” and raised £48 for our Charity. She also supported Sheila Pessall with the raffle which raised a further £50. Sheila Craig was a demon on the Tombola stall and raised £40. Some kind Samaritan gave us a £20 donation towards our charity. Craftaholics Accounts will be forthcoming but at a rough estimate (after costs] a total of about £230 was made on the day for our Charity.

We certainly were up against a lot of competition as we learned that there were at least another 6 craft Fayres operating locally on the same day as ours so it was not surprising that footfall was not as busy as we would have liked. Having said that the atmosphere in the hall was buzzy and people were buying items from our crafters.

Our talented crafters set out their tables so well and it never ceases to amaze us just how high the standard and quality of the items are that they produce.

Feedback from stall holders would be welcome .

Hilary - Donation stand

Shazia & Lainey - Tea coffee

Sheila - Tombola stand

Sue

Leann - Wool on Wheels

Lesley

Jane

Lucy

Susan

Caroline

Thalia

Thalia - looking after June's stand

Helen

Shazia's daughter

Christmas Dinner

Once again the Craftaholics enjoyed a superb Christmas meal at the Pendragon Pub in Thornhill.

We were a group of 17 and 3 of our group had dietary restrictions which the Pub kindly provided alternative suitable food for which we are sure wasn’t easy on such a busy night so we must offer our grateful thanks to the kitchen staff for accommodating that .

We had pre-booked our meals so we arrived at the Pub to find that our large table was beautifully laid up for us with cheery red tablecloth and Christmas decorations to include crackers. It looked very inviting and a good start to our annual Christmas celebration meal.

Our group mostly opted for the traditional turkey meal with all the trimmings.

The food was delicious. The turkey was moist and succulent. The vegetables were tasty and we were spoilt with the variety : carrots, red cabbage, sprouts,

Broccoli stems, all pipping hot and served in hot serving dishes. Cranberry sauce and lashings of tasty gravy, roast potatoes and a Yorkshire completed the meal. All in all an excellent meal which we all thoroughly enjoyed.

Dessert options were Christmas pudding, apple pie both provided with generous amounts of creamy custard or ice cream. Both were delicious and rounded off the meal in style.

Our thanks must go to the serving staff who looked after us so well on the night. Nothing was too much trouble and their hard work ensured that we all enjoyed a splendid evening.

Thank you Pendragon for a great night. We will be back next year!