Nos Sadwrn canais mewn cyngerdd gyda\u2019r c\u00f4r meibion yn Woodingdean, tref fach ger Brighton. Cyrhaeddais yno mewn amser, ond yn anffodus, es i hollol ar goll ar y ffordd o\u2019r stop bws i\u2019r eglwys lle cafodd y cyngerdd ei gynnal. Ar \u00f4l disgyn o\u2019r bws, sylweddolais mod i\u2019n yn y lle anghywir. Ro\u2019n i\u2019n nabod roedd yr eglwys ar ffordd o\u2019r enw Ridgeway ond doedd dim ond syniad amwys \u2018da fi lle roedd honna. Felly cerddais yn \u00f4l i fyny\u2019r bryn yn chwilio am y Ridgeway. Pan cyrhaeddais ar ben y bryn o\u2019r diwedd heb ddod o hyd i\u2019r Ridgeway neu\u2019r eglwys, es i i fyny ac i lawr pob un o\u2019r ffyrdd hyn cyn i mi ddod o hyd i rywun i ofyn cyfarwyddiadau amdano. Dywedodd ef wrthaf lle roedd y Ridgeway a meddyliais fyddwn i\u2019n cyrraedd i\u2019r eglwys cyn bo hir.<\/p>\n
Felly ro\u2019n i\u2019n ar y ffordd gywir, o\u2019r diwedd, ond ar ben anghywir hi. Felly cerddais i lawr y ffordd, a nid ffordd fyr roedd hi. Pan cyrhaeddais i\u2019r ben arall heb weld yr eglwys, meddyliais wrtho fy hun mod i wedi blino, yn wlyb dros ben – roedd hi\u2019n bwrw glaw trwm trwy\u2019r amser – ac mae\u2019r cyngerdd wedi dechrau yn barod, felly mae\u2019n well \u2018da fi mynd adref. Ond yna weles i\u2019r eglwys, es i mewn, a llithrais i mewn sedd yng nghefn hyd at yr egwyl – roedd yr hanner cyntaf bron wedi gorffen hyd hynny. Dyma\u2019r tro cyntaf mod i wedi clywed y c\u00f4r fel aelod o\u2019r cynulleidfa a swniodd yn wych.<\/p>\n
Ces i canu yn ail hanner y cyngerdd o leiaf.<\/p>\n
Cynghorodd ein arweinydd mod i\u2019n gorfod cael lifft i gyngherddau yn y dyfodol rhag ofn i mi cyrraedd yn edrych fel \u2018llygoden wedi ei boddi\u2019. Cyngor da! Dod \u00e2\u2019r map byddai yn syniad da hefyd.<\/p>\n
O\u00edche Shatharn chan m\u00e9 i gceolchoirm le c\u00f3r Breatnach i Woodingdean, baile beag i aice le Brighton. Shroich m\u00e9 ansin in am, ach ar an drochuair, chuaigh m\u00e9 ar seachr\u00e1n idir stad na mbus agus an eaglais c\u00e1 raibh an cheolchoirm ar si\u00fail. I ndiaidh an mbus a fh\u00e1g\u00e1il, sh\u00edl m\u00e9 go raibh m\u00e9 san \u00e1it m\u00edcheart. Bh\u00ed fios agam go raibh an eaglais ar b\u00f3thar dar bh\u2019ainm an Ridgeway, ach n\u00ed raibh m\u00e9 cinnte c\u00e1 raibh an b\u00f3thar sin. Mar sin de shi\u00fal m\u00e9 air ais suas an cnoc agus m\u00e9 ag lorg an Ridgeway. Nuair a shroich m\u00e9 ar bharr cnoic gan tar ar an Ridgeway n\u00f3 an eaglais, chuaigh m\u00e9 suas agus s\u00edos gach b\u00f3thar ansin roimh th\u00e1inig m\u00e9 ar duine agus chuir m\u00e9 faisn\u00e9is an bhealaigh air. D\u00fairt s\u00e9 liom c\u00e1 raibh an Rideway agus sh\u00edl go shroichfinn m\u00e9 ann gan mhoill.<\/p>\n
Raibh m\u00e9 ar an b\u00f3thar ceart ar deireadh, ach ag barr an cnoic in \u00e1it bun an cnoic, c\u00e1 raibh an eaglais. Mar sin de shi\u00fal m\u00e9 s\u00edos an b\u00f3thar, agus n\u00ed raibh s\u00e9 b\u00f3thar gearr. Nuair a th\u00e1inig m\u00e9 ag bun an cnoic gan an eaglais a fheice\u00e1il, d\u00fairt m\u00e9 liom f\u00e9in go raibh m\u00e9 tuirseach agus fliuch go craiceann – bh\u00ed s\u00e9 ag cur b\u00e1isteach an t-am ar fad – agus go mbeidh an cheolchoirm ag tos\u00fa cheana, agus rachaidh m\u00e9 abhaile anois. Agus ansin, chonaic m\u00e9 an eaglais, chuaigh m\u00e9 isteach agus shuigh m\u00e9 s\u00edos ag c\u00fal na lucht f\u00e9achana – bh\u00ed an ch\u00e9ad leath thart faoin am sin. Sin \u00e9 a ch\u00e9ad uair at\u00e1 m\u00e9 an c\u00f3r a chluinstin mar ball na lucht f\u00e9achana agus bh\u00ed s\u00e9 go hiontach.<\/p>\n
Ar a laghad chan m\u00e9 sa dara leath.<\/p>\n
D\u00fairt \u00e1r sti\u00farth\u00f3ir liom gur cheart dom s\u00edob a fh\u00e1il agus m\u00e9 ag d\u00fal ch\u00faig cheolchoirmeacha as seo amach, n\u00f3 tiocfaidh m\u00e9 ann ag f\u00e9achaint mar luch\u00f3g b\u00e1ite. Comhairle mhaith! Mapa a th\u00f3g\u00e1il bhiodh smaoineamh maith freisin.<\/p>\n
On Saturday evening I sang in a concert with the Welsh choir in Woodingdean, a small town near Brighton. I arrived there on time, but unfortunately got completely lost between the bus stop and the church where the concert was taking place. After getting of the bus I realised that I was in the wrong place. I knew that the church was on a road called the Ridgeway but only had a vague idea where that was. So I marched back up the hill looking for the Ridgeway. When I finally arrived at the top of the hill without finding the Ridgeway or the church, I went up and down all the roads there before finding someone to ask for directions. He told me where was the Ridgeway and I thought that I\u2019d soon be arriving at the church.<\/p>\n
I was on the right road at last, but at the wrong end of it. So I off I went down the road, and it wasn\u2019t a short road either. When I finally arrived at the other end without seeing the church, I thought to myself I\u2019m tired, soaked – it was raining heavily all this time – and the concert will have already started, so I might as well go home. But then I saw the church, went in and slipped into a seat at the back until the interval – the first half was almost over by then. This was the first time I\u2019d heard the choir as part of the audience and it sounded great.<\/p>\n
At least I got to sing in the second half of the concert.<\/p>\n
Our conductor advised me to get a lift to future concerts so that I don\u2019t turn up looking like a drowned rat. Good advice! Taking a map would also be a good idea. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nos Sadwrn canais mewn cyngerdd gyda\u2019r c\u00f4r meibion yn Woodingdean, tref fach ger Brighton. Cyrhaeddais yno mewn amser, ond yn anffodus, es i hollol ar goll ar y ffordd o\u2019r stop bws i\u2019r eglwys lle cafodd y cyngerdd ei gynnal. Ar \u00f4l disgyn o\u2019r bws, sylweddolais mod i\u2019n yn y lle anghywir. Ro\u2019n i\u2019n nabod […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}