Twmpath

The whole family was at a twmpath in the London Welsh Centre near Kings Cross last Saturday - the last element in our St David's Day celebrations. It was a fundraiser for the London Welsh School. Twmpath is Welsh for a hump and was once applied to the mound or village green upon which the musicians sat and played for the community to dance. It is used today to mean a Welsh version of a barn dance or ceilidh. Eleri had organised this one and so we felt obliged to support her. About a hundred came. I actually took money on the door which is not my forte. Lots of children were present so the dancing was centred on them, which was unusual. Eleri had great trouble finding a caller. She eventually found a man willing to stand in but he was unwell and couldn't really do it so the headmistress did it instead. We had a nice evening of cawl cennyn (leek soup), bara brith and chat and were home not too late.