Mae Dafydd yn gweithio i gwmni peirianneg yn Ne Cymru Dafydd works for an engineering company in South Wales Mae ei gwmni yn gwneud pympiau dŵr mawr i`w defnyddio mewn ffatrioedd a systemau cyflenwi dŵr His company makes large water pumps for use in factories and water supply systems Rhai blynyddoedd yn ôl derbynion nhw archeb oddi wrth bwerdy yng Ngwlad yr Iâ A few years ago they received an order from a power station in Iceland Gofynnodd y rheolwr i Dafydd a fyddai`n mynd yno i drafod y dyluniadau gyda`r peirianwyr The manager asked Dafydd if he would go there to discuss the designs with the engineers Roedd Dafydd wrth ei fodd gan ei wastad wedi eisiau ymweld â`r wlad Dafydd was delighted because he had always wanted to visit the country Trefnodd y cwmni hediad ar gyfer Dafydd a gwesty yn Reykjavic The company arranged a flight for Dafydd and a hotel in Reykjavic Cyrhaeddodd Dafydd Wlad yr Iâ a mynd â thacsi i`r gwesty Dafydd arrived in Iceland and took a taxi to the hotel Y peth cyntaf yn ei synnu oedd pa mor golau yr oedd yn yr hwyr The first thing that surprised him was how light it was in the evening Hon oedd yr haf a dim ond am gwpl o oriau yng nghanol y nos y machludodd yr haul This was the summer and the sun only set for a couple of hours in the middle of the night Treuliwyd y diwrnod wedyn mewn cyfarfodydd, a chytunwyd ar y dyluniadau ar gyfer y pympiau The next day was spent in meetings, and the designs for the pumps were agreed Byddai`r pympiau`n cludo dŵr folcanig poeth i`r orsaf bŵer lle byddai`n cael ei ddefnyddio i gynhyrchu trydan The pumps would carry hot volcanic water to the power station where it would be used to produce electricity Gyda`r gwaith wedi`i gwblhau, cafodd Dafydd ddiwrnod yn rhydd cyn iddo hedfan adref With work completed, Dafydd had a day free before his flight home Ymunodd â thaith ar fws i weld y dirwedd ysblennydd He joined a tour by bus to see the spectacular landscape Dilynodd y ffordd yr arfordir, gan groesi ardaloedd enfawr o dywod a graean wedi`u golchi allan o rewlifoedd The road followed the coast, crossing huge areas of sand and gravel washed out from glaciers Fe gyrhaeddon nhw`r rhewlif ei hun, ac aeth y tywysydd â nhw am dro i weld yr iâ They arrived at the glacier itself, and the guide took them for a walk to see the ice Yn ôl yn ei ystafell westy y noson honno, fe wnaeth Dafydd droi’r teledu ymlaen i edrych ar y sianel newyddion Back in his hotel room that evening, Dafydd switched on the television to look at the news channel Roedd ychydig yn bryderus wrth glywed bod llosgfynydd yng nghanol yr ynys wedi dechrau ffrwydro He was a bit worried to hear that a volcano in the centre of the island had started to errupt Nid oedd unrhyw berygl gan nad oedd unrhyw un yn byw gerllaw, ond roedd daearegwyr yn monitro`r sefyllfa There was no danger as no-one lived nearby, but geologists were monitoring the situation Bore trannoeth deffrodd ac edrych allan o ffenestr ei ystafell wely i ddarganfod bod yr awyr yn llwyd The next morning he woke and looked out of his bedroom window to discover that the sky was grey Roedd y llosgfynydd wedi ffrwydro yn ystod y nos ac wedi taflu cwmwl enfawr o ludw allan The volcano had errupted during the night and thrown out a huge cloud of ash Fe wnaeth droi’r newyddion teledu ymlaen a chanfod bod pob hediad o’r maes awyr wedi’i ganslo oherwydd y lludw folcanig He switched on the television news and found that all flights from the airport were cancelled due to the volcanic ash Roedd yn amlwg y byddai Dafydd yn treulio mwy o amser yn Reykjavic nag yr oedd e wedi disgwyl It was clear that Dafydd would be spending longer in Reykjavic than he had expected Ar ôl sawl diwrnod ailagorodd y maes awyr a llwyddodd Dafydd i archebu hediad yn ôl i Brydain After several days the airport reopened and Dafydd was able to book a flight back to Britain Dychwelodd i`w swyddfa ac aeth i ymddiheuro i`r rheolwr He returned to his office and went to apologise to the manager "Mae newyddion am eich llosgfynydd wedi bod ar y teledu pob dydd, felly rydyn ni`n gwybod yn union beth ddigwyddodd" "News of your volcano has been on television every day, so we know exactly what happened" |