Henley Royal Regatta 2025

Posted on 6 July 2025 by cliffWPA

On Friday I went with 3 other ramblers to Henley on Thames Royal Regatta. This event goes on for several days and consists of knockout races. I only attended this one day. Even then it was absolutely packed with people. There are some photos from the day at https://adobe.ly/44Wla8X (copyright Cliff Baughen). The first photo was taken at Twyford and shows the huge number of visitors queuing for the train. The rest are from Henley.

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Broughton Castle 2025

Posted on 6 July 2025 by cliffWPA

Last Thursday I attended the AGM of the Banbury Historical Society held at Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire. After the official part of the meeting the President and Host, Lord Saye and Sele, gave a talk on 2 female ancestors. We were allowed to view the ground floor rooms and the garden. Please find some Photos from the day (copyright Cliff Baughen). The Castle is open to the public on certain days – please see their website (broughtoncastle.com) for days and times.

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Barbados 2025

Posted on 15 June 2025 by cliffWPA

At the end of May we had a week in Barbados staying at Sandals Royal Barbados. We had read about the Andromeda Botanical Gardens and visited it – really worth going to. Sandals Foundation had sponsored 2 projects there but it was not on the usual tours list so you have to ask specifically (and it is not open every day). Photos from the holiday, but mostly the Andromeda visit, can be found at https://adobe.ly/4jTtFXA.

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Malta and Gozo February 2025

Posted on 22 March 2025 by cliffWPA

We recently went to Malta and Gozo. Some photos from the visit can be found at https://adobe.ly/41OIoft

. We found the people very friendly. We didn’t stay in Valletta but in hind sight we would have chosen there. Our hotel was very nice but there was too much building going on. The bus system was excellent. Would we return? Only if there was something done about stop smoking in public.

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