Treboeth History Society

In December we had our Christmas lunch at the King Arthur. Lots of hampers and plenty of food .

Today we had a lovely fish and chips afternoon. We had a Beetle Drive, Tombola, Raffle , and a silly game where you had to throw a ping pong ball into a cup.sounds easier than it is . Out of five prizes only two were won .

In January we went to see Mamma Mia in the Arena .no photos sorry

In December the committee went on a Christmas Lunch to the Towers . Entertainment was excellent.

A little late posting our latest escapades. In November we visited the helicopter air museum in Western Super Mare. It was very interesting with so many different makes, sizes, history of Helicopters . This was followed by a stop at the Cadbury garden centre. ( Nothing to do with the chocolate)

Lovely trip on Thursday to Castell Henllys, an iron age village reconstructed where the original village was 2000 years ago.it was very interesting. After a hot drink we walked to the village . Some were transported by car as it was a steep walk.we were given an informative talk about life in the village. We were able to walk into and investigate the various buildings .
We then proceeded to Fishguard where several of us went to see the tapestry which depicts the invasion of Wales by the French. The French thought that the ladies in their Welsh traditional dress were soldiers. One of the ladies was Jemima Nichols . The invasion was stopped in its tracks.
Our day ended with a nice meal at the Bridge Inn where we celebrated Anns birthday.

Nice trip last Thursday visiting Symonds Yat for a trip on the river Wye followed by a very nice afternoon tea at a nearby hotel . Some then visited the old church which is 700 years old some visited the nearby butterfly farm . We the went onto Monmouth for a few hours . Some visited the Military Museum, some visited the Shire Hall which was the old court house and some just hit the shops and found a pub . A very enjoyable day despite the two heavy showers we encountered.

More photos from our holiday.

This week we had a short holiday to mid Wales . Our base was the Metropol Hotel in Llandrindod Wells. Beautiful hotel lovely food really nice staff. We had two evenings of entertainment. Holly had a beautiful voice and Johnny Crystal had us all singing along. Each day we visited places of historical interest.
We visited Aberystwyth and had a ride on the Vale of Rheidol Railway to Devil's Bridge. Wednesday we visited Attingham Park. A beautiful Georgian Manor gifted to the National Trust in 1947 by Thomas 8th Lord Berwick. Stables, beautiful grounds and a walled garden.
On Thursday we visited Elan Valley a remarkable Victorian engineering feat.We were lucky to be able to explore the interior of Pen Y Garreg Dam.We also witnessed the damage caused by storm Darra at the beginning of the year. We then returned home via Abergavenny where a few of us found some bargains . Everybody had a lovely time and now glad of a little rest.

Treboeth History Society Sudeley Castle day trip

Today we visited Sudeley Castle, in Winchcomb Gloucestershire.The home of Katherine Parr the sixth wife of Henry VIII.
A very interesting castle and beautiful gardens. We were lucky with the weather . We had a wonderful lady driver who needed all the patience in the world when we encountered a Caravan in a very narrow lane who could not reverse. She reversed the bus about 200 yards and received applause from us all.