Author Archives: rjholness

In January our monthly visit to the Rutland and Derby on Millstone Lane, for their varied and entertaining quiz and good food, was unproductive as we struggled with the intros, and bombed on various rounds, but didn’t stop us going … Continue reading →

                  Peter N. writes:- “In June 2018 we joined up with members of Merseyside and Gloucester IVC’s to spend a week camping in Shell Island, Wales.”

Apethorpe Palace in Northamptonshire is an English Heritage property open to the public pre-booking guided tours. It is of Historic interest, and you can see from the photo why they call it a palace   This is what happened afterward. … Continue reading →

This is four of the five who did a seven mile walk on Froggatt Edge on Sunday. this in in the morning before lunch and we are at the top close to the edge. Good meal in Baslow too at … Continue reading →

Saturday 17th was a very hot day. Fortunately we had a Garden Party planned. 11 people showed up and enjoyed the sunshine, the garden, and the magnificent spread shown below!   Bob H

On National Windmills day, seven of us set out for Wymondham mill The Picture shows the mill where restoration is on going. The cap is to the bottom left of the picture. The mill was driven for demonstration purposes by … Continue reading →

We held a regional meeting for our national organisation on 24 Sept. Members from Cambridge, London, Birmingham, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Nottingham and Derby joined us as well as National Committee members. The Business meeting in the morning was followed by a … Continue reading →

Well, several of had not been up there before, and others not for a long time, so we set off.  A ride in a cable car, and we found a full day’s worth  of things to see         … Continue reading →

We found out just in time for the last day about a summer exhibition of sculptures at Doddington Hall near Lincoln….. so we went It was good-we’ll go again when it’s next on, in 2018

Here are a few shots from the Leicester IVC Holiday in Brussels. We visited the City, Bruges , and the Waterloo Battlefield