Posts by Art Friends Gwent

This year was to have seen celebrations in honour of the Wye Tour, often seen as the birth of the package tour. Strangely enough this celebration of the picturesque was brought about by the ongoing conflict in Europe which curtailed many a plan for the Grand Tour. Now in 2020, some 250 years later our…

Despite the bad omens of torrential rain precipitating floods and the Water Board closing the venue to the lecture, all went surprisingly well. The diversion did challenge the navigational skills of some members but an intrepid audience gathered for Richard Parnaby’s lecture on the History of Welsh architecture in 20  buildings. We whizzed around Wales…

While we are all grounded there is an opportunity for armchair travel We can revisit favourite haunts or plan new places to see. As Spring is in the air our first virtual tour is to Europe. In the north, the sun will be spreading hope and we can enjoy an outdoor coffee, well wrapped up…