Last Friday, at Tenby Arts Club, the journey further afield became a trip to India - a mismatch of technology meant the slide show moved slower than expected and the first talk by Anne Draper, with photos by Russ Millns, took the whole evening!

However, the others are stored up for future occasions - Roz will give hers about Ireland at the forthcoming AGM, so that will be a treat.

The Indian odyssey started in Calcutta in the markets and by the Hooghly River, visiting the memorial of the Black Hole of Calcutta and Mother Teresa's Orphanage. Then by train to Bodh Gaya, the birthplace of Buddhism, a beautiful place of pilgrimage and site of the original Bodhi tree.

Sarnath, near Varanasi, is the site of the Buddha's first sermons, and archaeological remains of early monasteries can be seen there. In Varanasi, a boat ride on the holy river Ganges showed the ghats with people washing and playing cricket, and on one, cremating the dead. In the evening a ceremony took place on the bank of the river.

A visit to a Bollywood movie came next, and then on to Agra. Fatehpur Sikri, briefly the capital city of the Mughal emperors, is a red sandstone palace with beautifully intricate carved decorations. The early morning brought a visit to the Taj Mahal, which did change colour as the light changed, and later the Red Fort of Agra. Delhi brought the Qutub Minar, the world's tallest freestanding brick minaret, India Gate, and the government buildings, including a statue of Queen Victoria.

A narrow gauge train journey up into the mountains led to Shimla, the summer capital of the British Raj with a small theatre and Scottish Baronial wooden stately home. The final destination, Amritsar, had the Sikh Golden Temple; and the border with Pakistan at Wagah where a crazy gate-closing ceremony takes place at 5 pm every day.

A whistlestop tour of the north of India indeed!

This (Friday) evening, John Beynon has organised an evening of 'Voices from the Great War'. This is as usual starting at 7.30 pm at St. Johns Church Hall, Warren Street, Tenby, and will be £2 for members and £4 for non members, including light refreshments afterwards. Everyone is welcome.