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Hans Peter Dieterling and Roger Buckley being rowed upstream by Jonathan Maddox

[Photo: Brian Radford] hotel. It had been a really excellent visit, and Mr Jean and his family had clearly gone to great lengths to ensure that all of us had many happy memories to take back with us. How very fortunate we were that he was prepared to open up the house and garden for the day and make us all feel so welcome. Returning by coach to the hotel, we all refreshed ourselves in preparation for the Society dinner to be held later that evening with Jean Merle d'Aubigne and his daughter Aurelia as our guests. Sunday morning saw the main party all up bright and early for breakfast in order to leave the hotel at 9 a.m. for the long drive back. to the coast. After another group photograph, we said our good-byes to those travelling home by

other routes, and set
pausing for a lunch break at Amiens. The boat sailed

from Calais at 6.15 p.m. and we arrived at Kings Cross Station (after a journey with some deviations because of traffic hold-ups) at 9.15 p.m. Our grateful thanks must go to Mr Jean Merle d'Aubigne for his generous hospitality, to Jonathan Maddox for all the hard work he did in making all the excellent arrangements, and to Ron Kirkman for the assistance he gave to Jonathan to ensure that all our needs were clearly understood. A final thankyou to our driver Malcolm, of Tates Coaches, for the excellent way that he coped not only with the driving but also with the reassembling of the party at various times during the week-end. For the record the party consisted of the following: John Bird, Roger and Elizabeth Buckley, Una Carter, Mike Cheadle, Paul Chennell, Arnold and Margaret Crowe, Derek Cox, Hans Peter and Annegrete

Dieterling, Diane Eastwood, Wyn Evans, Henry Giles, Michael Green, Raymond Harvey, John and Betty Herbert, Bernard Howell, Bernard Johnson, Louis and Mary Jones, Ron Kirkman, Dick Kitching, Michael Lester, Jan MacPherson, Jonathan and Catherine Maddox, George Manchester, Rodney Meadows, GaiI Meredith, David Neal. Tony and Ruth Noakes, Shelagh Raczynska, Brian and Jo Radford, Peter Ratcliffe, Jose Rialp, Peter and Eileen Roberts, David and Susan Tall, Martin and June Taylor, Eileen and Frances Wilson, and Stewart and Jean Winstanley.

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Chairman Rodney Meadows, with Jean Merle d guests of the Delius Society at dinner on Saturday evening.

[Photo: Hans Peter DieterlingJ

’ Aubigne and his daughter Aurelia as

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