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Left: The Troodos mountains, in stark
contrast to the dry rocky coastal areas, have
a metre of snow in winter and a ski resort.
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citrus, nuts, cherries, cedar, hibiscus, vines,
olives, acacia, oak, palm, rosemary (great for
a fresh digestive infusion) and carob (good
for almost any illness).

base at Akrotiri. His son Warrant Our enjoyment was enhanced by
The British left their mark in Cyprus
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electrical sockets. Those of us with a operations there. The strategic whose knowledge encompassed
classical or science background had fun position of Cyprus is obvious and the mythology and history, geology and
base was founded in 1955 when
working out the Greek alphabet from the botany, culture and the Greek
roadsigns. Cyprus was still a British colony. When Orthodox religion. Our driver George
independence was granted in 1960
sovereignty was retained over four was meticulous in his profession, but
surrender. But it was invariably we also know he would have
delicious. And no one was seen areas, the most important of which is
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kept pouring.
assisting in helping our allies in excellent hotel in Limassol lived up to
Indeed, no Master’s trip is complete extricating people under threat in their belief that our job was to enjoy
without a wine tasting and we had places like Lebanon.
two. Cyprus has a viniculture as old our holiday and theirs was to make
We also had the pleasure of a dinner sure we did.
as anywhere in the world. Its vines in a converted carob mill with senior
are free from phylloxera and have marketing professionals based in And so we did and we look forward
been used to help the French and Cyprus. to the next one.
others replant their ravaged
vineyards. In the 14th century Von
Suchen wrote ‘in all the world are no
greater or better drinkers than in
Cyprus’. We went to a modern
winery producing ‘new world wines
on old world soil’ – its oldest vines
were planted in 1921. And we went
to an old wine press and tasted
Commandaria, the oldest branded
wine in the world. The wine is close to
the Malmsey of Shakespearian fame
and legend goes that it was Richard
the Lionheart who named it.
Thanks to John Horan, husband of
Liveryman Angela White Horan, we
had the privilege of touring the RAF Another epic lunch - note the crowd in the background watching The Wedding!

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