Windsor & Eton Rotary Club hosted Rotarians from Celle, Germany for the weekend 26th – 28th September 2014

The Rotary theme for this year, set by RI President Gary C.K. Huang from the Rotary Club of Taipei, Taiwan is “Light Up Rotary”. The aim is to put a spotlight on different things that we do as Rotarians to show how we make a difference… encouraging others to see the light and join us.

Adrian Stabbins, who heads up our club’s International committee and therefore arranges the visits from our twinned clubs in Germany & Holland, decided to welcome our Celle visitors with afternoon tea & scones and a visit from the Deputy Mayor of Windsor, Councillor James Evans. Practising for the Christmas lights he lit up Rotary…

Peter was my guest and so it made sense to light him up talking to the Deputy Mayor 😉

After tea and too many scones it was over to President Geoff’s to light up the barbe!

Chap in the blue t-shirt who lit the BBQ was William & Harry’s house chef at Eton College!

Put the spot light on a Royal Warrant, saddler to the Queen… which one of the blue shirts is our man?

David talks about one of his favourite things, lighting up a hog roast!

Apparently there is a difference between those who go to college “in” Oxford and those that are “at” Oxford…

I can understand why the town folk might want to light up a few masters if that was their attitude back in 1500…

The Oxford Martyrs lit up Oxford one starry night…

This weekend our Presidents lit up Oxford with their smiles 😉

Some great architecture in Oxford… the Bodleian library…

Sir Christopher Wren designed this building… The Sheldonian Theatre…

Not keen on too many pillars blocking the view our Christopher Wren…

We got some Oxford students to light up their degrees for our German friends 😉

Interesting busts around the college…

Time for lunch at the King’s Arms…

Bridge of Sighs…

Bodleian library on the left… Clarendon Building to the right…

New College Oxford University Chapel…

David Pope told us a story of how the best place he found to study was under the tree…

Just look at the carvings of the saints in the Chapel…

William of Wykeham was the founder of New College…

New College gardens…

Looking back on New College…

The city wall of Oxford acts as a garden wall today… and a divide between town & gown back in the day!

President Geoff was inspecting the lead work…

Time for a drink at The Christopher, Eton

 

Followed by a spot of dinner…

Cheers, prost, cheers, prost and again cheers, prost 😉

How about bobbing about on the water…

Celle Rotarians light up The Thames at 5 mph thanks to Kris Cruisers…

There are many traditional cottages in Windsor Great Park…

Arriving back at Kris Cruisers in Datchet for lunch…

A fond farewell… till next time…

Auf Wiedersehen pet!

What a lovely weekend… now time for a kip!

Thank you for making a sunny weekend even brighter!

Jon