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Rotary Club

MEMBERS of the Rotary Club visited Poland in June.

Promoting fellowship between members has always been one of the key objectives of Rotary Clubs worldwide.

This year, between 7 and 15 June, the Rotary Club of Tywyn invited members of the Rotary Club of Mawddach to join them on a two-centre trip to Poland.

Building on the success of a previous trip in 2016 the visit included four days in the city of Wroclaw (previously the German city of Breslau) followed by four days in Krakow.

Group members were given the option to join several excursions from both Wroclaw and Krakow to see ‘The pearls of Lower Silesia’, ‘Zakopane and the High Tatra mountains’ as well as trips to the world heritage Wieliczka salt mines and Auschwitz (1) concentration camp memorial museum and Auschwitz (2) the site of the extermination camp and holocaust memorial.

Among the many highlights of the trip, all members of the group were invited to join one of the Rotary Clubs of Krakow at their weekly meeting.

This meeting between clubs was primarily to strengthen the bond of fellowship between the Rotary clubs of mid Wales and Krakow.

The group received a very warm welcome by members of the Krakow Wawel Rotary Club.

As a token of friendship, Tywyn president Nancy Clarke and Mawddach president Penny Morton exchanged their respective club flags with Krakow Wawel Past President Tadeusz Skarbek.

In both historic cities of Wroclaw and Krakow there was plenty of time between excursions to enjoy the beautiful architecture and attractions of both cities that have a rich and varied history.

Poland is situated at the crossroads of Europe with vast areas of fertile agricultural land and rich in natural resources.

This has made the country vulnerable to invasion from all sides. Since the end of Communist rule and membership of the EEC and NATO Poland, has made remarkable and swift progress to modernise its industry and infrastructure and has become a wealthy, western orientated and vibrant country offering a warm welcome to all visitors.

Hearing Aid Clinic

THE next ‘walk-in’ session of the Volunteer Hearing Aid Clinic will be held on Thursday, 5 July, at the Baptist Church, High Street, from 10am until noon.

If your hearing aid needs a service, new tubing or just new batteries, come along.

No need to make an appointment.

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