A Group of 27 members have recently returned from a very successful and enjoyable stay at the comfortable and friendly Bulkeley Hotel in Beaumaris. We enjoyed excellent hospitality and stunning views across the Menai Straits, while using it to explore sketching and painting opportunities around the attractive island of Anglesey. Among the attractions for our …
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On the sunny afternoon of Monday 11th May, 32 Society members assembled at the Bulkeley Hotel in Beaumaris, Anglesey, for our annual four night Paintaway. Situated very conveniently between the lively old main street of Beaumaris and the waterfront facing the mountains of Snowdonia across the stunning Menai Straits, the hotel proved a great base …
On Monday afternoon 12th May 2014, 22 members and partners arrived for a return visit to the excellent and attractively situated Skelwith Bridge Hotel, just outside Ambleside in the Lake District. This location at the entrance to the stunning Langdale Valley and within sight of the River Brathay, is rich with sketching and painting opportunities …
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The afternoon of Monday 13th May saw 32 Shropshire Art Society members arriving for our annual Paintaway holiday at the very comfortable and welcoming Skelwith Bridge Hotel, situated a few miles out of Ambleside in the Lake District. Again lucky with the weather (as we seem to be every year!), members found excellent sketching and …
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