Cultural visit marks end to Ramblers’ walking season

The Ramblers’ Association of Malta organises countryside walks – during autumn, winter and spring – across sites which are of archaeological, historical, geological, scenic or cultural interest. During a walk it is always welcome to pause for a visit to rock-cut tombs or cart-ruts, to a wayside chapel, to a natural cave off the trodden path  or to cherish a rare wild orchid. Members often find the opportunity to admire a glorious sunset from a clifftop or from some coastline adorned with salt pans. The walk’s leader will often point out the specific interest of the site during these brief intermissions, while ramblers take the opportunity to pause for a sip or a snack. On June 24, as the severity of the sun did not permit a lengthy walk outdoors, the association treated its members to a cultural tour around the halls of the Metropolitan Museum of the Mdina Cathedral, followed by a visit to the Aula Capitularis in the annex of the cathedral, courtesy of the museum’s management committee. Mgr Alwig Deguara, chairman of the committee, conducted the guided visit of the unique exhibits of paintings, engravings, silverware, numismatic collection, old manuscripts and the wonderfully...