PAUL BLOWEY: Paul grew up on a farm above Morwellham, educated here in Tavistock before training as a Land Surveyor in the early 1980’s and was working all over the UK including 6 months in the Middle East. Following a second career, teaching mainly in Okehampton, Paul is enjoying retirement and has been an active member of Tavistock Lions, for many years.

TALK: In 1984, Paul was seconded from a Somerset based Land Survey company to The Musandam Development committee in the Sultanate of Oman based in Khasab in the Straits of Hormuz.Primarily employed to undertake a number of land and Engineering surveys, Paul will talk briefly about his work, Khasab town, it’s people and the country he experienced 42 years ago making comparisons with how the country has developed following a second visit in 2017!