Toni the Maldive Lady
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Having left my beloved Kenya, here I am in the most beautiful school Lowther Castle in North Wales not far from RHYL which is on the coast.
The Castle was built It was built between 1806 - 1814. 

I was 15 years old.  My brother was at Marlborough Public School in Wiltshire. We had a Deer Park, two enormous lakes in which we skated on these in the winter,  tennis and squash courts and a golf course. We had to play cricket with boys from a prep school  eldest  13!   

Supposedly a white ghost somewhere!  In the Castle she had 3 big black dogs! I had a LION cub when 2 years old in Mombasa. 
My saving grace was being very good at all games! Lacrosse, Tennis, Hockey,  swimming, Cricket  Fencing, and riding.


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My parents were in Mombasa, so I was quite lonely, but in the holidays I had my bellowed RHANI.
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I used to Hunt in the winter, and show her in the summer holidays. Left school after Matrix and lived with Madam Manley who was my chaperon! (making sure I behaved my self!).  Cordon Bleu cooking and shorthand typing!  I was a debutante and Presented at Court.

My Outfit
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MY  HOME
SAN  JOSE -  Mombasa

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Off to work on my Scooter


 I MUST FLY    I MUST  FLY     I MUST  FLY
In a Piper Cub  Victor my instructor   taught me to  fly at Port Reitz  Airport, just across the causeway from Mombasa. 
After 3 hours  I went SOLO. and after 13 hours I got my license, Number 334
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This covered Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika.
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THIS was MY BABY for 2 years.
Moggs and I about to take off.

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One Sunday I said to Moggs, let's go to Tanga and meet up with friends about 90 miles down the coast. Gave the Control Tower our destination. 
On a Piper Club the fuel gauge is outside attached to a CORK on the bonnet.  It was sticking right up so full. Decided to fly low over the reef looking for Sharks.

PANIC  the fuel gauge had disappeared!  "I am going to climb so I will have height if I have to land."
But no way could I climb! Turning round Moggs had got her heavy handbag over the dual control!
Tanga in sight panic! again! At the end of the grass strip a fire blazing! Side slipped down. No one in the Control tower, fire increasing and wind against me!   

Hello and goodbye!  Another time!
I adored flying taking my Cocker Spaniel Petticoats with me, landing on remote beaches.

Flew to Lamu, no runway a very rough strip opposite the island and then a boat ride across. Two friends also had planes, We would throw out lav paper and see how many times we could cut this with our wings!  And with sand bags when weekending at Malindi. The looser bought the drinks!

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Brian a vet would take me to wildly remote farms he was always singing!
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I wanted to loop the loop so moved to a Tiger Moth.
​The most wonderful freedom with the wind in my hair the world was mine and I felt immortal!
At the right height I would go slowly into the loop (no Petticoats this time!) holding upside down as long I could then back to the beginning. When I took a boy friend never saw them again! Pathetic!
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The Maldive Islands


Ariyadhoo, Himithi, Mini Mas,
Gali & Maamigili
Fuah Mulaku

GAAFU ALIFU ATOLL SCHOOL
Gan and Feydhoo
Hanimadhoo & Uteemu
Ihuru
Kuramathi
Kurumba
Laamu  Atoll
Lhaviyani
Niyama - Dhaalu Atoll
Rashdoo & Noonu Atoll
Villingili

Holiday Of A Life Time:
Maldives, Sri Lanka & Dubai

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SPIRITUAL PERCEPTION - LETTER FROM BENEDICTA

MY ISLAND STORY

On My Way To Happy Days

Passenger Flying Log Book

My Very Good Looking Father

Through a Zanzibar Doorway

Lion Sands

Cape Town

A Night At The London Zoo

Wild Reef Child

Ashley

Flying With Hunting Clan

Love At First Sight

The Queen Mother

Romy Has a Surprise!

GEORGE

My Talk 2018

My Flying Diary

The Maldive Lady, by Jo Foley

LiveWire: First Lady of Leisure

Kunfunadhoo

The Lady In The Loo

First Round The World Flight

Tehran

PHINDA

Rat Story

Visha & Maya

Saint Helena

A Flight of a Lifetime

Diving Bangaram Island
Shark Circus
Richard Harley
Yusuff Moosa

I Dived To Victory
Memorable Muscat
You Must Not Wear Any Weights Or Life Jacket


A Magic Boat Launches

Angkor, Cambodia

Champneys

Country Life

Crown of Thorns

Having A Whale Of A Time

​Hurlingham Club Magazine Summer 2016

Kenya

​KASHMIR 1959

Lady Rose

Love of Skiing

My Magic Beans

My Outstanding Award
My Sandbank
Museum of Mankind
My 86th Birthday
Classic Wings: My 87th Birthday
My 88th Birthday
Magic Yellow File
RACEHORSE
Seychelles
South Africa
The Haute Route
Thrills & Spills - Dhoni Mighili
Underwater Ireland
Welcome To Stanford Bridge
***WEST OF ZANZIBAR***

Helicopter Bride
SCHOOL / FLYING
World Travel Mart
My Adopted Maldivian Family
Life Threatening Thalassemia
Himmafushi - The Young Offenders
Villingilli Orphanage
The Tsunami
Commemorative Coins

1986 Commonwealth Games
Guest Speaker of the Canberra
My Cocktail
Love & Marriage in Sri Lanka


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Flags
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A Maldives Symphony -
My Swan Song:

- Velassaru & Kuramathi
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Colombo

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