We lived in Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia,
from September 1979 to August 1981.

Around the city......
	The Clock Tower and Grand Mosque in the centre of downtown Riyadh, February 1981.
	Diera Square, the central square in February 1981.
	Al Murabba ('the square') palace, central Riyadh, April 1980.
	Nura Palace, built in 1936 for a sister of King Abdulaziz, and the Water Tower, February 1981.
	We had an 'unofficial' tour in November 1980 round the new Royal Guest House (Qasr al Diafah)  in Nasriyah just before it opened. View of the Conference Room from the King's chair.
	In the king's bedroom in the Royal Guest House in Nasriyah. Below, the main entrance and the main staircase in the Royal Guest House.
	Camel's Eye Park, the first view of Riyadh city on the ancient trail from Kuwait.
	Shopping in the gold souk, August 1981.
	Waiting patiently at the traffic lights....!
	At the camel races, March 1980.
	Spectators at the camel races, March 1980.
	They're off! The camel race in progress, March 1980.
	Night view of Riyadh, south from the Military Hospital near the old airport, January 1981.
	Aerial view of Riyadh, March 1981.

And out in the wadi.....
	Al Diriyah, the tumble-down old mud-brick city in Wadi Hanifah north of Riyadh, in February 1981. Now (2012) designated as an 'Archaeological City', archaeological investigations are planned before the site is turned into an 'open-air museum'.
	Al Diriyah in December 1980. Al Diriyah was first settled in 1446 and was the capital of the first Saudi state from the mid-18th century to 1818. In 1818 the Ottomans sent an Egyptian army who, after a 6-month seige, captured the city and destroyed it.
	Al Diriyah in December 1980.
	A house in need of repair, Wadi Hanifah May 1980.
	Ruined house in Al Diriyah, December 1980.
	Watchtower overlooking Mushayrifa Palm Grove north-west of Al Diriyah, February 1981.
	A well in Wadi Hanifah, May 1980.
	Old wells on Diriyah Road, April 1980.
	A little mosque in Al Diriyah, May 1980.
	Farmstead near Al Quwayiyah, south-west of Riyadh, July 1981.
	A gateway in Salbukh village, north of Riyadh, March 1981.
	A shepherdess in Wadi Hanifah above Al Diriyah, December 1980.
	Robin Womble at the water hole in the deep cavern at Ain Heet, July 1980.