Shelley Ann Atherton presents “New Zealand and Tonga”
and a special minor on Don’t Hit a Deer by Vince Leahy.
Shelley Ann Atherton presents “New Zealand and Tonga”
For information on Ontario meetings, please contact Svatka : hermaneks@yahoo.ca or Bruce : bruceaweber@hotmail.com / tel. 416-203-0911. Meetings and travel presentations are held on the 3rd Friday in January, March, May (4th Friday), September and November at 8.00 p.m at Old York Tower, 85 The Esplanade ( corner of the Esplanade & Church St.) – two blocks east of the Union station. Public parking garage is at the foot of Church Street right next to the Old York Tower.
Purple Yip and James Weber – “Ecuador on a Shoestring”
For information on Ontario meetings, please contact Svatka : hermaneks@yahoo.ca or Bruce : bruceaweber@hotmail.com / tel. 416-203-0911. Meetings and travel presentations are held on the 3rd Friday in January, March, May (4th Friday), September and November at 8.00 p.m at Old York Tower, 85 The Esplanade ( corner of the Esplanade & Church St.) – two blocks east of the Union station. Public parking garage is at the foot of Church Street right next to the Old York Tower.
For information on Ontario meetings, please contact Svatka : hermaneks@yahoo.ca or Bruce : bruceaweber@hotmail.com / tel. 416-203-0911. Meetings and travel presentations are held on the 3rd Friday in January, March, May (4th Friday), September and November at 8.00 p.m at Old York Tower, 85 The Esplanade ( corner of the Esplanade & Church St.) – two blocks east of the Union station. Public parking garage is at the foot of Church Street right next to the Old York Tower.
But why, Kathy? “Flew into Kangerlussuag in Greenland then cruised up the west coast to Qilakitsoq, stopping at four towns along the way. Then sailed over to Pond Inlet in Canada and proceeded south to visit various areas including Devon Island, Crocker Bay, Beechy Island, Cape Burney and along the east coast of Baffin Island. We ended at Lady Franklin Island near the south end of Baffin |island – then sailed back to Greenland and home. Saw hundreds of huge icebergs coming from Greenland glacier. Saw polar bears, muskox, walruses, whales and two nights of gorgeous northern lights. Fascinating!”
Toronto G.T.’s High Arctic 2
For information on Ontario meetings, please contact Svatka : hermaneks@yahoo.ca or Bruce : bruceaweber@hotmail.com / tel. 416-203-0911. Meetings and travel presentations are held on the 3rd Friday in January, March, May (4th Friday), September and November at 8.00 p.m at Old York Tower, 85 The Esplanade ( corner of the Esplanade & Church St.) – two blocks east of the Union station. Public parking garage is at the foot of Church Street right next to the Old York Tower.
For information on Ontario meetings, please contact Svatka : hermaneks@yahoo.ca or Bruce : bruceaweber@hotmail.com / tel. 416-203-0911. Meetings and travel presentations are held on the 3rd Friday in January, March, May (4th Friday), September and November at 8.00 p.m at Old York Tower, 85 The Esplanade ( corner of the Esplanade & Church St.) – two blocks east of the Union station. Public parking garage is at the foot of Church Street right next to the Old York Tower.
For information on Ontario meetings, please contact Svatka : hermaneks@yahoo.ca or Bruce : bruceaweber@hotmail.com / tel. 416-203-0911. Meetings and travel presentations are held on the 3rd Friday in January, March, May (4th Friday), September and November at 8.00 p.m at Old York Tower, 85 The Esplanade ( corner of the Esplanade & Church St.) – two blocks east of the Union station. Public parking garage is at the foot of Church Street right next to the Old York Tower.
Change of speaker – Kevin Jones is standing in with a talk on the Middle East as Roy Willis has had to go to hospital at short notice so Chester globetrotters wish him all the best for a speedy recovery
Kevin Jones: “Inshallah – Odyssey to the Middle East”
After just returning with a portfolio of photographs he took whilst in Nepal, Kevin landed a staff photographer job in January 1978 with a London publishing company called “Islamic Information Ltd”. Selected as one of two successful candidates out of about 600 applicants, Kevin embarked on an adventure of a lifetime: driving overland in an ageing V.W. camper through most of the Middle East, whilst documenting the way of life there for his employer. Living out of the VW whilst negotiating some hair raising events, temperatures to melt plastic, and endless soft sand, the hospitality and friendship shown by the people he met there, more than compensated for these inconveniences. This presentation is a snapshot in time in 1978, when peace appeared tantalizingly on the horizon, before the conflict that had befallen the Middle East for years, came to pass, yet again. (Kevin has a self published his book Inshallah available for £10 that will be at the talk).
Anna Manning and Howard Jennings — A Sense of Swaziland
A presentation that shows the multiple facets of Swaziland from several angles that focus on different senses. We cover conservation, daily living, scenery, health, as well as tourism. Our aim is not only to give a flavour of what it is like to visit Swaziland but also to portray the lives of its people via photos and stories of village life. We stayed at three locations at three altitudes and present a wide variety of experiences. By the end of the talk we hope you are as captivated by Swaziland as we were.
Unfortunately, Roy Willis has been taken ill, so his talk will be re-scheduled for a later date.
Roy Willis — ‘Antarctic, Celebrating Shackleton’
Roy Willis has given many presentations concerning his adventures in the last decade, he is an admirer of Shackleton for his courage, bravery and leadership in desperate circumstances.
The voyage in February 2016 aboard a 6000 ton former Russian scientific ship, it took in the Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctica. The presentation also features the fatal attempt by LT-Col Henry Worsley to cross Antarctica solo and unaided via the South Pole in January 2016.
Any charitable donations will be given to the Henry Worsley Foundation which supports injured service men and women
Doors open 1pm for 1:30pm Start till 4:30pm Entrance Fee £3.00 includes refreshments and two talks Grosvenor Museum 25-27 Grosvenor Street, CH1 2DD Enquiries to Hanna tel: 01244383392 or Angela tel: 01244 629930
Mike Challinor — Paddling Scotland coast to coast the big pull.
An account of a trip undertaken during easter 2016. ‘Often talked about, Seldom completed’ – in canoeing circles that is one way of describing crossing Scotland by canoe via Rannoch Moor. From Ballachulish to Perth hauling the canoes to over 1000 feet above sea level then descending the Tay river system back to the salt water
Darren Axe — Treading Lightly – Journeys among the mountains of Europe.
Darren is an International Mountain Leader with a passion for sustainability in the mountain environment. During ten years of journeys to, from and around Europe’s high places he has developed a wealth of knowledge and interest. This talk critically assesses our place in wilderness; from how we move in, out and around it to the activities we undertake within it. From the emblematic Alps to the intrepid Carpathians, this thought provoking talk takes us there and back again with stunning photography throughout.
Doors open 1pm for 1:30pm Start till 4:30pm Entrance Fee £3.00 includes refreshments and two talks Grosvenor Museum 25-27 Grosvenor Street, CH1 2DD Enquiries to Hanna tel: 01244383392 or Angela tel: 01244 629930
As a writer and traveller Jonny Bealby has visited more than 90 countries and, in addition to his books, has had articles featured in a variety of publications including the Daily Telegraph, The Times, Observer, Daily Mail, Elle, Traveller and Wanderlust. He has lectured to the Royal Geographical Society on a number of occasions in both London and Hong Kong.
In 2002 he took his small sole-trader business, called Wild Frontiers (named after Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier), and expanded. Taking the same approach to trips that served them so well in Pakistan – namely, ‘off the beaten track-meet the locals-get beneath the surface’ kind of tourism – the business exploded. In 2002 Wild Frontiers took 19 clients to 2 destinations; in 2015 they took 1600 clients to 50 destinations.
London branch meetings are held at The Church of Scotland, Crown Court, behind the Fortune Theatre in Covent Garden the first Saturday of each month, unless there is a UK public holiday that weekend.
Admission costs, £3 for Members and £6.00 Non-members. You do not need to be a member to attend, and we do not sell advanced tickets, please just come on the day, the doors open at 2:15pm and the program starts around 2:30pm with each talk lasting approximately 40 minutes.
There is no London meeting in August, but we start afresh each September.
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AGM: The clubsAGMstarts at 1:00 pm (card carrying members only),then at 2.30 the meeting begins
Speaking this month we have:
Brian Anderson – Galapagos Islands
The Galapagos Islands, 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador, were named the ‘Enchanted Isles’ by superstitious sailors, and famed for their number of endemic species. The isles were a hiding place for C16 pirates, visited by C18 whalers including the author, Herman Melville, and later, by Charles Darwin on ‘The Beagle’ in 1835.
In this richly illustrated presentation, photographer and adventurer, Brian Anderson, shares his travel anecdotes and stunning images of the unique wildlife he encountered, including; galápagos penguins, giant tortoises, marine iguanas, sealions and bluefooted boobies. We also learn how these animals which frightened early visitors, have adapted to live on this fragile, isolated and ever changing Pacific archipelago.
Brian Anderson – Galápagos Islands
Richard Evans – Laidback travel tales – Part 2
From the vast deserts of Kazakhstan to the Pyrenees via the monsoons of Southeast Asia, the Australian Nullarbor, the Canadian Rockies and Great Lakes, this is Richard Evans’s travelogue of his six-month journey around the world by recumbent bicycle in 2014.
Averaging around 1,000km per week, Richard shared treacherously potholed highways with speeding juggernauts, faced freezing nights and scorching days, and battled headwinds strong enough to blow him off the road. Having lost 7kg in the first seven weeks and with 19 weeks still to go, it was important to stabilise the weight loss. A cure was found in beer and dumplings.
London branch meetings are held at The Church of Scotland, Crown Court, behind the Fortune Theatre in Covent Garden the first Saturday of each month, unless there is a UK public holiday that weekend.
Admission costs, £3 for Members and £6.00 Non-members. You do not need to be a member to attend, and we do not sell advanced tickets, please just come on the day, the doors open at 2:15pm and the program starts around 2:30pm with each talk lasting approximately 40 minutes.
There is no London meeting in August, but we start afresh each September.
If you would like to keep up to date with what’s happening at the Globetrotters London meetings and to be sent email reminders prior to the meeting, please sign up here
