Globetrotters in Chester

Presents

1. David Redford: “Glimpses of the Nile -and echoes of the great explorers”

   After retiring from the NHS, David Redford has worked with an International Development project delivering life saving skills in childbirth. This has taken him to a number of African countries, some rarely visited by tourists, and has gradually stimulated his interest and reading into the history of the River Nile, and also the great Victorian explorers who strove to answer the centuries old question – “Where is the source of the Nile?”

2. Pat Jones: “Mongolia including the Naadam Festival”

   Pat Jones has enjoyed travelling for many years and has had many great travelling experiences. This show shares her memories of a wonderful holiday to Mongolia. She chose to go there when the Naadam Festival , which is held once a year in July , was on. Most of the accommodation was in Gers and she even joined in the building of one!!

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

Globetrotters in Chester

Presents

1. Barbara Brooks: A Gap Year Round the World.On retiring I decided to travel around the world, ultimately to visit a location I’d waited 49 years to get to. This slide show is a record of this journey.

   This was the 3th time I’d travelled around the world and 2nd time on my own.

2. Heather Lannin: Travel to Sierra Leone – the Working Heart of Africa.Heather Lannin, a registered nurse, has made several self-funded humanitarian visits to Sierra Leone, West Africa since 2003 to the present day befriending 30 orphan children along the way. Heather hopes to share an insight into her adventurous visits to this country whose people live in very hard conditions. Most of her time so far has been spent in Bo, the second largest city and Freetown, the capital. You may want to watch the film You may want to watch the film “Blood Diamond” as a background insight into this place

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

Globetrotters in Chester

Presents

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

1. 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).

2. 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.

3. 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

Globetrotters in Chester

Presents

1. 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

2. 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