Category Archives: Events

London Meetings, Saturday September 7th, 2013

Speaking this month we have:

Speaking this Saturday (7 Sept) we have;

  1. Andy Madeley from the cycling double-act The Cycle Diaries – cycling between London and Sydney
  2. Jenny Bower – Swaziland
  3. Unfortunately Peter Gostelow has had to cancel.

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.

London Meetings, August 2013

There is no London meeting in August, the next meeting is September 7th.

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.

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.

Toronto Meetings, Fri., Mar. 15; 8:00 p.m.

On Saturday the 15th:

  • Bruce Weber will be presenting his very interesting February trip to Nicaragua with Horizons of Friendship.

Download the flyer

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.

Join us at the Adventure Travel Show

ATS_London

The London GT Branch are once again running a travel advice stand at the Adventure Travel show in London on 26th and 27th January 2013.

Our volunteer travel advisors can :-

  • Give general advice for anxious travellers making their first major trip.
  • Share in-depth knowledge of countries they have visited in the past.
  • Share current experience gleaned during recent travels.

The show is the UK’s only event that is dedicated to off the beaten track experiences, featuring once in a lifetime adventures, wildlife encounters, eco travel, remote discoveries and more.

Download the ATS 2013 Flyer to find out more about what’s happening at the show.

Saturday July 20th, 2013

Speaking at  this meeting:

  • “The Aurora Revisited (and other stuff!)  Nigel Bradbury
  • “Getting Kicks On Route 66” Bill Powell Can he make it to the end of the road this time?
July 2013 Poster
July 2013 Poster

Doors open at 1pm for 1:30pm start until 4:30 pm, 25-27 Grosvenor Street, Chester, CH1 2DD. Entrance fee £3 refreshments included. We recommend you arrive early. For more information contact Hanna on 01244 383 392 or Angela on 01244 629 930

 Chesterbranch@globetrotters.co.uk

Friday, Jan. 18; 8:00 p.m

Hi all:

Svatka Hermanek presents on The Czech Republic and Slovakia all wrapped up together again–Friday, Jan. 18; 8:00 p.m. at Old York Tower, 85 The Esplanade, as usual.

As much as we appreciate these old favourites, keep in mind that we are always looking for some “new blood” to make presentations.  Do you have a trip to present at future programs, or even an oldie?  I was shocked when my Japanese housemate had never seen a Kodak Carousel projector or slides!  See you Friday; I will be back from Cuba in time that day.    Bruce Weber 416 203-0911

P.s. Svatka is just back from teaching assignments in Uruguay and Argentina. Eduardo Barnett heads home to Argentina at the end of February this year. Bruce Weber will travel again with Horizons of Friendship to Nicaragua in February. Marilyn Weber and Mort Sider are trying to get to India late in the winter. Keitaro Arakawa, currently helping out Bruce Weber since his accident, is heading for Lima, then overland to Buenos Aires in February-March 2013 before returning to Japan in June.

Who else is where?        Bruce

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.

Saturday January 19th, 2013

Speaking this meeting:

  • South American journey with Ruth and Barrie Axtell
  • Getting Kicks on Route 66 by Bill Powell

Doors open at 1pm for 1:30pm start until 4:30 pm, 25-27 Grosvenor Street, Chester, CH1 2DD. Entrance fee £3 refreshments included. We recommend you arrive early. For more information contact Hanna on 01244 383 392 or Angela on 01244 629 930

 Chesterbranch@globetrotters.co.uk

 

Saturday July 6th, 2013

Speaking this month we have:

  1. Members Slides : Around the world in eighty minutes.
    • Liz Cooper – Ecuador: The curse of Floreana
    • Zara Taylor – Albania
    • Sameen Damghani = Dancing in the deserts of Iran
    • Gavin Fernandes = Portraits of the Silk Road 2012
    • Jacqui Trotter = Naples
    • Simon Banks – ChongQing, China
    • Brian Lawrence – Hippy Trail 1966/7
    • Mary Fogarty – Algerian deserts: Saharawi people
    • Philip Ferguson – Holy Places in India
    • Sue Learoyd – Antarctica

(The order of speakers may change on the day).

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.