Speaking this month we have:

1. John Pilkington – Pioneers and Bandits: A saunter round Patagonia.

   Patagonia – it’s the stuff of dreams. John will talk about the sheepfarming pioneers who, early in the last century, made their homes in the teeth of the Roaring Forties and Furious Fifties. Patagonians today are tough survivors but also fanciful dreamers, descended from those immigrants who threw their fate to the wind. He’ll play clips of some of them talking about dangerous sea journeys, followed by efforts to set down roots against almost impossible odds. He’ll talk about Patagonia’s current battles with volcanic fallout and climate change. And he’ll reveal what really happened to two of its most notorious early settlers – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

   Links

   • http://www.pilk.net/lecture.patagonia.html (John’s talk)
   • http://www.pilk.net/book.patagonia.html (John’s book)
   • http://www.pilk.net/resources/audio.patagonia1.mp3 (Radio 4 programme 1)
   • http://www.pilk.net/resources/audio.patagonia2.mp3 (Radio 4 programme 2)

2. Jane Wilson-Howarth – Nepal adventures

   You heard Dr Jane Talking of poo and parasites earlier in the year, now hear about her experience of living and working in Nepal for six years, and enjoy some vicarious trekking without getting breathless. Jane Wilson-Howarth’s talk will cover the time described in her memoir A GLIMPSE OF ETERNAL SNOWS.

   Jane’s website is www.wilson-howarth.com and she’s set up facebook pages for her books: A Glimpse of Eternal Snows, How to Shit Around the World and Lemurs of the Lost World.

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.

Speaking this month we have:

1. Sandra & David Reekie – MAG Cambodia Challenge

   Every year, to generate much needed funds, The Mines Advisory Group issue a number of challenges to volunteers willing to undertake various feats. MAG is an International Charity dedicated to removing land mines and unexploded ordnance, for which work they have received the Nobel Peace Prize.

   In 2008, David Reekie – a Globie of some seven years or so,agreed to raise £3000 (actually managed £4000) and with twenty other volunteers, went to Siem Reap, trekked through the jungle in the Kulen Mountains for 2 days, then helped build two houses for amputees’ families.

   David, who lives in Woodford with his wife Sandra, is retired and they have two daughters and six grand-children.

2. Anna Hughes — 4000 miles by bike around the coast of Britain.

   Anna Hughes works as a cycling instructor and bike mechanic in London. In 2011 she cycled the 4000 mile coastline of the UK in 10 weeks, and in 2013 she sailed around the same coastline in the opposite direction. She describes herself as an ‘Everyday Adventurer,’ doing ordinary things in an unusual way, such as cycling 60 miles to Brighton and back just for a cup of tea, and moving house by bus. She is soon to publish her first book about her round-Britain cycling trip.

   Find out more at www.annacycles.co.uk or @eatsleepcycle or on facebook

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.

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.

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

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.

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.