Hello all,
Now that weÂ’re into a new season of the London GlobetrotterÂ’s branch meetings, its time for quite a catch up as thereÂ’s plenty happening travel wise at the moment. In the articles below you can see who our first speakers were at the London September meeting, you can enjoy feedback readers, you can enter a competition, you can learn more about the Cook Islands and Mac takes us on a shopping trip for those on a budget ! You can also log on to the clubÂ’s web site, www.globetrotters.co.uk, to discover the forthcoming program of speakers in 2009/2010.
Hot off the press – for those of you that might be interested & inspired there are two items of news regarding round the world cyclist Mark Beaumont. The first is that Mark is off on a new adventureÂ…this time heÂ’s journeying across the Americas –see http://www.markbeaumontonline.com/ for details. And secondly it seems that Mark no longer holds the record for cycling round the worldÂ…Londoner James Bowthorpe has claimed that honour – see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8264580.stm for further details !
That’s all for now as I’m trying to get ready for a brief trip to south west France – we’re off looking for some late autumn sun and a chance to ride mountain bikes in new surroundings. I’ll see you in October, hopefully with some interesting tales & no mishaps. In the meantime keep sending me your articles, feedback and general comments…I tried to read and work with them all.
The Ant