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John Pilkington – A stroll through the axis of evil – Lebanon, Syria, Iraq & Iran<\/strong><\/p>\n

Photographer, documentary maker, traveller but above all brilliant lecturer on his travels around this wonderful world of ours and in doing so gave an excellent, entertaining slide show on his latest trip.\u00a0 “A Stroll Through The Axis\u00a0 Of Evil”\u00a0 A play on George Bush senior’s words of a few years ago…John’s route took us through the Euphrates, the Caucasus and the Valley of the Assassins to finish on the Persian Gulf.<\/p>\n

To read more about John & his travels visit his web site at\u00a0http:\/\/www.pilk.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Dick Curtis – It all started in Kashmir ….<\/strong><\/p>\n

Former London meetings organiser, Wasps rugby union number one fan & all round personable chap Dick took us back to an earlier point in his life and explained what first set him on his travels and his subsequent adventures in Kashmir.\u00a0 Many of the audience appreciated Dick’s standpoint and in listening to him, remembered their own experiences of independent travel…an excellent compliment to John’s engaging first half.<\/p>\n

The London branch’s future meetings are detailed at <\/strong>London Meeting Programme<\/strong><\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

London branch meetings are held at The Church of Scotland, Crown Court, behind the Fortune Theatre in Covent Garden at 2.30pm the first Saturday of each month, unless there is a UK public holiday that weekend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is no London meeting in August, but we start afresh each September.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For more information, contact the Globetrotters Info line on +44 (0) 20 7193 2586, or visit the web site:<\/strong>https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/local-meetings.html<\/strong><\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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