Members slides: we had a veritable marathon of Globetrotters showing
\n slides. Part 1 included Dan Buckman<\/b> showing slides on Belgium and
\n Poland; Ernest Flesch<\/b> showing slides on how people make their living:
\n rice growing in China and Sumatra, threshing, picking and fanning rice;
\n rubber tapping in Sri Lanka, and oxen pilled water wheel in Rajasthan
\n and tobacco farmers in Yemen. Jean Clough<\/b> , the Globetrotter gate
\n keeper and more, showed slides on the funeral pyre of the grandson of
\n the last king of Bali and regaled us with some of the more ghoulish facts
\n on how bodies are burned. PhilKoniotes<\/b> , always good for excellent
\n slides and anecdotes showed us some fabulous slides of fish. Not just
\n ordinary fish, but sharks, huge bump head wrasses, parrotfish cocoons,
\n unicorn fish and er…porcelain toilets. The Beetle was on the edge of
\n her seat, salivating and counting the days to her next dive trip!<\/p>\n
Part 2 consisted of Philip (The Whisperer) Ferguson<\/b> who showed
\n us slides of vintage cars and lorries and a train with Australia written
\n on the side…in Cuba. Peter Mann<\/b> started off with some slides
\n of pubs in London called The Globe, yes, we know, any excuse Pete! He
\n then sobered up and we visited a series of structurally and visually amazing
\n bridges in Wales, Scotland and Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany and Austria.
\n Dick (Curtis)<\/b> made a couple of appearances at the projector
\n and showed us a series of slides, all of which he reckoned had St Pauls
\n in them. After much good humoured derision, he handed over to Jacqui
\n (Trotter)<\/b> his erstwhile stand in who finished the Members Slide show
\n with some pictures of Tasmania and lots of people riding penny farthings…\n <\/p>\n
Saturday 1st September<\/b> <\/p>\n
Next on 1st September, we have Beth Wooldridge<\/b> talking on “My
\n Many India's”, as a tourist, traveller, student, travel-author,
\n and woman – Beth's experiences around the sub-continent were often
\n coloured by her different guises. After the break, Justin Marozzi<\/b>
\n will give a talk on “The Slave Routes of the Libyan Sahara”,
\n retracing the ancient routes totalling 1500 miles, 1200 of which were
\n by camel. Justin is also the author of “South of Barbary” a
\n story of the expedition.<\/p>\n