{"id":23501,"date":"2017-04-30T11:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-04-30T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/?p=23501"},"modified":"2025-05-31T12:33:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T12:33:30","slug":"hand-and-shears-travel-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/hand-and-shears-travel-talks.html","title":{"rendered":"Hand and Shears Travel Talks."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23575\" src=\"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/Audience.jpg\" alt=\"Taken by Beatrice Murch (blmurch)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/Audience.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/Audience-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/Audience-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/Audience-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/Audience-600x451.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>Hand and Shears Travel Talks.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Wednesday 3rd May.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Anthony Britton: Vietnam. Travelling by road and rail in 2007 and 2009.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anthony&#8217;s journeys took him from the cities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh to the mountainous Cao Bang area along the Chinese border and the dramatic limestone karst scenery of Ha Long Bay.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/whatpub.com\/pubs\/WLD\/16508\/kings-head-london\">The King&#8217;s Head, 13 Westmoreland Street<\/a>, Marylebone, W1G 8PJ.<br \/>\n<strong>Time:<\/strong> 7.30pm.<br \/>\n<strong>Sugested Donation:<\/strong> \u00a33.<br \/>\n<strong>Nearest tubes:<\/strong> Baker Street, Regent&#8217;s Park, Warren Street, Oxford Circus, Bond Street. All about a 10 minute walk.<br \/>\n<strong>Hot food:<\/strong> Not available. Please eat before you come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hand and Shears Travel Talks. Wednesday 3rd May. Anthony Britton: Vietnam. Travelling by road and rail in 2007 and 2009. 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