{"id":3093,"date":"2010-06-15T09:59:59","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T09:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/archive\/3078"},"modified":"2010-06-15T09:59:59","modified_gmt":"2010-06-15T09:59:59","slug":"may-meeting-news-from-the-london-branch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/may-meeting-news-from-the-london-branch-2.html","title":{"rendered":"June meeting news from the London branch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lois Pryce : Adventure motorcyclist Lois returned to the club to recount her latest exciting journey&#8230;&#8221;Red Tape &amp; White Knuckles&#8221;. In a detail filled talk, Lois held us riveted with tales of bureaucratic border nightmares, roads that were little better than rivers, minefields and near culture shock at every corner ! She also filled us the vibrancy of the people, the colours of life and the geographical magic of a very misunderstood &amp; beguiling destination. I think Lois could have spoke twice as long and yet still had many questions to answer&#8230; If you still want to know more, see Lois&#8217;s web site at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.loisontheloose.com%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNEQI7BCacBSq8TFoNoglHuHL6ysmg\">http:\/\/www.loisontheloose.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Doreen Tayler : As in May&#8217;s edition of the eNewsletter, Doreen recounted her travel award winning adventure &#8220;In the footsteps of Rudyard Kiplin&#8217;s Kim&#8221;\u009d. Never an immediate fan of India, Doreen however found herself inspired by Kipling&#8217;s Kim, and in particular trying to retrace his many journeys across the country in pursuit of the Great Game. For a first time speaker Doreen was knowledgeable, articulate and seemingly not daunted in standing in front of the regular London branch audience. Well done and here&#8217;s hoping she&#8217;ll inspire other applicants for future awards&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Details of the London branch&#8217;s forthcoming meetings, through to July 2010, can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fglobetrotters.co.uk%2Fmeetings%2Flon10it.html&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNH_Hz8knobBzy45cN9OJRkgLFzEhw\">https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/meetings\/lon10it.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 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. There is no London meeting in August, but we start afresh in September. For more information, contact the Globetrotters Info line on +44 (0) 20 7193 2586, or visit the web site: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globetrotters.co.uk%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNF2ZsftsxDDpzhdJzh-QALZ18M_oA\">www.globetrotters.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lois Pryce : Adventure motorcyclist Lois returned to the club to recount her latest exciting journey&#8230;&#8221;Red Tape &amp; White Knuckles&#8221;. 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