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London Meetings, Saturday November 7, 2015

This month we have:

  1. AGM : The clubs AGM starts at 1:00pm (card carrying members only), then at 2.30 the meeting begins

Speaking this month we have:

  1. Ashley Butterfield – Tales of a bogieman: Round India on a railway carriage (100 times) The pleasures and perils of taking assorted foreign tourists round India by rail, before the advent of the internet /mobile phone / Tripadvisor etc.
  2. Andrew Lyndon-Skeggs – 1,300 km walk from Auch to Dieppe.

    Businessman, photographer, resident of a 38.5 meter barge in Paris, gardener, lecturer on the Jazz Age in France, alumni of Magdalene College Cambridge, one time conjuror and Master of the Cambridge University Drag Hunt, plus early internet entrepreneur, Andrew Lyndon-Skeggs has now also walked across France.

    The idea for the walk came out of the blue and, having never done a long walk before, Andrew Lyndon-Skeggs decided to walk right across France. Two criteria only; boundary to boundary, and avoid the Chemin de St Jacques de Compostello. Oh, and, South to North. Why not? At least it avoids looking into the sun all day. The talk will include personal reminiscences, photographs and (if you want to take it) practical advice. Much looking forward to meeting you all.

London branch meetings are held at The Church of Scotland, Crown Court, behind the Fortune Theatre in Covent Garden the first Saturday of each month, unless there is a UK public holiday that weekend.

Admission costs, £3 for Members and £6.00 Non-members. You do not need to be a member to attend, and we do not sell advanced tickets, please just come on the day, the doors open at 2:15pm and the program starts around 2:30pm with each talk lasting approximately 40 minutes.

There is no London meeting in August, but we start afresh each September.

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Toronto meetings, Friday, Mar 20, 2015

“Cruising the World: Hong Kong, Cape Town,  Fort Lauderdale”       by Anna Dohler

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For information on Ontario meetings, please contact Svatka : hermaneks@yahoo.ca or Bruce : bruceaweber@hotmail.com / tel. 416-203-0911. Meetings and travel presentations are held on the 3rd Friday in January, March, May (4th Friday), September and November at 8.00 p.m at Old York Tower, 85 The Esplanade ( corner of the Esplanade & Church St.) – two blocks east of the Union station. Public parking garage is at the foot of Church Street right next to the Old York Tower.

Toronto meetings, Friday, Jan 16, 2015

Hi all:

Toronto GT’s meet Friday, January 16; 8:00 p.m. at Old York Tower, 85 The Esplanade, Toronto.

  • Bruce and Rosy Findlay will be showing “Island of Newfoundland–a very special place”. Hope to see you there.

Bruce Weber, 3 Oneida Ave., Toronto (Island), ON M5J 2E2; 416 203-0911.

p.s. Please feel free to copy the flyer and post it in your apt. building or wherever. Bruce

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For information on Ontario meetings, please contact Svatka : hermaneks@yahoo.ca or Bruce : bruceaweber@hotmail.com / tel. 416-203-0911. Meetings and travel presentations are held on the 3rd Friday in January, March, May (4th Friday), September and November at 8.00 p.m at Old York Tower, 85 The Esplanade ( corner of the Esplanade & Church St.) – two blocks east of the Union station. Public parking garage is at the foot of Church Street right next to the Old York Tower.

Toronto meetings, Friday, May 22, 2015

“Memories of Bangladesh… and Saudi… and…. by Nadam Iqbal and Shadab Shahrokh Hai

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For information on Ontario meetings, please contact Svatka : hermaneks@yahoo.ca or Bruce : bruceaweber@hotmail.com / tel. 416-203-0911. Meetings and travel presentations are held on the 3rd Friday in January, March, May (4th Friday), September and November at 8.00 p.m at Old York Tower, 85 The Esplanade ( corner of the Esplanade & Church St.) – two blocks east of the Union station. Public parking garage is at the foot of Church Street right next to the Old York Tower.

Toronto meetings, Friday, Sep 18, 2015

“The Singing Revolution: amid a history of terror, under both Hitler and Stalin, exile of thousands to Siberia, 3 tiny Baltic countries maintained a tradition of musical festivals for more than 150 years.” by Bruce Weber and Friendship Force

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For information on Ontario meetings, please contact Svatka : hermaneks@yahoo.ca or Bruce : bruceaweber@hotmail.com / tel. 416-203-0911. Meetings and travel presentations are held on the 3rd Friday in January, March, May (4th Friday), September and November at 8.00 p.m at Old York Tower, 85 The Esplanade ( corner of the Esplanade & Church St.) – two blocks east of the Union station. Public parking garage is at the foot of Church Street right next to the Old York Tower.

Toronto meetings, Friday, Nov 20, 2015

Speakers to be announced.

For information on Ontario meetings, please contact Svatka : hermaneks@yahoo.ca or Bruce : bruceaweber@hotmail.com / tel. 416-203-0911. Meetings and travel presentations are held on the 3rd Friday in January, March, May (4th Friday), September and November at 8.00 p.m at Old York Tower, 85 The Esplanade ( corner of the Esplanade & Church St.) – two blocks east of the Union station. Public parking garage is at the foot of Church Street right next to the Old York Tower.

Chester Meetings, Saturday March 21, 2015

Globetrotters in Chester

Presents

  1. A Journey Through South America – Don and Eve

    Not “around the world in 80 days”, but five weeks in South America, starting in Lima, Peru, through the Sacred Valley, – the shores of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia, – rain in the Atacama Desert in Chile, and finally over the snow-capped Andes into Argentina.- A journey of experiences!

  2. Solo Trip around New Zealand by bus – Pamela Scott-Austin

    Pamela a retired NHS employee travelled to New Zealand a year ago and had an amazing five-week bus journey around this beautiful country. She travelled through both the North and South island with Mount Cook as a favourite place. Come on the adventure and see some familiar places and some spectacular scenery and a few personal stories.

Doors open 1pm for 1:30pm Start till 4:30pm Entrance Fee £3.00 includes refreshments and two talks Grosvenor Museum 25-27 Grosvenor Street, CH12DDMarch%20Poster%202015%20final[1]

Enquiries to Hanna tel:  01244383392 or Angela tel: 01244 629930

Chester Meetings, Saturday September 19, 2015

Globetrotters in Chester

Presents

  • Kevin Brackley – Mysore, India, outside the bubble. Kevin Brackley: has been a Globetrotter for over 30 years, visiting over 80 countries. His talk will be based around his second trip to Mysore in February 2015, the people he met and the places he visited after he had finished his 4:30am yoga practice.
  • Sean Mooney – Left my heart in San Francisco but my wallet in Las Vegas. Sean’s talk will focus on the journey of the solo traveller around different parts of California and Nevada e.g. San Francisco, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. San Francisco trip will look at the America’s cup sailing competition, different attractions around the bay area, as well as visits to the aquarium, science museum, whale watching, exploring San Francisco the city and Yosemite National Park. Los Angeles will focus on Hollywood, the film industry including photos from studio tours, walk of fame, key monuments within LA including the Hollywood sign, Chinese Theatre etc. Attending the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics, events at Long beach and navigating LA’s public transport system. Las Vegas will focus on the many different wonders it has to offer from what people expect in terms of the strip, which is considered the hub of Las Vegas to the different tours available from visits to the Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon, Wet n Wild Water Park (In the desert, which is a wonder in itself) to the variety of shows and concerts on offer, e.g. Blue Man Group, Celine Dion, Country Superstars, Variety Shows etc. My Las Vegas talk will also look at the stark contrast of Vegas during the day and at night as well as my main reason every year for visiting my Star Trek convention held at the Rio Suites Hotel. Be prepared for a talk that will literally have you beaming from one location to another!

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Doors open 1pm for 1:30pm Start till 4:30pm Entrance Fee £3.00 includes refreshments and two talks Grosvenor Museum 25-27 Grosvenor Street, CH12DD

Enquiries to Hanna tel:  01244383392 or Angela tel: 01244 629930

Chester Meetings, Saturday November 21, 2015

Globetrotters in Chester

Presents

  • Ken Waldie – Le Langhe Italy: An Enchanting Place

    Having been a walk leader for a travel company for more than a decade prompted his involvement in photography. He has developed this interest and publishes books using photographic images, poetry and text to illuminate specific periods in history. The intended effect of this multi-discipline approach is to enhance the reader’s experience, facilitating speculation on the past lives of people at particular points in time and space.

  • John and Nikki – Cuba Nikki and John talk about their 2014 trip to Cuba where they explore the Islands revolutionary history and its modern yet vibrant Caribbean culture. Traveling across the breadth of the country their talk encompasses:

    • In Havana traveling in 1950’s American cars and watching children play baseball under rusting streetlights.
    • In the countryside, trekking and sleeping out in the jungle and climbing to Fidel’s secret rebel hideout in the mountains.
    • Exploring underground caverns, nuclear shelters, sugar loaf mountains and sun drenched beaches.
    • Che Guevara’s Mausoleum, The Bay of pigs and the Hotel Nacional, built by the Mafia.

    With present changes to the relationship with America, it’s important to take a snapshot of a country which faces, inevitably, massive cultural change.

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Doors open 1pm for 1:30pm Start till 4:30pm Entrance Fee £3.00 includes refreshments and two talks Grosvenor Museum 25-27 Grosvenor Street, CH12DD

Enquiries to Hanna tel:  01244383392 or Angela tel: 01244 629930

Chester Meetings, Saturday July 18, 2015

Globetrotters in Chester

Presents

  • “Dehli to Kathmandu” Speaker Marion Round.
  • “Kathmandu to Lhasa” Speaker Michael Round.

JulyPoster2015. Doors open 1pm for 1:30pm Start till 4:30pm Entrance Fee £3.00 includes refreshments and two talks Grosvenor Museum 25-27 Grosvenor Street, CH12DD

Enquiries to Hanna tel:  01244383392 or Angela tel: 01244 629930