Category Archives: Local Meetings

Saturday, July 6, 2024

Speaking on Saturday, July 6, 2024 we had :

  • 1st: Nicholas Mackey – An Irishman in Northern Mesopotamia

https://youtu.be/nKIGfR3XRmU

  • 2nd: Elspeth Beard – A pioneering solo round the world motorcycle trip in the early 1980’s

https://youtu.be/7_ive59kr7Q


Admission costs in advance:

  • £7 for members. (Members can access a ticket code below or from the members area.)
  • £10 for non-members. (save £3 if you join at this meeting)
  • a recording to watch later will be available to members and non-member ticket holders.

Unfortunately, we have had to increase the door prices to cover our costs.

For in-person tickets at the hall:

The member Eventbrite promo code is: 8JKL5F767H

Date & Time: Saturday 6th July 2024

Doors open at 14:15 in London and on Zoom with the talks starting around 14:45 (London see Event Time Announcer for local times), please arrive early so we can deal with any issues with joining.

Toronto GTs meeting – Friday, September 20, 2024

Greetings fellow travellers,

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances we have to cancel our September meeting and presentation.

We are always looking for volunteer presenters.

Please contact
Svatka Hermanek hermaneks@yahoo.ca or
Bruce Weber bruceaweber@hotmail.com
EVERYONE WELCOME – ESPECIALLY VISITING TRAVELERS

Saturday, June 8, 2024 (on the 2nd Saturday)

Speaking on Saturday, June 8, 2024 we had :

  • 1st: Joe Sheffer – The Road to Oxiana.

https://youtu.be/-4ERCr9Rh8I

  • 2nd: Mary Fogarty – Northern Greece and Macedonia: in search of family roots

https://youtu.be/1Wv4BTBV6Xc


Admission costs in advance:

  • £7 for members. (Members can access a ticket code below or from the members area.)
  • £10 for non-members. (save £3 if you join at this meeting)
  • a recording to watch later will be available to members and non-member ticket holders.

Unfortunately, we have had to increase the door prices to cover our costs.

Date & Time: Saturday 8th June 2024

Doors open at 14:15 in London and on Zoom with the talks starting around 14:45 (London see Event Time Announcer for local times), please arrive early so we can deal with any issues with joining.

Saturday, May 11, 2024 (on the 2nd Saturday)

Speaking on Saturday, May 11, 2024 (on 2nd Saturday) we had :

1st: Marco Carnovale – Maldives

https://youtu.be/y0l8ZNvEN58

2nd: Simon Banks – Down and out in Oz & NZ – lessons in life

https://youtu.be/uJRYctBPrR8


Admission costs in advance:

  • £7 for members. (Members can access a ticket code below or from the members area.)
  • £10 for non-members. (save £3 if you join at this meeting)
  • a recording to watch later will be available to members and non-member ticket holders.

Unfortunately, we have had to increase the door prices to cover our costs.

Date & Time: Saturday 11th May 2024

Doors open at 14:15 in London and on Zoom with the talks starting around 14:45 (London see Event Time Announcer for local times), please arrive early so we can deal with any issues with joining.

London Meeting, Saturday, April 13th, 2024

Speaking in April, we had:

1st: Jacqui Trotter – Homegoing: Part 3.

https://youtu.be/EUr4FxotuIQ

You can watch a playlist of Jacqui’s previous talks at the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlzZvRLzUX8JIVg41WvTcAUdcgTR0Ylb_


2nd: Lucy Lethbridge – Tourists: How the British Went Abroad to find themselves

https://youtu.be/ByUebduby7o


Admission costs in advance:

  • £7 for members. (Members can access a ticket code below or from the members area.)
  • £10 for non-members. (save £3 if you join at this meeting)
  • a recording to watch later will be available to members and non-member ticket holders.

Unfortunately, we have had to increase the door prices to cover our costs.

Date & Time: Saturday 13th April 2024

Doors open at 14:15 in London and on Zoom with the talks starting around 14:45 (London see Event Time Announcer for local times), please arrive early so we can deal with any issues with joining.

Toronto GTs meeting – Friday, May 24, 2024

Join us on Friday, May 24th, 2024 at 8 p.m.
OLD YORK TOWER, 85 THE ESPLANADE, (SE corner of Church St.)

Tentative topics and speakers are not yet scheduled.

Join us at OLD YORK TOWER, 85 THE ESPLANADE, in downtown Toronto.

This presentation is partially from our Toronto ‘backyard’, or should I say Ward’s Island (?) featuring no other than our ‘film star’ Bruce Weber, and partially from around the world. It will be an interesting start and inspiration for summer and fall travels.

At the meeting we will also inform you about the date of our annual picnic (most likely at Bruce’s place at Ward’s Island).

Please contact
Svatka Hermanek hermaneks@yahoo.ca or
Bruce Weber bruceaweber@hotmail.com
EVERYONE WELCOME – ESPECIALLY VISITING TRAVELERS

London Meeting, Saturday, March 2nd, 2024

Speaking in March, we had:

1st: Jay Ginn – Peru and Ecuador

https://youtu.be/rITrJzW_Klw

2nd: Nick Marchant – A Toast To Georgia

https://youtu.be/0nbFdlI6MOo


Admission costs in advance:

  • £7 for members. (Members can access a ticket code below or from the members area.)
  • £10 for non-members. (save £3 if you join at this meeting)
  • a recording to watch later will be available to members and non-member ticket holders.

Unfortunately, we have had to increase the door prices to cover our costs.

Date & Time: Saturday 2nd March 2024

Doors open at 14:15 in London and on Zoom with the talks starting around 14:45 (London see Event Time Announcer for local times), please arrive early so we can deal with any issues with joining.

Toronto GTs meeting – Friday, March 15, 2024

Join us on Friday, March 15th, 2024 at 8 p.m.
OLD YORK TOWER, 85 THE ESPLANADE, (SE corner of Church St.)

2023 BALKAN JOURNEY continues to Albania
presented by Gloria Tuck & Svatka Hermanek

Join us at OLD YORK TOWER, 85 THE ESPLANADE, in downtown Toronto.

We are always looking for volunteer presenters.

Please contact
Svatka Hermanek hermaneks@yahoo.ca or
Bruce Weber bruceaweber@hotmail.com
EVERYONE WELCOME – ESPECIALLY VISITING TRAVELERS

London Meeting, Saturday, February 3rd, 2024

Speaking in February we had :

1st: Mark Weston – Lake Victoria, The Saviour Fish: Life and Death on Africa’s Greatest Lake

https://youtu.be/jsH5cdsNXQo

2nd: David Lee – In search of the real Ho Chi Minh Trail – when would you turn back?

https://youtu.be/NJkY2KEO0-k


Date & Time: Saturday, December 2nd, 2023

Doors open at 14:15 in London.

We would ask that anyone with respiratory symptoms participate via Zoom.

The Zoom meeting opens at 14:15 (London time see Event Time Announcer for local times), please join early so we can deal with any issues with joining, if you have issues please try updating your Zoom client first, we are very limited in what we can do once the meeting has started.

Toronto GTs meeting – Friday, January 19, 2024

Join us on Friday, January 19, 2024 at 8 p.m.
OLD YORK TOWER, 85 THE ESPLANADE, (SE corner of Church St.)

2023 BALKANJOURNEYS
(food, fun, mountains, sea, Friendship Force conference and friends)

presented by Bruce & Marilyn Weber, Gloria Tuck & Svatka Hermanek

Join us at OLD YORK TOWER, 85 THE ESPLANADE, in downtown Toronto;.)

We are always looking for volunteer presenters.

Please contact
Svatka Hermanek hermaneks@yahoo.ca or
Bruce Weber bruceaweber@hotmail.com
EVERYONE WELCOME – ESPECIALLY VISITING TRAVELERS