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Nuggets from Evan in California ~ Backpacking in Britain
Evan recommends visitors to Britain to see the intricately carved 15th
century ceiling beam (remnant of original rood screen) in the church in
Llangattock Lingoed near Abergavenny, Wales. Visit the friendly owners,
Alan and Liz Evans at the remote Star Inn, Llansoy, near Raglan, Wales,
and to capture the mystique of Avebury, enter the monument along West
Kennett Avenue. Evan also just completed a walk following Offa’s Dyke
on the Welsh/English border. Despite the foot and mouth scare that is
currently blighting our otherwise beautiful country, he says that although
he had to keep to the tarmac, it was a small price to pay for a wonderful
time.
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Best Beach in the World
Best beach in the world (3) is Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman. Situated
(strangely enough) in the west part of the island, about a 15 minute drive
from the capital, George Town. Driving is British style, in other words
on the left, and it is preferable to hire a car as the local minibus service
can be cramped and infrequent, although cheap. It’s a great place to take
children as it is a reasonably safe place. The beach itself is golden
yellow is flat and gently sloping ~ no rogue waves here. Activities
include sunning, swimming, snorkelling and diving. Most of the hotels
and timeshare apartments are also in this area. The only downside is that
it can be quite expensive to lodge, eat and drink.Next month: The Beetle’s Top 3 Wreck Diving sites.
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London:
Jason Lewis, spoke about his human powered
journey to circumnavigate the globe, starting by pedalling across the
Atlantic from the UK to Florida, in a specially designed boat, then
across the USA, via roller blades and bicycle. TheX360 project is currently
in Hawaii after pedalling across the Pacific whilst Jason raises
sponsorship to continue the journey.John Pilkington , radio presenter and broadcaster, spoke about his
millennium journey, long planned, along the “Royal Road of the
Incas”, which stretched 1,700 miles from Quito to Cuzco. John
had many experiences along the way and made some surprising
discoveries about both the Inca civilisation and modern Peru. (For
talks, books and expedition updates visithttp://www.pilk.netNext on May 5 it's Marion Bull, Into print –
Images from Alaska to Zanzibar, Marion a freelance press photographer
and travel writer will show a range of her pictures and Gina
Corrigan, The Miau of South West China, Gina is a
photographer/traveller who runs specialist textile tours to
China.Should be a good one!!
London 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.
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New York:
April's meeting was cancelled due to Passover and Easter.
Next, on May 5th, we have Bob Fisher.
He is a contributing Editor to both Arthur Frommer's Budget
Travel Online and Magazine and is a former Editor for Fodors. Bob is
also an expert on Japan and Hong Kong.
He will be speaking on both those topics and will be talking about
getting work as a travel writer. He should know, he takes seminars on
travel writing!We're looking forward to it!
New York meetings
are held at The Wings Theater, 154 Christopher Street (btw Greenwich
St and Washington St), to the right of Crunch Fitness, in the Archive
on the first Saturday of each month at 3.30pm.