Vacation Dreams

Category: Chester_Meeting

  • Chester Globetrotters Meeting – 15th March 2025

    Speaking on Saturday, 15th March 2025, we have :

    • Anna Manning & Howard Jennings – Christmas in the Caribbean with a tandem
      The talk covers two Christmas periods spent in the Caribbean with our tandem. The first was 2022/23 in Barbados and the second was 2023/24 in Martinique and Guadeloupe
    • lan O’Neill – India — Street Life
      Ian spent many weeks travelling around the northern states of India, where he’s been lucky to meet many people who work hard to survive, but always with a smile on their faces

    Doors open at 1 pm for 1:30 pm start until 4:00 pm
    Entrance fee £5 (£4 Globetrotters members*) refreshments included (cash only)
    info@chesterglobetrotters.com – www.chesterglobetrotters.com

  • Chester Globetrotters Meeting – 18th January 2025

    Speaking on Saturday, 18th January 2025, we have:

    • Daniel Rowland – A motorbike trip along the Pamir Highway,
      exploring the Stans
    • Pam Davies-Ratcliffe – A holiday to Ethiopia to explore the
      countryside & meet its people

    Doors open at 1pm for 1:30pm start until 4:00pm
    Entrance fee £5 (£4 Globetrotters members*) refreshments included (cash only)
    info@chesterglobetrotters.com – www.chesterglobetrotters.com

  • Chester Globetrotters Meeting – 20th January 2024

    Speaking in January we have:

    • Daniel Rowland — Overland by Motorbike Armenia and back

    Six months overland by motorbike through 29 Countries through the Balkans and Turkey to explore both Georgia and Armenia and returning via Greece, Italy and the Alps.

    • Christine Darwen Sri Lanka: Scenic and Wildlife Tour of the South

    A tour of southern Sri Lanka

  • Chester Globetrotters Meeting – 16th March 2024

    Speaking in March we have:

    • Anna Manning/Howard Jennings – Tandems & Enigma Machines USA
    • Jim Holmes – Laos, Where Buddhism and Socialism Meet
  • Chester Globetrotters Meeting – 18th May 2024

    Speaking in May we have:

    • Ellen Piercy — Svalbard
    • Philip Caine —Barrow to Baghdad & back again
  • Chester Globetrotters Meeting – 20th July 2024

    Speaking in July we have:

    • Nikki Young/John Sunter – Easter Island

    A UNESCO World Heritage site – Rapa Nui National Park is a protected Chilean wildlife area
    located in Easter Island, which concentrates on the legacy of the Rapa Nui culture.

    • John Brinkley – Mumbai to Agra by train, bus and plane

    A pre-Covid journey with a small group of travellers from Mumbai to Agra via Kolkata,
    Darjeeling and Lucknow

  • Chester Globetrotters Meeting – 21st September 2024

    Speaking in September we have:

    • Kevin Brackley — Washington DC, Monument and Museums

    A fun talk about the sights, monuments and museums of the American capital Washington DC. From Lincoln to Bin Laden via JFK and MLK.

    • Barbara Brooks – Another Winter Away: Mexico to Columbia 2019/2020

    Highlights of a four month trip from Mexico City to Bogota

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  • Chester Globetrotters Meeting – 16th November 2024

    Speaking in November we have:

    • Sheila Young — Hanseatic Ports

    A study tour of Hanseatic Cities, covering some of the history and geography of the Hanseatic
    League including cities in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.

    • Jo Crotty — Travels from the Great War to the Cold War

    Jo is an enthusiast for 20th century history and politics and has travelled the world visiting sites
    that have shaped the recent past

  • Chester Globetrotters meeting – 18th November 2023

    Speaking in November we have:

    • John Brinkley – “Challenging Destinations -The Impossible and the Inaccessible (well almost!)”

    A brief tour of some of the places around the world that are either now impossible or
    very challenging to visit

    • Brian Anderson – “Adventures in Peru, Chile and Ecuador”

    Adventures in Peru, Chile and Ecuador featuring stunning scenery, incredible wildlife and
    the local people we met on our travels.

    Doors open at 1pm for 1:30pm start until 4:00pm,
    The Grosvenor Museum, 25-27 Grosvenor Street, Chester, CH1 2DD.

    Entrance fee £4 (£3 Globetrotters members) refreshments included.
    For more information contact info@chesterglobetrotters.comwww.chesterglobetrotters.com

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  • Chester Globetrotters meeting – 16th September 2023

    Speaking in September we have:

    “Land of Fire – where East meets West” Speaker: David Redford

    “A long awaited return to Zimbabwe” Presenter: Pamela Davies-Ratcliffe

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