Vacation Dreams

Category: Events

  • Saturday July 21st 2012

    Globetrotters Travel Club

    Presents

    • Kevin Brackley with a talk about his travels in India
    • The Mekong River in Laos and The Makaham River in Indonesia by Derek Brown
    Have a look at the poster and perhaps you can print one up to hang at your place of work or your local club /centre, it always helps to share the promotion of our club.

     

    Doors open at 1pm for 1:30pm till 4:30 pm at the Grosvenor Museum, 25-27 Grosvenor Street, Chester, CH1 2DD.
    Entrance fee £3 refreshments included. We recommend you arrive early.
    For more information contact Hanna on 01244 383392 or Angela on 01244 629930. Chesterbranch@globetrotters.co.uk

  • Saturday May 19th 2012

    Globetrotters Travel Club

    Presents:

    • “Australia: A Continent within a Country”
      Speaker: Mathew Proe.

      12 Apostles on the Great Ocean Road Old pipe works factory in Melbourne

    • “Kathmandu to Tibet and Everest base camp.”
      Speaker: Dominique Schickele

      Potala Palace Mt Qomolangma

     Have a look at the poster and perhaps you can print one up to hang at your place of work or your local club /centre, it always helps to share the promotion of our club..

    Doors open at 1pm for 1:30pm till 4:30 pm at the Grosvenor Museum, 25-27 Grosvenor Street, Chester, CH1 2DD.

    Entrance fee £3 refreshments included.We recommend you arrive early.

    For more information contact Hanna on 01244 383392 or Angela on 01244 629930. Chesterbranch@globetrotters.co.uk

  • Saturday March 17th 2012

    Globetrotters Travel Club

    Presents

    • The first talk is about South Africa :” Cycling th Garden Route” by Madeleine Anderson
    • The second talk is about Lisbon: “Europe’s cheapest capital” by John Sunter

    So it looks to be an interesting afternoon again!

    We have booked a different pub for after the meeting to have a drink and chat, the last pub was so crowded and we had no space to sit so we are trying The Golden Eagle, it is in Castle street, nr 18 and just behind the museum. Very easy when you walk through the shop at the back.

    We have booked 2 large tables and they can turn the music down a bit for us so we can hear each other. Also they do real ale there, they have only openend up the end of last year and it looks lovely inside. So lets hope this is better for all of us!

    Have a look at the poster and perhaps you can print one up to hang at your place of work or your local club /centre, it always helps to share the promotion of our club..

    Doors open at 1pm for 1:30pm till 4:30 pm at the Grosvenor Museum, 25-27 Grosvenor Street, Chester, CH1 2DD.

    Entrance fee £3 refreshments included.We recommend you arrive early.

    For more information contact Hanna on 01244 383392 or Angela on 01244 629930. Chesterbranch@globetrotters.co.uk

  • Saturday 21st of January 2012

    Globetrotters Travel Club

    Presents

    • BORNEO – ITS CULTURE AND WILDLIFE speaker Bill Powell
    • CLIMBING  KILIMANJARO  speaker Mike Round.

    You might like to help us spread the word about our meetings by printing it up and hanging this lovely poster in your local community centre, library or at work!  Thanks very much for your help!

    Chester Meetings January Poster (PDF)

    Doors open at 1pm for 1:30pm till 4:30 pm at the Grosvenor Museum, 25-27 Grosvenor Street, Chester, CH1 2DD.
    Entrance fee £3 refreshments included.We recommend you arrive early.
    For more information contact Hanna on 01244 383392 or Angela on 01244 629930. Chesterbranch@globetrotters.co.uk

  • Friday November 18th, 2011


    EVERYONE   WELCOME

    “TRAVEL” with TORONTO G.T.’S

    Friday November 18th at 8:00 p.m.

    “Guatemala with Horizons of Friendship” by Bruce Weber

    and

    “Studying in Antigua, Guatemala” by Ilse Cloer (tentatively, if she is back fromCuba) 

    at OLD YORK TOWER,   85 The Esplanade, Toronto corner of Church St. and The Esplanade; 2 blocks east of Union Station. 

    Public parking garage beside Old York Tower at the foot of Church St.)

       

    Future Presentations:   ?????

    ONTARIO MEETINGS: Meetings and travel presentations are held on the  3rd Friday of September, November, January, March, and May (4th Friday), at OLD YORK TOWER, 85 THE ESPLANADE, in downtown Toronto; 8:00 p.m.

    Everyone welcome especially visiting travellers.

    To confirm the topic, contact Svatka Hermanek hermaneks@yahoo.ca or Bruce Weberbruceaweber@hotmail.com  tel. 416 203-0911  or Paul Webb 416 694-8259

  • Friday, Sept. 16 2011

                                                                                                                                                                                                                         EVERYONE   WELCOME

    “TRAVEL” with TORONTO G.T.’S

    “Wintering back home in Argentina”

    by Eduardo Barnett 

    Friday, Sept. 16, 8:00 p.m.

     

        at OLD YORK TOWER,   85 The Esplanade, Toronto

           corner of Church St. and The Esplanade; 2 blocks east of Union Station. 

           Public parking garage beside Old York Tower at the foot of Church St.)

    Tentative Future Presentations:

    •  Fri., Nov. 18    – “Guatemalawith Horizons of Friendship” by Bruce Weber along with “Studying inAntigua,Guatemala” by Ilse Cloer (I hope)

    ONTARIO MEETINGS: Meetings and travel presentations are held on the  3rd Friday of September, November, January, March, and May (4th Friday), at OLD YORK TOWER, 85 THE ESPLANADE, in downtown Toronto; 8:00 p.m.

    Everyone welcome especially visiting travellers.

    To confirm the topic, contact Svatka Hermanek hermaneks@yahoo.ca or Bruce Weber bruceaweber@hotmail.com  tel. 416 203-0911  or Paul Webb 416 694-8259

  • Saturday, January 7, 2012

    Speaking this month we have:

    • Phil Coley – Japan
    • and two mini talks from
      • Kevin Brackley – Mysore
      • Gavin Fernandes – Across Kashmir by bus, bike and jeepLong-term member and frequent traveller Gavin A. Fernandes can often be found visiting family and friends in Goa. On each trip there he also tries to visit another region of India – somewhere he hasn’t been before. In 2011 it was…Across Kashmir by bus, bike and jeep

        From a houseboat on Lake Dal to the Himalayan foothills of Manali, travelling on some of India’s craziest roads, including the world’s highest motorable pass – on a mountain bike…

    By tradition we follow this meeting with a New Year Party post-meeting everyone is invited to bring food and drink and participate! (Update: We have permission from the church for you to bring wine, but beer, cider and spirits are not allowed)

    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 each September.

  • Saturday, Dec 3, 2011

    Speaking this month:

    • James Willcox — Impressions of Afghanistan
      After a varied career including selling rugby programs at Twickenham, putting in the stoppers in a hot water bottle factory, being a postboy for Channel 4 and even a stint as aHealth and Safety Manager he set off from Istanbul a few years back heading for an Indian beach. He got delayed however in Pakistan and Afghanistan. After a chance meeting with Hussain and a mutual love of an area that they both want the rest of the world to come and see they set up Untamed Borders.When James is not guiding people around Central Asia he can be found either in Peshawar drinking tea, in Amsterdam with his girlfriend or in London where he is slowly coming to terms with owning a flat with negative equity
    • Chris Weston  â€” Animals on the edge
      Wildlife Photographer Chris Weston will be giving a digital audio-visual presentation of images and background stories from the Animals on the Edge photo-documentary project. Animals on the Edge is the most up-to-date visual survey of our worlds rare and endangered mammals, combining spectacular imagery with a wealth of factual information,
      For more information see  http://www.chrisweston.uk.com

    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 each September.

     

  • Saturday, Nov 5, 2011

    Speaking this month:

    • Andrea Orban and Laurence West — An Independent Travellers Guide to Libya
      Libya is a country about which everyone knows one or two things but very few people know much. So we are fortunate to have two speakers who between them spent over five-years living and working there and left Tripoli on one of the last scheduled flights in February this year.  Many of the things they thought they knew about Libya turned out to be less clear-cut on the ground than they seemed from afar and they also discovered many new things that came as wonderful surprises.In their talk, an Independent Travellers Guide to Libya‚ they will discuss their experiences of five UNESCO World Heritage sites, some of the best-preserved and least-visited Greco-Roman settlements anywhere in the world, and also touch on their trips to the Great Sea of Sand and the Acacus desert.
    • Jacqui Trotter — Summer in Southern Scotland

    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 each September.

  • Saturday, Oct 1, 2011

    This month our two speakers are:

    • Russell Maddicks — Exploring Venezuela: A Land of Natural
      Wonders

      Russell Maddicks, the author of the Bradt Guide to Venezuela will
      highlight some of the most fascinating areas of Venezuela to visit
      and what you can expect to see and do. Drawing on his experience of
      adventuring in Venezuela for more than 20 years, the Russell will
      take you to:

      • The “Lost World” mountain of Roraima and the unique
        ecosystem of its summit
      • The unique thunderless lightning phenomenon in the south of Lake
        Maracaibo known as Catatumbo Lightning
      • The magical mountain of Sorte where devotees of Maria Lionza
        practice a syncretic religion unique to the country
      • The record-breaking and awe-inspiring waterfall of Angel Falls,
        known as Kerepacupai-meru to the local Pemon people.

      One of the 17 most megadiverse countries in the world, Venezuela is
      home to Caribbean beaches, dense rainforests, high Andean valleys,
      mysterious table-top tepui mountains, and seasonally-flooded plains
      that are literally teeming with birds, beasts and creepy-crawlies.

      Venezuela is also alive with the sound of folk music, from the
      Afro-Venezuelan tambores of the coast, to the harp-driven Joropo
      songs of Los Llanos and during his talk Russell will present several
      examples of the music to be found in the regions he discusses.

      For more information see:

       

    • Rona Cant — Just do it – become the best you can
      be!

      Once an unexceptional, single parent she took part in the BT Global
      Challenge Round the World Yacht Race (the toughest yacht race in the
      world); two days later she embarked on the West Coast Trail on
      Vancouver Island (one of the world’s toughest), encountering
      bears and cougars. Rona helped organise and was on The Nordkapp
      Expedition, dogsledding in the Arctic Circle to the northernmost tip
      of Europe, a trail thought to be impossible.

      Rona tells how she has achieved her goals using stories from her
      childhood, her marriage, how she entered into a life of adventure,
      her diverse adventures and what she has accomplished.

      For more information see: http://www.ronacant.com

    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 each
    September.