Category: London-Meeting

Speaking this month we have:

1. Jacqui Trotter – Serbia
2. John Pilkington – Up the Mekong to Tibet

• A story from back in 2003, when our president John Pilkington set out on an exciting trip up the world’s twelfth longest river from the South China Sea to Tibet and beyond. Starting in the ricefields of Vietnam, he made his way via Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and Myanmar and through the gorges of China’s Yunnan province, meeting river-people of seven nationalities along the way. In a climax to the trip, he and two Tibetans stepped onto the glacier at the foot of Mount Guosongmucha, north of Tibet, where the Mekong rises at over 5,200 metres. He was the first European to reach and map its source.

  More at http://www.pilk.net

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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There is no meeting this month.

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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Speaking this month we have:

1. Members Slides : Around the world in eighty minutes. 10 presentations of 10 slides

   This month we have a fast paced journey around the Globe..

   Speaking today we have:

   • Francesca Jaggs — Graffiti Around the World
   • David Shamash — Austria Salzburg
   • Jenny Fisher — Jamaican Taino Rock Art
   • Paul Gillingham — Buenos Aries
   • Marion Bull — Madagascar
   • Keith Macintosh — Himalaya
   • Justyna Hellebrand — Yemen
   • Jacek Obloj — Ethiopia
   • Miriam Mutizwa — Miriam’s travels
   • Hemant Amin, Jayesh Patel & Dan Bachmann — Uzbekistan

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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Speaking this month we have:

1. Paul Hughes – Adventures closer to home.

   Having grown up in the North East of Scotland, Paul has always felt at home in the great outdoors. His interest in the natural environment has lead to him working in the outdoor industry in Scotland, for an environmental charity, traveling extensively and studying then teaching Geography.

   After moving to London in 2015 Paul became acutely aware that his urban ‘brothers’ and ‘sisters’ were in most cases completely detached with nature and wilderness…he decided that something must be done to change this. Therefore in the summer of 2016 he started his biggest adventure to date – to inspire others to leave the urban jungle and travel back to nature.

   Paul will discuss with you his journey of discovery including the why travel is essential and how you can invite adventure into your daily life.

   Find out more at www.rareescapes.co.uk, Facebook: www.facebook.com/rareescapes
   and Instagram: www.instagram.com/rare.escapes

2. Duncan Gough – Viaje en España – Travelling in Spains

   In this presentation Duncan talks from more than 30 years of journeys
   in Spain. His experiences have gone into his books ‘Back Roads of
   Spain’ and ‘Sketches of Spain’.

   The emphasis is on the real Spain of small towns and villages off the
   beaten track, of unusual and interesting places that few tourists may
   have found.

   It is about the Spanish character and culture, and how to make the
   most of interactions with this generous nation.
   Also covered is some of the more important legal and road safety
   issues, with a dash of ornithology and history.

   Duncan realised that many people don’t really think much in advance
   how they are going to record their holiday or adventure, or don’t find
   it easy to develop the record into a narrative.

   The aim of the presentation is to give a structure for making the most
   interesting account, whether for themselves, their grandchildren or
   with the aim of publication.

   It includes suggestions for equipment and information on details
   like the resolution requirements for photography that will print with
   decent quality, audio recording and routes to publication.

   Find out more at duncan-spanish-travel.com or on Facebook
   https://www.facebook.com/DuncanRGough/

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.

If you would like to keep up to date with what’s happening at the Globetrotters London meetings and to be sent email reminders prior to the meeting, please sign up here

Speaking this month we have:

1. Kendra Ansley – Burma.

2. André Brugiroux – The Earth is but one country.

   André Brugiroux, who European newspapers have called “the Marco Polo of the modern times”, is the author of the best-selling book in French, “The Earth is but one country”, which describes his epic journeys of discovery and adventure that took me through 135 countries and 400,000 kms over an 18 year period. Book printed now in English under the title : “ONE PEOPLE, ONE PLANET“.

   At the age of 17, André left Paris with 10 francs in his pocket to realize a childhood dream of touring the world : not as a tourist, but rather as a student of mankind. After some years in Europe where André learned five languages, and in Canada to arrange financing, André set out to re-discover the world. As a hitchhiker on every conceivable type of transportation, living for most part on a dollar-a-day for six years (between 1967 and 1973), André covered the five continents without ever sleeping in a hotel.

   Noteworthy is André’s visit to Alaska in winter at minus 45°, the Australian desert at plus 50°, to the head-hunters of Borneo, a stay with buddhist monks in Bangkok, in an indian ashram for yoga, a kibbutz in Israel, the smuggling of precious stones in Ceylon and a jail in Costa-Rica (where André was mistaken for one of Che Guevarra’s guerillas) among many others.

   André slowly reached the conclusion, as a result of his experiences with so many of the world’s people, that, “the earth is but one country and all mankind its citizens”. After this first 18 year-long journey which was the university part of my life on the road, André continued travelling from France for another 30 years.

   André has now realised my childhood dream: to visit all countries and territories in the world. My last country (n° 251) was South Sudan in December 2011.

   André am just now back from Tristan da Cunha, the most isolated island in the world.

   To find out more about André visit:

   1. Website: http://andre.brugiroux.free.fr
   2. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andre.brugiroux

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.

If you would like to keep up to date with what’s happening at
the Globetrotters London meetings and to be sent email reminders prior
to the meeting,
please sign up here

Speaking this month we have:

1. Charlie Knight – Walking from Mexico to Canada.

   In April 2016, Charlie took a 6 month break from his marketing job and set out from the Mexican border to walk to Canada. Travelling the entire length of America, his 2650 mile trek took him across the Mojave Desert and the snowy Sierra Nevada mountains in California, through the forests and lava fields of Oregon and the rainy, misty peaks of Washington before 144 days later, he finally made it to the Canadian border.

   
   

   Along his journey he had run-ins with mountain lions, rattlesnakes and bears. He forded torrential rivers and crossed numerous high mountain passes. He endured severe cold, heat, dehydration and extreme hunger, losing 15kg in body weight in under five months.Having gone through his own private battle with anxiety and depression, Charlie undertook his adventure to promote awareness of mental illness and raised nearly £4000 for SANE mental health charity.

2. Jacki Hill Murphy – Travelling the Length of the River Amazon.

   In recreating the tragic 1769 journey of the first women to travel the River Amazon from a stream in Ecuador to the Atlantic in Brazil, a journey of 4,200 miles, Jacki travelled in local boats and encountered many dangers and wonderful encounters.

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. If you would like to keep up to date with what’s happening at the Globetrotters London meetings and to be sent email reminders prior to the meeting, please sign up here

Speaking this month we have:

1. Darren Axe – Treading lightly… Journeys among the mountains of Europe by boot, snowshoe and train.

   Darren is an International Mountain Leader with a passion for
   sustainability in the mountain environment. During ten years of
   journeys to, from and around Europe’s high places he has
   developed a wealth of knowledge and passion. This talk
   critically assesses our place in wilderness; from how we move
   in, out and around it to the activities we undertake within it.
   From the emblematic Alps to the intrepid Carpathians, this
   thought provoking talk takes us there and back again with
   stunning photography throughout.

   

2. Tim Holland – Russia

3. Philip Bichon – Yemen

   For many years Philippe Bichon has been working as architectural assistant in a workshop set in southwest of France, specialized in the preservation of architectural heritage. He enjoys travelling around the world with a pencil in his hand. As he wanders lonely he fills his travel diary with account, and also sketches and watercolors drawn on the spot that he doesn’t alter once back.
   This diary becomes a collective work enhanced with the accounts written in their own tongues by different encounters, or sometimes with their own drawings. More than a diary, the travel book becomes a link then, a way to share the journey with people met on the road.

   His artistic approach is mainly based on the travel diary itself. As he return home however he share his genuine account and sketches in a faithful published book so as to invite the reader to follow in his footsteps.
   Since people were becoming more and more enthusiastic, he decided to work as an artist, sharing his travels.

   About Yemen …

   Today, troubles in Yemen are so huge that we can’t know if we could again travel one day in this amazing country.
   Particularly attracted to architecture Philippe has been dreaming about discovering Yemen for many years.
   He was absolutely delighted when he first travelled there in 2009, a lonely six weeks tour by share taxis throughout western Yemen. He was overwhelmed by the outstanding architecture but also by the discovering of a so authentic and welcoming country. Speaking a little Arabic and playing ud, plus the fact that he draws on the spot helped him to meet several people. He was glad to be invited in 2010 by the Yemen Department of Tourism along with seven other European artists, a wonderful opportunity to increase his Yemen’s work.

   To know more : www.globecroqueur.com

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.

If you would like to keep up to date with what’s happening at the Globetrotters London meetings and to be sent email reminders prior to the meeting, please sign up here

Speaking this month we have:

1. Sam McManus – The Pale Tablelands: Travels through the mountains of Ethiopia.

   Including travels through one of the lowest places on the planet in the Danakil Depression and traversing the highest plateau on the African continent, Sam McManus relates a three-month journey across this incredible country. The narration will include a historical, geographical & cultural overview of Ethiopia.

2. Alistair McLean – Hurtigruten – a bygone era of sea travel.

   For over 120 years Hurtigruten has delivered post, cargo and people to remote communities scattered along the breathtakingly beautiful coast of Norway. An increasing number of tourists are drawn to witness the atmosphere on board the ships, keen to experience the way of life, the nature and the very simplicity of what Hurtigruten does. The pressure to resist the onslaught of what the modern cruise lines offer has sustained this very unique service and is the very reason passengers are so passionate about the journey.

   Alistair McLean has worked with Hurtigruten for almost 10 years and has seen the innovative ways the company has set about modernising itself whilst retaining that bygone feel of sea travel at its most traditional sense.

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.

If you would like to keep up to date with what’s happening at the Globetrotters London meetings and to be sent email reminders prior to the meeting, please sign up here

Speaking this month we have 4 talks and 5 speakers:

1. • Rosemary Alexander – Beijing.
   • Adam Lang – 72 hours in Beijing.

     “I have just returned from celebrating Christmas and New Year in Southern Goa and investigating “demonetisation and black money ” in India.

     Taking note of the ancient Nepalese Good Luck – Once a year go somewhere you have never been before- I travelled last November for the first time to China on a short visit to Hong Kong and Beijing interested as a ‘ foreign devil ‘ to find out more about China -Ancient and Modern.”

2. • Hilary Clark and Hemant Amin – Andate e ritorno: from London to the Mezzogiorno by train.

     Globetrotters may be independent travellers but they can – perhaps not surprisingly – also be great travelling and dining companions!

     A weekend rendezvous with other Globies in Naples was the highlight of a rail trip which took Hem and Hili from London via Paris to the deep south of Italy, stopping in Turin, Genoa, Sestri Levante, Naples, Salerno, Agropoli and Paestum. Hem finished the trip with a visit to Florence and Siena before returning on the “scenic” route via Milan, Basle and Paris.

   • Sylvia Pullen – The Philippines 2016.

     Sylvia talks about visiting Manila, then travelling on to the island of Palawan, then on to Cebu, Bohol and a couple of other islands before returning to Manila.

3. By tradition we follow this meeting with a New Year Party post-meeting – everyone is invited to bring food and drink and participate!

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.

If you would like to keep up to date with what’s happening at the Globetrotters London meetings and to be sent email reminders prior to the meeting, please sign up here

Speaking this month we have:

1. Brian Anderson – Tierra del Fuego – ‘The Land of Fire’

   ‘The Uttermost Part of the World’ – In 1519 Magellan became the first European to navigate a wild and remote channel linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Sailing in search of a westward route to the Spice Islands, Magellan sighted many fires along the coastline.  His sailors christened this uncharted area “Tierra del Fuego”, or ‘the Land of Fire’. Sailing the same waters in 1577, Sir Francis Drake described this southern tip of South America as “the uttermost part of the earth”. Charles Darwin visited the region in 1832 and 1833 and described the Fuegian tribes as the “most uncivilised savages” he had ever encountered. 

   Join Brian for the incredible story of Tierra Del Fuego and to view his stunning landscape and wildlife images from 4 expeditions to the region. You will see the Fuegian red fox, penguins, sealions, magnificent Caracas, skuas and shags, plus many other animals and plants which survive in this most remote and inhospitable region of the southern hemisphere.  

2. Richard Evans – Laid Back around the World in 180 Day.

   From the vast deserts of Kazakhstan to the Pyrenees via the monsoons of Southeast Asia, the Australian Nullarbor, the Canadian Rockies and Great Lakes, this is Richard Evans’s travelogue of his six-month journey around the world by recumbent bicycle in 2014.

   Averaging around 1,000km per week, Richard shared treacherously potholed highways with speeding juggernauts, faced freezing nights and scorching days, and battled headwinds strong enough to blow him off the road. Having lost 7kg in the first seven weeks and with 19 weeks still to go, it was important to stabilise the weight loss. A cure was found in beer and dumplings.

   Find out more at http://laidbackaroundtheworld.blogspot.co.uk

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.

If you would like to keep up to date with what’s happening at the Globetrotters London meetings and to be sent email reminders prior to the meeting, please sign up here