Category: members online meetings

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

In January we had :

Around the world in eighty minutes.

Speaking in the first part of the meeting we had:

• 00:00 – Introduction
• 0:43 – Hilary Clark – Up North – Portugal and Spain
• 11:58 – Peter Payne – China
• 22:25 – Jennifer Fisher – Jamaican Taino Amerindian historic rock art
• 35:07 – Jay Ginn – Mekon River
• 45:13 – Elizebeth Mioduchowski – Poland
• 59:47 – Closing Announcements

https://youtu.be/c3VqbrBfGhU

In the break in the hall, Simon Banks gave a talk on Zoom from Australia.

https://youtu.be/FIcZZ_Fcxek

Speaking in the second half of the meeting we had:

• 0:00 – Introduction
• 2:00 – Sandra Reekie – A Glimpse of Life in Gulmit
• 14:15 – Francesca Jaggs – Amritsar to Rishikesh
• 28:25 – Mary Fogarty – Fez
• 39:00 – Hemant Amin – Kilwa – Historic Gem of Tanzania
• 52:00 – Closing Announcements

https://youtu.be/j6EQT8WvdRo

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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.

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.

Speaking in December we had :

1st: Peter Payne – Africa Along the Equator

https://youtu.be/jGvlaZ-ooMU

2nd: Rosemary J Brown – Train Pass Tales 2023: On track through Switzerland, Iberia and Japan.

https://youtu.be/CjtE_D-H61g

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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.

For in-person tickets at the hall:

For members online tickets:

The member Eventbrite promo code is: I7VSLJHG7M5U

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.

Speaking in November we have :

In November we had:

1st: Kevin Brackley – DC monuments and museums

https://youtu.be/-ai5h3jnVQ0

2nd: Atlantic Escapade – From a Brighton Pub to Barbados – the Hard Way

https://youtu.be/UgDVDp08DDw

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Date & Time: Saturday, September 2nd, 2023

Doors open at 14:15 BST in London. (TBC)

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

The Zoom meeting opens at 14:15 with the talks starting 14:30-14:45 BST (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.

Speaking in October we have :

1st: Linda Fox – Gorilla Tracking

https://youtu.be/xAAosBnKZX8

2nd: Alan Palmer – On the Edge of the World.

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https://youtu.be/Dp9rlynfQRw

Date & Time: Saturday, October 7th, 2023

Doors open at 14:00 BST in London. (TBC)

We would ask that anyone with respiratory symptoms participates via zoom.

The zoom meeting opens at 14:15 with the talks starting 14:30-14:45 BST (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.

Speaking in September we have :

1st: Francesca Jaggs – Northern lights, and the world’s northernmost permanent settlement.

https://youtu.be/3LtlHzJYiI0

2nd: Mary Fogarty – Places My Dad Dragged Me to When I Was a Child.

https://youtu.be/9-fLlkU8dhA

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Date & Time: Saturday, September 2nd, 2023

Doors open at 14:00 BST in London. (TBC)

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

The Zoom meeting opens at 14:15 with the talks starting 14:30-14:45 BST (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.

Speaking in July we have :

Christopher Forse – On the Road in North America

We are trying out a different format this month, Christopher Forse will be speaking before and after the break.

Part 1

https://youtu.be/jYfUEtzLP8Q

Part 2

https://youtu.be/r2c7m_txdQk

If anyone is interested in purchasing the PDF of Chris’s book “On The Road in North America”, for £5.00 please contact chris.forse1947@gmail.com The file will be sent through We Transfer and you will have twelve days to download it.

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Date & Time: Saturday, July 1st, 2023

Doors open at 14:00 BST in London. (TBC)

We would ask that anyone with respiratory symptoms participates via zoom.

The zoom meeting opens at 14:15 with the talks starting 14:30-14:45 BST (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.