Vacation Dreams

Category: Members Meeting Recordings

  • London Meeting, Saturday, November 4th, 2023  (members)

    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


    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.

  • London Meeting, Saturday, October 7, 2023  (members)

    Speaking in October we have :

    1st: Linda Fox – Gorilla Tracking

    https://youtu.be/xAAosBnKZX8

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


    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.

  • London Meeting, Saturday, September 2nd, 2023 (members)

    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


    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.

  • London Meeting, Saturday, July 1st, 2023  (members)

    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.


    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.

  • London Meeting, Saturday, June 10, 2023  (members)

    Speaking in June we have :

    1st: Candy Whittome – Wars, words and (cycle)ways: Cycling at 60

    https://youtu.be/q1iPmjGrrOk

    2nd: Adam Weymouth – Kings of the Yukon

    https://youtu.be/wcHBdpJI59c


    Date & Time: Saturday, May 13, 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.

  • London Meeting, Saturday, May 13, 2023 (members)

    Speaking in May we have :

    1st: Alexis Parrinder-Nicholls – Travelling with music: The power of music to navigate difficult situations and bring people together

    https://youtu.be/7xPnbEwQD3U

    If you would like to join Alexis’s email list, click here.

    2nd: Sharon Cunningham – Miss Honeyjam’s Mid-Life Cycle

    https://youtu.be/nQ2AOYCe7Mc

    Admission costs in advance:

    • £3 for members. (Members can access a ticket code below or from the members area.)
    • £6 for non-members. (save 50% if you join at this meeting)
    • a recording to watch later will be available to members and non-member ticket holders.

    Please reserve seats in the hall in advance as this speeds up entry at the meeting and allows us to plan staffing, we may charge more for unreserved tickets

    For in person tickets at the hall:

    For members online tickets:

    The members Eventbrite promo code is: MHWZ23T76M

    Date & Time: Saturday, May 13, 2023

    Doors open at 14:15 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.

  • London Meeting, Saturday, April 1st, 2023  (members)

    Speaking in April we had :

    1st: Nick Fielding – Tracing the Atkinsons: On horseback in Central Asia and Siberia.

    https://youtu.be/04RTpMgElSU

    2nd: Rosemary Alexander- Alternative Italy

    https://youtu.be/LtNeSo0oz3M


    Admission costs in advance:

    • £3 for members. (Members can access a ticket code below or from the members area.)
    • £6 for non-members. (save 50% if you join at this meeting)
    • a recording to watch later will be available to members and non-member ticket holders.

    Please reserve seats in the hall in advance as this speeds up entry at the meeting and allows us to plan staffing, we may charge more for unreserved tickets

    Date & Time: April 1st, 2023

    Doors open at 14:00 BST in London.

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

    The zoom meeting opens at 14:00 with the talks starting 14:30-14:45 BST (London time see Event Time Announcer for local times), please arrive early so we can deal with any issues with joining.

  • London Meeting, Saturday, March 4th, 2023  (members)

    Speaking in March we had :

    1st: Gill Suttle – Scorched Earth: Bedouin if the Syrian Desert.

    https://youtu.be/ftvVfdpRC4Q

    2nd: Chris Burrows – My Berlin

    https://youtu.be/hIqY7CnjtfQ


    Date & Time: February 4th, 2023

    Doors open at 14:00 GMT in London.

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

    The zoom meeting opens at 14:00 with the talks starting 14:30-14:45 GMT (London time see Event Time Announcer for local times), please arrive early so we can deal with any issues with joining.

  • London Meeting, Saturday, February 4th, 2023  (members)

    Speaking in February we had :

    1st: Noel Perry – Travels in a Van called Speedbump

    https://youtu.be/Uk6m664uCTI


    2nd: Jeanie Copland – Interrailing with my granddaughter.

    https://youtu.be/nuADJSIuYcU


    Admission costs in advance:

    • £3 for members. (Members can access a ticket code below or from the members area.)
    • £6 for non-members. (save 50% if you join at this meeting)
    • a recording to watch later will be available to members and non-member ticket holders.

    Please reserve seats in the hall in advance as this speeds up entry at the meeting and allows us to plan staffing, we may charge more for unreserved tickets

    For in person tickets at the hall:

    For members online tickets:

    Date & Time: February 4th, 2023

    Doors open at 14:00 GMT in London.

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

    The zoom meeting opens at 14:00 with the talks starting 14:30-14:45 GMT (London time see Event Time Announcer for local times), please arrive early so we can deal with any issues with joining.

  • London Meeting, Saturday, January 7, 2023  (members)

    Speaking in January we had:

    • Sheila Robinson – Georgia and Armenia

    https://youtu.be/Ykei6DtiQLI

    • Justyna Hellebrand – Seven Weddings Around the World in Under a Year

    https://youtu.be/X3Dsa3ka_Kw

    By tradition we follow this meeting with a New Year Party post-meeting, as there is a train strike on this day, please complete this survey so we can gauge party attendance.


    Admission costs in advance:

    • £3 for members. (Members can access a ticket code below or from the members area.)
    • £6 for non-members. (save 50% if you join at this meeting)
    • a recording to watch later will be available to members and non-member ticket holders.

    Please reserve seats in the hall in advance as this speeds up entry at the meeting and allows us to plan staffing, we may charge more for unreserved tickets

    Date & Time: Saturday, January 7, 2023

    Doors open at 14:00 GMT in London.

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

    The zoom meeting opens at 14:00 with the talks starting 14:30-14:45 GMT (London time see Event Time Announcer for local times), please arrive early so we can deal with any issues with joining.