Speaking on Saturday, December 7, 2024 we have :

1st: Brian Anderson – The High Life – the altiplano of Peru, Bolivia and Chile

Brian Anderson is a Wirral based, tutor, lecturer and travel
photographer. For over 35 years he has travelled to 66 countries and
territories around the world. North to South, from the North Pole to
Antarctica, and East to West, from Japan to Rapa Nui (Easter Island).
Based on his trips to South America in 2019 and 2023, he now takes us
in this new talk, to the Andean altiplano (high plains) of Peru, Bolivia
and Chile.

In a richly informative, colourful presentation, Brian shares with us the
otherwordly landscapes and the amazing wildlife that survives in this
barren, high altitude (14,000 – 16,000 ft asl) region.

We will also meet the proud indigenous people – the Aymara and
Quechua – who live in these high altitudes, and look at their unique and
colourful culture which is rooted in the remote environment.

This talk is a must for lovers of travel, diverse cultures and wildlife.

Find out more at:

• http://www.andersonimages.co.uk/

2nd: Neil Pitts – What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

My journey from Long Covid to the northernmost point of Europe

Following an 18-month battle with Covid-19 and Long Covid, Neil Pitts decided that he needed a challenge. So, in the winter of 2022, he and two friends attempted to ski the length of Norway. A journey that took more than 3 months.

This long-distance route, known as the Norge på langs, is approximately 2,500km long. Only one or two people complete it during winter each year. Most fail.

Neil’s presentation, which includes images from the journey, not only describes this incredible challenge but also gives an insight into the obstacles he had to overcome just to get to the start line. Plagued by the effects of Long Covid and injuries prior to the trip, he had also never been on Nordic skis.

You can read more about Neil and sign up for his blog via the website www.neilpitts.com or find him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/neilpittsadventures/ 

Date & Time: Saturday 7th December 2024

Doors open at 14:15 in London and on Zoom with the talks starting around 14:45 (London see Event Time Announcer for local times), please arrive before 14:45 and switch your phone to “do not disturb” or silent.

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

Admission costs:

• £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.

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Speaking on Saturday, April 13, 2024 (on the 2nd Saturday) we have:

1st: Jacqui Trotter – Homegoing: Part 3.

Jacqui will be talking about travelling in 2019 back to Australia through pre-COVID Tibet, eastern China, Vietnam, Cambodia & Thailand. From -20’C in Harbin to 38’C in Ayutthaya, I wanted the trip to go on and on.

Independent travel through China was much easier than I expected and Vietnam was a delight. Cambodia was fascinating and visiting Angkor Wat was a long-held dream! Thailand was a great place to take stock, play tourist and still visit places I had not been before.

Going home was something I had done many times before but this time was different – it would be my home for the next five years (and still is) and the world of travel would not be quite the same for any of us ever again.

2nd: Lucy Lethbridge – Tourists: How the British Went Abroad to find themselves

Lucy Lethbridge, author of Tourists: How the British Went Abroad to find themselves, will look at the rise of popular tourism in the 19th and early twentieth centuries. It is a story of business titans, new technologies, commerce, invention, snobbery, vision and nostalgia – and, with its apotheosis in the self-contained world of the beach resort, even a search for Eden.

Find Lucy on Twitter – @LucyLethbridge

Date & Time: Saturday 13th April 2024

Doors open at 14:15 in London and on Zoom with the talks starting around 14:45 (London see Event Time Announcer for local times), please arrive before 14:45 and switch your phone to “do not disturb” or silent.

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

Admission costs:

• £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.

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