For an extra busy London branch meeting (courtesy of Jacqui’s superb organising efforts with the speakers recently me thinks) we had two contrasting & excellent speakers:- John Gimlette – Wild Coast Travels on South America’s Untamed Edge. Returning favourite John talked about travelling through the three Guyanas of north east South America…Guyana, Suriname & French…

First of all we would like to thank everyone for a great turnout in January, it helps us greatly and gives us all new energy to continue! Saturday the 19th of March is slowly getting closer and it looks set to be a great meeting again with two fantastic speakers and the usual refreshments in…

Tentative future presentations: Friday 18 March – Paraguay by Neal De Florio / Argentina by Eduardo Barnett Friday 27 May – Egypt and Jordan by Jay Wopperer and Linda For information on Ontario meetings, please contact Svatka: shermanek@schulich.yorku.ca or Bruce: bruceaweber@hotmail.com / tel. 416-203-0911 or Anna: annadohler@hotmail.com. The Ontario branch meetings are held on the third Friday of…

Portobello Gold…party celebrating Mike Bell’s 26th year as Landlord !! Gaz Mayall and the, eight piece, Trojans trying to set up in a space that a three-piece combo would find small!  So like a jigsaw being slowly put together it took about forty five minutes to set up, as each musician emptied their instrument cases…

If you can remember back to January’s edition I announced the following competition, after reviewing TrailBlazer’s latest book – A guide to adventure travelling by Stephen Lord.  My prize winning question was:-Competition time – the first person who can tell me who first cycled round the world & when, then they can have my review…

This time round Mac discusses the “Happiest countries in the world”… 10. Luxembourg – 7.6 points. Living in the world’s richest country inevitably puts a smile on your face! This small landlocked European country has an army of 800 people (yes, 800). They don’t have a navy nor an air force but together with Belgium…

Hello all, This edition is a whirlwind catch up on a raft of articles, news & anecdotes.  Since mid January this year I’ve been somewhat distracted – I’ve moved house and welcome my daughter into the world !  There is no doubt my priorities are changing quite rapidly as I realise the full nature of…