With Jacqui at the lectern, we had two contrasting talks geographically & politically:- Andrea Orban and Laurence West – An independent canter through Libya. Andrea & Laurence spent four years living & working in Libya, right up to the point that the recent overthrow of Gaddafi & his regime engulfed the country and this talk…

Hello all, A bumper edition to savour – make sure you leave plenty of time to enjoy this eNewsletter, in between the many festivities that you might be enjoying 🙂 Included this month is:- a stunning article by Jennifer Barclay on her new life on a Greek island ! Jennifer has spoken previously at the…

You’re living a life that many of us would dream about, said Matt. It’s a life I dreamed about myself for long enough. Especially in the grey of winter I had a recurring dream of walking across the hills of a small Greek island, the deep blue sea down below. It got so familiar that…

Hi The Ant, It was great to actually meet you on your meeting [Note from The Ant…Hannah & partner joined us the November London branch meeting], we enjoyed it all immensely and have told everyone about in our meeting. We had a good turnout this time, about 40 people all in all and 35 paying…

With Dan at the lectern, we had two surprisingly entertaining & different speakers who both spoke about quite new subjects:- James Willcox – Impressions of Afghanistan. A more exotic travel adventurer than most, James ended up working as a travel guide in Afghanistan, after falling in love with the country on overland trip via Pakistan…