Hello all, A new year edges out of the wintery days and we have a raft of articles, news & anecdotes to recount for you… Hot off the press – introducing the Globetrotters Club new President John Pilkington 🙂 John arrived at the London branch December meeting, expecting to renew a number of friendships &…

John Pilkington – A stroll through the axis of evil – Lebanon, Syria, Iraq & Iran Photographer, documentary maker, traveller but above all brilliant lecturer on his travels around this wonderful world of ours and in doing so gave an excellent, entertaining slide show on his latest trip.  “A Stroll Through The Axis  Of Evil” …

The next Chester meeting is detailed at https://staging.globetrotters.co.uk/blog/15th-january-2011.html and features Matthew Proe living in Japan & a very  different charity cycle ride through Europe by Saul Soto. The meeting is at The Grosvenor Museum, 25 – 27 Grosvener Street, Chester, CH1 2DD. Tickets £2 including refreshments. Contact Angela or Hanna for further information of this &…

For information on Ontario meetings, please contact Svatka Hermanek: shermanek@schulich.yorku.ca or Bruce Weber: tel. 416-203-0911 or Paul Webb: tel. 416-694-8259. The Ontario branch meetings are held on the third Friday of January, March, May, September and November….seehttps://staging.globetrotters.co.uk/local-meetings/ontario-ca.html for further details.

If like me, your idea of a long distance cycle trip is a mountain bike ride around Richmond Park, then you might wonder whether Stephen Lord’s “Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook” is for you. My review copy sat with me for six months, waiting for me to find a way in and to answer that question… See…