Talks
The 2016 – 2017 season
A list of this season’s talks appears below; click on an individual entry for more information.
- 04Oct 2016Next talk
Syria – A View from the Inside
Diana Darke · Tuesday 4 October 2016, 8pm
Using the prism of her courtyard house in Old Damascus, Diana takes us on an extraordinary journey into the heart of Syrian society and culture.
- 18Oct 2016Next talk
Just a Little Run Around the World
Rosie Swale-Pope · Tuesday 18 October 2016, 8pm
Rosie is the only person to have run unsupported around the world, over 20,000 miles, facing extreme danger, Siberian winters, wolves, axemen and loneliness over five years.
- 01Nov 2016Next talk
N. Korea – Grenades in the Schoolyard
Catherine Moorehead · Tuesday 1 November 2016, 8pm
Catherine visits this oddest and most secretive country, chartering a train, an asthmatic aeroplane and a boat; reaching parts visited by few if any other Westerners.
- 15Nov 2016Next talk
Tragedy of Pompeii - Living with Volcanoes
David Edwards · Tuesday 15 November 2016, 8pm
Using his expertise as a guide to Pompeii, Herculaneum and Vesuvius, David looks at the fascinating stories to be gleaned from these world famous sites.
- 29Nov 2016Next talk
Members' Social & A Life of Travel
Audrey Olley · Tuesday 29 November 2016, 8pm
Join us for our annual social evening. Over the past 50 years Audrey has travelled to places no longer safe to visit and seen many endangered animals. This talk covers her most memorable experiences.
- 13Dec 2016Next talk
Wildlife Exposed
Paul Goldstein · Tuesday 13 December 2016, 8pm
From the Masai Mara to India, the Arctic and Antarctica, an evening of wildlife through the lens with award winning photographer, guide and presenter Paul Goldstein.
- 17Jan 2017Next talk
Gilf Kebir – The Land of the English Patient
Chris Scott · Tuesday 17 January 2017, 8pm
Sahara specialist Chris Scott recalls four decades of travel across the Sahara, then takes a closer look at Egypt’s obscure and fascinating Gilf Kebir region.
- 31Jan 2017Next talk
A Winter’s Walk from Munich to Paris
Jasper Winn · Tuesday 31 January 2017, 8pm
History, wildlife, and the realities of modern rural Europe, explored on foot in a gruelling five hundred mile straight-line winter walk between Munich and Paris.
- 07Feb 2017Next talk
Travels in the NE Frontier Agency of India
Alan Palmer · Tuesday 7 February 2017, 8pm
Alan explores North-East India, visiting the Buddhist communities and mountain tribes of Arunachal Pradesh, the plains of northern Assam and the head-hunters of Nagaland.
- 21Feb 2017Next talk
Jordan – On Foot and by Bicycle
Chris Beynon · Tuesday 21 February 2017, 8pm
Chris cycles and walks through Jordan, seeing biblical and Roman sites, Crusader castles, plus of course Petra, the Dead Sea and Wadi Rum.
- 07Mar 2017Next talk
One Steppe Ahead – Adventures in Asia
Jamie Maddison · Tuesday 7 March 2017, 8pm
Jamie set out on a 750 mile, 63 day long, horse ride across the Great Steppe of Kazakhstan before continuing on a 100 mile camel-supported run in Uzbekistan.
- 21Mar 2017Next talk
Walking the Longest Wadi in Arabia
Chris Bradley · Tuesday 21 March 2017, 8pm
Chris became the first westerner in modern times to walk the entire length, almost 500km, of Wadi Hadramaut in Southern Arabia.
- 04Apr 2017Next talk
Patagonia – The Last Place Man Came
John Harrison · Tuesday 4 April 2017, 8pm
The last continental land man colonised was Tierra del Fuego. John meets the last survivors and explores the region where the tribes lived a hunter-gatherer existence.
- 25Apr 2017Next talk
AGM & Secret Serbia
Janet Parsons · Tuesday 25 April 2017, 8pm
Janet explores mountains, monasteries and the beautiful landscape and historic towns of this little visited country, from the Danube to its southern border with Bulgaria.
These are the main items of the programme, but they may be subject to change due to circumstances beyond our control. Other events will be announced at the meetings and in our newsletters.