Talks
The 2017 – 2018 season
A list of this season’s talks appears below; click on an individual entry for more information.
- 03Oct 2017Next talk
Pole of Cold – A Journey to Chase Winter
Felicity Aston MBE · Tuesday 3 October 2017, 8pm
British Polar Explorer Felicity travels by Land Rover from the UK across Scandinavia and Siberia in mid-winter to the coldest inhabited place in the world, the Pole of Cold.
- 17Oct 2017Next talk
Thirty Years’ Travel in China
Chris Forse · Tuesday 17 October 2017, 8pm
Chris, a resident of Hong Kong for over thirty years, has seen China grow from a rural country, where cow dung was a common source of fuel, to a modern superpower.
- 07Nov 2017Next talk
From One Extreme to Another
Martin Pailthorpe · Tuesday 7 November 2017, 8pm
Trips to heat, cold, altitude and depth: TV producer Martin reveals the logistics, dangers and rewards of filming in some of the most challenging environments on Earth.
- 21Nov 2017Next talk
Russia and Europe – What next?
John Pilkington · Tuesday 21 November 2017, 8pm
With passions running high in Ukraine and the breakaway states of the Caucasus, John met people on both sides of the disputed borders and promises some surprising insights.
- 05Dec 2017Next talk
Social Evening & Freewheeling Chile & Argentina
Paul Gillingham · Tuesday 5 December 2017, 8pm
Members’ only evening, with quiz and BYO buffet. Then Paul cycle-camps with his sons through the Patagonian Lake District, and visits Buenos Aires and Mendoza’s vineyards.
- 19Dec 2017Next talk
Alone in the Jungle
Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent · Tuesday 19 December 2017, 8pm
In 2013 travel writer Antonia spent two months alone on a tiny motorbike exploring the remains of the Ho Chi Minh Trail. It proved a thrilling and dangerous journey.
- 16Jan 2018Next talk
Yellowstone in Focus
Brian Anderson · Tuesday 16 January 2018, 8pm
Join Brian on his trip to Yellowstone, which contains some of the world’s biggest geysers and hot springs, magnificent landscapes, and beasts including bears, bison, elk and wolves
- 30Jan 2018Next talk
Say Yes More – Expedition 1000
Dave Cornthwaite · Tuesday 30 January 2018, 8pm
An ambitious adventure to complete 25 different non-motorised journeys, each at least 1000 miles in distance. So far Dave has completed 12 of the 25...
- 06Feb 2018Next talk
The Mediterranean World
Dr. Simon Butler · Tuesday 6 February 2018, 8pm
Exploring the entire Mediterranean, Simon takes us on an epic journey of spectacular beauty, remarkable heritage and profound insights that becomes the very story of humankind.
- 20Feb 2018Next talk
Colorado – The Great Unknown
Dominic Faulkner · Tuesday 20 February 2018, 8pm
After climbing Everest in 2006, mountaineer Dominic wanted a different challenge and decided to kayak the Colorado, as John Wesley Powell did in 1869.
- 06Mar 2018Next talk
Surviving Madagascar
Ash Dykes · Tuesday 6 March 2018, 8pm
Ash made the first recorded traverse of the length of Madagascar - a 1600 mile trek in 155 days, climbing eight of the island’s highest mountains on the way.
- 20Mar 2018Next talk
Extreme Sleeps – Adventure in Britain
Phoebe Smith · Tuesday 20 March 2018, 8pm
She’s editor of Wanderlust magazine by day, but by night Phoebe is an extreme sleeping-outdoors adventurer who thrives on heading off to the wildest locations she can find.
- 27Mar 2018Next talk
Walks and Climbs in the Pyrenees
Kev Reynolds · Tuesday 27 March 2018, 8pm
From its deepest valleys to its highest summits, and from one side of the range to the other, Kev shows us the Pyrenees at their spectacular best.
- 17Apr 2018Next talk
AGM & From Desert to Delta
Harry and Jean Wickens · Tuesday 17 April 2018, 8pm
Visit Namibia and Botswana on an overland truck camping safari with Harry and Jean, seeing enormous sand dunes, the Okavango Delta, rock paintings, and lots of wildlife.
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.