Programme 2006-2007
2006		Speaker	Title
October	3	Elisabeth Parry	The Legendary Silk Road A 21st century journey overland from Beijing to Tashkent.
October	17	John Gimlette	Travels Through Newfoundland & Labrador Travel writer John takes us to this beautiful, barren fishocracy where we encounter icebergs, seal flipper pie & a full cast of eccentrics.
October	31	John Pilkington	The Heart of the Sahara A 450 mile camel journey from Timbuktu to the Taoudenni salt mines in remotest Mali.
November	14	Jarrod Kyte	From the Amazon to the Inca Trail Peru offers Lake Titicaca, the Colca Canyon, the Amazon Jungle and best of all Machu Pichu at sunrise viewed from the ‘sun gate’.
November	28	John Buckingham	Wildlife, Flora and Scenery of South Africa A natural history lecturer & photographer, John travels from the Cape with its stunning scenery, through the Kalahari Desert to see the exciting animals of the Kruger National Park.
December	12	Xmas Social	Seasonal Social for Members
2007
January	9	Colonel John Blashford-Snell	Adventure with a Grand Piano The story of transporting a grand piano to the Wai Wai Tribe of Guyana.
January	23	Michael Ackroyd	Easter Island or Rapa Nui Some impressions from the navel of the world. Michael is a lifetime traveller & he will talk on the culture & history of this remote island.
February	6	John Harrison	Doing the Douro A canoe journey through Spain and Portugal.
February	20	Chris Beynon	In Ethiopia with a Bicycle Cycling the historical circuit in the Highlands, including Axum Stelae, Lalibela churches plus people and villages well off the tourist trail.
March	6	Paul Goldstein	Spitsbergen Ice and bear necessities.
March	20	Jack Jackson	Borneo, The Philippines and Thailand Jack is a familiar traveller in SE Asia & will take us on a fascinating journey through these far-flung lands.
April	3	AGM & Tess Burrows	High Hawaii Tess is a founding Director of Climb for Tibet & this is about a recent expedition to run up Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii taking peace messages to the highest places on earth.