Programme 2007-2008
2007		Speaker	Title
October	2	Col John Blashford Snell	The Grand Adventure & Beschillo Blue Nile Expedition The story of the delivery of a grand piano to a tribe in a remote part of Guyana & a little on the epic exploration of the Beschillo and Blue Nile Rivers in 2005.
October	16	Sam Manicom	Into Africa Upfront with adventure, mishaps, dust and heat, Sam evokes all the pleasure and pain of a 20,000 mile journey by motorcycle through a stunning land.
November	30	Audrey Olley	Islands in Springtime Audrey revisits Japan in cherry blossom time and gives glimpses of spring in other Islands near and far.
November	13	Social	Annual Social for Members
November	27	David Edwards	The Juneau Icefield & The Canadian Wilderness Stunning glacial architecture, gold panners, ghost towns and adventures in an area accessible only by float plane and boat.
December	11	Ralph Pannell	Water, Wilderness and Wildlife Travel in Costa Rica From the Pacific to the Caribbean, he will describe travel & conservation of some of the best wilderness & wildlife areas in what is often considered the home of ‘ecotourism’.
2008
January	8	Laura Ponsonby	Adventures in India Laura describes some of her recent travels in India & focuses on the interesting role which plants have to play in everyday life..
January	22	Tony Escritt	Iceland on Fire An excursion into the fascinating and sometimes explosive landscape of the land of ice and fire by a Speaker who has spent over forty years studying the island.
February	5	David Sharp	Northumberland Coastal Path A walk along the Northumberland coast, via Dunstonburgh, Bamburgh and Lindisfarne.
February	19	John Haddon	National Parks of North America A pictorial journey through a selection of National Parks from Death Valley to Yellowstone.
March	4	Helena Drysdale	Mother Tongues - Travels Through Tribal Europe Travel writer Helena Drysdale explores the forgotten tribes of the wildest parts of western Europe.
March	18	Hilary Bradt	Madagascar – In Search of the Bizarre In search of the bizarre from giraffe-necked weevils to exhumation ceremonies this island is full of eye-popping wonders.
April	1	AGM &  Robert Macandrew	Australia - a land of contrasts A quick tour round this fascinating country, including visits to most of its major cities, and the coast and countryside in the south western and south eastern parts of the continent, the Red Centre in and around Alice Springs, and the Queensland coast.  This talk is based on two trips made in 1998 and 2000.