Programme 2012-2013
2012		Speaker	Title
October	2	Lee Farmer	Dhaulagiri Trek - Western Nepal A challenging wild trek, passing beneath the steep walls of Dhaulagiri, one of fourteen 8000m peaks. A trek of adventure and mishap.
October	16	Richard Snailham	Down Bolivian Rivers in Reed boats Sailing Bolivian built reed boats on South American rivers to check out a suggestion that there were ancient trade routes from the New World to the Old World.
October	30	Gerald Pillai	Southern Ethiopia - The Omo Valley Possibly the last true tribal area in the world. Gerald speaks of the rituals, dress, food and habitat of the region..
November	6	Social	Annual Social for Members
November	20	Jasper Winn	Paddle - A long Way Around Ireland Slow adventure on a thousand mile sea kayak circumnavigation of Ireland, featuring basking sharks, seabirds, storms, pub music sessions and comic ineptitude.
December	4	Kevin Brackley	India Three months studying yoga at the source, and the discovery that Mysore is more than just a palace.
2013
January	15	Mike Laird	All Noodles and Yaks - A Wander from China to Mongolia Mike's journey starts in Beijing, he then samples chicken feet and mare's milk whilst crossing the Gobi desert and leads you to the marvels of the Naadam Festival.
January	29	Paul Goldstein	Antarctica - Frozen Assets 'Blue chip' lecture by a Polar disciple.
February	5	Chris Beynon	Cycling in Guatemala A feast of delights - volcanoes, lakes, Mayan culture and all enjoyed from the saddle of a mountain bike.
February	19	John Buckingham	Costa Rica - Birds, Wildlife, Flora and Scenery This tiny country of Central America has an amazing natural diversity. We can enjoy exotic birds, lush vegetation, strange mammals and insects and beautiful dancing butterflies.
March	5	Kev Reynolds	Ten Days around Mont Blanc Passing through France, Italy and Switzerland the Tour of Mont Blanc is rightly considered one of the world's greatest treks with magnificent scenery throughout.
March	19	Helena Drysdale	Looking for George - Love and Death in Romania Helena's hunt for a missing poet/priest takes her to the beautiful mountains of Moldavia and also down into the labyrinthine underworld of Ceausescu's Romania.
April	2	Denise Heywood	Road to Bali A journey through Java and Bali following in the footsteps of Stamford Raffles whose name is synonymous with a luxury hotel rather than the greatest Buddhist temple in the world, Borobudur.
April	16	AGM & Nicola Vidamour	Russia - Six Years in Pskov Six years in Pskov - Nicola shares her experience of living in a Russian provincial town.