Guildford Travel Club

Guildford Travel Club meets at Onslow Village Hall (GU2 7QR) on alternate Tuesdays from October to April at 8.00pm.

Membership is £28 per annum; Student Card Holders - £14. There are 12 lectures during the season plus an informal annual Social, the AGM and the opportunity to attend ‘Members Evenings’ (no extra charge).

Visitors are welcome - £5 per evening; Student Card Holders - £2.50

Complimentary refreshments are served during the interval at meetings.

For more information or to join, please contact our Membership Secretary, Ben Baker.

telephone: 01428 683059

e-mail: eandbbaker@hotmail.co.uk

The Evening Format

A typical evening programme has the following format:
Doors open at 7:30pm
The programme starts at 8:00pm with Chairman's announcements followed by
Part 1 of the slide show for 45 to 60 minutes
Tea/Coffee break for 20 minutes
Part 2 of the slide show to finish about 10:00pm

All the speakers have an interesting story to tell and a set of slides to capture your imagination.

Provisional Programme 2010-2011
2010		Speaker	Title
October	5	Geoff Somers	Camel Odyssey – A Camel Trek Across Australia Two pommies & three camels on a 97 day trek 1400 miles across the desert of W. Australia, Perth to Ayres Rock( Ulura}
October	19	Lee Farmer	Into the Breach – Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro The hardest & little known route up Kilimanjaro takes walkers from a tropical to an arctic climb in just a few days.
November	2	Nick Laing	One Lap of the Mediterranean on a Motor Bike Six 50+ friends on a 9000 mile journey taking in Algeria, Tunisia, Libya & Egypt.
November	16	Paul Goldstein	Predator - A Tribute to Peter Stewart Paul leads a special evening to commemorate Peter Stewart's long term involvement with the Cheetah Conservation Fund and Guildford Travel Club.
November	30	John Pilkington	A Short Stroll through the Middle East Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Iran are in the news for all the wrong reasons, but John spent six months travelling through them & found nothing but warmth & generosity.
December	14	John Wyatt	Cities of Vesuvius – Pompeii and Herculaneum On the 24th August 79AD, Vesuvius erupted & froze the vibrant life of its surrounding area into stone & mud.
2011
January	4	Paul Whittle	China – Beyond the Great Wall Highlights of a 2000 mile journey from bustling Beijing & Xian to the remote & bleak mountainous Jing Peng region of Inner Mongolia.
January	18	Dick Willis	Steps into Darkness, the World Greatest Caves Dick, explorer of the world’s greatest caves, describes the risks & rewards of underground exploration in these awesome & ancient environments.
February	1	Kev Reynolds	From Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn Two weeks along one of Europe’s most spectacular mountain treks with the author of the original guidebook.
February	15	Chris Beynon	Hanoi to Vientiane on Two Wheels Chris cycles through Northern Vietnam & Laos visiting sites of special interest along the way.
March	1	Tony Escritt	Of Elves, Trolls and Acts of Gods A fresh look at Iceland's landscape by a speaker who has spent almost 50 years studying the island.
March	15	Laura Ponsonby	Return to India Since her last visit to GTC Laura has travelled to India on several occasions & returns to tell us of her latest adventures.
March	29	Steve Connors	Venezuela & Life in the Slums of Caracas Steve gives a brief travelogue & outlines the development of modern Venezuela. He continues with an insight into the day to day survival for children living in Caracas.
April	5	AGM and Audrey Olley	Yemen and the Hadramaut An unusual expedition to one of the most attractive & fascinating of all Arab countries.

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.

MEMBERS' EVENINGS:

Members’ evenings are given during the season for Members by Members in their own homes. Full details may be obtained and seats booked at regular Club meetings. We would like to be able to offer a wide programme of Members Evenings this season, so if you take slides and have some interesting travels to share, please do let us know. If you cannot accommodate a dozen or so people in your own home, someone else in the Club can usually be found to provide the venue.

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