A series of lectures for members and a guest, in The City, at The Clothworkers’ Hall, Dunster Court, Mincing Lane, London EC3R 7AH.

There is no need to book in advance for these lectures, which begin at 19.00.

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  Society Members must show membership card for admittance.



  The joy of slow, low carbon travel by Ed Gillespie
Tuesday 13 January at 19.00
  Lecture – Society Members + one guest

Around the world without the aluminium sausage, on a 45,000 mile, 381 day journey involving buses, trains, cargo ships and the odd belligerent camel, Ed talks about his global circumnavigation and the future of travel in a carbon constrained world.

  Details: This lecture is a repeat of the 10 November lecture held at the Society’s premises in Kensington.

  Chagos – a jewel in the Indian Ocean by Charles Sheppard
Tuesday 3 February at 19.00
  Lecture – Society Members + one guest

Charles tells us whatmakes the Chagos Archipelago– part of the British Indian Ocean Territory – so remarkable as one of the least spoiled sets of reefs and atolls remaining in the world.

  Expedition Amazonas by Mark Kalch
Tuesday 3 March at 19.00
  Lecture – Society Members + one guest

Mark recounts the Expedition Amazonas team’s successful, human-powered descent of the entire Amazon River; trekking, paddling and rowing 6800km in 153 days from the Andes to the Atlantic.

  Details: This lecture will be repeated on 9 March at the Society’s premises in Kensington.