Africa An African Journey Part One The talk takes you on a journey through South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe as well as a journey through some of the history of these countries and the early exploration, to the modern day photographic safari. It looks at the wildlife and people

An African Journey Part Two The talk takes you on a journey from Zambia to the northern deserts of Kenya as well as a journey through the history of African exploration, the first World War in East Africa, to the modern day photographic safari. It also covers the people and wildlife.

An African Journey Part Three The talk takes you to Ethiopia, the Sudan and Egypt as well as a journey through the history of African exploration, the Nile, the people and wildlife of these countries up to the modern day photographic safari.

The Nile Part one (The White Nile) A journey from the geographical source in Lake Victoria to where it meets the Blue Nile at the city of Khartoum in the Sudan. It covers the history of its exploration and the importance it has to the people of the countries it flows through.

The Nile Part Two (The Blue Nile) This part covers Ethiopia and the source of the Blue Nile to where it joins the White Nile and then flows through northern Sudan and into Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. It covers the history of the explorers and the struggle to hold control of the world’s longest river by Britain, France and local powers.

African Wildlife The talk covers all aspects of the animal kingdom in Africa.

Search for The Past in the Sahara Part one. (Tunisia & Algeria) A six week journey in the Central Algerian Sahara. The first part covers the journey down through Tunisia and the Algerian Sahara, the finding of some Stone Age tombs, the nomadic people of this area and finishing in Tamanrasset.

Search for The Past in The Sahara Part Two. (Algeria) A six week journey in the Central Algerian Sahara. The talk covers the Central Sahara and the Hoggar Mountains, the nomadic people of this area, their rock art and their history. The talk also takes us through the Tassili Mountains on the way back to the Mediterranean coast.

Explorers of Western Africa and the search for the source of the River Niger The talk covers those people sent out from the UK. by the Association for the Exploration of Africa to find the source of the Niger river and the fabled city of Timbuktu.

The Victorian Explorers of Africa From the East to the West Coast of Africa the Victorian era was the golden age for Exploration of the whole continent and with it went the scramble for territory by the European powers. The talk covers Livingstone, Stanley, Mary Kingsley, Mungo Park, Baker and Thompson, some of whom never returned from their Expeditions.

British Explorers of Arabia and the Western Desert The talk covers the late 19th and first half of the 20th. Century and the men and woman who first travelled these lands for Geographical, Political and Commercial ends.

Yorkshire to China by train The journey by train from Yorkshire to Beijing showing some of the sights of Moscow, visits to Siberia and the capital of Mongolia and a short tour around China. The talk also covers the history of the Trans Siberian Railway and its building. USA The Lewis & Clark Expedition (first crossing of the USA). The story of the first crossing of the USA by two young army officers who led the expedition.

Australia The first Crossing of Australia and the Building of the Overland Telegraph The story of the Burke and Wells ill fated expedition to be the first to cross from south to north of Australia and also the building of the overland Telegraph from Darwin south to Adelaide

General Travelers’ Tales A humorous look at travel, road and other signs seen by the speaker in many parts of the world are used in this talk which is light hearted but can also offer sound advice for those wishing to embark on a journey to the more remote parts of the world.

Having a Gap Year How to enjoy your year away, how to prepare for it and to keep yourself safe while you are away.

The History and the Myth of the Pirate The talk covers the history and some of the characters of piracy in the Caribbean and the Mediterranean How in one country a person could be a hero and in another a pirate, with a price on his head.

Baden Powell solider, spy and founder of the Scout Movement. From his boyhood at Charterhouse School in England and his military career around the world, including acting as a spy in the Ottoman Empire before the first World War to the founding of the world wide Scout Movement almost by accident.

UK based Talks The Thames Way The talk covers the 189 mile way walk from source of the river in Gloucestershire to the barrier east of Greenwich. The talk covers the history of the river and places of interest along the way,

The Cleveland Way A walk through North Yorkshire looking at its history and countryside. The walk starts in the market town of Helmsley, following the Cleveland Hills, eventually arriving on the coast at Saltburn and then turning south down the coast visiting many ancient and interesting settlements before reaching the holiday town of Filey.