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Region:: West Sussex
Notice Period:: Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
Type:: hobby
Fee:: Paid: £75 plus travel
Category:: Science
Updated:: 15^th October 2026
Tagged:: Weather

We have all grown up listening to weather lore handed down over generations but is there any real truth in any of it and where has it all come from? As a retired teacher of Geography I have always been interested in the mixture of science and superstition behind those well known sayings and in this talk I try to separate the two. And of course where possible I give it a local Sussex slant.

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I have always been fascinated by the way in which the Natural World impinges on our lives today and my talks reflect that fascination. A retired teacher of Geography, I am a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and I give talks on a number of geographical subjects to U3A's, Probus Clubs, WI's and the like, in West Sussex. Wherever possible I tailor my talk to the local area in which I am speaking.

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