This page was last revised on 4th July 2008

Lebanon to Afghanistan
              Afghan traveller

John’s new 2009 talk about the Middle East and beyond

1st December 2009 – Guildford (Guildford Travel Club)
8.00 pm at the Village Hall on The Square, Wilderness Road, Onslow Village (details from Celia Rust on 01483 548398 or from John)

Heart of the Sahara
          Ready to go

Sahara talks in 2008

16th September – New Milton, Hants (a Hog the Limelight event)
7.30 pm at New Milton Library on Gore Road (details from the Library on 0845 603 5631 or from John)

6th October – Inverness (Royal Scottish Geographical Society)
7.30 pm in the Council Chamber at Highland Council’s headquarters on Glenurquhart Road
(details from the Society on 0141 552 3330 or from John)

7th October – Perth (Royal Scottish Geographical Society)
7.30 pm at Perth Concert Hall on Mill Street (details from the Society on 0141 552 3330 or from John)

8th October – Stirling (Royal Scottish Geographical Society)
7.30 pm in the Lesser Hall at the Albert Halls on Dumbarton Road (details from the Society on 0141 552 3330 or from John)

9th October – Airdrie, North Lanarks (Royal Scottish Geographical Society)
7.30 pm at Airdrie Arts Centre on Anderson Street (details from the Society on 0141 552 3330 or from John)

12th October – Calne, Wilts (Calne Music and Arts Festival)
3.00 pm at Marden House off New Road (booking later in 2008 from the Festival Box Office on 01249 814000 – details from John)

15th October – Ringwood, Hants (Ringwood Travel Club)
7.30 pm at the Greyfriars Community Centre on Christchurch Road (details from Ann Cole on 01425 478764 or from John)

22nd October – Cambridge (the University of Cambridge’s Department of Geography
in association with the Cambridge Branch of the Geographical Association)
7.00 pm in the Department of Geography in Downing Place, off Downing Street
(details from Alison Harvey on 01223 333393 or from John)

5th November – Grimsby (Grimsby Women’s Luncheon Club)
12.00 for 12.30 pm at Grimsby Masonic Hall on Cambridge Road (details from Ros Ruffell-Ward on 01472 371836 or from John)

2nd December – Keswick, Cumbria (Keswick Lecture Society)
7.30 pm in the Queen’s Hall at Keswick School on Vicarage Hill (details from Peter Hadkins on 01768 771000 or from John)


Sahara talks in 2009

6th January – Near Maidenhead, Berks (The Bray Society)
8.00 pm at Bray Village Hall on the High Street, Bray (details from Chris Hatt or from John)

9th January – Sheffield (Sheffield Women’s Lecture Club)
12.00 for 12.30 pm at the Mercure St Paul’s Hotel on Norfolk Street (details from Margaret Kerry on 0114 230 5255 or from John)

10th January – Helmsley, North Yorks (Helmsley Arts Centre)
7.30 pm at Helmsley Arts Centre off Bridge Street
(booking later in 2008 from the Box Office on 01439 771700 – details from the Arts Centre or from John)

23rd January – Bromsgrove, Worcs (a fundraising event for the Friends of St John’s and St Andrew’s)
An evening event (time to be announced) at St John’s Church on Kidderminster Road
(details from Jo Slade on 01527 835734 or from John)

26th January – Near Fareham, Hants (a fundraising event for Leukaemia Research)
8.00 pm at Holy Rood Church Centre on Gosport Road, Stubbington
(details from Sheila Renshaw on 01329 662322 or from John)

2nd February – Altrincham, Cheshire (Bowdon Sixty Club)
8.00 pm at Altrincham Preparatory School on Marlborough Road (details from Barry Shaw on 0161 928 3699 or from John)

5th February – Chester (Chester Ladies’ Luncheon Club)
12.15 for 12.45 pm at the Best Western Queen Hotel on City Road (details from Jilly Gosmore on 01829 271469 or from John)

2nd March – Near Breda, Netherlands (Genootschap Nederland–Engeland)
8.00 pm at the Sociëteit ’t Turfschip on Wilhelminapark, Ulvenhout
(details from Ellen Verbraak on 076 565 4497 or from John)

3rd March – Near Eindhoven, Netherlands (Genootschap Nederland–Engeland)
8.00 pm at Agnus Dei-Kerk on Julianalaan, Aalst (details from Harry Kort on 040 201 6203 or from John)

4th March – Den Haag, Netherlands (Genootschap Nederland–Engeland)
8.00 pm at the Golden Tulip Bel Air Hotel on Johan de Wittlaan (details from Jacques Zonneveld on 070 368 4626 or from John)

5th March – Maastricht, Netherlands (Genootschap Nederland–Engeland)
8.00 pm at Hotel-Restaurant De L’Empereur on Stationstraat (details from Resy Snyders on 043 363 0269 or from John)

6th March – Near Utrecht, Netherlands (Genootschap Nederland–Engeland)
8.00 pm at NoorderLicht-Kerk on Bergweg, Zeist (details from Irene Kleyn-van Barneveld on 030 699 1618 or from John)

9th March – Deventer, Netherlands (Genootschap Nederland–Engeland)
8.00 pm at Vergader- en Partycentrum De Horst on Kerkstraat (details from Henk Kluiwstra on 0570 592068 or from John)

10th March – Near Groningen, Netherlands (Genootschap Nederland–Engeland)
8.15 pm at ’t Gorechthuis on Hortuslaan, Haren (Details from Gerrit Bunt on 050 406 1895 or from John)

11th March – Hengelo, Netherlands (Genootschap Nederland–Engeland)
7.30 pm in Bibliotheek Hengelo’s Beursplein! building on Beursstraat (details from Jan Sizoo on 053 436 5398 or from John)

21st October – Near Croydon, Surrey (Sanderstead Literary Society)
8.00 pm at the United Reformed Church on Sanderstead Hill (details from Sue Fairchild on 020 8657 3761 or from John)

Up the Mekong to Tibet
         Thai lake

Mekong talks in 2008

15th September – Milford-on-Sea, Hants (a Hog the Limelight event)
7.30 pm at Milford-on-Sea Library on Park Road (details from the Library on 0845 603 5631 or from John)

17th October – Canterbury (Canterbury Festival)
An evening event (venue and time to be announced) (details from the Festival Office on 01227 452853 or from John)

24th October – Near Witney, Oxon (a fundraising event for The Prostate Cancer Charity)
8.00 pm at Finstock Village Hall on School Road, Finstock (details from Mike Breakell on 01993 868201 or from John)

17th December – Near Winchester (Marwell Photographic Group)
7.30 pm at Marwell Zoo’s Education Centre (details from David Plumb on 01489 860432 or from John)


Mekong talks in 2009

7th February – Near Waterlooville, Hants (a fundraising event for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution)
7.30 pm at All Saints’ Church Hall on Horndean Road, Denmead (details from Robin Dawe on 023 9225 6494 or from John)

19th March – Abingdon, Oxon (a fundraising event for the Choki Traditional Art School in Thimphu, Bhutan)
7.30 pm in the Abbey Hall at Abingdon Guildhall on Abbey Close (details from Lynn Boreham on 01235 532341 or from John)

The Royal Road of the Incas
                          Inca fortress at Sacsayhuamán

Royal Road talks in 2008

1st October – Bristol (Wilderness Lectures)
7.30 pm at the University of Bristol’s Chemistry Lecture Theatre on Cantock’s Close, off Woodland Road
(booking later in 2008 from Stanford’s Map and Travel Bookshop at 29 Corn Street, Bristol BS1 1HT – Tel. 0117 929 9966)
(details from Dick Willis on 0117 929 3350 or from John)

28th November – Southampton (date to be confirmed)
(Southampton and Winchester Visitors Group for Refugees and Asylum Seekers)
An evening event (venue and time to be announced) (details from Hazel Still on 01794 388493 or from John)

15th November – Alresford, Hants (a Hog the Limelight event)
7.30 pm at the Christy Memorial Hall on The Green, Old Alresford (details from David Exelby on 01962 736007 or from John)

22nd November – Petersfield, Hants (a fundraising event for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution)
An evening event (venue and time to be announced) (details from Tim Handcock on 01730 263586 or from John)


Royal Road talks in 2009

29th January – Southampton (Royal Geographical Society)
7.30 pm at the University of Southampton’s School of Geography (Lecture Theatre A)
in the Shackleton Building on the Highfield Campus
(pedestrian access from University Road; vehicle access from Chamberlain or Salisbury Roads)
(booking later in 2008 from Brian Hoyle on 023 8025 4503 – details from Brian Hoyle or from John)

12th February – Cork, Ireland (Cork Literary and Scientific Society)
8.00 pm at the Crawford Art Gallery on Emmet Place (details from John)

Pilkington in Bolivia
                   Attention-seeking llamas

Bolivia talks in 2008

29th October – Chesterfield (The Winding Wheel)
7.30 pm at The Winding Wheel on Holywell Street
(booking later in 2008 from the Box Office on 01246 345222 – details from Sarah Hodgson on 01246 345331 or from John)

6th November – Near Kirkbymoorside, North Yorks (an Inntravel fundraising event for Oxfam)
7.30 pm at Hutton-le-Hole Village Hall (details from Pat Sutor on 01751 417443 or from John)

Pilkington in Ladakh
             Ladakhi women

Ladakh talk in 2009

13th January – Esher, Surrey (Royston Pike Lecture Series)
8.00 pm at King George’s Hall on Community Walk, off the High Street (details from Maggs Latter on 01372 474584 or from John)

An Englishman in Patagonia
                               Gaucho at Butch Cassidy’s cabin

Patagonia talks in 2008/2009

19th December to 4th January – Buenos Aires, Argentina to Valparaíso, Chile (Silversea Cruises)
Onboard lectures with Cruise 1836 on Silver Cloud (details from Silversea Cruises on 0870 333 7030 or from John)

An Adventure on the Old Silk Road
                       Recording in Turfan, China

Silk Road talk in 2008

3rd November – Burnley, Lancs (Burnley Mechanics)
7.30 pm at Burnley Mechanics on Manchester Road
(booking later in 2008 from the Box Office on 01282 664400 – details from Stephen Child on 01254 201162 or from John)
Supported by the Stocks Massey Bequest Fund and the Arts Council England, North West