Over a Cuppa – November 2013

Our Wednesday night events and presentations are going well and attendance numbers are good. I’m so pleased this is happening. Our speakers for the rest of the year:

  • 30 October – Pete Gent takes us on his recent trip to Svalbard – wrap up warm for this presentation
  • 6 November – Adventures in Scotland on Land – Beccy Day
  • 13 November – Adventures in Scotland on Seat – Gareth Gretton
  • 20 November – My bluff has been called on showing some slides from my dad’s tramping years, come by for a Blast from the Past (1940s and 1950s tramping)
  • 27 November – Rowena will take us through River Crossings in preparation for the river crossing instruction 7-8 December
  • 4 December – John Shultis, a guest speaker, will talk about hiking in Utah, US
  • 11 December – Christmas Special!

Last month I made reference to ideas I had for the odd themed presentation and these are some of my thoughts:

  • Tramping through the ages – looking at the changing fashion in tramping attire and maybe in huts too.
  • National Parks – a few shots per person of different National Parks people have been to, and this is not restricted to NZ.
  • Tararuas! Yes, I know. However, we never seem to see much about the Tararuas these days so a few shots from trips there would be quite nice.

These ideas will only work though if you decide to go through your photos/slides and find shots that can be used and don’t wait for someone else to do something. As I said last month, the other person is waiting too for you to do something so we are all waiting for the other to do something. That means we’ll sit in front of a blank screen playing charades.

As that won’t happen, I look forward to you coming forward with the offer of doing a presentation or volunteering to help put one of these evenings together – thank you!

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