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This week's guest speaker, Kevin Clark gave a most interesting, humorous and educational presentation.
Born in South Africa, educated in Architecture at Cape Town University, he and a friend Jurgen were encouraged to travel to Europe and Asia to see and experience the ancient architecture of these distant lands. They headed to London, bought a 1958 Matchless motor-cycle, attached a cargo carrying sidecar and set off. This was 1964 with no GPS, no cellphones, no sponsors. Many of the roads they travelled were nothing but dirt tracks but 31,500kms later, they made it back to UK.
Another great Monday night just past. Good food, good company and a great speaker.
Thank you to Robin Aitken for passing on the name of Kevin Clark, who spoke to us about his forays from ‘Baghdad or Bust’ in 1964. A motorbike with sidecar saw himself and a friend ride from London to Baghdad and back having many wonderful and slightly ‘hairy’ experiences along the way. Kevin has given the same talk to 23 other clubs around New Zealand and was easy to see why he was in so much demand.
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* This Coming Monday's Guest Speaker
Our guest speaker on Monday, Pathologist Cynric Temple-Camp should be a fascinating speaker. Partners and friends welcome. Cynric has written 3 books - The Cause of Death, The Quick and The Dead and The Perfect Murder and all of the proceeds go towards The Grassroots Rescue Helicopter. These books will be available to purchase on the night - 1 book: $26.00, Set of 3: $72.00. Payment will be cash or by bank transfer. I believe they are very good. Please let Tony know if you are bringing guests by Sunday 4pm.
* Healthy in the Hutt - Saturday 13 June
Can members please bring along grocery items to Monday meetings in the next weeks for the gift baskets.
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