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AUSTRIA
The Alps
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This website is aimed at clubs and societies in the British Isles
with a general interest in European natural history and wild flowers in
particular. If you ever need someone to give a talk with spectacular slides
at your meeting - read on!
My aim is to provide a brief preview of the range of talks that
I currently have available, describing the scope of each talk and showing
a very inadequate "taster" of some of the pictures - unfortunately, the
resolution of a PC display cannot do justice to a decent quality colour
slide! Each talk has its own page (approx 100 kilobytes per page), selected
by clicking on one of the "thumb-nails" around this page, or on one of
the links in the left-hand column. With each new holiday another talk becomes
possible, so look out for further developments - in 2002 our trips to the
Gargano Peninsula in Italy and the Julian Alps in Slovenia should provide
some wonderful pictures.
Click on the "Book a Talk" link to find
the "small print" - contact details, what is on offer and what it will
cost!
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FRANCE
The Pyrenees
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SWITZERLAND
Bernese Oberland
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Now for the biographical bit. Born in Bridport, Dorset, I spent
my first 18 years there, where my interest in wild flowers and natural
history in general started to develop. Following 4 years at Bristol University
reading Physics and Maths, I married Diana and moved to Malvern in Worcestershire
to work as a scientific civil servant at the Royal Radar Establishment
(as it was then known). Inertia took over and we never moved but, after
some 37 years of fascinating work, I reached retirement in September 2000.
Throughout this time physics, computing and electronics were the profession,
but natural history and photography were the main hobbies (along with various
sports, gardening, raising two daughters, choral singing, etc.).
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GREEK ISLANDS
Rhodes
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GREEK ISLANDS
Crete
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Since about 1990, Diana and I have spent most of our holidays
in various fascinating parts of Europe, enjoying the scenery and flowers,
and taking far too many photographs of everything that caught our eyes.
Subsequently, each set of holiday pictures has been converted into a slide
show to celebrate the beauty and botanical treasures of each area visited.
Occasional articles have been published in the Quarterly Bulletin of the
Alpine Garden Society (AGS), the Newsletter of Hardy Orchid Society (HOS)
and the Transactions of the Worcestershire Naturalists' Club, and a few
pictures have caught the judges' eyes in the annual Photographic Competitions
organised by the AGS and the HOS.
For several years now I have been an enthusiastic member of the
HOS and have been responsible for developing and maintaining the HOS
website - a "don't miss" site for everyone with an interest in orchids.
Comments or questions about this website? Send me an e-mail.
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SWITZERLAND
Zermatt and
Saas Fee
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