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Austrian Alps
Slides
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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
photograph! Each talk has its own 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. Recent talks use a digital projector, but I still
offer several older talks using colour slides.
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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French Pyrenees
Slides
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Swiss Alps
Digital
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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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Sardinia
Digital
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Crete
Slides
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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 (which I chaired for 3 years) and for many years was 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
to tonyhughes3@btinternet.com.
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Corsica
Digital
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