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| | Adventure Travel Show, Olympia 26-27 Jan 2013 | |
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Tom Mc Founder
Posts : 3781 Join date : 2010-12-10 Location : Sant Boi de Lluçanès, Catalunya, Spain
| Subject: Adventure Travel Show, Olympia 26-27 Jan 2013 Fri Jan 25, 2013 6:52 am | |
| Popping along to the show this coming Saturday - anyone going? Info via www.4x4calendar.co.uk/show.php?y=2013&m=1Interesting talks:- Saturday 26 January 2013 Time : 11:00 till 11:45 Where : Theatre 2 Circumnavigation along 50 degrees North – Spike Reid. Join the first winners of the Land Rover / RGS-IBG 'Go Beyond' bursary on their overland journey as they capture a series of case studies in the social impact of climate change. The studies revealed the major issues many farmers have to live with, and adjust their lives to. Hear about how they handled dozens of police stops and had the guns pointed at them wild several times. Getting got stuck in the sand and mud miles from the nearest help, and very nearly breaking their vehicle in the middle of the Gobi Desert. Saturday 26 January 2013 Time : 13:00 till 13:45 Where : Theatre 3 Overland Africa (and Asia) - Siân Pritchard-Jones and Bob Gibbons, Bradt Travel Guides Siân Pritchard-Jones and Bob Gibbons, authors of the Bradt Africa Overland guide, take you on a wild adventure around this vast continent. Routes covered in Africa include the Sahara (Algeria, Chad, Libya and Niger), West Africa, Central Africa, the Nile Valley, East and Southern Africa. Their latest journey included a return from South Africa to the UK via India, Nepal, Tibet, NW China, Kazakhstan and Russia, all in their 28-year-old Land Rover. Saturday 26 January 2013 Time : 14:00 till 14:45 Where : Theatre 2 How to take your bike around the world - Chris Scott, Trailblazer Guides. Chris Scott, author of the recently published sixth edition of the Adventure Motorcycling Handbook spells out how to tackle an overland adventure on a motorcycle. He goes through the best machines for the job, how to prepare and equip them, and outlines the classic trans-continental routes across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Sunday 27 January 2013 Time : 13:00 till 13:45 Where : Theatre 4 Duncan Milligan: The Big road trip. Make sure you don’t miss this talk if you plan a big drive anywhere in the world. Duncan is expert in planning overland journeys and in this presentation will go over how to develop your route, choice of vehicle, equipment and the challenges of driving in the developing world Sunday 27 January 2013 Time : 15:00 till 15:45 Where : Theatre 3 Exploring Africa by self drive safari - Charles Norwood, Safari Drive Driving a fully equipped Land Rover Defender through the deserts deltas and National Parks of Africa is a superbly rewarding experience and there are few experiences to match the thrill of waking up in your own private camp, with not a soul for miles around you, in some of the most sensational locations in the world. This talk explains the pros and cons of taking a self drive safari and offers advice on choice of routes, the seasons to travel and some of the pitfalls to avoid. | |
| | | wideformat4x4 Terrain Adept
Posts : 821 Join date : 2011-01-20 Age : 65 Location : Marcham, Oxfordshire
| Subject: Re: Adventure Travel Show, Olympia 26-27 Jan 2013 Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:40 am | |
| I was going along to this until I looked into parking prices they want 26.50 to park all day.
I looked at going by train but from me it's a bloody nightmare cheapest way I found was drive to Tring get the overground but that not cheap may bite the bullet and pay for parking.
Only other thing that may keep me away is picking up a defender if I win it on eblag | |
| | | Tom Mc Founder
Posts : 3781 Join date : 2010-12-10 Location : Sant Boi de Lluçanès, Catalunya, Spain
| Subject: Re: Adventure Travel Show, Olympia 26-27 Jan 2013 Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:12 pm | |
| Easy! Park at Westfield Shopping Centre for £8 all day. BTW, it only costs £5 midweek, a good stepping stone if you have a weekday appointment in London, buy an £8 Travelcard and you're away! Mmmmmm, is everything in London £8 these days?I digress ... Westfield Shopping Centre Ariel Way White City (NOTE: according to the website - when travelling to Westfield London, please enter the postcode W12 7SL into your SATNAV) http://uk.westfield.com/london/getting-there/carOut of Westfield Shopping Centre multi-story car park, walk south a couple of minutes down Ariel Way to bus stop. Catch 49 bus to Olympia, just off Kensington High Street. 5 minute ride. If unsure where to alight, ask driver to let you know when you get there. Sit near as possible to him/her. If they speak English they'll help. www.notrog.plus.com/busroutes/placesindex/olympia.htmEntry to exhibition not mega expensive either. £10 on the day, very reasonable in fact for an indoor event (£8 in advance - naturally!) As it happens, I typed into Google - “bus from Westfield to Olympia”. Up came a website, but it didn't seem quite right as I didn't recognise any roads on the map ... then the penny dropped. It was Washington DC in the United States, Westfield Mall to the district of Olympia. Incredibly, it’s also on the No. 49 bus, you couldn’t make it up! Travelling via this route may cost a little more than £26.50 for the day. | |
| | | wideformat4x4 Terrain Adept
Posts : 821 Join date : 2011-01-20 Age : 65 Location : Marcham, Oxfordshire
| Subject: Re: Adventure Travel Show, Olympia 26-27 Jan 2013 Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:07 pm | |
| Cheers for that Tom good advice. I've just been out bid on the 110 so I may see you there | |
| | | Tom Mc Founder
Posts : 3781 Join date : 2010-12-10 Location : Sant Boi de Lluçanès, Catalunya, Spain
| Subject: Re: Adventure Travel Show, Olympia 26-27 Jan 2013 Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:50 am | |
| No problem, that's where I shall be parking. You've my mobile number in your phone haven't you? 07958 216266 if you're there tomorrow. I'm off! | |
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