ILLUSTRATED TALK: THE WAY I SEE IT – EXPERIENCES OF A BLIND MOUNTAIN TREKKER |
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Friday 4th November 7.30pm Bear Hotel, Crickhowell DAVID CARRINGTON-PORTER MILTON MOUNTAINEERS - CHARITY GROUP OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED HILL WALKERS |
What’s it like to be blind? Have you ever tried to imagine it? How would you read, write, shop, cook, get around? Come and find out from David Carrington-Porter, who will describe his life as a blind person – Daily living skills, Communicating, Leisure, How he gets around -and how he enjoys Mountain Trekking as a blind person! – showing powerpoint slides of his trek up Mount Stok Kangri in the Himalayas in 2010 and his current training for a trek to Everest Base Camp to celebrate his 60th birthday and to raise funds for Milton Mountaineers – with a description of the charity and what it does. |
ILLUSTRATED TALK: OUR BEACON FOR BATS |
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Friday 25th November 7.30pm Bear Hotel, Crickhowell KIRSTY MALLINDINE VINCENT WILDLIFE TRUST |
The upper Usk Valley, from Brecon to Crickhowell, has one of the most significant populations of lesser horseshoe bats in Europe. Kirsty is officer for the “Our Beacon for Bats” project, The Vincent Wildlife Trust’s exciting new lesser horseshoe bat conservation project in South Wales. It is a 3 year project, funded by the Brecon Beacons Trust and the Heritage Lottery Fund, which will build on conservation work carried out by The Vincent Wildlife Trust over many years. Kirsty will talk about her work to raise awareness of the importance of lesser horseshoe bats in the upper Usk Valley by working with local people, schools and community groups and providing opportunities for people to learn about the ecology and environmental needs of this bat species and how to identify the lesser horseshoe bat in the field. If there is sufficient interest, the talk will be followed by a field trip in the Spring programme. For more information go to the Vincent Wildlife Trust website at: http://www.vwt.org.uk/bats.php. |
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ILLUSTRATED TALK: THE STORY OF THE MONMOUTHSHIRE & BRECON CANAL |
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Friday 10th February 7.30pm Bear Hotel, Crickhowell CHRIS BARBER MBE FRGS |
An illustrated talk by Chris Barber to celebrate the bi-centenary of the completion of this remarkable waterway which was completed exactly 200 years ago this week. Chris Barber will lead an associated walk on Sunday 12th February taking in a stretch of the canal, two associated tramroads and three canal wharves – see the Guided Walks programme for details. |