RSGS Aberdeen Local Group

Happy Easter to everyone! We hope you are enjoying the Easter Break and some Easter Eggs!

Many thanks from the Aberdeen Local Group for attending our Inspiring People and Travellers' Talks this past year. Very much appreciated!

Have a good Summer and see you in the Autumn!

How time flies! Last Travellers' talk of the season! David Haro.... Meston G05A .... Meston Building ... 16th March 2026. 19.30 - 21.00. All Welcome!

Final Travellers' Talk - 16th March 2026 - University of Aberdeen - Meston Building - Meston G05A - 19.30-21.00 - Dr. David Haro - Fallas: How Valencia Builds a Temporary City—and Then Erases It in One Night.

Thanks to: https://www.visitvalencia.com/en/news-room/valencia-celebrates-las-fallas-2025 for the photograph.

INSPIRING PEOPLE - March 2nd 2026 - Inspiring People Talk - 19.30-21.00 - University of Aberdeen - Meston Building - Meston MT01 Lecture Theatre. All Welcome!

Travellers' - 16th February 2026 - University of Aberdeen, Meston G05A, 19.30-21.00. Back by popular demand - Innes Ewen - A Road Trip to North Cape and/or A Trip to Svalbard!

Your Choice!

All Welcome!

Images: courtesy of https://www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/20200514-welcome-to-svalbard-a-place-anyone-can-call-home

And

https://www.hurtigruten.com/en-gb/inspiration/coastal-highlights/north-cape

Dear All:

I do hope you got adequate notification of the change in speaker for the Inspiring People Talk last night. It was only drawn to my attention quite late on when I was checking emails etc.

Best Wishes
David R. Green

Inspiring People Talks tonight 19.30 to 21.00. All welcome. Meston MT01 Lecture Theatre. Meston Building.

Note change to original poster and speaker! Speaker is Mark Wedgwood tonight as Laura Young is no longer available.

In 2023, after a month of serious trekking through the mountains and wilderness of the awe-inspiring Cascade Range in America's Pacific Northwest, Mark Wedgwood decided to cycle back home to the UK. Finding himself near the town of Boring, Oregon, he felt compelled to ride to the village of Dull, in Scotland. What unfolded was a unique trans-continental adventure of almost 4,000 miles, brought about by coincidence and an eye for opportunity.

Travellers' - Monday 26th January 2026 - University of Aberdeen - Meston Building - Meston G05A - 19.30-21.00 - All Welcome!

A Road Trip to North Cape - Innes Ewen.

Photograph: Thanks to Hurtigruten (https://www.hurtigruten.com/en-gb/inspiration/coastal-highlights/north-cape)

Dates for Travellers' 2026

Travellers' Talks in 2026

RSGS Travellers' Talks
Meston Building
Room G05A
Time 18.00-21.30

Dates

January 26th 2026
February 16th 2026
March 16th 2026

Inspiring People Talk 3 - University of Aberdeen - Meston - MT01 - 19.30-21.00. All Welcome!

Inspiring People Talk 2 - University of Aberdeen - Meston - MT01 - 19.30-21.00. All Welcome!

Happy New Year! I hope you are all keeping well, had a great festive period, and not suffering too much from the inclement weather! I escaped south on the 3rd January - just in time! Anyway, we have our first Inspiring People Talk on 12th January 2026, in Meston MT01 - 19.30-21.00. And two more to follow - all hopefully dates for your diary! The Travellers' Talks for this year will also be announced in the coming weeks. Being a cat person this first talk looks fascinating!

Inspiring People Talk 1 - University of Aberdeen - Meston - MT01 - 19.30-21.00. All Welcome!kj