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Forthcoming Robert Broad Travel Events...
Orchestra of the Music
Makers, Lichfield Festival
Sunday 8th July 2012, Lichfield Cathedral
More details coming soon
The World's
Greatest Rail Journeys
Thursday
27th September 2012, 1830hrs, Darnford Moors Golf Club
Booking now -
click here to request your tickets
Previous events...
Frozen Planet:
Report from
Antarctica
Monday 14th May 2012, 1830hrs, Barton
Marina
We welcome Justin Wateridge to Barton Marina to tell us all about his recent visit to Antarctica. With a collection of wonderful photographs we will hear from Justin about the different species in the area as well as what to expect when visiting the region.
We welcome Justin Wateridge to Barton Marina to tell us all about his recent visit to Antarctica. With a collection of wonderful photographs we will hear from Justin about the different species in the area as well as what to expect when visiting the region.
About Justin Wateridge
Brought up in Zambia, educated at Oxford and having survived London, Justin
began exploring his passion for travel. His travels have taken him to over
eighty countries in the world, whether as a guide (Explore Worldwide),
expedition leader (World Challenge Expeditions), pioneering expedition (Mekong
River Expedition) or for personal pleasure.
His travel highlights have been many but from a wildlife perspective would
include spotting a snow leopard in Ladakh, tracking gorillas with the Ba’aka
pygmies in Central Africa and seeing a Sei whale in the Galapagos. In terms of
landscape it would be the tepuis of Venezuela, the remote island of Socotra off
Yemen and the pristine beauty of the North-West Frontier Province in Pakistan.
In terms of cities, Cartagena, Kashgar and Beirut. In terms of experiences,
spending time with the nomadic Wodaabe in the Sahara and cycling up the Mekong
River.
Justin firmly believes that travel breaks down barriers and prejudice. “Travel
gives us so much – experience, empathy, perspective, understanding and such
vivid memories. Our world is wonderfully diverse and we should not shrink from
it but experience it, relish it and use those experiences to redefine our own
lives.”
He has spoken at a number of venues including the Royal Geographical Society and
written numerous articles on travel. He lives in the Cotswolds with his wife,
two daughters and son. He spends his time with his family, reading and planning
mad-cap schemes to raise money for charity (such as kayaking from Devizes to
London and running a marathon in a rhino suit).
We look forward to welcoming Justin to Lichfield for what we are sure will be an
enjoyable evening.
Click here to request your tickets online or
call us on 01543 258631.
Italian Evening with the
Lichfield Festival Association
Wednesday 29th Feb 2012, An
Italian Evening with the Lichfield Festival
Association,
Guildhall, Lichfield
The second event in the new year is being arranged by the
Lichfield Festival Association and features a programme dedicated to Italy. We
will welcome Andrew Ball to the Guildhall along with Barry Cheeseman from our
Music & Cultural Tours supplier. Andrew was head of Keyboard Studies at the
Royal College of Music for seven years until 2006 when he stepped down from this
position to resume teaching at the College. His programme is devoted to Italy
and will include works by Rossini, Scarlatti, Busoni and Mendelssohn and
interspersed with readings from works by DH Lawrence and Goethe after their
visits to the country. Barry who works to bring some of Europe's top music
festivals to clients of Robert Broad Travel will tell us a tale or two about the
world of festival arranging. This event is being organised by the LFA and so
please do contact us to express interest and we
will send out instructions on how to attend.
- Tickets are £10 per person, to book please call us on 01543 258631 or email
vip@robertbroadtravel.co.uk
Burma Travel Lecture: The Changes -
26th January 2012, see below for more details
Read our clients review of the Burma event here
View photographs from the event here
The 2nd Robert Broad 'Travel Lecture'
Burma: The Changes
Thursday 26th January 2012,
The Studio, Garrick Theatre, Lichfield
We are very pleased to confirm that Lyn Hughes, Founder and Editor of Wanderlust magazine will be joining our 2nd event in our lecture series in January. Lyn will be accompanied by Amrit Singh, Managing Director of Trans Indus. Amrit visited family in Burma earlier this year along with Lyn and the result was a wonderful feature in the current issue of Wanderlust magazine.
This was the first time that Amrit had visited the country in 5 years. With many developments taking place, we look forward to hearing from Amrit the changes she noticed, and from Lyn as a seasoned traveler for was a first time visitor to Burma.
We have limited tickets available which are complimentary for RBT clients, their friends & family (£5 for non clients). You can book your tickets online by clicking here.
We do hope you can join us for what will be a very unique and interesting evening. If you are interested in visiting Burma for yourself see below for examples of the tours we have on offer and please do call Dave on 01543 258631 or email dave@robertbroadtravel.co.uk
About Lyn Hughes...
In 1992 Lyn and her late husband, Paul Morrison, were bored on a flight to South America and so schemed out their ideal travel magazine on the back of a sickbag. The idea stuck and, returning to the UK a few months later, they launched Wanderlust magazine from their spare bedroom.
The magazine
gradually grew through word of mouth, and went
on to be one of the UK’s leading travel
magazines, with numerous awards under its belt.
After a long fight with cancer, Paul Morrison died in December 2004 and Lyn took on the roles of managing director and publisher, as well as editor-in-chief. In 2007 and 2008, Lyn was Highly Commended as Publisher of the Year. The Times lauded Lyn as one of the "50 Most Influential People in Travel."
A fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Lyn is still a writer and photographer in her own right. She is regularly consulted by tourist boards and governments on travel-related issues, especially regarding ethical tourism. She sits on several committees, including LATA (the Latin American Travel Association), VJC (the Visit Japan Committee) and IPAC (the Independent Publishers' Advisory Council).
During the course of Lyn’s own travels she has been attacked in the night by soldier ants in Africa, spent the night in a sailor’s bar in the Azores, and been chased over a barbed-wire-topped 6ft-bank by an angry Irish bull. Her idea of hell would be a week on a beach.
October 2011... part of the AITO 'Holiday Festival Fortnight' promotion...
Japan
Evening -
What a great evening! -
View photo's online here!
Thursday 13th October 2012 - The first ever
Robert Broad 'Travel Lecture' - Japan: An Official Update
The Studio, Garrick Theatre, Lichfield
Tickets £5, FREE for RBT clients
- Guest Speaker Ruth Hubbard visited Lichfield for the first time with a unique
account of how they dealt with the disaster earlier this year. With their
own team of tour guides on the ground in Japan reporting back in real time
events in the country, this fascinating account of what really happened was a real eye opener, compared with the sensational
reports we read in the press back in the UK.
About our
Guest Speaker, Ruth Hubbard
Having lived in Japan's ancient Imperial capital of Kyoto for two years,
Ruth Hubbard knows a thing or two about Japanese culture. Ruth has travelled
extensively throughout Japan and for the last three years has keenly opened the
doors of discovery for others through sharing her passion for the country,
people and her adopted home town. Ruth heads up the Sustainable Tourism
initiative for the Japan experts and as a member of Aito's (Association of
Independent Tour Operators) Sustainable Tourism Committee is determined that
InsideJapan's work does not have any negative impact on the Japanese culture and
environment that she respects so much. As well as speaking Japanese, the born
and bred Somerset girl also speaks German and Italian.
Robert Broad Travel's Food & Travel Fair
including a toast for Alan Broad's 40th year in travel
Saturday 8th October 2012,
Boley Park Community Centre
Thanks to all those who attended and made it such a
wonderful event.
- Photographs online now -
click here
Launch of the Robert Broad Travel Connoisseur Cruise Club,
September 2011
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Click here for photographs from this wonderful event where we welcome
Captain William Wells to Barton Marina for a celebration of cruise holidays.
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Click here to view a video compilation of the photographs on our
You Tube Channel
30th
Lichfield Festival, July 2011...
Every July the Lichfield Festival attracts artists from all over the world and audiences from all over the UK to enjoy concerts and cultural events. This year the festival celebrated its 30th Anniversary and we are very proud to have been a sponsor. Our clients joined us on 15th July at St Michael’s church for a concert by the New Zealand String Quartet. Performing Smetana's String Quartet No 1: From My Life, Jack Body's Three Transcriptions and Beethoven's String Quartet the audience really enjoyed this special treat.
Thanks to those who joined us for an enjoyable Friday afternoon. Pictured right are our Managing Director Alan Broad and youngest son and Director Oliver Broad with the Quartet.