Another desert book by Andrew Goudie. Great
Desert Explorers. If not bought instantly it's definitely one for
your birthday list.
http://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/great-desert-explorers.html
Clayton's craters
The craters in the Libyan Desert near Gebel Uweinat have long been a source
of interest. Dr Kenneth Sandford wrote them up after the 1934 Bagnold
Expedition. András Zboray provides much interesting detail and
photographs at
http://www.fjexpeditions.com/frameset/craters.htm.
Dinner
at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1986 This photograph was
taken when the Desert Dining Club and the Rain Forest Club met for dinner at
Kew on 16 July 1986. 37 members of the Rain Forest Club and 39 members
of the Desert Dining Club attended. The glass house behind is
the Princess of Wales Conservatory, and it had only recently been opened,
but provided climates for both clubs.
Some recollections of members.
Dinner
at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2012. The Desert Dining Club and
the Rain Forest Club joined together for an evening at Kew. The dinner
was preceded by a tour of the Gardens, and photographs were taken in the
Olympic Rings.
Report of visit to Gebels Arkenu and to
Bahari in SE Libya by András Zboray. Splendid photographs of fabulous
rock paintings and carvings, and interesting reports and comments. Go
to:
http://www.fjexpeditions.com/expeditions/past/oct03/oct03.htm
Andrew Goudie has produced Wheels across
the desert - exploration of the Libyan Desert by motorcar 1916 - 1942.
Published by Silphium Books, an imprint of the Society for Libyan
Studies. ISBN 978-1-900971-07-2.
Professor Diane Gifford-Gonzalez assumed general editorship of
the monograph on the death of Professor J Desmond Clark: Adrar Bous -
Archaeology of a Central Saharan Granite Ring Structure Complex in Niger.
Important contributions are made by Professor Martin Williams and
Professor Andrew Smith who worked on the expedition. David
Hall provides a preface. Published by
The Royal Museum
for Central Africa, Tervuren. ISBN 978-9-0747-5243-5.
It illustrates the worthiness of all the work to all members of the
expedition, some of whom are members of the Desert Dining Club.
Book list - other deserts
Does any member have interesting reading lists of particular deserts to
contribute?
Registered name:
www.desertdiningclub.org.uk.
Know more about camels. They can
swim! John Hare was the first to offer material for the web site.
Those
who missed
hearing his account of an exciting camel journey in Kenya, can read about it
here. He also provides a
newsletter
from the Wild Camel Protection Foundation of which he is Founding Chairman.
Picture of racing baby camels which followed a camel polo match in Laikipia,
Kenya to raise funds for the wild camel cause.
List of dates of venues
The History page of the web site now has a link to a full list
of venues for dinners in the Club's first 30
years.
Photo right: John Rogers
on his feisty camel
Other relevant clubs
The Arctic Club:
www.arcticclub.org.uk
The Geographical Club:
http://www.thegeographicalclub.org/
The Rain Forest Club:
http://www.tropicalforests.ox.ac.uk/members/rainforest-club
The
Zerzura Club:
http://www.zerzuraclub.org/
Other sites of possible interest:
Do you have an interesting site to be added?
University of Manchester desert database
http://www.narg.org.uk/africandatabase/
UMEP Global Desert Outlook
http://www.unep.org/geo/gdoutlook/110.asp
Desert Fox Overland
http://www.desertfoxoverland.co.uk/
Expeditions and wild camel conservation developments in the Gobi deserts of
China and Mongolia: www.wildcamels.com
Society for Libyan Studies:
www.britac.ac.uk/institutes/libya
Andras Zorbay's expeditions:
www.fjexpeditions.com
Member's web sites Any member wishing to have a personal web site
included, email info@desertdiningclub.org.uk
John Hare: http://www.johnhare.org.uk/
Robin Hanbury-Tenison:
www.robinsbooks.co.uk
Richard Snailham:
www.aceculturaltours.co.uk/lecturer/2413
Nigel Winser:
www.britishexplorers.org/index.php/members/membersDetail/21
David N Hall:
www.davidnhall.org.uk
Adam Gibson: www.ucl.ac.uk/medphys/staff/people/agibson
András Zboray: www.fjexpeditions.com
Kit Constable Maxwell:
http://www.kitmax.com/kit06_biography.htm
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