'We are the pilgrims, Master; we shall always go that little further; beyond that last blue mountain, barr'd with snow, across that angry or that glimmering sea': (James Elroy Flecker: 'Hassan')
The opportunity to travel, and to visit strange and exotic places is a great privilege, even in today's world. When I first visited India & Nepal in 1983 the era of mass world travel, brought on by the three figures '747' was only just dawning and it was natural, I suppose that I should find myself doing slide shows for people at work, and other places. Those first 'shows' must have been terrible...
As I found myself travelling more and more, and as my photographic skills improved so more opportunities came to put presentations together and to describe the experiences of myself and my travelling companions. A theme developed too: that of 'pilgrimage', whatever that means. The original single slide projector gave way to two; the small screen is now a big one; the private jokes are still there - if you can spot them. The talks have now evolved into a series of entitled 'The Pilgrim Way', in which enable the audience to travel to some of the most beautiful and thought provoking places in the world.
The presentations available at the moment are:
(The story of my first trek in the Annapurna Himal, along routes which, in those days saw very few trekkers, but now upgraded with new material from 2000)(1985/2000)
(A classic trek through the high mountains of the Khumbu region - 1992)
(The walk through the Kali Gandaki gorge to the ancient pilgrimage site of Muktinath - 1997)
(Trekking in the Helambu and Langtang area in the Spring & Autumn of 1999)
(Walking around Annapurna - One of the World's Great Walks - Nepal 2001)
(Trekking in the valleys of the Khumbu [Everest] region - Nepal 2003)
(Adventures in Northern India - 1990)
(Calcutta & Darjeeling - 2005)
(Travels in India in 1983 and 1990) (Soon to be revised with material from 2005 and 2006)
(A Journey in the Andes - 1988)
These presentations are much in demand throughout Lincolnshire & the East Midlands and are shown to a variety of Groups. Details of many of the treks featured in these presentations can be found on the Trek reports page. If you are a Group Secretary looking for a new speaker, or just a member who thinks that the evening talks could be enlivened with some 'armchair travel' please contact me at the address shown at the foot of this page.
(Due to travel constraints I have to restrict myself to venues within Lincolnshire & the East Midlands. I am happy to travel further, but it will cost...)
All photographs, maps, plans, and scripts (written or unwritten) are copyright © Tim Hudson. Unauthorised recording or reproduction is prohibited.
(c) TJH 20/02/2007