If there are any Japanese people reading this, I’d love to know what Pecha Kucha means. What I do know is that there will be fifteen speakers from the world of expeditions, adventure and travel speaking on subjects ranging from rowing oceans, climbing Everest, walking and cycling across continents, crossing ice caps, trekking to the North Pole (and South Pole) all the way to flying cars, climbing Kilimanjaro in a wheelchair and spending six months living in a tree house. If you’re thinking that sounds like a long evening, the best bit is that each speaker has twenty photos to show and each photo changes automatically after only twenty seconds, so there’s no chance of them droning on for hours. It all makes for a high paced, varied, original evening. Great fun for the audience but challenging for the speakers… especially as I’m one of them!
It’s all happening at 7pm on the 2nd February at the the Roxy Bar, in an informal setting so you can sit on sofas with a beer or eat a light meal while watching the event. Friendly heckling will be encouraged! This evening of adventure is being held to raise funds and awareness for Hope and Homes for Children. Entry can be reserved by clicking here, and making a minimum donation of £15. All the proceeds from the event will go to support the work of this charity. So please come along, bring a few friends, have dinner, and make an evening of it. Meanwhile any suggestions for how I can fill six minutes and forty seconds would be gratefully received!