Kent/South London Tortoise Meeting - 6/09/09

[justmeandmytortoise]

Here are the details of the September 2009 tortoise meeting held by 'Just Me and my Tortoise'.

This is a very special meeting and celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin; the 150th anniversary of the publication of Origin of The Species and the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Charles Darwin Foundation in Galapagos and the Galapagos National Park

This meeting is in three parts and you are invited to one or all. We have a group tour of Darwin's home - Down House, a Galapagos tortoise talk and then a Galapagos children's tortoise club.

Just Me and my Tortoise
[COLOR=MediumTurquoise]Tortoise Group for Kent & South East London

Sunday 6th September @ 2pm

Venue: Keston, Kent (near Bromley)

£2 per adult and £1 per child
The speaker has also asked for donations to the
Galapagos Conservation Trust on the day

Morning - Visit to Down House (Darwin’s Home) Please book in advance, cost not known as yet.

2.30 – 3.30 p.m. Henry Nicholls
Author of the Lonesome George book, and representing
The Galapagos Conservation Trust

“Darwin and the tortoises”

Plenty for everyone - Darwin, The Galapagos Islands, the giant tortoises that live there, about The Galapagos Conservation Trust and the conservation work they are doing.

4 – 5p.m Henry Nicholls holding a Children’s Tortoise Club for 6-11yr olds

Parent(s) must stay with their children

Followed by Tea / coffee, question time and informal get-together

Please contact Wendy to book a place and for further details.

Just Me and my Tortoise hope you enjoy the meeting

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[linda]

sounds like a great day

[Geomyda]

Great idea! Hopefully, the group will get a chance to do Darwin's famous circular walk around the woodland surrounding the house. It is said, that this is where he developed so many of his thoughts, before he committed them to paper?
You never know, it might spark a few more interesting thoughts, and who knows a couple of books!!

[ariella_ballerina]

I can't wait for this meet Am really looking forward to it! Certainly will be a very interesting day. My hubby even wants to go So will be my whole clan attending LOL

[justmeandmytortoise]

Taking final bookings on this event so PM or phone me if you are coming along

[justmeandmytortoise]

What a great meeting and a good speaker. Got my book signed and hope everyone else enjoyed it.

[Geomyda]

Wendy, yes indeed, a very good meeting which I am sure was very much appreciated by all those who came.
Sorry that I had to dash off prior to the end of the Kid's club.
Well done, and very many thanks for all your hard work. Sandy too did stirling work showing her Tortoises and delightful hatchlings.

[justmeandmytortoise]

Originally Posted by Geomyda

Wendy, yes indeed, a very good meeting which I am sure was very much appreciated by all those who came.
Sorry that I had to dash off prior to the end of the Kid's club.
Well done, and very many thanks for all your hard work. Sandy too did stirling work showing her Tortoises and delightful hatchlings.

Thanks for your compliments. So far the feedback has once again been good and some of the parents of the children who came along are joining the Galapagos Conservation Trust and a few even want their children to come again as they learnt so much. I really enjoyed it.

We made £50 for the Galapagos Conservation Trust - well done everyone.

Good cake if I must say so!

[Kirkie]

Another great speaker!

A great book stall (I'm skint).

And the cake was top notch

Good to see people joining the GCT on the back of the meeting, you can still sponser an egg too

[justmeandmytortoise]

Originally Posted by Kirkie

Another great speaker!

Good to see people joining the GCT on the back of the meeting, you can still sponser an egg too

Talking of sponsoring an egg - my daughter presented her teacher with the Galapagos Conservation Trust Tortoise Club for Schools membership (I bought it for the class - we didnt win the raffle!). My daughter and her friends who were at the meeting think they are getting the giant tortoise egg in class and will have a Lonesome George look-a-like by Christmas One of their friends who did not go to the meeting did not want to adopt the egg as she felt the class would have to pay for any vet bills if it got sick and she wasn't doing that! They were so upset when I explained what 'adopting an egg' was about as they wanted a giant tortoise at school in their class (They are only 8yrs old!)