On a sunny in May, nine club members got together to car-pool and head south to Victoria, making a pit stop at the Old Town Bakery in Ladysmith, to each consume one of their famous cinnamon buns. Thanks again to Sharon Seibt, for recommending the Ainslie Restaurant in Downtown Duncan for lunch, where we experienced…
What a history lesson of Saudi Arabia. Oil was discovered before WW1 but by the 1940/50s there was little oil money. By the 60’s oil money started to pour in and challenges of how to distribute it fairly began. This meant huge profits for the Royal family. They had the divine right to monarchy but…
Well Roger Griffiths gave us what we asked for – a light-hearted visual encompassing both video and still images of 5 men in their 70’s who each year fly into remote locations for a 5 day hiking/camping trip. These are no ordinary hikes and the preparation, planning and logistics are impressive. The physicality of the…
Well our March guest speaker, David Prud’homme, did not disappoint. In response to the question, what lies up in the stars? The answer is a whole lot of nothing, with large amounts of space between planets – stars and galaxies. David did so many comparisons to the size of the earth to the sun, moon,…