JANUARY TALK
Botsoc Talk 16 January – Richard Starke on his Scientific American cruise round Iceland and Norway. Peter Berrisford The ‘Pharoah of Plateau Road, Betty’s Bay’, Richard Starke, treated us to a stunning tour of Norway and the islands around the north Atlantic Ocean. Unsurprisingly, his opening slide was of a Viking-style rowing boat, this being a lifelong passion of his. He jumped right into the boat and with smooth, powerful strokes took us to amazing places, places most Kogelbergers only dream about. He wondered why anyone actually wants to live on the Shetland Islands -…read more