Lunch Meeting Friday 6 March 2020
Our Speaker
This month's speaker,Jan Parsons, will give a talk entitled "Palestine Beyond the Wall" Jan traveled through Palestine in 2017 with the Palestine Exploration Fund, meeting some of the hospitable Palestinian people across the West Bank including Bedouins and the Samaritan community with their ancient customs. We will visit the holy sites in Hebron, a volatile city where tensions run high, Qumran, home to the Dead Sea Scrolls and Temple Mount in Jerusalem - a significant site to the three major world religions. Jan’s talk will also address the impact of the Separation Wall in the context of the more recent history of Palestine.
Jan Parsons was Chairman of Guildford Travel Club from 2013 – 2019. A keen photographer, her particular interest is visiting ancient and remote sites away from the tourist trail where travel, history, culture and archaeology meet
The Menu
Tomato and basil soup with herb croutons
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Roast beef & Yorkshire pudding
Roasted potatoes and seasonal vegetables
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Caramel cheesecake
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Coffee
Duties
Stewards
Grace
Host
Mike Evans, Graham Rees-Thomas
Alan Warburton
Graham Sprake