I attended my first Geographers Club meal in early December. It coincided with the last Monday night lecture of the year, and came a week after we met as a Council.
The Club is the modern-day equivalent of the Raleigh Club. It was members of the Raleigh Club who decided that there was a need for a Geographical society which would be based in London and aim to promote the subject.
In 1854 the Raleigh Club was dissolved and the Geographical Club created. The Club has kept close links with RGS-IBG. It has a wide ranging membership of Fellows of RGS-IBG with geographical interests whose backgrounds span academia, exploration, travel, authorship, commerce and the wider world.
The Club supports the Society through funding conservation work in the RGS-IBG archives and the Geographical Club Award.
The meal followed the lecture by Tim Marshall, and like the lecture was particularly well attended. Because of the numbers involved, the venue was the Education Room rather than the Main Hall. It was good to talk to people who had been involved in
The menu featured a classic Christmas menu: hot smoked salmon and rocket, Christmas dinner, followed by Christmas pudding and mince pies. The red wine was plentiful, followed by the arrival of a decanter of port for the toasts.
I look forward to attending other meals during my tenure as Vice President.
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