Boxmoor Playhouse
MONDAY 1 June, 10:00 REFRESHMENTS,
10.30 PRESENTATION
doors open 09:45
Critically acclaimed author and public speaker, Fran Sandham, took on the challenge of a lifetime, by walking across Africa from Namibia’s Skeleton Coast on the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean near Zanzibar – completely alone: no backup, no support team, no one to carry his gear, no sponsors, no film crew, no journalists, no fuss, no cheering crowds, and no strings attached. Above all, it had to be on a one-way ticket: no safety nets, no get-out clauses and nothing to fall back on…
No fee to be paid
Contact: Groups via this link (select addressee: Groups)
The meeting will be hybrid, if you wish to participate on Zoom, use the link that will be supplied in the Group News closer to the date.
If you experience difficulty with the sound, turning on Captions, at the bottom of the Zoom screen on a PC or by clicking on More … on an iPad, should assist greatly. Please bear in mind that the task of getting both sound and picture to members on Zoom is fraught with difficulties. We continue to struggle on, it may not always be totally successful.
Directions
Boxmoor Playhouse
72 St John’s Rd
Hemel Hempstead
HP1 1NP
Parking round the Moor OR 55 – 57 Park Road, HP1 1JS
The parking outside St John’s church now has a 3 hour limit and no return for 2 hours. This is to discourage commuters going to the station using it for all day parking. The three-hour limit works for our monthly meeting. Warning, there is someone who checks!
Directions
Buses between Hemel and Berkhamsted: 500 and X500 bus.
Buses are approximately every 30 minutes: 500 and X500 Timetable
Local buses running in St John’s Road past Boxmoor Playhouse
2026 Dates (see below for Refreshments Rota)
27 April Hemel: Stephen Goss: The Titanic and her times
1 June Hemel: Fran Sandham – Solo walk through Africa
6 July Hemel: Tricia Thompson – Oh, I do Like to be Beside the Seaside!
3 August Hemel: John Tyler – The Seasons, A year in the English Countryside
7 September Northchurch: Mike Barbakoff – Codebreaking against the Land of the Rising Sun
5 October Hemel: Andrew Baker – New Elizabethan Age
2 November Hemel: Ann Fletcher – The tale of the man that broke the bank at Monte Carlo
7 December Hemel: Ukulele & Folk Singing – Christmas Party
Refreshments Rota
27 April Wine Appreciation
1 June Tea Dance
6 July Italian Language and Culture
3 August Garden Visiting
7 September Exploring Towns and Villages
This may change close to given date if a group notifies me that they are unable to find enough people
2027 Dates
4 January Hemel: Bobbie Derbyshire – Where a writer gets inspiration
1 February Hemel: Paul Barwick – The Salisbury Novichok Poisonings
1 March Northchurch: Roger Gibbons – Butterflies of Britain and Europe
See Northchurch Map
See Hemel Map
Last updated: 30 Apr ’26
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