Our Speaker in August is Tom Hartwell. Tom is a renowned wildlife and documentary cinematographer who will be telling us how he got into filmmaking and also some of his experiences whilst filming wildlife. His many credits include Springwatch, A year on Planet Earth, Countryfile, the One

Show and Attenborough’s Life in Colour. For a Year on Planet Earth, he spent 8 months on Marion Island filming the King Penguins.

Our Speaker today is from Blood Bikes

SERV OBBN – Service by Emergency Rider Volunteers – Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Northamptonshire

Who provide an out of hours rapid response service to the NHS hospitals in our region, delivering urgent blood, blood products, medical supplies and equipment and human donor milk. They provide this service using a fleet of liveried motorcycles, and the Charity is manned entirely by volunteers.

Our Speaker today is Andy Thomas. “The Crop Circle Mystery” With stunning visuals, the extraordinary phenomenon of crop circles is explored – intricate shapes that appear in fields around the world and still defy total explanation. An inspiring presentation reveals the fascinating history of the mysterious patterns up to the present, the amazing designs and the varied theories put forward over the years to explain them.

Our Speaker today is David Bevan, Physiotherapist and his presentation is entitled “Osteoarthritis: Regaining control through Education and Physical activity”. Osteoarthritis is one of the most common conditions seen in the UK. Its treatment and management cost the UK £100s million per year. There are currently over 5 million people on the NHS waiting list for either a total hip or knee replacement. But despite this, not all roads that sufferers find themselves on will lead to surgery. And indeed, there are many people that find a way to live a physically active and fulfilling life despite their osteoarthritis. David aims to provide an evidence based presentation that highlights a more optimistic outlook on what life with osteoarthritis can and should look like.

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