With the USA 2012 trip behind us, Angie & I start looking forward to the next six months.
I’ll be working on putting together a 45 minute presentation with the highlights of USA 2012 which together with a 45 minute presentation of Bolivia 2011 will form What I Saw Last Winter 2011-2012.
Angie has been invited to give 8 presentations as well this year including our first combined presentation, where we do a 45 minute programme each.
Our dates for 2012 are:
| 18 | February | Angie: California & Arizon 2011 | BCSS Portsmouth Branch |
| 21 | Angie: California & Arizon 2011 | BCSS Bristol | |
| 5 | March | Angie: California & Arizon 2011 | BCSS Crawley |
| 1 | April | What I Saw in Mexico – Baja | Cactus and Succulent Society of Malta |
| What I Saw in California | |||
| What I Saw in Brazil – Rio Grande do Sul | |||
| Where I Saw – Eriosyce – Thelocephala group | |||
| Where I Saw – Eulychnia | |||
| What I Saw in Chile – South of Santiago | |||
| 3 | What I Saw Last Winter 2010-2011 | BCSS Lowestoft | |
| 4 | What I Saw Last Winter 2011-2011 | BCSS Norwich | |
| 10 | May | Angie: Frailea hunting in Rio Grande do Sul | BCSS Kingston-upon-Thames |
| 12 | Angie – Arizona & California 2011 | BCSS Gloucester | |
| 26 | What I Saw Last Winter 2011-2012 | BCSS Woking | |
| 5 | June | What I Saw Last Winter 2011-2012 | BCSS Southampton |
| 6 | What I Saw Last Winter 2011-2012 | BCSS North Devon | |
| 7 | What I Saw Last Winter 2011-2012 | BCSS Exeter | |
| 8 | What I Saw Last Winter 2011-2012 | BCSS Cornwall | |
| 9 | What I Saw Last Winter 2011-2012 | BCSS Plymouth | |
| 11 | What I Saw Last Winter 2011-2012 | BCSS Eltham | |
| 14 | What I Saw Last Winter 2011-2012 | BCSS Kingston-upon-Thames | |
| 16 | A trio of South American cacti | BCSS Havering Branch | |
| Angie: Arizona and California 2011 | |||
| 11 | July | What I Saw Last Winter 2011-2012 | BCSS Cardiff |
| 13 | What I Saw Last Winter 2011-2012 | BCSS Waltham Forest | |
| 14 | What I Saw Last Winter 2011-2012 | BCSS Isle of Wight | |
| 18 | Angie: Frailea Hunting in Rio Grandedo Sul | BCSS Somerset (Taunton) | |
| 20 | What I Saw Last Winter 2011-2012 | BCSS Coventry | |
| 21 | What I Saw Last Winter 2011-2012 | BCSS Reading | |
| 2 | August | What I Saw Last Winter 2011-2012 | BCSS Hastings |
| 13 | What I Saw Last Winter 2011-2012 | BCSS Macclesfield | |
| 14 | What I Saw Last Winter 2011-2012 | BCSS Stoke-on-Trent | |
| 15 | What I Saw Last Winter 2011-2012 | BCSS Taunton | |
| 23 | What I Saw Last Winter 2011-2012 | BCSS Brighton | |
| 18 | September | What I Saw Last Winter 2011-2012 | BCSS Bristol |
On 19 September, David Neville, Cliff Thompson, Eunice Thompson and I are off for our next plant trip, a two month journey through South Africa and Namibia that is planned to feature in What I Saw Last Winter 2012 – 2013.
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Comments on: "Summer 2012" (1)
Quite a busy scedule! Two months South Africa sounds great!