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July 2022

RSGS E-Newsletter: Future Generations Fund; Bartholomew Visit: Doors Open Day; Iain Black FRSGS; Peak Beyond Peak.
John Rae: gatecrashing the annual dinner of the Lochaber Agricultural Society

In 1856, a gentleman, apparently a tourist, arrived at the Lochaber Agricultural Society’s dinner just as the party were to sit down to dine, "My name is Rae" he announced at the end of the evening "and you may have heard it associated with the Franklin Expedition."
The Great British Beach Clean

The Marine Conservation Society’s annual Great British Beach Clean is back, running from 16th-25th September 2022. The charity is now calling for volunteers across the UK to join them at the coast for a week of beach cleaning and litter surveying.
Branklyn Garden and the plantsmen who built a Himalayan dream

Branklyn Garden has been described as ‘the finest two acres of private garden in the country’. Writer-in-Residence Jo Woolf wanted to find out more about the history of this beautiful garden, which is celebrating its centenary this year.

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