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Thought for the Day

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on April 03, 2026

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2026

April

8-9: GA Conference 2026 - Sheffield College - Longstanding Members' Meal, and co-presenting with Matt Podbury

10: GeoNight - Music of the Spheres - 7pm on Zoom

13: RGS Council Meeting - Zoom

16-18: Belgium

22: UEA - Chris Packham

May

12: RGS EE Committee

21: IAPS Conference - Beeston Hall - TBC

23: Sugar - 02 Kentish Town

June

8: RGS AGM, Awards and Reception

24: Homerton College, Cambridge

29: RGS Council Meeting

July

9: PTI Geography Symposium, London - RGS

10-13: Center Parcs

17-18: Brancaster

19: Pat Metheny - Barbican - Side Eye III

Fieldtrips

August

Fieldtrips - Devon, Kent etc.

GA PGQM/SGQM Moderation

September

20: Jon Anderson, London Palladium

26: Public Service Broadcasting - Alexandra Palace

Oct

5: RGS Council Meeting

13: Education Committee (online)

19-20: EMO-GI F2F meeting #2 - Kiel, Germany - TBC

Nov

3-6: Iceland - Rayburn Tours FST

Dec

7: RGS Council Meeting

2027

Mar

16: Rush - O2

April

GA Conference - TBC & Rayburn Iceland TBC

11-14: EMO-GI Meeting - Iasi, Romania

August

South Coast Wedding - not mine...

September

20-24: EMO-GI Meeting - Köln, Germany

2028

Date TBC - EMO-GI: Madrid, UNED - LTTA Course

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New blog: At the Home of Geography

Following my work as Vice President: Education of the RGS-IBG

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