GYC TALK – “Harbours and Heroes” by Rodney Lord (ex-GYC Member)
March 24 @ 19:00 - 20:00
GYC Social Team are delighted to welcome back our former GYC member Mr Rodney Lord to talk about his incredible book “Harbours and Heroes”
Synopsis of book:
Harbours and Heroes is the story of a love affair with sailing which gradually developed into a vivid exploration of the history of Europe through its coastlines. From early on in his sailing career Rodney Lord found himself learning not only from experience but also from giant figures of the past—men like the diarist Samuel Pepys, or Robert Fitzroy, the inventor of weather forecasting and saviour of countless lives.
In this compelling travel memoir, we start to appreciate not only the journey but the arrival, and begin to relish the encounters with these local heroes, with their triumphs and tragedies.
The pleasure of travelling, says the novelist Marcel Proust, is to make the contrast between departure and arrival as profound as possible so that one can marvel
at the link between two distinct personalities of place. There’s nothing more intense than travelling across the sea in a small boat, entirely dependent on your own skill and experience to ensure you arrive surely and safely, to savour the difference between where you embarked and where you step ashore.
About the Author
Rodney has worked in Fleet Street as Economics Editor and leader writer for The Times. He has also written a book on value for money in education and spent three years in HM Treasury as a special adviser to Nigel Lawson. Later he set up his own publishing company focusing on contemporary economic challenges.
There will be copies of this book for members to purchase a signed copy, so please do bring cash (£11.85 on Amazon)
