2013 Trail

WHAT	PLACE	TIMINGS	EVENTS /SPEAKERS	PRICES & INFORMATION
Friday 23 August	Quantock Hills	as you wish	Optional pre-event accommodation in Somerset	B&B private arrangements
DAY 1 - SATURDAY 24 AUGUST-BRISTOL SPEAKER EVENT
Coach link from Somerset to Bristol	Halsway Manor to Bristol Wills Memorial Building	0800		Included in the AT weeknd package
Coach pick up from railway station	Bristol Templemeads	0915	To Wills Memorial Building
Speaker Event 1	Bristol - Wills Memorial Building	1000	Doors Open	£20-£40 per seat (free seats for those on AT weekend package)
		1045	Chris Jenord - Director of the Ancestor's Trail - Welcome
		1100	Dr Peter Raby - 'Wallace the Nomad'. Emeritus Fellow at Homerton College Cambridge and noted author of 'Alfred Russel Wallace: a life', Dr Raby will begin our exploration of the great man’s life.
		1200	Dr Jon Copley - ‘No longer in the dark: exploring islands of life on the ocean floor’ - this senior lecturer in marine ecology at Southampton University will share his latest research on hydro-thermal vents.
		1300	Lunch - own arrangements – Park Street is packed with restaurants.
		1415	Theatr na nÓg - 'You should ask Wallace’ Fresh from the Edinburgh festival, this theatre group will perform part of their one man accolade to Wallace
		1430	Professor Mark Thomas - ‘The evolutionary History of Homo sapiens’ - a professor of evolutionary Genetics at UCL and popular speaker he will elucidate on the current research on our biological roots.
		1530	Andrew Copson - An introduction to The British Humanist Association. The CEO of the BHA will highlight the humanist perspective on the day’s proceedings.
		1545	Jonny Berliner - science songs - this wonderful singer song-writer will return by popular demand to share his witty and clever musical deliberations on science.
		1555	Tea / coffee break
		1620	Professor Richard Dawkins - for the second year running the evolutionary biologist and Emeritus Professor of New College Oxford joins us in support the Ancestor's Trail - based upon his book ‘The Ancestor’s Tale’. This year his lecture highlights Wallace’s contribution to the theory of evolution and is titled "Give the under surface to Mr Wallace, but yield the upper surface to Mr Darwin".
		1720	Questions
		1800	Bristol event ends
Return to Somerset	in transit	1815		included in the AT weekend package
Settle in / Supper	Halsway Manor	2000
		2100	music dancing
		2300	Close of day 1
DAY 2 - SUNDAY 24 AUGUST-ANCESTOR'S TRAIL HIKE DAY
	Halsway Manor	0700	Breakfast
	Halsway to Quantock drop off points	0945	Coach transport to Trail heads
THE TRAIL	The Quantock Hills	1100	Walking the Ancestor's Trail -For folks not wishing to walk as far, simply opt for one of our shorter trails. Around 6pm : we will all arrive together at Kilve beach (representing the origin of life)	Free and open to all
		1400	Picnic lunch
		1430	Continuing the Trail	Free and open to all
		1800	End of Trail at Kilve beach
	Kilve Beach to Halsway Manor	1900	Coach transport back to Halsway Manor	included in the AT weekend package
Evening	Halsway Manor	1930	Supper
		2030	Cabaret
		2300	close of Day 2
DAY 3 - MONDAY 25 AUGUST-SPEAKER MORNING
Breakfast	Halsway Manor	0800		included in the AT weekend package
Speaker Event 2		1000	Victoria Gugenheim - 'On Art and Science'
		1050	Eleanor Chubb -'Reptile Conservation'
		1130	George Beccaloni- 'The Legacy of Wallace'
		1230	Close by Chris Jenord
Lunch		1300		Not included in the AT package
Coach transport to local transport links	Depart Halsway	1400		Included in the AT weekend package
	Arrive Taunton Rail Station	1500