Friday 23 August | Quantock Hills | as you wish | Optional pre-event accommodation in Somerset | B&B private arrangements
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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.
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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.
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1300 | Lunch -
own arrangements – Park Street is packed with restaurants.
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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.
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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.
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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 | |  |