John Lane

Adventurer & S. Amer. Traveller - Best Selling Author

Commander John Lane OBE

Adventurer & South American Traveller & Published Best Selling Author & Story Teller

Bio

John Lane served afloat worldwide in the British Royal Navy for 35yrs, including onboard HM Yacht BRITANNIA.  Onshore he saw active service in the Malayan Emergency, was in Saudi Arabia for the Gulf War, and served in Libya with Colonel Gaddafi , and with the Sultan’s Armed Forces in Oman.
Subsequently specialising in humanitarian disaster response he worked in Tanzania with Burundi refugees, in Afghanistan with the HALO Trust, and with the International Red Cross in the Balkans War, in the Rwandan genocide, and in Armenia post-earthquake.  He undertook similar assignments in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somaliland, Belize, Bangladesh and Nagorno Karabagh, also in Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan immediately after the SE Asia Earthquake.
Currently John Lane travels extensively as a full-time Speaker and Author.  His website is

Testimonials

March 2019:
‘All of us at Fourways Women’s  Club wish to convey our grateful thanks for such an extremely entertaining and enjoyable evening hearing about your life in the Royal Navy and experiences on the Royal Yacht Britannia.  We loved your humorous anecdotes and are hoping you may have another talk you could tell us in the near future, and perhaps get to see and hear your plastic trumpet!’

Presentations

Baltic Region / Maritime 

1.  The Vikings – Fascinating Facts and Fantasies

2.  Scandinavia & Scandinavians – 101 Reasons to be Grateful (and not least, for Greta Thunberg)

3.  Estonia Unveiled: The Secrets and Charms of this Hidden Gem

4.  HM Yacht BRITANNIA – Two years onboard in the service of The Queen (including a State Visit to Helsinki, the history of the Yacht and much more)

 

 

 

 

ON CALL – Six illustrated themed Talks

1. Service in HM Yacht BRITANNIA 

(and 35 years in the Royal Navy)

2. Afghanistan – Working for the HALO Trust 

(Mine clearance: Kabul, Panshir Valley & beyond)

3. South East Asia Earthquake 2005 

(Frontline aid, Northwest Frontier Province)

4. Humanitarian Assignments Worldwide 

(Working with VSO in Africa and Asia)

5. Disaster response with the Red Cross abroad 

(Balkans War, Cholera in Goma, Armenia)

6. Libya with Gaddafi & Oman with the Sultan 

(Naval Mission in Tripoli/Loan service in Muscat)

 

 

PERU – Six illustrated themed Talks

1. The Magic & Mysteries of the Peruvian Andes 

(Machu Picchu, Choquequirao, Kuelap & more)

2. Life in the Peruvian Amazon Rain Forest 

(The jungle city of Iquitos and beyond)

3. Greatest Empire of the Americas – The Incas 

(And the earlier cultures of Peru)

4. The Coastal Wonders of Peru 

(Trujillo, Nazca, Paracas, Chiclayo, Mancora etc)

5. Peruvian Health Foods, Cuisine, Ayahuasca 

(San Pedro, wines and pisco sour etc)

6. Peruvian Embroidery, Textiles, Artefacts 

(Ancient Ceramics, goldwork – and Railways!)

Recent Talks

July 2019 – Libra Club, London (“Life in the Amazon”); Fabrications (Peruvian National Month), Hackney (“Magic of the Andes”).
More Upcoming Talks in London 2019 – September (“35 yrs in the Navy”); October (“HM Yacht BRITANNIA”); November (“Peruvian Rain Forest”).

Presentation Media

Video

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