John Henty @2020

JOHN HENTY @2020
And so it proved. The audition was
successful and now, thirteen years
on, I am about to reach my 200th
talk. The subjects are varied and
so too are the audiences and they
extend into West Sussex as well.
Selsey, perhaps, the longest journey
to the west and Tunbridge Wells to
the east.
Much of the time I travel to the
venues by car, relying very heavily
on a modest sat/nav device to seek
out the various village halls and,
believe me, they take some finding!
How I reached Rudgwick (which
is close to Horsham) in June
2013, I will never know. It was
a warm day and I was on a busy
dual carriageway when the voice
of ‘Melanie’, as I called her, ceased
abruptly. Battery dead! I was lost
and only just made my engagement
with seconds to spare. No one knew
where renegade Rudgwick was –
apart from the oft-quoted fact that
it was “Near Horsham”. Phew!!
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