SIR Peter Badge, co-founder and president of the Coracle Society will be the guest speaker at the Okehampton U3A meeting on Thursday June 30.

Sir Peter, whose talk will be illustrated with slides, will discuss the history of the coracle, a small rounded boat traditionally used in Wales, and his travels around the world searching them out, which are documented in his book 'Coracles of the World'.

The meeting starts at 2.30pm in the Ockment Centre, and will finish after refreshments at around 4pm. Non-members are welcome to join the event as a guest of the U3A.