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		Travelbeard loses a champion. Travel Beard has lost recently lost of member of the international Travel Beard family as Joan passed away in December. Joan appeared donning the orange beard in May's Beard of the Month Contest from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, posing with her close friend and travel buddy, Dorothy and five time Travel Beard winner Kyle, proving that it's never too late to tackle new experiences, make new friends and travel exotically. When asked to participate in Travel Beard, Joan and Dorothy both did so willingly and enthusiastically, braving the ignuanas and documenting their travel adventure, resulting in a victory in that month's contest that was simply the icing on the cake. More importantly, they had fun doing it, and both exhibited a spirit and openness that we can all only aspire to match in our travels. Whereas Travel Beard is a fun way to come together as a travel community with some healthy competition, Joan's spirit reminds us about the pure magic of travel, the importance of experiences, the eternity that memories last and the majestic and prolific effect that can be had when an open mind experiences new places and people. Our condolences rest with Joan's family and friends, and her memory will be honoured by continuing the quest of travel, the adventure of experiences and the blessing of opportunity. Dr. Kyle Kelbert
		Knitware beards are the new black! As some of the regular bearders may have noticed, I often wear a luxury knitted beard made from angora wool. Well I have stumbled accross this website which takes the knitware false beard to a whole new level. www.wifeofbrian.com is well worth a look and she also has links to her shop so you too can own your own knitted beard.
		RECORD BREAKER Nick below is the current World Record holder for the fastest half marathon dressed as a vegetable. Nick completed the task in 1 hour and 37 minutes to take the crown. Other potential vegetable to beat him in the future could be: Runner Bean, Rocket or Corgette Stingray.
		CHARITY BEARD Stuart MacDonald cycling from London to Edinburgh to raise money for Cancer Research. To see his bearded journey click HERE.
		CELEB BEARD Jonathan Ross refused to actually wear he Travelbeard but kindly posed with said Travelbeard. Really I think he was concerned for the safety of the beard as he could see the envy in Peter Jones' eyes at being asked to be pictured first. He clearly didn't want this to become a tug-o-beard and risk damaging the Angora wool luxuy beard.
		Touching the Beard Top Mountaineer Simon Yates (yes the one who cut the rope) follows in the footsteps of Kenton Cool and Ian Parnell and conquers the Travelbeard on the South Face. Simon below poses to promote his latest books, both of which are available at www.mountaindream.co.uk
		In Peak Conditon World famous mountaineers Ian Parnell & Kenton Cool took on a new challenge, that of the Travelbeard. Using their years of training and experience they posed like true bearding professionals. Hopefully they will now continue in the way of the Travelbeard and send in some contenders for future Beard of the Month competitions. A big thank you to both of them for being such good sports. For more shots click here.
		Chris Packham in Eco-Travelbeard Chris Packham leads the way with the new range of go anywhere Eco-Travelbeards. Chris is modelling the 'ASH' Eco-Travelbeard, a lightweight Summer Travelbeard ideal for country events and festivals. Here Chris domonstrates its versitility by weaing it with casual dress at the Birdfair in Rutland.
		Robin Hood Film Set - Ideal for Eco-Bearding Another model in the Eco-Travelbeard range is the 'Bracken' again this is a Summer model, but more rough and ready than the 'Ash' ideal for woodland walking and wildlife watching.
		Travelbearders and Cetaceans do mix! Planetwhale.com proves it! It was believed that these two animal groups could never coexist side by side, but thanks to groundbreaking research performed by Ian and Dylan of www.planetwhale.com it is in fact the opposite. Over many years Ian and Dylan have been slowly introducing false facial hair to the Whales and Dolphins in the Bay of Biscay. They started out sporting small pencil moustache and slowly progressed through Handlebar, Goatee and the chinstrap beard, to the point that they can now wear a full-on bushy travelbead in the presence of species such s the Finn Whale, Cuvier's Beaked Whale and Common Dolphin. Ian and Dylan run a series of tours Whale and Dolphin watching in the Bay of Biscay, details of wich can be found at www.planetwhale.com. In addition they will also be intorducing Travelbeards to Wolves in northern Spain on a new
		Travelbeard Chairman comes 3rd in London Marathon 2008
		Fantastic Beardathon Special Honorary July Beard of the Month This shot was taken on the return of the Beachcomber 18th Birthday party trip to Mauritius. Sarah's friends are a mixture of colleagues, suppliers and agents from around the country. Those without beards, and looking concerned, are innocent members of the travelling public caught up in a mass Beardathon. Money was raised by a number of voluntary donations from all those who took part in the various beardy activities over the course of the week. The beards (60 of them) were purchased by Beachcomber Tours sales team and now lie in the vaults of Beachcomber House awaiting their next mission. The money has been given to FED (Foundation of Hope and Development) an organisation set up by Beachcomber Hotels in 1999 to assist with community development projects throughout Mauritius. www.fonesdev.org We all look forward to seeing more from the guys at Beachcomber, with 60 new Travelbeards we are expecting great things.
		Wanderlust Pub Quiz 2007 The 'Travelbearders' entered the quiz from The Adventure Company, last years winners they were hot favourites. But Alistair was out voted in a Hand on the Beach Question, he knew it was Uruguay, but they thought Chile. Little white was lost for a while, but has made it back safely, all beards now washed and ready for new assignments. Click here for more.

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