The Friends of Charles Darwin

now has 791 members from 41 countries. Some come on, eight more of you who want those coveted letters FCD after your name join up and we'll break the 800 ceiling. For those of us running projects around the 200th anniversary on 12th February 2009 (200 AD, and we FCDs call it) Richard Carter FOFCD (Founder of Friends of Charles Darwin) helpfully includes a countdown of the days remaining. Richard was a leading light in having Charles Darwin's portrait grace the £10 note and if that doesn't qualify him for a place on the first voyage I don't know what does.