NEWS

Speaker Change for October 13th Meeting
Due to Brockenhurst College being unable to provide a speaker on this date Peter Hebard has arranged an alternative speaker Nicholas French who will be talking about " How Shackleton beat Scott to the South Pole.

Annual Christmas Lunch with Partners led by Bruce McFarlane on Tuesday 8th December

This year our December Probus Meeting will be the Christmas lunch with Partners. It will be held at the Forest Park Country Hotel on Tuesday 8th December 2026 beginning 12 noon. Entertainment will be Retro Rita and details can now be found on the Social Events Page and the event can be booked on the Events Booking Page in the members area.

Annual Quiz led by Ken Garrod on 23rd October 2026

Ken is running a Quiz using the same format as previous years £15 to include Fish and Chip Supper played under Ken's Bingo Rules. Details are on the Social events page and booking is available in the Members Area on the Events booking page.

Theatre Trip to Mayflower led by Rob Morgan at 2.30pm on 1st October 2026

Rob reserved seats for this Jeeves Takes Charge performance. You had until 25th August 2026 when the reservation expired. Thirteen people are booked to go and this event has now beeenremoved from the booking page in the members area.

The ArcheologyField Trip led by Dave Bramley on 27th August 2026
!6 members and partners met in Ivy Wood near the Pig to look at the Roman site buried deep in the Forest. The visit with photographs can be found on the Past Events page

The Talk at the Meeting 8th September 2026 given by Mark Gammon
Mark;s talk entitled The Verderers -Past and Present was a really good summary of how the management of the Forest has been carried out for 950+ years. A write up of the talk can be found on the Past Talks page.

The Amazon Warehouse Visit led by Bruce McFarlane 22nd September 2026
The amazon visit postponed in April took place in Swindon on the date above. The visit was shock and awe. The scale of the operation is on another level. 17 of us attended and the writeup of the visit with pictures can be found on the past events page.