How good it is to see the days beginning to get longer, after a cold midwinter. Fortunately we’ve had plenty of enjoyable Probus events to help us through this bleakest season of the year, from the Joint Christmas lunch to the brain-testing quiz (with afternoon tea!) just a couple of weeks ago. The winter has seen us welcome four new members, and at the other extreme we’ve celebrated the 90th birthday of one of our founder members – and some 27 years of his membership of the Club !
As we head towards the Spring and Summer, we can look forward to an interesting and varied programme of speakers at our monthly meetings. There is also a full programme of events, including a trip to the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton and an Archery session which will be a new experience for me and, I suspect, for many other members !
Thanks are due to everyone who contributes to our programme, including the organisers of the ladies programme of coffee mornings and lunches, which are enjoyed by many of our 'better halves'. It’s good to see how the friendships formed through our Club add to the pleasure of lives of members both old and new – and not least for myself !
Edward Delaine