Probus Activities Updates

Probus 2025 Calendar

Week 33	TUESDAY 12TH AUGUST	THURSDAY 14TH AUGUST
	City Walk Stephen Chater: Barbican Survival and Smithfield Tall Tales	Five-mile Walk Longy Down and Hare & Hounds with Dick Bell
Week 34	THURSDAY 21ST AUGUST
	RAC Club Richard Davies: Golf	Three-mile Walk
Week 35		THURSDAY 28TH AUGUST
		Eight-mile Walk
Week 36		THURSDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER
		10.45am The Hub David Walker-Smith: Lessons learned from 25 years in Southeast Asia
Week 39	TUESDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER		FRIDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER
	10am The Foley Stephen McEvoy: Money Matters		2pm Greyfriars Vineyard David Thompson: Vineyard Tour
Week 40		THURSDAY 2ND OCTOBER
		10.45am The Hub David Bickerton: The Pursuit and Sinking of Bismarck
Week 45		THURSDAY 6TH NOVEMBER
		10.45am The Hub Iain Kennedy: The Story of the Suez Canal

Other Diary Dates

This month:
Walks	Thurs 14th August – The short walk, approx. 5 miles, will be led by Dick Bell. This “car-free” walk will commence at The Hare and Hounds, departing at 10.15am and walking over Arbrook and Esher Commons. Lunch will be at The Hare & Hounds at the conclusion of the walk. Please contact Dick if you would like to join the walk and the lunch.
	Thurs 21st August – Keith Chapple, assisted by Gavin Wilson and Laurence Moody, will be leading the short stroll of 2 to 3 miles around Wimbledon Common with lunch at a pub following the walk Further details to follow.
	Thurs 28th August – The eight-mile walk which will be led by Ian Royce will be in the Ockley / Leith Hill area, south of Dorking. Lunch arrangements and further details about this walk will be issued separately to those on the walker’s list.
Further into the future:
London City Walk	Stephen Chater will be leading the final day of his City Walk entitled “Barbican Survival and Smithfield Tall Tales” on Tuesday 12 th August. Contact Stephen if you would like to join this guided walk. (Two places remaining)
Golf	Richard Davies has arranged the next golf meeting on 21 st August at the RAC Club, Epsom. Please contact Richard if you would like to play at the above event. (Congratulations to Richard & Tim Lovett who represented Claygate Probus at the Surrey Probus Golf meeting at Tyrells Wood on 31 st July, with a win).
Money Matters	The next meeting of the Money Matters group, chaired by Stephen McEvoy, will be held at The Foley on Tuesday 23rd September starting at 10am.
Wine Tasting	The next wine event, which will be organised by David Thompson, will be a guided tour of Greyfriars vineyard on the Hogs Back , Guildford on Friday 26 th September. (Limited number of spaces available).
Beer Festival	A reminder that Claygate Beer Festival will be held at the end of this month at the Scouts premises. Book your tickets on line at “claygatebeerfestival” and join the Probus group who will be attending on Saturday 30th August.
Theatre	Nigel Forrest has organised a theatre visit to the Orange Tree, Richmond on Saturday 17th January 2026 to see a production of The Rivals. Reservations are now being taken for this visit (please contact Nigel). A second future theatre visit is being arranged by Roger Hargreaves to see I’m Sorry Prime Minister on Thursday 12th March 2026 at the Apollo Theatre in London. There are now only two tickets remaining for this event. Respond asap to Roger Hargreaves if you would like to join this event.
River Cruise	Nigel Forrest will be sharing details in the coming months about the next River Cruise, which is likely to be in 2027.