Meeting and fellowship for retired men
In the absence of the scheduled Speaker one members of Probus spoke about his experiences in relation to moving house. Chris Hoult spoke about helping his brother recently to move from a house he had lived in for some 50 Read More …
With passports to the ready, four intrepid adventurers, Iain, Phil, Douglas and George, boarded the ferry at Largs for the first overseas venture of the year, setting foot on the foreign soil of the Great Cumbrae some ten minutes later. Read More …
Hill walking, natural history and the love of wildlife were the attractions that enticed the speaker, John McLean, from giving up his job as a bus driver to becoming a Country Park Ranger. Obtaining a Degree in Environmental Biology led Read More …
Way back in 1963, a young schoolboy was walking across a field near to the Antonine Wall, when he stumbled across a piece of carved and lettered stone. The stone turned out to be part of a Roman altar, which Read More …
The ongoing construction of a distillery by the independent Ardgowan Distillery Company of Scotch Whisky enthusiasts and professionals on the Ardgowan Estate at Bankfoot Farm, Inverkip was the subject of a very interesting talk by David Keir at a recent Read More …
“trench’d its gushing entrails bright.”
Translates as:
Digging into your glistening insides,