Introduction
Notes of meeting
Our Events
Founded in 1985 the club's first president was John Gadsby, a local county councillor and magistrate. We are a club for retired professional and business men. We meet monthly for a talk, conversation and usually lunch.There are also social events and trips. Please scroll down for more information, our programme and photographs.
If you are interested please email ashbourneprobus@gmail.com
We meet at 10am on the second Tuesday of every month, usually at Ashbourne Golf Club. After coffee and a few minutes of housekeeping we sit back and listen to an entertaining speaker. Then many of us have a light lunch chosen from the Golf Club's menu. We are a men only club. and believe our wives appreciate not having us under their feet for that one morning a month.
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There were 22 members at the meeting and 9 guests.
The backstage tour to Buxton Opera House followed by lunch at Monyash on October 31st still has some vacancies. Talk to Roger Slater if you are interested. The cost is £10 and is open to members and partners.
The Autumn lunch at Biggin Hall on November 7th is open for bookings. This lunch is for members and partners and is £33 per head.
Please book through Chris Morris and pay Peter Snelson.
Suggestions were requested for the 40th Anniversary of Probus next year (Ruby Anniversary).
Our speaker was Rob Donnelly on:- Our Planet, Plate Tectonics and Climate Change
Rob started by talking about his background in geology.
The talk covered - Why are we here? and Why is geology important?
Geology impacts everything we have and do.
The structure of the earth was explained with a very thin crust and many layers to the core, the core being at 5500 degC.
The crust is made up of plates that formed one continent millions of years ago and the plates have moved to where they are today but are in a state of constant movement.
The plates move against each other and form mountains, earthquakes and tsunamis.
The temperature of the earth cycles with ice ages and non ice ages. There was a Snowball Period when all life died, but was followed about 80 million years later by animals emerging.
The earth is currently emerging from an ice age.
Some interesting facts from the meeting:-
Currently the atmospheric temperature is effected more by CO2 than geology.
The Atlantic is getting wider by 1 metre every 100 years.
As a result of the San Adreas Fault Los Angeles will one day be north of San Francisco
The meeting concluded with a question and answer period and a vote of thanks.
The next meeting will be on Tuesday November 12th 2024 at 10.00am.
The subject of the presentation will be:- "Update on Levelling Up Program for Ashbourne" and will be presented by Tony Walker and Ian Marsh, who are managing the program.
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