Outings, Vacations & Events
The ‘Outings & Vacations Team’ work hard to arrange trips to interesting venues, including theatre, concerts and quiz nights, throughout the year together with an annual vacation. The outings, vacations & events schedule can be found on the Noticeboard page in addition to a regularly updated display at the monthly lunches.
Previous Outings, Vacations & Events
Click on title for outing, vacation and event reports and/or photos.
NT Stowe Gardens & Bicester Retail Village – 25th July 2024
Visit to National Trust Stowe Gardens &…
Bowls Match – Probus Ladies & Gentlemen, 24th July 2024
Probus Ladies vs Gentlemen bowls match. Outings…
Lunch at Langton’s Restaurant, Coopers Hill – 19th July 2024
Lunch at Langton’s Restaurant, Coopers Hill. Thanks…
Visit to Canterbury – 29th May 2024
Visit to Canterbury. Thanks to Brian McGibbon…
Presidential Inauguration – 21st May 2024
Inauguration of the new President at AGM…
Houses of Parliament – 13th May 2024
Visit to the Houses of Parliament, Westminster….
Japanese Garden Visit, Fleet – 7th May 2024
Photo: Stephen Bishop Visit to a Japanese…
Englefield Gardens, 29th April 2024
Article & Photos: Stephen Bishop. Local trip…
RMA Sandhurst – Lunch & Tour, 18th April 2024
Visit to RMA Sandhurst – Lunch &…
Milestones Living History Museum – Basingstoke, 21st March 2024
Visit to Milestones Living History Museum in…
Bletchley Park, 7th March 2024
Photos & Article: Stephen Bishop. The first…
Lunch at Kempton’s Restaurant in Sunninghill Park, 30th January 2024
Lunch at Kempton’s Restaurant in the former…
Visit to Rochester Christmas Market, 9th December 2023
Visit to Rochester Christmas Market. Outings &…
Grand Quiz Night, 23rd November 2023
A good fun Grand Quiz Night with…
Soirée for Peebles/Edinburgh Holiday, 15th November 2023
Took place at St Pauls Church. Those…
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra perform Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini at G-Live Guildford, 10th November 2023
Trip to see the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra…
RLC Museum – Worthy Down, 26th October
Visit to the Royal Logistic Corps Museum…
Standen House & Bluebell Line, 11th October 2023
Article: Stephen Bishop. Another enjoyable day trip…
A Day Out in the Cotswolds, 26th September 2023
Article & Photos: Stephen Bishop A day…
Dover Castle, 12th September 2023
Article: Stephen Bishop. Photos: Stephen Bishop. The…
Commandant’s Parade, RMA Sandhurst, 9th August 2023
Visit to Commandant’s Parade, RMA Sandhurst. Outings…
Glorious Goodwood– A Day Out at the Races, 1st August 2023
Article: Stephen Bishop Photos: Brian McGibbon, Stephen…
Bowls Match – Probus Ladies & Gentlemen, 26th July 2023
Probus Ladies vs Gentlemen bowls match. Outings…
Swan Upping, 17th July 2023
River trip following the Swan Upping Team…
Edinburgh Holiday, 28th June – 3rd July 2023
Article: Alan Boyd & Stephen Bishop. Photos:…
Mayfield Lavender & Denbies Vineyard, 14th June 2023
Visit to Mayfield Lavender & Denbies Vineyard….
Visit to the RNLI College & Poole Harbour Cruise, 16th May 2023
Photos: Brian McGibbon & Stephen Bishop Article:…
Royal Artillery Museum, Larkhill, 10th May 2023
Photos: Alan Boyd Members of Surrey Heath…
Dover Castle and Wartime Tunnels, 12th April 2023
Trip cancelled, Dover Castle closed due to…
Cliveden House and Thames Cruise, 30th March 2023
Article: Alan Boyd Photos: Pauline Dobler Events…
Royal Opera House Back Stage Tour & Covent Garden, 23rd February 2023
Article: Alan Boyd Photos: Stephen Bishop An…
Centrifuge & Farnborough Air Sciences Trust, 24th January 2023
Article: Alan Boyd Photos: Alan Boyd &…
St Michael’s Abbey in Farnborough, 14th January 2023
Article & Photos: Alan Boyd In 1880,…
Museum of Military Medicine, 16th December 2022
Article: Alan Boyd The museum, located locally…
2022 Ladies Christmas Lunch
Photos: Stephen Bishop Outings & Events ↑
Royal Military Academy – Historic Tour, 24th November 2022
Article & Photos: Alan Boyd An excellent…
La Rioja Holiday Soirée, 10th November 2022
La Rioja holiday soirée, St Paul’s Garden…
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at G-Live, 29th October 2022
Once again, the RPO forcibly demonstrated what…
Grand Quiz Night, 13th October 2022
The Grand Quiz Night at St Paul’s…
Bowls Match – Probus Ladies vs Gentlemen, 27th July 2022
Bowls match, Probus Ladies vs Gentlemen. Outings…
Glorious Goodwood, 26th July 2022
Outing to Glorious Goodwood. Photos: Brian McGibbon,…
Petworth House & Town, 29th June 2022
Day trip to Petworth House & Town….
Annual Holiday to La Rioja, 12th June to Friday 17th June 2022
Extremely early Sunday morning departure, and just…
Blenheim Palace, 19th May 2022
Outing to Blenheim Palace. Outings & Events…
Arundel Castle & Tulip Festival, 5th May 2022
Outing to Arundel Castle & Tulip Festival….
Brighton BA i-360 Tower, 12th April 2022
Article: Alan Boyd Photos: Stephen Bishop Our…
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 19th February 2022
Outing to Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at G-Live…
Silverstone, 25th November 2021
Outing to Silverstone, home of the British…
Magic Goes Wrong, 4th November 2021
Outing to MAGIC GOES WRONG at the…
Annual Holiday Harrogate, 28th September to 1st October 2021
Article: Alan Boyd Photos: Brian McGibbon We…
Beaulieu Motor Museum, 19th February 2020
Outing to Beaulieu Motor Museum. Photos: Stephen…
Peter Pan Goes Wrong at the Woking Theatre, 16 January 2020
For the first outing of the new…
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra concert at G-Live Guildford, 30 November 2019
The acoustics of the, relatively new, G-Live…
Jaguar/Land Rover factory at West Bromwich, 28 August 2019
A pleasantly swift and traffic-jam free coach…
RAF/USAF 100th Air Refuelling Wing at Mildenhall, 20 August 2019
We arrived early for vehicle search and…
Horse Drawn Canal Boat Trip, June 2019
Our outing with the canal boat was…
50th Anniversary Annual Holiday 2019 Lake Annecy, 6 -12 May 2019
The holiday was at the Les Grillons…
Concert given by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Guildford G-Live theatre, 26 April 2019
The concert given by the 87 strong…
Haynes Motor Museum, 22nd March 2019
Outing to Haynes Motor Museum, Sparkford. Photos:…
Battle of Britain Command Centre, 21 February 2019
We all arrived in our own cars…
Trip to Winchester Christmas Market, 22 November 2018
We all gathered at midday on the…
Probus Annual Holiday to Lake Bled in Slovenia – 2018
The 2018 Club annual holiday was to…
Farnborough Air Museum (FAST), 30 August 2018
Some 20 Probus members gathered at the…
Stourhead & Stonehenge, 17 May 2018
The weather for the day was set…
British Airways Heritage Museum at Waterside, 26 April 2018
Waterside is a fascinating location situated just…
Mountbatten Festival of Music, Royal Albert Hall, 9 March 2018
The Festival showcased the Pageantry, the outstanding…
Barrow Boys & Bankers, 20 February 2018
Excellent day out. Very impressed by the…
The Play That Goes Wrong, 23 November 2017
Our coach dropped us off at the…
VintageTrain & Jurassic Coast Cruise, 19 September 2017
Nordon was our start point for the…
Annual Holiday to Norfolk, 2017
On the way to Norwich we stopped…
Kew Gardens, August 2017
The day dawned dull(ish), but dry. Our…
Cambridge Colleges Tour became Hughenden Manor, 21 June 2017
As we search further afield for new…
Chatham Historic Dockyard, 16 May 2017
For the nautically-inclined, we ventured to Chatham…
Osterley Park Mansion & Design Museum, 5 April 2017
Several of the rooms at the National…
Eltham Palace & Thames Cruise, 21 March 2017
Eltham Palace was once one of Henry…
Russian Masters Concert at G Live Theatre, Guildford, 17 February 2017
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction…
Farnborough Airport Tours, 18 October & 1 November 2016
These two outings really were crackers. Firstly…
Hythe & Romney Marsh, 18 August 2016
To start, we enjoyed a coach tour…
Brighton Royal Pavilion, 25 May 2016
We travelled to that Icon on the…
Amberley Working Museum, 30 March 2016
Our group were fortunate with the weather,…
London Unlimited, Southbank, 23 February 2016
A small but determined bunch of travellers…
Bodleian Library & Ashmolean Museum Oxford, 19 January 2016
The January weather kind to us on…
Classical Spectacular at the Royal Albert Hall, November 2015
Every section of the arena was completely…
Four Rivers Cruise, 12 September 2015
The Four, or was it just Two(?),…
West Dean Gardens & Goodwood House, 17 August 2015
A sunny start to the day for…
Holiday to Chester, 13- 17 July 2015
Our first destination was in Wales, but…
Old Bailey and Old Operating Theatre Museum, 2 June 2015
First call was the Old Operating Theatre…
Double National Trust Outing, 21 May 2015
An early start on a dull day,…
Annual President’s Dinner, 15 April 2015
The evening of April 15th was the…
Emirates Cable Car, 19 February 2015
Some traffic delays meant that we were…
Billy Elliot Musical at Victoria Theatre London, 22 January 2015
It was a change to visit a…
BBC at Broadcasting House, 16 September 2014
An all-embracing tour of Broadcasting House ranged…
Bristol Ancient & Modern – SS Great Britain and Bloodhound, 27 August 2014
Everyone managed the early start and long…
Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, July 2014
The Guided tour of Weald and Downland…
Swan Upping, 14 July 2014
The initial stage of the day went…
Bentley Priory & RAF Museum Hendon, 17 June 2014
Bentley Priory at Stanmore, was formerly an…
The Grand Quiz Night 2014
Generally agreed by participants to be a…
Nymans House & Gardens and Standen House & Gardens, 22 May 2014
Nymans estate is located with wonderful views…
Croatia, Montenegro & Dubrovnik Holiday, 26 April – 2 May 2014
Croatia is a beautiful country with many…
Classical Spectacular at the Royal Albert Hall, March 2014
Wow, what a spectacle it was, with…