2026

January 14th

Annual Lunch, The Orangery, Dainton Golf Club

February 11th

Daryl Newsome: The aging eye and driving

March 11th

Louise Wainwright: Predators and Prey - making the Balance of Nature work for farmers.

April 8th

Victor Abbott: Tides and anomalies.

May 13th

Dr Gareth Jones: The Discovery of Nuclear Fission and its Application to Submarine Propulsion.

June 10th

Henry Wainwright:  Shipwrecks in Bigbury Bay.

The South West Coast is famous for many shipwrecks.  Bigbury Bay, stretching from Stoke Point in the west to Bolt Tail in the east, is no exception.  The talk will initially ask the question, why the fascination with shipwrecks, then looking at the more interesting wrecks and explore the reasons why they happened, any rescue involved, what remains of them today.  Shipwrecks from Bronze Age through to 20th Century will be covered. -Don Life jackets, expect stormy weather!

July 8th

Mike Gillbard:  The Tamar Bridge 1961 - 2026

A brief history of the Tamar Bridge which replaced a chain link ferry from Saltash to St Budeaux in Plymouth.

Mike will concentrate on the widening and strengthening of the suspension bridge whilst maintaining the flow of traffic between Devon and Cornwall.

He says "Please note that I am not a civil engineer but was one of the Joint Chairs at that time. The bridge is owned and managed by Plymouth City and Cornwall Councils.  I was closely involved in the planning and execution of this development. I hope you will be as interested in this unique feat of engineering as I was."

August

NO MEETING

September 9th

Details to follow…