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Rhinefield Probus Meeting Report October 2015  

Having magical tricks and illusions carried out within touching distance and right before our eyes brings out the child in all of us.

Rhinefield Probus members were transported back to their childhood by the sleight of hand of the speaker at the October meeting when Roger Daniels (no relation to the well known Paul } came to talk on “Magic behind the screens”.

Roger who is a member of the Magic Circle even has an e-mail address to back up his wizard credentials – magic@rdaniels.co.uk .  His presentation on the history and background of the art together with baffling demonstrations of the more popular tricks kept all members trying to fathom out how it was done.

Of course in true Magic Circle tradition there was no  explanation of his secrets although he did say that at any Public Library there were some very revealing magic books for those who just had to know !

We are all conscious of our good fortune in living in the area of the UK which includes the New Forest and one of the very enjoyable parts of each month in Rhinefield Probus is the Forest Walk.  Members and some partners accompanied by dogs, take a leisurely stroll through the New Forest ending up at a local hostelry for lunch.

In October the walk took place in glorious autumn sunshine starting at Godshill where Peter Robson led members on a gentle four mile walk through fields, woods, and along paths and ended up at The Fighting Cocks at Godshill. At the pub, the walkers were joined by other Rhinefield Probus members who were not able to take the walk but wished to enjoy the fellowship over lunch.

The next walk is on November 11th and will be led by John Cripps. It will take about 2 hours in the Arnwood and Knightwood Enclosures and lunch will follow at the Queens Head at Burley.