July 18th - Epsom Area MGOC Surrey Run to Chatham Dockyard


Offham church ...

... with some rather unusual grave markers, shaped a bit like mummies

Rolls-Royce and Bentley garage tucked behind a cottage, a real old-world place

One of several cottages in Church Place. A Francis Frith picture in the pub dated 1905 had almost the same view, a lot more 'decorative' with planting, baskets and containers now.

Nearly 250 cars lines up for the start from Bocketts Farm, Leatherhead


A welcome lunchtime drink at The Kings Arms, Offham ...

... with reputedly the last Quintain (an Elizabethan jousting machine for testing the agility of horsemen) in Britain in its original position

The main car park at Chatham

WW2 Destroyer memorial

HMS Ocelot. Despite the 'S' in HMS standing for 'Ship' submarines were known as boats in the Royal Navy.

'The Big Space', one of several huge sheds ...

... this the upper story of just one of them

RNLI exhibition

HMS Gannet. On the cusp of the change from sail to steam, powered by both.

HMS Cavalier, the last operational WW2 Destroyer.