MX-5
Owners Club
South
East Branch Kent Coast Run
Convoy
comprised sixteen MX's & five Eunos's meeting on the A299
The
New Thanet Way at Dargate on 27th April 2003
Fearful
of the weather
The
day turned out to be mostly dry bright & windy with literally
just a spot of rain. Except for the hard top & timid it was
tops off all day
About
to leave for the first stop Whitstable
Parked
up on the Gorrell Tank opposite Whitstable harbour
Ready
for coffee cockles whelks & other fruits of the sea
The
RNLI crew work on regardless as some of the team pose by Whitstable
inshore lifeboat at the station a popular meeting place
Via
Hampton, Herne Bay, & Beltinge the next scheduled stop was
at the ancient church ruins at Reculver
The
church towers in Roman times were over a mile from the sea but
are now perched on the edge of high cliffs above the sea
Reculver
is just East of Herne Bay
The
fleet enjoying admirable comments from other visitors
Bright
girl
'Cross
country; Marshside, Boyden Gate, Chislet, & Upstreet
Crossing the River
Stour at Grove Ferry the journey took us through Preston, Stourmouth, Plucks
Gutter, & Monkton before lunch at Manston airport where the longest
airfield in the south was once home to RAF Spitfires now preserved in the
museum
Cars
look good outside the Spitfire & Hurricane exhibition
Many
members of the public came & viewed the cars
Towards
the other museum
Which
covers the airfield's role with the RAF
The
control tower at Manston now known as Kent International Airport
(London) is large enough to accommodate Concorde
Rescue
helicopter takes off to patrol the North Kent & Essex coasts
Freight
is the main business at Manston a 747 cargo plane with remains
of a former air sea rescue helicopter in museum yard
The
future of Manston is entwined with the Governments plans for a
new airport in the south of England. Also earmarked are ambitious
& controversial plans at Cliffe on the Hoo peninsular
From
there we ventured to Margate, Cliftonville, Kingsgate passing
the North Foreland Lighthouse
Arriving
at Broadstairs once home to Prime Minister Ted Heath who still
frequents The Tartan Frigate at the harbour
The
last stage was through Ramsgate, Sandwich, Deal, Walmer, St Margaret's
at Cliffe then Dover, Folkestone & finally Hythe where we
parked by the Royal Military Canal
Thanks to the runs organisers
Frank & Sheila Humpherys
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