Motorcycle Day at the Stepping Stones Saturday 2nd August 2025
The Surrey branch attended the Stepping Stones public house clubs motor cycle day, which was a get together for the 13 owners clubs that use this particular pub, for their club room nights. This was organised by Vicky, one of Tina the landlady’s employees, who herself owns and rides a motorcycle. So that those attending could arrive at different times, and also that Vicky could get us all in to our allotted spaces in the pubs huge car park, all those that were attending, from the Surrey branch assembled at Rykas, by 11.30am. This was arranged by our secretary David Cooper. We all left there at about 11.50am, and then we all rode up to the Stepping Stones, together, and we were then directed to our allocated position in the car park. Vicky directed us towards the rear of the car park, and we were informed that we had to be lined up in two rows of six. Robert Tuck was a late arrival as his son Philip had a house electrical fault that needed correcting.
The Surrey branch had 12 bikes of the marquee in attendance with the clubs banners proudly being displayed at each end of the rows of bikes. To all those that came, can I give my huge amount of thanks and gratitude, for your attendance. To Max Groves, who I give and deserves a special vote of thanks, as I had developed really bad Gout in my right foot. Max helped me start up the Commando, and pushed it out of is parked location for me, and with one big boot, he fired it up for me, so that I could ride it back home.
There was a Rock band called “Blood in the Dojo” who played all rock hits and they were an amazing band to listen to. The day proved good weather wise, and the car park eventually was full of all the different makes of bikes with their owners clubs that use the this pub. There was one particular motorcycle, which I can only assume was of Chinese manufacture. On the side of either the oil tank or tool box was written by the owner of this machine, “I identify as a Triumph”
The Kent, and Sussex, air ambulance was in attendance with a stall for their display, and we all gave money into their donation buckets that came around. One of the members of the air ambulance team then gave us a talk, about the way they give a very comprehensive service for the community. They can fly up to ten times a day, and they attend all accident emergencies, and they also have four rapid response vehicles. They have a doctor, and a paramedic on board when they are called to any of these emergency situations. They can fly those injured, to 24 hours a day medical specialists. Their funding of which 88% of their needs come from general public funding. To deliver this service they have to raise, £20 million a year to operate this very vital service. The Surrey branch has always given very generously to this very vital service, as they save countless lives, and we all would be the poorer without it.