We enjoyed our four days in Chatham. The main aim of being there was to have a day at The Historic Dockyards. Although we'd been before and had had a tour of the rope works, we didn't see the demonstration of the rope walk. So we were at the Dock Yards just before it opened but they let us in early. Although it is an expensive day out, it's worth it as you can return as many times as you want in an year. We also got money off for being a pensioner and being members of English Heritage.
As we arrived early there was hardly anyone there so we had a good mooch round. The demonstration of the ropewalk was brilliant. The building is a quarter of a mile long and the rope makers have to use a bike to get from one end to the other. We also had a tour of the nuclear submarine, it was a good tour but the added bonus was someone else on the tour used to serve on the Ocelot, so we got a lot of extra information.
As well as visiting the Museum we also caught the bus to Rochester, which was another good dday out. Charles Dickens lived hear so there is a good museum to visit as well as the church and the castle which is run by English Heritage. You might seem a theme developing here, but it be rude not to make use of our English Heritage membership.
Our friends Ann-Marie and Mick were coming up to Chatham after their visit to London. So we followed their progress and met them at the lock. Once we found out their berth number we were able to wander round and take their ropes. As always we had a good time together and had two very sociable nights together. It's always good to catch up.
There is a good circular walk down the river and round to the shopping centre and back to the marina. It's always good to have a nice walk. I was rather impressed with this statue. Hence the many photos of it.
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