Cool! I'll have a more detailed look later on, but... with the blogger blog - do you know you can turn the topbar off? It would make it look better integrated..
As it is photographic why not a pic of Ripon,? High up on the front page. A small one would suffice.
The thing I like most on your site is the dynamic front page with news posting. My own club uses the website more as a brochure, and as we have from 65-80 members and only 9 use the website, news is spread more through our newsletter, the Highlights.
Our gallery and forums are hidden away behind links and don't post to the homepage.