Anyone Ever Got The Thames Clippers?

[A380]

...I remember the fist time we took it and the guide told us what Wharf meant, never knew until then.

 

[Numbers]

View attachment 258245

I was thinking more WareHouse At River Front - but that's good to know.

 

[tony.c]

When I was working near the Thames I would go to the Blackfriars Clipper pier to eat my sandwich lunch on a sunny day. That pier was only operational during peak hour periods in the morning and evening. It was quieter than the benches on the Embankment above.
I mean to have a day out on the Clippers when lockdown is over and there is some hot weather.
I have a Freedom Pass so £10.20 (with 50% discount) for an all day Roamer Pass isn't bad for a day out.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Used them a lot years ago when I was living in Surrey Quays. Fantastic way to travel.

 

[Brainaddict]

It's rarely an efficient transport option and too pricey for everyday use, but we've used them for an evening out in town, going to a restaurant near waterloo from our nearest stop. Makes for a nice evening out.

 

[teuchter]

I was thinking more WareHouse At River Front - but that's good to know.

No, that's nonsense.

 

[Numbers]

No, that's nonsense.

Doesn't matter, I like it.

 

[Teaboy]

View attachment 258245

If its floating is it always a pontoon or is there a distinction depending on its orientation? A raft?

 

[T & P]

A friend used to live in Putney and says in the summer months there was no better way to commute home on a Friday than by Thames Clipper, beer in hand. Packed to the rafters on Fridays, unsurprisingly enough...

 

[ddraig]

Yes a few times when living in London, once to the hilton? at Canary Wharf for a stay

 

[skyscraper101]

View attachment 258245

Piles of what?

 

[Teaboy]

Piles of what?

Columns of either wood or concrete driven into the ground and then a platform placed over them all.

 

[what]

Clipper used to be part of a day trip for out of towners kids. Start with DLR with kids at the front driving of course. Then onto the cable car and finally the clipper back into town so adults could have a beer or three

 

[hash tag]

Mrs Tag has used it for work, me only socially. I don't know if it was someone having a bad day; I remember on one boat at different boarding points, they refused to wait for one person while they went back to get a ticket and someone else who arrived just as it was departing. A furious row erupted with one of these people.
The boats were very clean and comfortable and a reasonable amount of seating unlike those in Venice or Bangkok