Hackney chitter-chatter &tc

[BillRiver]

Lots more info here:

Any idea of Hackney Wick arrival time?

None whatsoever but can try to remember to post an update here if that would help. Feel free to PM me if I appear to have forgotten.

 

[spitfire]

Lots more info here:


None whatsoever but can try to remember to post an update here if that would help. Feel free to PM me if I appear to have forgotten.

Cheers Bill, appreciate it.

 

[BillRiver]

Currently on path on marshes opposite Hope and Anchor pub. No movement yet but plenty cakes and a water fight between me and some 3 year olds has already happened.

 

[BillRiver]

Speeches are happening.

 

[BillRiver]

Apparently some of the flotilla have not arrived yet, so it won't start til they do.

They've been held up by a closed lock and no lock-keeper being on hand...

 

[BillRiver]

Flotilla starting to get into position on the water now. I don't envy the organisers - it's like herding cats!

 

[BillRiver]

Music, circus, and other performances slated to start at 4pm, here on marshes opposite Hope and Anchor.

 

[blossie33]

Thanks for the info, might pop down to have a look later.

 

[BillRiver]

Starting to move now. Led by brass band on boat!

 

[marty21]

I'm about! Orange-y shorts , black 'The Sacred River Lea' T-shirt , blue cap .

 

[marty21]

I'm playing catch up , but should catch up soon .

 

[BillRiver]

I'm about! Orange-y shorts , black 'The Sacred River Lea' T-shirt , blue cap .

Nice one! I'm in a purple dress with bright pink cycle shorts, and I'm carrying a placard that says "keep the towpath public!".

I have short, dark brown and grey, hair.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Ah I had to be there early…


other half has to work and it was too hot for bears to stick around for long.

looked cool though and seems like they have music til at least 6?

 

[BillRiver]

I've been persuaded to stop a while at the Princess of Wales pub... we have a picnic style table on the river path.

 

[BillRiver]

Ah I had
looked cool though and seems like they have music til at least 6?

Yes performances from 4 ish onwards (emphasis on the ish).

 

[marty21]

I got a bit ahead (marchers walk really slow ) I'm at the far end of Hackney Marshes, drinking a beer on a shady bench. Will head back now to catch the 2nd half of the footie.

 

[BillRiver]

I got a bit ahead (marchers walk really slow ) I'm at the far end of Hackney Marshes, drinking a beer on a shady bench. Will head back now to catch the 2nd half of the footie.

Sorry I missed you. Another time! Enjoy the footie.

 

[marty21]

Sorry I missed you. Another time! Enjoy the footie.

I'm heading back via The Princess so you may run into me .

 

[marty21]

That was impressive , I must have passed 50 boats on the way back!

 

[marty21]

 

[BillRiver]

The shows have begun.

 

[BillRiver]

Anyone who lives in, works in, plays in, gives a shit about, Hackney and surrounding areas is asked to fill in this form to tell the Canal and Rivers Trust what you think of their so-called "safety zones" aka boat cull:

Stakeholder Engagement for Water Safety Zones on the River Lee

It has been pointed out that in 2019 there were a total of 4 collisions involving a motored boat and a non motored boat, which is down from 6 in each of the two previous years.

#stoptheboatcull

 

[blossie33]

I was in Lower Clapton earlier, walked down to Chatsworth Road and then down to the little path down the end of South Millfields where the pylons end - caught the last dozen or so of boats going towards Hackney Wick

 

[BillRiver]

London boat dwellers protest against plans to ‘drive them from their homes’

 

[BillRiver]

Guardian article wildly inaccurate, bending over so far backwards in an attempt to appear balanced that they've fallen over and landed on their arses, but still...

 

[BillRiver]

Mine and marty21 's pics here:

Pics from your State Sanctioned Exercise.

 

[andysays]

Guardian article wildly inaccurate, bending over so far backwards in an attempt to appear balanced that they've fallen over and landed on their arses, but still...

In what way is it inaccurate, out of interest?

 

[BillRiver]

In what way is it inaccurate, out of interest?

Numbers mainly. Numbers of collisions, number of boat homes at risk, etc. The quote from the rowing woman is nonsense too.

 

[BillRiver]

There is a petition about #StopTheBoatCull as well, here:

Sign the Petition

 

[marty21]

I was in Lower Clapton earlier, walked down to Chatsworth Road and then down to the little path down the end of South Millfields where the pylons end - caught the last dozen or so of boats going towards Hackney Wick

I was probably on the other side of the river at that point, saw the last of them go under the Lea Bridge Road bridge.