The River Thames - photos and stories
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BCBlues
Lend us a Twenner
I saw this sticking out of the mud on the Thames.
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I thought it looked quite devilish
That would make a great walking stick handle
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
For comparison:
clicker
nanook rubs it....
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Oh, Bankside! When I was ill, about this time last year, the Open Gardens event (personal interest, Bankside) was a special and hopeful beacon in my recovery.
Now as a special and hopeful beacon in universal recovery..
Now as a special and hopeful beacon in universal recovery..
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Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Really want to risk mudlarking in this weather tbh. No tourists on the foreshore.
RoyReed
Must fly!
I've been down there when this happens - it's quite a scarey experience.
Doodler
You're quite nice when you smile
There's a safety trough to lie down in if you get caught in there but still not keen on the idea.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
In this hot weather if you want a decent swimming spot that's an easy train ride from London (plus 25 minute stroll): Google Maps
TopCat
Putin fanboy
I was meant to go kayaking and swimming on the Thames yesterday. Ut was though far too hot to lug my boat and tat across London to Teddington via public transport.
It was frustrating as the Thames at Deptford is less than a mile away from home. I have seen too many semi submerged boat ripping lumps of lumber and steel to go boating there though.
I settled on exploring Deptford Creek with a pal with a view to doing some fishing. Deptford Creek is the section that flows into the Thames near Greenwich. It is fed by the River Quaggy and River Ravensbourne.
Much of the riverbank is inaccessible which is a shame. Industrial buildings and their radical artist tenants hide access for plebs.
We settled on fishing off alongside the famous lifting rail bridge. This is truly an epic piece of engineering with a great history.
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My pal caught a large eel and we saw a large seal, famous in the area. Their presence might be why I drew a blank but no matter.
It was too murky for swimming but I was tempted. A nice day out.
It was frustrating as the Thames at Deptford is less than a mile away from home. I have seen too many semi submerged boat ripping lumps of lumber and steel to go boating there though.
I settled on exploring Deptford Creek with a pal with a view to doing some fishing. Deptford Creek is the section that flows into the Thames near Greenwich. It is fed by the River Quaggy and River Ravensbourne.
Much of the riverbank is inaccessible which is a shame. Industrial buildings and their radical artist tenants hide access for plebs.
We settled on fishing off alongside the famous lifting rail bridge. This is truly an epic piece of engineering with a great history.
Deptford Creek Lifting Bridge
Above: Looking north at the south side of the bridge and Deptford Creek. One of the most unusual features of the old London and Greenwich Railway was the lifting bridge constructed to carry the two…
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My pal caught a large eel and we saw a large seal, famous in the area. Their presence might be why I drew a blank but no matter.
It was too murky for swimming but I was tempted. A nice day out.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
I've always wanted to see a seal in the Thames and I never have.
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
They do seem to be rare things to see - thats the first one I have seen in twenty years or so living down here.
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
Early morning combined with a low tide at Greenwich Peninsular (Just upstream from the dome) and you’ll almost certainly catch some Sunning themselves on the sand bank
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
London, the venice of the northRotherhithe after the Thames burst it's banks. 1928
