Tag Archives: Thames
Lady Lucy is back and looking for crew!
Well here she is, revarnished, redecked and repainted. After a spring long refit Lady Lucy is back on the river and after trials today, will be ready for a first outing next weekend. It your idea of heaven is floating … Continue reading
Posted in Lady Lucy, pensions
Tagged Henley, Hurley, Lady Luch, Peter Freebody, Thames
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MUTINY AT THE BOUNTY!
Yesterday was a shocker! As many of you know, (from first hand experience), I spend much of the summer driving my boat and guests up and down the Thames. Yesterday was no exception. What made yesterday different, was my … Continue reading
What to do at Easter?
Easter’s here and while many of us will be well planned , some will have had plans fall through and some- well let’s just say “we’re fluid!”. If you’re fluid and are looking for something to do with yourself/your family … Continue reading
Posted in Lady Lucy
Tagged Bank Hoiliday, boating, Easter, Holiday, lady lucy, social media, Thames, What to do
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Honey Honey you’ve got me – living on the floodplain!
This is my lock-keeper; they are the people who run the river. They do not live in ergonomically towers in Bristol, they are dedicated people who always go the extra mile for people who live, work and play on the … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise boats, pensions, Salford Quays, town planning
Tagged Datchet, Eton, Floods, Thames, Wraysbury
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For a summer’s day; the river and the racecourse (thx ITM and Lady Lucy)
this calm descends like a blanket of sleep Continue reading
Beautiful women, beautiful boats and beautiful days on the river!
Ye distant spires, ye antique towers, That crown the watery glade, Where grateful Science still adores Her Henry’s holy shade; And ye, that from the stately brow Of Windsor’s heights th’ expanse below Of grove, of lawn, of mead survey, … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise boats, gloriana, Lady Lucy, pension playpen, poetry
Tagged Conditions and Diseases, Eric Thames, Health, Henry, London, River Thames, Shopping, Thames
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Do not be terrorised by anti-terrorism.
I feel like a stranger in my own City. This is not my London that I live in, it is a town that has been handed over to the security forces. We are a town under threat of a “known … Continue reading
Posted in London, Olympics, Olympics 2012
Tagged England, London, Olympic, Olympic Games, River Thames, Security guard, Surface-to-air missile, Thames
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Gloriana through Hurley Lock in midsummer sunshine
Posted in gloriana, henley, jubilee
Tagged Freebody, gloriana, Henley, Henley Royal Regatta, Henley-on-Thames, Hurley, Jubilee, redgrave, regatta, rowing, Thames
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Trenton Oldfield – send the plonker home!
Trenton Oldfield is the fellow who swam in front of the Oxford and Cambridge crews in yesterday’s 158th boat race. Video here. He is Mr Chippy, an Australian intellectual so carried away by his peculiar world view that he put his … Continue reading
Posted in Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
Tagged Boat Race, Emily Davison, London, Oxford, River Thames, Royal Society of Arts, Thames, Tideway
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