there was some big festival thing today on the thames to mark Nelson’s death (or the battle of trafalgar or something).
there were loads of rowing boats going by
some little boats had teeny weeny canons, causing worryment when they were let off in the middle of london as they went by
and these chaps seemed to be eating sushi (just like in napoleons time)
and there were also lots of canal boats
hands up if you remember Thames Television ? well, here’s a telly floating down the thames
can you spot it in the big picture ?
i was talking to esther about the thames being tidal and took this photo to prove i wasn’t speaking rubbish (she already knows to question everything i say !)
anyway, i thought others might not realise how much the thames rises and falls in an average day. i certainly didn’t until i started regularly visiting the south bank for work meetings.
these aren’t great photos but may be of interest !
here’s another one with some people in to get some perspective:
do you think the problem in the thames may result from the toilets up stream ?
this bridge marks the half way point of the marathon. rain and colness are forecasted for sunday so i suspect it’ll match this early morning picture i took last week (though possibly with more people about)
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at low tide you can see all sorts of strangeness:
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