funkypancake: thames Archives

thames path - all over london
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we're (hopefully) doing some more of the thames path today. but not this bit. as we're still out in the sticks somewhere

boating by
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i didn't think this blurring worked but then i think it did. dunno.

thames path - part 15 days lock to wallingford
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i had a day off work yesterday so we could head back to the thames path.

our last outing was in October due to flooding etc. it was still very wet under foot. but rather than soaking, it was muddy and slidey which made walking tricky

this was our first glimpse of the thames again. note

kezia brought her camera with her and took this picture of geese

there was a geocache on this bridge

and this is the view from near where we had out picnic

there's a geocache under this bridge only accessible with scuba kit (bollards don't count)

a kite did some acrobatics above our heads just as my camera batteries died in the cold

here's a jetty at benson

when we finally got to wallingford, chris and i took kezia to the pub whilst the other ladies recovered our car from the starting point. chris wore his hat in the pub and they told him to take it off. i guess he looked too much like a hooligan youth type.

bike in the thames
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river signs
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any idea what these are for ?

london bridge
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london bridge. it's falling down you know. except it isn't. but it has got it's name all over it so you know what you're buying.

underneath:

click for big

on top:

and kezia sings the song in the Tower of London (though you wouldn't notice):

under the bridge
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wobbly bridge
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thames edge
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beach art
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the thames sand sculpresses have been doing fine work this week. more about it here

man in a top hat walking down the thames
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watching the wobbly bridge
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private land (beyond the point where the land stops)
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off to the beach
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thames tunnel
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the thames near my office
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i don't walk much in a regular day so i've now got a noticable beer/chocolate belly. so i decided to see what i could find within a speedy walk from my office. and i found the thames near Syon House. And it's very nice. i'll be back on a sunny day to get some nicer photos.

i like how they need to point out this is naturally beautiful ... and how its not compatible with rubbish

filming by the thames
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off in to the setting sun
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london
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our family in the thames
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river thames
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swing
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watching the river go by
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boat
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thames bridges viewed from BT Tower
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there's plenty of bridges to see here, including tower bridge, london bridge and the wobbly bridge

(most funkypancake pictures are clickable for bigger versions, so click and enjoy !)

down to the thames
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taking a break
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very high tide
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compare the height of this to this.

like hiding a needle in a ...
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man on a bridge
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a bike by saint pauls
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london bridge
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some people up to something
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here are some people up to something. news as it happens. that's the beauty of blogging.

high tide
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through the barrier
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floatilla
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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

thames television
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hands up if you remember Thames Television ? well, here's a telly floating down the thames

can you spot it in the big picture ?

watching the lock
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low tide
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the tidal thames
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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 !