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72o2 Day 7 - Chertsey to Isleworth - 15 miles
My artistic side trying to get out
I love the bell on the side of the ferry sign for calling the ferryman over
The special rolling portage points on some locks are fantastic!!! No carrying, just roll the boat up, over, down.
Two fine figures of men and no mistake… this is where we ran over the dead magpie
“Now you see, Gordon, our ankles and knees wouldn’t hurt half as much if we were just a bit younger”
This one’s for you Dutch!
It’s the Met Police… well, I thought it was funny…
Some of the houseboats that line the Thames. I believe Lilly Allen lives on one of them, probably not these though!
Hampton Court Palace, lots of small ferries scurried around taxiing people across the river to teh palace entrance… it was mayhem.
Swans to the left of me, swans to the right, here I am stuck in the middle with you
Teddington Lock, after here we’re on tidal water. It’s a bit difficult to see but there are three locks, to the left is the rolling lock for skiffs and canoes, the middle is the barge lock and other boats use the right hand one.
Thankfully we were being watched by a heron rather than a buzzard…
Richmond Half Tide Lock (the lock’s under the right span) has a barrier that lowers from the bridge 2 hours before low tide to form a weir, I really wouldn’t want to be underneath when it comes down.
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