You will find Thames Crossings on Radio 4 at 1.45pm all this week from 20 April. It could be described as a bit of a ramble with Piers Plowright but those know the Thames well will find the references in the first episode fascinating.
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Eyot House on D’Oyly Carte Island near Shepperton is for sale. The Sunday Telegraph featured the carefully restored house which was made to look like a Swiss chalet by Richard D’Oyly Carte in the 1890s. The article includes the interesting information that the narrow bridge was only added in 1964 which explains why so many people […]
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The Deptford Jack in the Green really will be in Deptford on May Day 2013. Some years the figure surrounded by musicians has been seen upstream in Borough Market. On Wednesday 1 May the Jack will leave the Dog & Bell in Princes Street in Deptford at 12 noon. The Thames Path passes the door. […]
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The royal row barge Gloriana, will be rowed from Hampton Court Palace to the Tower of London on Sunday 21 April. This will be part of the Tudor Pull but Sunday is also the Queen’s birthday. The Gloriana and other traditional cutters are expected at Putney about 3pm and should reach the Pool of London about […]
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A wonderful exhibition of Eric Fraser’s work has opened at the Chris Beetles Gallery in London’s Ryder Street. Eric Fraser’s black and white drawings were seen regularly in The Radio Times. He was also responsible for the Mr Therm logo of British Gas Council. He lived at Hampton just upstream from Hampton Court. In the […]
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The high flow of water has caused the riverside path at North Meadow outside Cricklade to be breached. Indeed it is being described as the Thames “changing course”. One can leave Cricklade on the official route but at West Mill one must now turn away from the river and follow West Mill Lane inland. Keep […]
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Good news from the Greenwich Peninsula where the riverside path between the 02 Dome and Greenwich is suddenly open without any diversions. So having walked round the outside of the 02 and reached the restored drawdock you can now again stay beside the Thames. At first the path even has a separate cycle lane marked […]
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Today was sunny enough for me to want to walk the Thames Path at Greenwich. Lunch was at Goddard’s pie and mash shop in the former Cricketers pub at the back of Greenwich Market. For years I used to enjoy lunch at Ye Olde Pie House in Greenwich near today’s DLR station. It was not […]
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