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by Tharlow
Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:55 pm
Forum: Trips & Events
Topic: thames trip
Replies: 51
Views: 43866

Re: thames trip

Paul,
thanks for organising a GREAT trip!
Many thanks.
Tim
by Tharlow
Sat Nov 15, 2008 9:47 am
Forum: Trips & Events
Topic: thames trip
Replies: 51
Views: 43866

Re: thames trip

Westminster Boating Base is in Grosvenor Road,SW1 (over Vauxhall Bridge and turn left). It's on a red route (I'll check to see if it's in force on a Sunday) but there is a bay for unloading etc. Parking opposite in St George's Square is free on Saturday and Sunday.Just ensure you do not park in a r...
by Tharlow
Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:25 am
Forum: Trips & Events
Topic: thames trip
Replies: 51
Views: 43866

Re: thames trip

...and if we see a boat showing two cones pointing towards each other in a vertical line,what should we do? I'd be asking myself what a fishing boat or trawler is doing working in the centre of London .... but if he's for real, I'll be keeping well out of the way of all his gear!! ... and here's an...
by Tharlow
Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:16 am
Forum: Trips & Events
Topic: thames trip
Replies: 51
Views: 43866

Re: thames trip

Westminster Boating Base is in Grosvenor Road,SW1 (over Vauxhall Bridge and turn left). It's on a red route (I'll check to see if it's in force on a Sunday) but there is a bay for unloading etc. Parking opposite in St George's Square is free on Saturday and Sunday.Just ensure you do not park in a re...
by Tharlow
Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:11 am
Forum: Trips & Events
Topic: thames trip
Replies: 51
Views: 43866

Re: thames trip

The car park in Park Row is no longer free on Sundays.
It will cost £7 to park for more than 4 hours.
Details at http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/T ... kRow05.htm

The days of getting something free from your council have gone...
by Tharlow
Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:06 am
Forum: Trips & Events
Topic: thames trip
Replies: 51
Views: 43866

Re: thames trip

Randy Fandango wrote:
Tharlow wrote:...and if we see a boat showing two cones pointing towards each other in a vertical line,what should we do?
Check to see if it's skipper's drunk as he's clearly crashed into (and is carrying along) a west cardinal mark....
Giles
He's also fishing...
by Tharlow
Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:09 pm
Forum: Trips & Events
Topic: thames trip
Replies: 51
Views: 43866

Re: thames trip

...and if we see a boat showing two cones pointing towards each other in a vertical line,what should we do?
by Tharlow
Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:16 am
Forum: Trips & Events
Topic: thames trip
Replies: 51
Views: 43866

Re: thames trip

There are six outside the Houses of Parliament marking an exclusion zone.
Usually on the terrace there is an armed police officer keeping watch.
A gun in one hand and a cup of tea in the other...
by Tharlow
Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:38 pm
Forum: Trips & Events
Topic: thames trip
Replies: 51
Views: 43866

Re: thames trip

Not quite,it means headroom is restricted (at night, a white light). And five short blasts of a boat's horn? Yes, headroom may be restricted ... but as a result of repairs or maintenance to the bridge! Five short blasts means "I (or maybe you!?) don't know what you're doing - please make your inten...
by Tharlow
Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:48 am
Forum: Trips & Events
Topic: thames trip
Replies: 51
Views: 43866

Re: thames trip

Who knows what a bale of hay hanging from a bridge means? It means the bridge is being repaired .... ask me another!! :roll: Also, I now have confirmation that we can use Westminter Boating Base's pontoon for getting off the river after Sunday's trip. Paul Winslow 07710 876886 Not quite,it means he...