Sailing the Thames

After lunch today it was time to get out the anchor, don the life-jackets, batten down the hatches, ok we don't have any hatches to batten down.....but I did do the washing and drying up, putting everything away in the cupboards.......as we took Tacet out of Limehouse Basin on an outgoing tide to go down river to the Great Thames Barrier.  The water was pretty calm, but there was a cold wind. As we took the bend at Greenwich it became quite choppy, also as the various trip boats came past us we felt the after-shocks! We had a very good trip though turning just after we had been through the barrier and making the return trip back to the safety of Limehouse. Just about 3 hours. Lots of photos......hope you enjoy the trip too!

Canary Wharf as we turned onto the Thames

A few older buildings including 'The Grapes' pub (with beach)

the view down river with Tacet's lamp (proof we were really there!)

Canary Wharf again

Sir John McDougall Gardens

loved these old steps rising out of the water

one of the fast Thames Clippers zooming by

first sighting of Greenwich

Deptford Creek

Cutty Sark

Royal Naval College, Greenwich

one of the towers for Boris' cable car

In the distance - Shooter's Hill

Barrier  Ahead

Can't go through that one!

The magnificent piers or fins housing the works

Tate & Lyle factory, still using the river

back through the barrier

Bow Creek

Canary Wharf again

O2 centre or Millennium Dome if you prefer

a glimpse of The Shard

Now where's Limehouse gone?

safely back in the lock with the gates closing behind us

filling up

and into the Basin again

Tomorrow we have an early start, catching the tide at 7.30 to take us up river this time to Brentford. Hope you enjoyed the journey today, join us again tomorrow!

12 miles, 2 locks