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An occasional look at the ebb and flow of the Thames

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Month: December 2009

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Docklands in January? ‘It’s redolent with the promise of summer…’

17/12/200927/02/2013Mort SmithComment(0)

I love this time of year. Everybody is getting very excited in the build-up to Christmas, there are (with any luck) some of those glorious bright and crisp sunny winter days to lift the spirits and, most importantly, the London Boat Show is looming ever larger on the horizon.

Recent developments

Stocking-fillers for skippers, from a tenner to half a mil

10/12/200927/02/2013Mort SmithComment(0)

For all those suffering the annual problem of what to put underneath the tree for their boat-obsessed other halves, here are some suggestions – some to be taken more seriously than others…

Rules and regulations

Kraken news for Thames

03/12/200927/02/2013Mort SmithComment(0)

Huzzah! The river bobbies are coming back. Earlier this year, I bemoaned the loss of the very excellent PC Jim Halstead who was a regular sight aboard the launch he shared with Environment Agency officers whilst patrolling our bit of the Thames.

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To contact Mort, email him at mortsmith32@gmail.com or call him on 01787 226974. He’s always pleased to hear from old friends who provided such a wealth of information and great stories for Riverwatch.

These columns appeared in the Surrey Herald.

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