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Mort's Riverwatch

An occasional look at the ebb and flow of the Thames

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Month: May 2011

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Memories unlocked

15/05/201103/12/2012Mort SmithComment(0)

One of the joys of writing a column like Riverwatch is that I’ve met so many lovely people who have special memories of the Thames over the years.

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Environment Agency’s licensing blooper

07/05/201103/12/2012Mort SmithComment(0)

A couple of months back I wrote a piece in this column exalting in the fact that Environment Agency inspectors had nabbed a significant number of boats on our stretch of the Thames which weren’t displaying the proper registration licence sticker and urging all boat owners to do the right thing and apply for the river equivalent of a tax disc.

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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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