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An occasional look at the ebb and flow of the Thames

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Month: February 2013

The paddle steamer Waverley will be visiting London again this year
Recent developments

Basingstoke Canal restored

28/02/201329/12/2013Mort SmithComment(0)

Canal and waterway restoration seems to have taken off in the past couple of decades with more and more waterways being put back into public usage – and I take my hat off to all those hardy volunteers who put their backs (and quite often their own money) into this kind of environmental reconstruction.

Terra Nova looking a little the worse for wear at the back of the boatyard – but work on refurbishment will get under way soon, says Mort
Terra Nova

I’ve neglected the old girl for too long

21/02/201329/12/2013Mort SmithComment(0)

I took a wander down to the Bridge Marine boatyard on Sunday – just to check that Terra Nova, the old Seamaster Admiral cabin cruiser that Julie and I own along with my brother, was still where I left her when she came out of the water back in October.

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Dirty work but it has to be done

14/02/201329/12/2013Mort SmithComment(0)

The River Thames is probably cleaner today than it has been for decades. Yet there is still much to do.

Tim Carter had the Weybridge SC members in fits with his rendition of his own poem ‘The Oxford Cox’
Recent developments

Club together for love of the river

07/02/201329/12/2013Mort SmithComment(0)

There are some people you always enjoy visiting – and among those of my wife, Julie, and I are the lovely folk at Weybridge Sailing Club (WSC).

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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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