ROB MARSH has a dream. He wants to make Shepperton Marina the best on the Thames – no small ambition when you consider some of the competitors he’s up against.
Year: 2008
A lovely bunch of jetsam
I know that climate change is a serious concern to many, but its effect on our part of the Thames appears to be more rapid than I had thought it would be.
Fierce competition
If you happen to be walking down by the Thames at Runnymede most Sunday mornings you might have wondered at the rhythmic drumming that occasionally emanates from the river.
The gloves are coming off
I remember fondly summer holidays with my children at Southwold on the Suffolk coast when one of the regular highlights was taking part in the annual crabbing contest. We regularly used to lift out hundreds of crabs of various sizes by dangling old fishheads and bits of bacon rind into the water.
Generations join in Thames ‘rescue’
Teamwork helps distraught boy fish his homemade skateboard from the river
How we miss those floating cops
Increase in river crime illustrates the need for dedicated patrols
Moody but always magnificent…
Say what you like about the river, you can never describe it as dull.
I’m proud to be a member of the boat-owning underclass
Mort Smith’s new weekly column looks at the lighter side of life on the River Thames.