Elsie Alice

Home Guards’ ‘Mac’ was the guardian of the lock

One of the things I love most about writing this column is that every now and again I’m contacted by someone with a lovely story to tell connected to our stretch of the Thames.

Time to research Stuart’s guide to our resurgent canals

For those of us who love messing about on boats, we normally have favourite stretches of waterway where we love to spend time.

We should have been asked!

“What’s going on down by the river at Weybridge,” asked my regular contact Doug the Ancient Angler, “and just why have they chopped all the beautiful trees down?”