Gloriana

Tackling a strong eddy

Ron Stevens has contacted me from his home in Ashford to pass on a lovely story based on a would-be angling trip he experienced in 1942 whilst he was working as a Corporal Vehicle Mechanic serving with the Royal Army Service Corps in Feltham.

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.

Anniversaries ahoy!

It seems incredible to me but this is the 200th Riverwatch column I’ve penned since first starting it just under five years ago.