The map from Surrey County Council that claims to show that a 17.5m articulated lorry could easily make the turn

Generations join in Thames ‘rescue’

Teamwork helps distraught boy fish his homemade skateboard from the river

Still happily afloat after 300 columns and 7 years

After a short interlude, Mort Smith sails back into our lives with thank-yous to some of the people who have provided inspiration for some many stories during the past seven years.

When Lord Lucan dropped in

It’s funny how things can spark all kinds of memories for some folk. Jennifer Willis from Weybridge read my Riverwatch column on the history of Staines Bridge and was prompted to get in touch to say that it brought back recollections of her youinger years growing up beside the Thames at Staines where she was a successful competitor in punting races.