Thames Ditton Island

Basingstoke Canal restored

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.

A ferry interesting start to married life

£9 a week rent from £10 pay, but Bob and Rose had a wonderful view of the Thames

Seeing red over safety

I thought I’d take a look at the progress being made on the construction of the new river crossing at Walton on Sunday morning by going to the Surrey County Council webcam.