Pressed back into service: Bridge Marine workboat Fuzz, a former Metropolitan Police launch, was back helping the force as divers searched for the missing skipper
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Nothing if not ambitious
Last year in this column, I wrote that I thought the authorities should introduce a mandatory test and a licence of competence before anyone was allowed to take a boat out on the water – and several people jumped down my throat, berating me for proposing to introduce more bureaucracy into our leisure time.
Moody but always magnificent…
Say what you like about the river, you can never describe it as dull.
The end of the voyage
This my final Riverwatch column. After more than seven years and over 300 editions, this wonderful little newspaper is about to close and rather than cling on grimly until the last moment, I’ve decided to bow out gracefully ahead of time.