Elsie Alice: Alan Woolford’s 27-foot Shetland motor cruiser, Elsie Alice, is one of a thousand boats picked to take part in the Queen’s Diamond Jubliee River Pageant
Elaine Cole from Walton loves to take a walk beside the river. She enjoys watching the boats go by, looking at the wildlife and she also takes the opportunity to re-stock her medicine cabinet.
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.
