TAKING A BREAK: The Chernobyl mums and their children relax aboard the Richmond Venturer during their week-long trip up the Thames away from their contaminated homeland
Huzzah! The river bobbies are coming back. Earlier this year, I bemoaned the loss of the very excellent PC Jim Halstead who was a regular sight aboard the launch he shared with Environment Agency officers whilst patrolling our bit of the Thames.
Being a woman in a man’s world is never easy – but when the ‘world’ is that of boats and things nautical, it presents an even bigger difficulty. But that’s a challenge boatyard boss Jenny Beagle, who runs Bridge Marine in Shepperton, has been happy to meet since she took over the business from her parents in 1998.
