Steve Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Bernard Morton wrote: >> Just got back from a trip down there and up the Upper Thames nice white >> knuckle rides through the Bridges and round the corners!! > >Really? Do tell - I was thinking of taking Bream up there for the first >time in a fortnight or so. Maybe I won't bother if its like that! > >Steve
IMHO, the upper Thames is one of the best (and most fun) steering tests on the network. Especially with a 21 m barge. Especially coming downstream (although, as mentioned, at least this gives you the ROW). However, when a fresh is on, it can indeed be a little tricky. Especially Godstow bridge, which is a skew for no apparent reason. Terry Streeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >For those of you who don't know, Sonning bridge is fairly narrow, and >just after a kink in the river. Basically, when the river is running >you are committed to going through before you can see if it's clear or not! I know this bridge worries Julian too, but I don't see why. Yes, you have to turn immediately upstream, but it is over the lock cut, down which very little water flows even when the river is in spate. I had been dreading it when I came down the Thames in a flood once (I would much rather not have, but the yard had run late with the repairs, and Chertsey lock was about to close for the winter), but it proved no problem at all. Shooting Maidenhead bridge, although actually not difficult, was much more daunting. Adrian . Adrian Stott 07956-299966
