Adrian Stott wrote: > Steve Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Did the tidal bit from Brentford to Teddington a few weeks ago on an >> apparently calm day (certainly nothing like this video) and hated it. >> Suffice to say there is no chance of me taking Bream up from >> Limehouse next time I'm in London. Not my idea of fun at all! > > I've done Brentford - Teddington many times, and never encountered any > water condition more than a light ripple (although there is a current, > of course). Did you really experience "big waves"? > > There is usually a bit of a chop outside Limehouse lock, but it > diminishes as you go upstream and has usually vanished by the time you > get to Tower Bridge. Except for those pesky trip boats, there are > hardly ever any waves to mention upstream of that. > > I guess it depends on your schedule: > > Limehouse -> Teddington via Putney , about three hours > Limehouse -> Teddington via Camden, two days plus > > (and on what you want to see, of course).
I agree, the water is usually dead calm past Brentford - unless (like me) you meet several gin palaces roaring down the Thames (all at once, because richmond had just opened). The only *real* big waves I have seen is round the Isle of Dogs (we came out at Bow... in a crusier) where we met a nice man in a boat pulling quite a few very full boats of rubbish - bound for Mucking. He gave us a merry wave, and sure enough a few minutes later there was a serious amount of big waves heading our way, I turned into them and we had water splashing over us as the bow hit one peak after another... SWMBO was not amused, especially when the waves hit the bank and reflected back.. Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein
