@TheThamesPath

Updates from @leigh_hatts, author of The Thames Path guide

London to the Source
Joined October 2013
Change coming on London South Bank
Today is the end of the pier for Gabriel’s Wharf. For nearly 40 years it’s been a happy, hippy, happening place for food, independent traders and brilliant free happenings. So of course it had to go. We paid our last respects and saw Alina Bzhezhinka (harp) and Tony Kofi (sax)
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Expect to see Waverley between London and estuary until 11 October. Tower Bridge opening for the paddle steamer 3 times today: 1.45, 2.15 & 9.20.
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Paddle Steamer Waverley has arrived in Pool of London
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PS Waverley passing Cherry Garden Pier for an hour’s visit to London. Back tomorrow.
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Tower Bridge is due to lift twice this evening for the first of this autumn's visits of the Paddle Steamer Waverley towerbridge.org.uk/bridge-li…
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London South Bank
French tightrope walker Charles Elleano crossed the Thames near Hungerford Bridge on this day 75 years ago, drawing a crowd of more than 150,000 spectators youtube.com/watch?v=UrziNggJ…
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Temple Bridge ‘replacement ferry’ - ‘Bryan Ferry the Ferry’: Last crossings this year on Wed, Sat & Sun 27 Sept
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Southwark Cathedral clock is working and striking the hours after a long period stuck and silent.
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Head of the River Race this morning 8.30am-12 .30pm between Fulham and Kew railway bridges. 602 entries.
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Arriving in London next Thursday. Passing Erith before dusk.
Waverley captured tonight in Portsmouth Harbour. ❤️🤍🖤🚢
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Canbury Gardens (Boaters riverside pub) Kingston: The Duke of Gloucester, Thames Landscape Strategy joint patron, yesterday officially opened newly restored riverbank. google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt…
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Christina Gascoigne obituary in @thetimes today. Bambers Steps at Richmond recall where she and her husband swam daily in the Thames.
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Gabriel’s Wharf nr OXO Tower about to close after a year’s warning but still a surprise
Final weeks for Gabriel's Wharf after almost 40 years ➡️ bbc.in/4xmaRXS
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Thames Path retweeted
Blackfriars Bridge refurbishment. A pile of pillars.
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Crowd lining London Bridge to see first vessels in Great River Race to Richmond
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The Bazalgette Embankment on north bank of the River Thames at Blackfriars is a great viewing point for the Great River Race this afternoon when hundreds of boats will be rowed 21.6 miles upstream from Millwall, start at 12.45pm, to Richmond. greatriverrace.org.uk/ #thamespath30 #greatriverrace #riverthames
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Great River Race today from Isle of Dogs to Richmond. 300+ boats with oars & paddles. Starts 1.45.
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So it’s 30 minutes to the station when you arrive at the Source. GWR advert on Metro
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Swans this lunchtime outside Eton boathouse
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