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From there we boated downstream to Thames Lock (the junction with the Grand Union Canal) up the Hanwell flight of locks to Bulls Bridge, along the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union to Little Venice to Canalway Cavalcade (organised by the <A href="http://www.waterways.org.uk/Home"><B>Inland Waterways Association - IWA</B></A>). We spent a weekend at Little Venice and then travelled on down the Regents canal into East London at Limehouse Marina. We overnighted at <A href="http://www.bwml.co.uk/marina/11/limehouse+marina/"><B>Limehouse Marina</B></A> and then 'locked out' into the tidal Thames just above Canary Wharf and just below Tower Bridge. We then made our way up through the lower and upper 'pools' all the way back to Teddington and finally onto the Wey navigation and back to Byfleet. Engines were on for 9.5 hours on that day ! 40 hours boating on 40 litres of diesel which can't be too bad but the additional licences were eyewatering<BR> <BR> Wey Navigation 88 pounds for two weeks<BR> Environment agency 72 pounds for two days transit (37 down and 35 back !)<BR> British Waterways 38.40 pounds for five days<BR> <BR> </P> <TR> <TD vAlign=top> <TABLE style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" borderColor=#d6d5d5 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=1> <TBODY> <TR> </TR></TBODY></TABLE> <P> <title>Limehouse</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body> <table width="854" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10"> <tr valign="top"> <td><font size="2" face="Arial"><A href="Images/DSCF0194.JPG"alt="Aqua Vitae heading down the Thames above Molsey lock" title="Aqua Vitae heading down the Thames above Molsey lock"><img src="LV/DSCF0194.JPG" alt="Aqua Vitae heading down the Thames above Molsey lock" title="Aqua Vitae heading down the Thames above Molsey lock" width="200" height="150"></a></font></TD> <td><font size="2" face="Arial"><A href="Images/DSCF0195.JPG"alt="Leo No 2 heading towards Richmond" title="Leo No 2 heading towards Richmond"><img src="LV/DSCF0195.JPG" alt="Leo No 2 heading towards Richmond" title="Leo No 2 heading towards Richmond" width="200" height="150"></a></font></td> <td><font size="2" face="Arial"><A href="Images/DSCF0196.JPG"alt="Star and Garter home with NB Barley Twist" title="Star and Garter home with NB Barley Twist"><img src="LV/DSCF0196.JPG" alt="Star and Garter home with NB Barley Twist" title="Star and Garter home with NB Barley Twist" width="200" height="150"></a></font></td> <td><font size="2" face="Arial"><A href="Images/DSCF0203.JPG"alt="Leo No 2 waiting for Thames Lock" title="Leo No 2 waiting for Thames Lock"><img src="LV/DSCF0203.JPG" alt="Leo No 2 waiting for Thames Lock" title="Leo No 2 waiting for Thames Lock" width="200" height="150"></a></font></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="200"><font size="2" face="Arial"><A href="http://www.aquariusnarrowboatfitters.co.uk/"> <B><I>Aqua Vitae</I></B></A> heading down towards Molsey Lock on the non-tidal Thames. <A href="AquaVitae.pdf"> <B>Click here for Aqua Vitae Information</B></A> </font></td> <td width="200"><font size="2" face="Arial"> A view from the counter of <I><B>Leo No 2</I></B> as we head down river below <A href="http://www.teddington-lock.co.uk/"> <B>Teddington lock</B></A> in the early morning </font></td> <td width="200"><font size="2" face="Arial"> Another view of the Star and Garter home with <I>Barley Twist</I> in the foreground </font></td> <td width="200"><font size="2" face="Arial"> <I><B>Leo No 2</I></B> Waiting for Thames Lock to go off the Thames and start up the Grand Union canal on the Hanwell flight of locks </font></td> <td width="200"><font size="2" face="Arial"> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><font size="2" face="Arial"><A href="Images/DSCF0209.JPG"alt="Bulls bridge" title="Bulls bridge"><img src="LV/DSCF0209.JPG" alt="Bulls bridge" title="Bulls bridge" width="200" height="150"></a></font></td> <td><font size="2" face="Arial"><A href="Images/DSCF0262.JPG"alt="Little Venice" title="Little Venice"><img src="LV/DSCF0262.JPG" alt="Little Venice" title="Little Venice" width="200" height="150"></a></font></td> <td><font size="2" face="Arial"><A href="Images/DSCF0319.JPG"alt="Byfleet Boat Club" title="Byfleet Boat Club"><img src="LV/DSCF0319.JPG" alt="Byfleet Boat Club" title="Byfleet Boat Club" width="200" height="150"></a></font></td> <td><font size="2" face="Arial"><A href="Images/DSCF0327.JPG"alt="A working pair" title="A working pair"><img src="LV/DSCF0327.JPG" alt="A working pair" title="A working pair" width="200" height="150"></a></font></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="200"><font size="2" face="Arial"> Bulls Bridge junction. Straight ahead here and you head north; turn under the bridge, as we did and you'll go to Little Venice </font></td> <td width="200"><font size="2" face="Arial"> A very relaxing and pleasnt scene for the IWA Canalway Cavalcade at Little Venice in the heart of London </font></td> <td width="200"><font size="2" face="Arial"> Members of Byfleet Boat Club enjoying the atmosphere of Little Venice</font></td> <td width="200"><font size="2" face="Arial"> A working pair being 'de coupled' in the Paddington arm</font></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><font size="2" face="Arial"><A href="Images/DSCF0355.JPG"alt="Maida Tunnel" title="Maida Tunnel"><img src="LV/DSCF0355.JPG" alt="Maida Tunnel" title="Maida Tunnel" width="200" height="150"></a></font></td> <td><font size="2" face="Arial"><A href="Images/DSCF0392_P.jpg"alt="Limehouse lock" title="Limehouse lock"><img src="LV/DSCF0392.JPG" alt="Limehouse lock" title="Limehouse lock" width="150" height="200"></a></font></td> <td><font size="2" face="Arial"><A href="Images/DSCF0398.JPG"alt="Limehouse basin" title="Limehouse basin"><img src="LV/DSCF0398.JPG" alt="Limehouse basin" title="Limehouse basin" width="200" height="150"></a></font></td> <td><font size="2" face="Arial"><A href="Images/DSCF0417.JPG"alt="BTower bridge" title="Tower bridge"><img src="LV/DSCF0417.JPG" alt="Tower Bridge" title="Tower bridge" width="200" height="150"></a></font></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="200"><font size="2" face="Arial"> Leaving the end of Maida tunnel on the Regents Canal </font></td> <td width="200"><font size="2" face="Arial"> The outer lock gates of Limehouse Marina look quite imtimidating when viewed from the Thames side </font></td> <td width="200"><font size="2" face="Arial"> The calm before the storm with (L to R) <I><B>Hazell Nut, Orion's Wey</I></B> and <B><I>Leo No 2</I></B> waiting in Limehouse Basin</font></td> <td width="200"><font size="2" face="Arial"> Approaching Tower Bridge from the upper pool</font></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><font size="2" face="Arial"><A href="Images/DSCF0472.JPG"alt="Richmond Bridge" title="Richmond Bridge"><img src="LV/DSCF0472.JPG" alt="Richmond Bridge" title="Richmond Bridge" width="200" height="150"></a></font></td> <td><font size="2" face="Arial"><A href="Images/DSCF0486.JPG"alt="Heading Home - above Teddington" title="Heading Home - above Teddington"><img src="LV/DSCF0486.JPG" alt="Heading Home - above Teddington" title="Heading Home - above Teddington" width="200" height="150"></a></font></td> <td><font size="2" face="Arial"><A href="Images/DSCF0222.JPG"alt="Willowtree marina" title="Willowtree marina"><img src="LV/DSCF0222.JPG" alt="Willowtree marina" title="Willowtree marina" width="200" height="150"></a></font></td> <td><font size="2" face="Arial"><A href="Images/DSCF0533.JPG"alt="Short finals !" title="Short finals !"><img src="LV/DSCF0533.JPG" alt="Short finals !" title="Short finals !" width="200" height="150"></a></font></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="200"><font size="2" face="Arial"> Richmond 'half tide' bridge </font></td> <td width="200"><font size="2" face="Arial"> <I><B>Leo No 2</I></B> on the non-tidal Thames heading home </font></td> <td width="200"><font size="2" face="Arial"> All nicely lined up in Willowtree marina</font></td> <td width="200"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On 'short finals' for the Thames</font></td> </tr> </P> <TABLE style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" borderColor=#d6d5d5 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=1> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="BACKGROUND: #DF5900" align=middle height=35> <H4>www.dodington.net © 2005 • <script type="text/JavaScript" language="JavaScript"> <!-- // // format date as dd-mmm-yy // example: 12-Jan-99 // function date_ddmmmyy(date) { var d = date.getDate(); var m = date.getMonth() + 1; var y = date.getYear(); // handle different year values // returned by IE and NS in // the year 2000. if(y >= 2000) { y -= 2000; } if(y >= 100) { y -= 100; } // could use splitString() here // but the following method is // more compatible var mmm = ( 1==m)?'January':( 2==m)?'February':(3==m)?'March': ( 4==m)?'April':( 5==m)?'May':(6==m)?'June': ( 7==m)?'July':( 8==m)?'August':(9==m)?'September': (10==m)?'October':(11==m)?'November':'December'; return "" + (d<10?"0"+d:d) + "-" + mmm + "-" + (y<10?"0"+y:y); } // // get last modified date of the // current document. // function date_lastmodified() { var lmd = document.lastModified; var s = "Unknown"; var d1; // check if we have a valid date // before proceeding if(0 != (d1=Date.parse(lmd))) { s = "" + date_ddmmmyy(new Date(d1)); } return s; } // // finally display the last modified date // as DD-MMM-YY // document.write( "This page was last updated on " + date_lastmodified() ); // --> </script> • <B><A href="Limehouse2.html">More photos of the trip</B> <A href="index.html">Home Page </A></H4></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BODY>