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For the award of the most expensive diesel on the River Thames I would like to nominate Bourn End Marina there charging £1.60 per Ltr and just for good measure I was quoted £30. For The use of a single pump out !!! So that’s my nomination unless of course you have a more promising candidate.

So that’s Molesey pump out not working ! next stop on the river Boveney Lock pump out not working in fact not even a hose and the Control panel completely smashed probably vandals so called in at Bourne marina and Services funny thing no problem with any of the private Pump Outs ! Only...

Lockie on the phone well there’s something you don’t see every day !!! Still the problem with Sunbury is only the Lockie can use the available power I’m afraid for the rest of the herd it’s still manually operating only ?

Lock keepers assistance is not strictly necessary if the electric system is working properly in the lock but the type of locks on the Upper Thames Thames are very difficult to operate manually by one person Unlike the locks in Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire that are manually operated and are...

All I can say is I went through the Lock twice this week once in the morning about 11am and today Thursday about 2pm and no Lock keeper in attendance and I have the blisters to prove it ? .

Warning to anyone passing through Sunbury Lock the lock is on Hand operation only For the foreseeable future prepare for an hour and it’s an absolute nightmare unless you’re built with the physique of Arnold Schwarzenegger prepare for a hernia?

I was just Wondering how far I could get up the river way in my 27’ x 9 Viking cruiser before I ran into trouble with the width of the river and height of bridges ? could anybody help me with relevant information.

Certainly something drastic has happened on the third week running no over Sayers on the mooring very strange !!!

What’s going on ? Has something happened that I don’t know about just walking into Kingston not one single boat moored outside the John Lewis reach haven’t seen the moorings so empty in the last 10 years has there been a purge ?

Happy New Year ?

Does anybody know what happened in the Court case regarding the outcome of the Alistair Trotman court case regarding his Slumboats ?

The stretch between Bolters lock and Cookham lock taking in the Clivden reach Easily the most beautiful Stretch of the River Thames By far what’s your favourite place ?

Articles in both the times and the daily express today The Thames was voted the most popular river in Europe receiving a whopping 405.000 more online votes then either the river Seine in France and the Danube in Germany in second place was the Danube and in third place they Elbe and Last but...

The River Thames has just been voted the most Beautiful stretch of water in Europe ! My question are we in total agreement ?

Tip of the Iceberg on the Thames !