A pier on the Thames - I'm puzzled!

[boatone]

The current header image on the VisitThames website appears to be a seaside pier

Just in case it changes heres the image itself in a separate window CLICK and the URL says its Bognor Regis !!!!!!

I know the site is now being managed by Tourism South EAst but this seems rather bizarre

 

[Riverleak]

Well, just about sums up how much the parties in charge know about navigating the Thames. I despair......

 

[Mirror Painter]

Clearly that is the Lechlade Pier. It does say 'From near the Cotswolds'.

But it's not usually that nice. Usually it's full of rain and kate moss.

 

[Riverleak]

The current header image on the VisitThames website appears to be a seaside pier

Just in case it changes heres the image itself in a separate window CLICK and the URL says its Bognor Regis !!!!!!

I know the site is now being managed by Tourism South EAst but this seems rather bizarre

[/QUOTE
] Yes your quite right Boat One, that is Bogner Regis Pier, I just googles it and there's no mistaking it...

 

[Ramage]

I have looked in the River Thames book and I can't find Bognor On Thames?....


Or is it Bognor Regis On Thames?

 

[Gumpy]

However the longest pier in the country does stick out into the Thames and it has a railway to get you to the end as well.

 

[No Regrets]

I have looked in the River Thames book and I can't find Bognor On Thames?....


Or is it Bognor Regis On Thames?

Lechlade Pier it is!

That picture was taken from the time before an American businessman purchased the Pier, and dismantled it so it could be shipped and reassembled in Bognor.

He found out a little later, the Pier he wanted was in fact Brighton Pier, and apparently in a fit of anger went to Brighton and burnt it down.

Later he confessed, and paid for a new Pier to be built....

 

[boatone]

Ha ....somebody must be paying attention as theyve now changed it !

Its now a picture of what looks like a Pedro on the river

 

[TrueBlue]

You never know who's lurking hereabouts...

The boat's flying a St. George from his main mast.
Jolly bad form - that position is reserved for the Dunkirk little Ships (normal accepted practice on the River I'm told) but Georges are suffered at the front or back.

 

[Brayman]

It's also wearing blue fenders - but lets not go there

 

[apollo]

It's also wearing blue fenders - but lets not go there

The colour is not important, they are dangling free which will upset the old farts.

Nice!