Tom Price
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Members of the local branch of the Inland Waterways Association cruise the full length of the river every year to maintain a right of navigation. Here are some pics from several journeys, starting from Littlehampton.
This is a busy harbour and the visitors’ pontoon on the East bank is squeezed between fishing boats right under the HM’s nose. Don’t be tempted to berth at the Arun Yacht Club opposite for we depart at Low Water!
Heading upstream we leave the old Hillyard boatyard to port, private pontoons opposite with a public slipway beyond. The first bridge is a rolling footbridge which opens for commercial traffic.
Nowadays incoming stone arrives infrequently at Una Wharf.
Littlehampton Marina on the outskirts of town seems to welcome only one type of boat.
They must be frustrated by the 6-knot speed limit – one was caught on radar and fined £5000!
Not much can be seen over the high banks, the penalty for taking the first of the flood tide.
At Ford railway bridge we pass a pontoon near the Ship & Anchor pub but visitors are not welcome.
Approaching Arundel this old windmill is now a private dwelling. The catholic Cathedral dominates the horizon.
A bypass crosses the River with plenty of headroom but it’s the Old Bridge in the centre of town that poses the challenge. Before that a new pontoon offers safe mooring. There’s a floodgate at the top of the ramp, key available from the café opposite, who charge £6 for up to 6 hours stay, ample time to explore the town.
This is a busy harbour and the visitors’ pontoon on the East bank is squeezed between fishing boats right under the HM’s nose. Don’t be tempted to berth at the Arun Yacht Club opposite for we depart at Low Water!
Heading upstream we leave the old Hillyard boatyard to port, private pontoons opposite with a public slipway beyond. The first bridge is a rolling footbridge which opens for commercial traffic.
Nowadays incoming stone arrives infrequently at Una Wharf.
Littlehampton Marina on the outskirts of town seems to welcome only one type of boat.
They must be frustrated by the 6-knot speed limit – one was caught on radar and fined £5000!
Not much can be seen over the high banks, the penalty for taking the first of the flood tide.
At Ford railway bridge we pass a pontoon near the Ship & Anchor pub but visitors are not welcome.
Approaching Arundel this old windmill is now a private dwelling. The catholic Cathedral dominates the horizon.
A bypass crosses the River with plenty of headroom but it’s the Old Bridge in the centre of town that poses the challenge. Before that a new pontoon offers safe mooring. There’s a floodgate at the top of the ramp, key available from the café opposite, who charge £6 for up to 6 hours stay, ample time to explore the town.
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