The adventures of a CLB.

[TrueBlue]

The link is a facebook site and I suspect that is the reason you are experiencing problems.

I have now uploaded the images to My Little Shed where any philistine should be able to access them

A very nice collection; ancient boats, ancient articles and ancient personalities.

 

[Brayman]

A very nice collection; ancient boats, ancient articles and ancient personalities.

..... and ancient photographer )

 

[apollo]

..... and ancient photographer )

Damn!...you beat me

 

[TrueBlue]

..... and ancient photographer )

Perhaps I should have said crumbling ruins, but that would have been most unkind to the people - and giving you more scope....

 

[oldgit]

No Pressure ...but !

"Some pictures around the Kent coast"

Wot with you being retired and having bugger all to do all day..... where are all the pix
of the trip through the great metropolis ?

 

[boatone]

I have about 3,000 more pictures from my Medway trip waiting to be sorted.... more will be released as I get round to it.

Any more comments verging on age discrimination could result in me publishing all of them, or none, depending on my inclination.

However, here's an iconic image of said metropolis to be going on with. Unfortunately it was overcast so light could have been better. One of these days I will do a tidal through London when the sun is shining!

 

[Chris_d]

Yep fairly typical

 

[Wavey]

Not always

 

[Chris_d]

Better at night though

 

[boatone]

Done that too .....

 

[Wavey]

It's a bit like sunset pictures. Everybody has at least one in their album

 

[boatone]

Monochrome has considerable appeal ....... the cruiser in front is Louis Phillipe.

 

[oldgit]

Yea Yea we have all got those of these ....

You will notice of course it was only an expert alone able to get the left hand tower well out of focus !

 

[boatone]

This little fella was just locking out from Tilbury docks as we came back upriver - glad we got past just before !

And this guy made us bounce around a bit as we came under QEII Bridge !

 

[oldgit]

"This little fella was just locking out from Tilbury docks as we came back upriver - glad we got past just before !"


If remember correctly you were mentioned when VTS contacted him.
Ps.Hate to bring this up but......have you told anybody about being told off for wandering all over the river and getting in the way of that 10,000 ton ship ?

 

[Wavey]

VTS are quite good at telling off leisure cruisers. I got a rollocking earlier this year - a wash complaint

Complaint lodged by....... The Woolwich Ferry

 

[oldgit]

Yup..... we got told off a couple of years ago by port patrol launch for cutting corners !

 

[boatone]

Hate to bring this up but......have you told anybody about being told off for wandering all over the river and getting in the way of that 10,000 ton ship ?

Didn't get told off by VTS. A passenger boat in conversation with VTS mentioned that perhaps we should be a bit closer to the edge of the channel and agreed that he would have a word with me - which he did in a friendly and polite manner - subsequently overtook us and made life a little uncomfortable wash-wise
The "10,000" ton ship was actually around 34,000 tons and we were never in her way. In fact, by the time she passed us we were more or less starb'd hand buoy hopping.

Pics of each below:

 

[apollo]

Reminds me of a similar occurence when i was a 13year old on a run down the medway with my dad and a couple of friends.

Someone asked whether it was important to stick to the far right hand side, to which a "Expert" (at least he thought he was) said, "nah, we dont matter we are so insignificant"....

then 5 mins later, PLA launch pulled alongside and told us to get over to the right.

Never forgotten it, and of course we ensure whenever we see him, that our friend doesnt either...

 

[oldgit]

Didn't get told off by VTS."
" we were never in her way."
"In fact, by the time she passed us we were more or less starb'd hand buoy hopping."




"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."