Wa this you in the wallet 15/8?

Looks like UP the Wallet to me

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Sniper said:
I always understood that 'up' at sea was related to the direction in which the flood tide runs?
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That may be generally true but traditionally it was always "up to London" even from Scotland and the North, as in "up train". I confess that I occasionally say it incorrectly but I like to preserve old habits.
 
In Scotland we spoke about going down South, or down to London. Up/down used to be N/S orientation. It may have changed now as a result of Eastenders etc etc
 
Well you go 'up' to Cambridge and Oxford and if you leave there prematurely, you get sent 'down'.
You certainly go 'down' to London from Scotland, but in a railway sense Edinburgh is 'up' to everywhere else in Scotland while London is 'up' to everywhere else in England and Wales.
And he is just about heading down south, but
he is heading up the Wallet (buoyage, red things on the port side) except that I have always said that I go down the Wallet from the Naze to the Colne Bar.

Clear init. Thank goodness there isn't a World War at the moment so we have time to discuss this. Oh, just a minute, there is!
 
tillergirl said:
Well you go 'up' to Cambridge and Oxford and if you leave there prematurely, you get sent 'down'.
You certainly go 'down' to London from Scotland, but in a railway sense Edinburgh is 'up' to everywhere else in Scotland while London is 'up' to everywhere else in England and Wales.
And he is just about heading down south, but
he is heading up the Wallet (buoyage, red things on the port side) except that I have always said that I go down the Wallet from the Naze to the Colne Bar.

Clear init. Thank goodness there isn't a World War at the moment so we have time to discuss this. Oh, just a minute, there is!
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I am glad that at least one other - eminent - forumite agrees with me .... I think. :confused:
 
As an ex-BR employee (that gives you a date) and everywhere on the network has defined "up" and "down" directions which are (where obvious) "up" to London, "down" away from London. In odd places like cross country routes, it's often dated back to pre-1922 grouping for the history and often that will result in "up" and "down" being obscure. For example in my old area, at Exeter St Davids and Plymouth North Road, "Up Southern" trains towards London leave or left West bound whereas "Up GW" leave both East bound...
 
Leighb said:
Hope the owner gets to see this picture of his lovely cutter powering down the Wallet on 15th August

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A lovely picture...This boat (Ala 38?....Chuck Paine? I don't know) came past our Feeling 286 out of Harwich Harbour, and the lady on the massive tiller asked about the Cornish ensign we were flying...
I last saw them downwind out towards the windfarm as we headed round the Naze and for home.....
 
The vessel in the Photo is 'Spiritus'. Her home is on the River Blackwater and she is in the next-but-one berth to Cirrus. Lovely boat indeed and I will make the owner aware of the photo as I'm sure he would like a full-res copy.
 
Up the coast is going in a northerly direction as far as I'm concerned
Up a river is from sea to source equally .
If we were to sail from our east coast to the south I'm pretty sure it would down :-)
We could always traverse the wallet to keep Sailorman happy I suppose ...
 
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