It's Quite Nice South of the River Too Mini Meander.

[grantmac]

I really want to take the ''Uber Boats'' ferry all the way down to Barking. Waiting until it warms up a bit....

 

[LOLGEOFF]

I really want to take the ''Uber Boats'' ferry all the way down to Barking. Waiting until it warms up a bit....

You have to watch out which boat you take. They don't all go from one end of the river to the other, some terminate around about The City area and don't go up to Putney and visa versa, all boats go to North Greenwich but not all carry on to Barking. They are also a bit like trains as well in the fact that they are "fast" past some stops. It seems that at Barking the drivers take their break so some boats are moored up for ages before they make the return journey and I'm not sure there's much to do at Barking while you wait.

 

[timeandtide]

Thats a great write up

Enjoyed that - thanks very much for taking the time and trouble!

 

[Wapping]

I really want to take the ''Uber Boats'' ferry all the way down to Barking. Waiting until it warms up a bit....

Check the timetable.

Cue the old ‘Dad joke’ about buying a dog in Barking.

 

[Mzokk]

Very enjoyable and looking toward areas I worked in in my youth. I was based in Grays Thurrock and worked from Purfleet to Coryton. I was a Health and Safety Inspector for the Council in 1983-84 and the HSC had just brought in new regulations regarding the safe storage of bottled gas. You can imagine my reception on occasions, in that era, when a Belfast lad was asking about gas storage arrangements, and asking for access to the premises to carry out an inspection. My boss who was a Cumbrian used to laugh that I was the only one of his inspectors who he could track the movement of, as nearly everyone I visited (quite understandably in those times) rang the Council to confirm I was who I said I was.

They were still building the Thames barrier at that time. The walls along the estuary look well weathered now.

 

[bod]

Thank you for posting up your wander along the river. I know that it takes time to put up the pictures and write the words; much appreciated.

I was thinking what a big shift he put in to write and upload that lot.

The history of The Royal Arsenal is all new to me ..... Henry VIII, he put himself about a bit.

 

[Wapping]

I can definitely recommend this book:

The unruly riverside parishes of London were home to everyday Londoners who helped to build a global trading metropolis and played essential roles in the effort that eventually enabled Britain to defeat Napoleon. This rich study immerses readers in a forgotten maritime world of which only traces remain. Filled with episodes of violence, smuggling, pilfering from ships on the river and destabilizing radicalism, this account also celebrates men and women in maritime trades, shipwrights and the early trade union movement, wives who managed the home while husbands were at sea, and those who built London’s first docks. it examines the lives of ordinary people who made the growth of Britain’s sea power unstoppable in the age of the Pacific explorer James Cook and Admiral Nelson.

 

[LOLGEOFF]

The history of The Royal Arsenal is all new to me ..... Henry VIII, he put himself about a bit.

South London boy innit bruv, well it was Kent back then

 

[Old Codger]

Excellent post thanks for the education.
As for the Uber Boats and the retired amongst us If you have a Bus Pass in your possession a concessionary rate is available . Helps protect the beer and entertainment fund