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2009 Excel Trip

NB Fulbourne takes part in the St Pancras Cruising Club Organised trip to the London Boat Show held at The Excel Exhibition centre in the Royal Docks
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The route
The route		 Wednesday night in Limehouse Basin
Wednesday night in Limehouse Basin		 Midnight drinks, could have been the Mediterranean apart from the ice!
Midnight drinks, could have been the Mediterranean apart from the ice!		 Early morning start along the Limehouse Cut
Early morning start along the Limehouse Cut
Approaching Bow Lock
Approaching Bow Lock		 Bow Lock
Bow Lock		 Bow Creek
Bow Creek		 Living the high life!
Living the high life!
Some of the crew
Some of the crew		 Leamouth (Junction of Bow Creek and the Tidal Thames)
Leamouth (Junction of Bow Creek and the Tidal Thames)		 The O2
The O2		 Looking downstream
Looking downstream
Looking upstrean to Canary Wharf
Looking upstrean to Canary Wharf		 Into the sun!
Into the sun!		 The Thames Clipper wasn't interested in waiting!
The Thames Clipper wasn't interested in waiting!		 Greenwich Yacht Club moorings
Greenwich Yacht Club moorings
Looking back to the O2 and the David Beckham football academy
Looking back to the O2 and the David Beckham football academy		 Charlton aggregate wharves
Charlton aggregate wharves		 Waiting for aggregate ship to turn in front of us
Waiting for aggregate ship to turn in front of us		 Bunched up narrowboats!
Bunched up narrowboats!
Our leader
Our leader		 We set off again
We set off again		 Dredger and gulls!
Dredger and gulls!		 Steering commitee not paying attention!
Steering commitee not paying attention!
Approaching the Thames Barrier
Approaching the Thames Barrier		 Thames Barrier
Thames Barrier		 Barrier dwarfs NB Panacea
Barrier dwarfs NB Panacea		 Looking back towards the Barrier
Looking back towards the Barrier
Tate & Lyle Sugar Refinery
Tate & Lyle Sugar Refinery		 Unloading sugar cane
Unloading sugar cane		 Lonely tug
Lonely tug		 Woolwich Ferry North terminal
Woolwich Ferry North terminal
South terminal
South terminal		 Busy river
Busy river		 Spare ferry moored by site of Woolwich Arsenal
Spare ferry moored by site of Woolwich Arsenal		 We wait for tug and rubbish barge to pass
We wait for tug and rubbish barge to pass
Crossing to the North bank
Crossing to the North bank		 Tug Major
Tug Major		 NB Panacea
NB Panacea		 Approaching the KGV Lock
Approaching the KGV Lock
These flats are built on the site of the Harland & Wolff shipyard where Fulbourne was built in 1937
These flats are built on the site of the Harland & Wolff shipyard where Fulbourne was built in 1937		 The motley crew
The motley crew		 Waiting for the lock to fill
Waiting for the lock to fill		 Leaving the lock with London City Airport beyond
Leaving the lock with London City Airport beyond
We turn into the Royal Albert Dock
We turn into the Royal Albert Dock		 Passing the University Of East London student residences
Passing the University Of East London student residences		 Well travelled Ted
Well travelled Ted		 Well Smoked Ted
Well Smoked Ted
New offices where there was once warehousing
New offices where there was once warehousing		 Aircraft landing
Aircraft landing		 Swing bridges between the Royal Albert & Royal Victoria Docks
Swing bridges between the Royal Albert & Royal Victoria Docks		 Royal Victoria Dock
Royal Victoria Dock
Narrowboat exhibits at the Boat Show
Narrowboat exhibits at the Boat Show		 Slightly more expensive boats
Slightly more expensive boats		 Modern architecture
Modern architecture		 Modern flats
Modern flats
Old & New
Old & New		 Caption competition!
Caption competition!		 Our mooring
Our mooring		 Hotels where there was once warehousing!
Hotels where there was once warehousing!
We celebrate a successful cruise
We celebrate a successful cruise		 Tipsy bear
Tipsy bear		 The Navy are confused as to how helicopters work!
The Navy are confused as to how helicopters work!		 Feeding the locals
Feeding the locals
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