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| timlewis | profile | all galleries >> Tim's Canal Pictures >> SPCC Trip To Barking Creek 12/13th May 2007 | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
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 Waiting for the tide at Bow Lock |
 Bow Creek |
 Approaching Leamouth |
 Commercial traffic on the Thames ... |
 ... passes Doris Katia ... |
 ... leaving a scary Bow wave |
 Passing the O2 (Was the Dome!) |
 Canary Wharf and the David Beckham Football Academy |
 Through the Barrier. |
 ... which dwarfs the boats |
 Looking towards the Old Woolwich Arsenal site |
 Canary Wharf & the Barrier |
 Passing the Woolwich Ferry |
 A small ship left Barking Creek just before we reached it |
 The tidal barrage at the entrance to Barking Creek |
 Barking Creek - note wharf being rebuilt |
 Still a few working wharfs on the Creek |
 Reed beds on the West (Sewage works) side |
 The barrier at Barking - Only one set of gates so we can only go through when the tide makes a level |
 Approacing the limit of Navigation |
 Sunday morning & we wait for the tidal gate to be opened |
 Approaching the barrage |
 These Thameside flats are on the site of the old Harland & Woolf shipyard which built working narrowboats in the 1930's |
 No Woolwich ferry working today |
 Bow to Bow at the Tate & Lyle terminal |
 Looking back at Tate & Lyle |
 Parts of the barrier were in their maintenance mode |
 Passing through the Barrier |
 Looking back through the barrier |
 We were tempted to pick up passengers from Canning Town station! |
 Bow Creek is very bendy! |
 Old & new bridges |
 Shoestring had to wait for a second locking at Bow |
 On the Lea navigation at Old Ford |
 Ducketts Canal |
 A very wet & soggy Regents canal |
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