Autumn arrives at my favourite spot beside the Thames |
High tide. |
North end of the footbridge. |
High tide on road at Richmond Lock |
Pathfinder gets through. |
Looking down river at high tide on a cold grey day. |
Floating toilet |
A few inches more. |
I am fed up with cycling everywhere, it's giving me a terrible back ache. |
Bad place to leave a boat. |
Feeding on shellfish. |
Low tide. |
View looking downstream |
Taken from the river bed below the lock. |
Cormorants by Richmond foot bridge. |
Sentinels under a dark sky. |
Low tide below the lock. |
Lamplight, daylight. |
Lamplight, moonlight |
No wonder the river is so low, someone left the plug out. |
Not a lake , not a pond. |
What pedestrian ? |
Always close your windows when parking in Ranelagh Drive. |
Here it comes, rising fast. |
Got through OK. |
Ranelagh Drive looking towards Twickenham Bridge |
All fun today. |
Are they here to help Doc Savage. |
View from Twickenham Bridge. |
The Pagoda in Kew gardens. |
Kew Pagoda. |
This will really stop the baddies. |
Run aground. |
Tides over 5 metres flood the pavement. |
Floating crane is towed past. |
Richmond Lock and Footbridge. |
Inefficient local council. |
Learning to drive in flood water. |
The flood approaches. |
Ranelagh Drive, Isleworth |
Waiting for the flood water to recede. |
Weir raised slightly to let excess water out. |
Tough little girl cycles home from school. |
Surfing the wall, at Isleworth. |
Time to turn left, all that water on the screen is affecting his judgement. |
Small boat ramp at 1.00am. |
Closed at night. |
Ranelagh Drive at 01.00 am |
Small boat. |
Impatient oarsman. |
Canoeist portaging through Richmond lock. |
A lovely little boat. |
Richmond Lock and Footbridge. |
One of many. |
Chain. |
The moat. |
It's pay back time. |
The moat (a death trap). |
Do not ask for a hand. |
I like these rope gardens. |
Red house, Isleworth. |
Stump in Old Richmond Deer Park. |
Only 2 left alive, good luck. |
Gu-Jo moored on Isleworth Ait. |
Over the top disguise. |
The RIB Ebbsfleet. |
Grease the railings. |
Between the bridges, Middlesex side. |
13 ducklings. |
The moat. |
The moat. |
Lock gate dropping. |
Richmond footbridge. |
Richmond lock. |
Richmond lock and footbridge. |
Stone bottle |
Garmin Street Pilot GPS. |
Richmond lock from downstream at low tide. |
Human skull ? |
Moat drainage pipe, with missing cover. |
Old barge enters the lock. |
The stern. |
The bow. |
View from the river bed. |
Vandals break in, need some security here. |
Houseboats from the centre of the river. |
Looking downriver . |
Lock taken from river bed. |
Left arch looking upriver. |
Boat ramp. |
Centre arch low tide. |
Lower lock gates. |
Ugly |
The lock at low tide. |
From downstream, Middlesex side. |
This van will often be seen parked here. |
Duck or Goose ? |
Tide stopped here and retreated. |
View from footpath of flooded lock. |
Looking into the lock basin from the footpath above the bridge. |
High spring tide. |
Path flooded. |
High tide at the lock. |
Paddling and Pedaling. |
The Lexicon just clears at high tide. |
Mooring pilings at downstream entrance to lock. |
Mum with red hair feeds the ducks to entertain the child. |
Spring is here, all the pigeons are at it. |
My Linda, in desperate need of some tender loving care. |
My Linda propellor. |
My Linda. |
Window cleaner has not called recently. |
White ? boat. |
Hiding behind a tree. |
Workmans boat. |
Waiting to enter lock to travel down river. |
Footpath light. |
Rock doves taking a siesta. |
Rock Dove after sharing my sandwich. |
Footpath in Ranelagh Drive. |
The Hurlingham entering the lock. |
The Hurlingham in the lock. |
Life rafts on the Hurlingham. |
Hurlingham leaves the lock. |
Tide going out. |
High tide. |
Richmond Lock and Weir, also called Richmond footbridge. |
Bridge, down river, Middlesex side. |
Bridge, down river, Surrey side. |
Richmond Footbridge and Lock |
Richmond Footbridge and Lock. |
Houseboat, just below the bridge. |
Houseboat side view. |
Boat alarm sign. |
The rudder. |
Dilapidated sign over boat. |
Looking down from footpath on bridge at low tide. |
Another plant bound mooring rope. |
All these plants are growing in the mooring rope. |
Path across Richmond footbridge. |
My view of footpath. |
Sign no. 1 on bridge. |
Sign no. 2 on bridge. |
Sign no. 3 on bridge. |
Sign no. 4 on bridge. |
Sign no. 5 on bridge. |
Sign no. 6 on bridge. |
Sign no. 7 on bridge. |
Sign no. 8 on bridge. |
Richmond Lock sign. |
Stop sign for boats under bridge. |
Steps up onto bridge on the Middlesex side. |
Steps up onto bridge on the Surrey side. |
Remains of turnstile, this was a toll bridge until 1938. |
Electric motors to wind up sluices. |
Looking down on a sluice gate. |
A sluice gate on down river side. |
Counter balance weights for sluices. |
Bottom of small boat slipway. |
Small boat rollers. |
Even more mud. |
Looking down onto slipway from footpath on bridge. |
Looking down river from centre of footpath at low tide. |
Looking down river from bridge, on Middlesex side. |
Lower lock gates, low tide. |
Lower lock gates. |
Roof of offices at end of bridge. |
Skylight in offices at end of bridge. |
Right sluice looking upriver. |
Right sluice seconds later. |
Right sluice nearly touching water on way down. |
Right sluice well in water. |
Right sluice down. |
All 3 sluices moving. |
All 3 in motion. |
All 3 nearly down. Centre arch is last to close. |
River Crane Walk. sign, just below Richmond footbridge, Middlesex side. |
Almost a sculpture. |
Super low tide. |