Committee and Officers
St Pancras Cruising Club – Committee
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An exploration of BARKING CREEKrn
SPCC NOTES ON VISITING THAMES CREEKS rnrn An exploration of BARKING CREEK rnrn Barking Creek is still an active commercial navigation with small coasters trading from the wharfs in the lower reaches. Sadly traffic no longer uses the formerly navigable River Roding Navigation to Ilford Bridge, but with the advent of the new Barking Barrage it is again accessible by smaller craft and canoes. Headroom restrictions at the bridges stop i Waterways of Eastern EnglandFossdyke & Witham Navigations Navigation authority: Canal & River Trust rnrn rnrn River gauge data from Gaugemap Jim Shead’s waterway pages (Fossdyke) DARTFORD AND CRAYFORD NAVIGATIONSSPCC NOTES ON VISITING THAMES CREEKS rnrn DARTFORD AND CRAYFORD NAVIGATIONS rnrn The key to a successful visit to the Dartford and Crayford Navigations is the use of the tide. The Creek experiences high and low water approximately 45 minutes before London Bridge. (The Thames Barrier tide is 20 minutes prior to London Bridge). For simplicity this summary works on tide times at London Bridge. However, please remember the further VLAANDEREN VROLIJK 2020Useful links:rnrnWaterways of BelgiumrnrnDocumentsrnrnICC formrnPLEASURE BOATING ON FLEMISH WATERWAYS 2019rnSAFE AND CORRECT THE TRANSIT TO THE MEDWAYSPCC NOTES ON VISITING THE RIVER MEDWAY rnrn THE TRANSIT TO THE MEDWAY rnrn THIS IS A CRUISE THAT REQUIRES PRE-PLANNING AND IS NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED rnrn Once you leave BOW LOCKS there are few places to land, and only barge buoys on which you can lay over. The last of these barge buoys are in the GRAVESEND REACH. Once you clear Lower Hope Reach you are very much ‘on your own’ until you are back in the Medway Channel. Good weather forec HORN SIGNALSSPCC NOTES ON VISITING THE RIVER THAMES rnrn HORN SIGNALS rnrn The term Short Blast means a blast of about 1 second duration The term Long Blast means a blast of about 4–5 seconds duration rnrn SIGNAL &n Recommended services & suppliersContent to be added. Collinson Competition 2024To view an entry please click on the thumbnail, which will open the photograph in a new window. rnrn rnPhoto 01: Peace at Last by John Serocold rnrn |
