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Author archives: Patricia Stoughton

Ebb and Flow

Walking by the river, unless you happen to time your arrival with that moment between tides at slack water, when it’s more or less still, you will see a current flowing either down or upstream. Either ebbing or flooding. Familiarity with the tides is essential for all who work on, or use the Thames for …

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Posted byPatricia Stoughton29th November 202028th November 2020Posted inEbb & Flow

Thames tides

Just the other day two visitors approached me in Victoria Tower Gardens, considerately keeping to our Covid social distancing norms, and asked me why the river seemed bereft of water. It was low tide. And it was not the first time that I’ve met people unaware that the river is tidal up as far as …

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Posted byPatricia Stoughton15th November 202014th November 2020Posted inEbb & Flow

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