Paddington Basin to Limehouse Marina, Regent's Canal
Today we had planned to move down the Regent's Canal to Limehouse Marina, but we have to stay put. British Waterways have issued a Stoppage Notice because there has been an Environmental Incident necessitating the closure of the Regents Canal. So we decided to walk round and see what was occurring! We found tape across the entrance to the canal and the trip and cruise boats non operational. As we approached the tunnel at Maida Vale tunnel we saw and smelled oil - a brown slick across the width of the canal seeping out from the tunnel. We went further, and on the far side of the tunnel we saw 3 men very slowly and very clumsily trying the harness the oil in a boom trailed from a small boat. This could take ages to clean up!
To our surprise as we returned to the boat in Paddington Basin we witnessed the unfolding of a rolling steel and timber foot bridge across one of the basin inlets. This event happens each Friday at noon, and transforms the bridge into an octagon. But why?
Time to play tourist again, and we took boat trip from Greenwich down to the Thames Barrier and very glad we did. Most interesting commentary and we passed between the flood gate hoods.
We spent this evening at the Globe watching Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors - a great experience on a summers evening as the sun went down, and rather saucy at times! Excellent performance.
Another good day, if not quite to plan.
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