#thames barges

[amf1950]

Maldon and Tollesbury, Essex

Revisiting after 13 years. I love the boat stores at Tollesbury; such weird structures, at high tide they are isolated by the floodwater. Maldon’s thames barges are lovely reminders of times long past but so many good boats preserved or being restored. But at low tide all there is is mud! I also love the grave of Sarah and the two husbands she outlived. Wonder if she did away with them?

[thisisengland]

Maldon, Essex.

[amf1950]

Maldon in Essex

I worked here for about two years. Not the happiest job for me but I loved the town. The tidal range is massive and, at low tide, most boats sit on the mud but the old timber boats, especially the Thames barges are magnificent.

In 2009 there was a hard, cold spell that offered good pictures of frosted plants along the canal that runs from Maldon to Chelmsford. Beautiful countryside and good walking..

[aisphotostuff]

Barges along Faversham Creek Kent by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: This gentle creekside walk, takes you on a journey of discovery to the bleak beauty of the Kent marshes.This coastal walk takes you all the way to Whitstable on the north coast of Kent

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Barges along Faversham Creek Kent by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: This gentle creekside walk, takes you on a journey of discovery to the bleak beauty of the Kent marshes.

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The Beautiful Rural Oare Creek & Marsh Kent by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: This amazing nature reserve has everything to see - wildlife and creeks surrounded by marsh just stunning Kent countryside AONB wild and stunning to visit in all weather conditions!!

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Thames Barge on the Oare Creek Kent.. by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: the few remaining historic Thames sailing barges, SB Mirosa..She was built in 1892 and was used to carry hay and straw on her deck from Suffolk and Essex to feed London’s horses, returning with their manure for the farms. After the First World War, she changed to carrying timber which was stacked metres high on her deck.

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Thames Barge & Whitstable Town in Backgound Kent by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: Whitstable is a town in the Canterbury district, on the north coast of Kent adjoining the convergence of the Swale Estuary and the Greater Thames Estuary in southeastern England, five miles north of Canterbury and two miles west of Herne Bay.