Articles tagged ‘River Thames’
The University Boat Race
By Chris | March 24th, 2008 |
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The 154th Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge Universities will take place this Saturday 29 March 2008, starting at 5.15pm. One of the sporting indicators that Spring has arrived, the Boat Race takes place over a 4.25 mile stretch of the River Thames from Putney to Mortlake.
Coxed crews of eight represent each university and the [...]
River Thames Poker Cruise
By Chris | November 18th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Poker fans and complete novices to the game are invited to take part in the latest Chivas Regal Discover Poker event happening this Thursday 22 November on the cruise liner Silver Sturgeon as it takes a trip up the River Thames.
Entry is free but you have to register online to get on the guest list. [...]
The Great River Race
By Chris | September 3rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The 20th Great River Race takes place on the River Thames on Saturday 8 September. This unique race is open to any traditional style, coxed boat, propelled by a minimum of four oars or paddles, without sliding seats or riggers who race over a 22 mile stretch of the Thames from Richmond in Surrey to [...]
London to get desalination plant along the Thames
By Chris | July 19th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Londoners will be looking at the River Thames a little differently from now on because in two years time they might be drinking the water from it. The go-ahead was given yesterday for the construction of a desalination plant costing £200 million at Beckton, just on the east side of London City Airport.
The plant operated [...]
London to get summer air race
By Chris | May 4th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The Red Bull Air Race World Series is coming to London this summer. The London race, the sixth in the 2007 series, will take place on 28-29 July on the area of the River Thames around the Greenwich Peninsula/Millennium Dome and tickets for the event will go on sale on the 17th May.
The race sees [...]
Taking a fast boat down the Thames
By Chris | April 11th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Taking a boat trip on the River Thames is something that every visitor to London should do and there’s a host of large boats cruising up and down the river that you could hop on. If you’re looking for something a little different you might like London Rib Voyages, a river cruise on small, fast [...]
A busy Saturday afternoon ahead on the Thames
By Chris | March 26th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The River Thames in a sporting context is synonymous with the Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race which takes place every April. This Saturday 31 March there’s a much larger rowing event taking place on the Thames, the annual Head of the River Race.
This is a race that features crews of eight just like the [...]
Trip up the Thames
By Chris | November 23rd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Here’s a video of a trip along the Thames a Lifeboat zodiac. I saw a lifeboat crew putting their boat through its paces a few weeks ago as I was crossing Waterloo Bridge. There’s an RNLI lifeboat pier along the Embankment right next to the bridge.
