Category Archives: Boats

The River Thames flooding in Weybridge, January 9th 2024 update

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Barbara

Every so often I get a notification from WordPress that my stats are booming. I used to blog on a daily basis for a few years as I was suffering with my chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, and struggled to do … Continue reading →

Posted in Boats, Photography, Water, Weybridge, Winter | Tagged D'Oyly Carte Island, flooding, London, Photo Challenge, Photography, River Thames, Weybridge, Winter | Leave a comment

My Photo won me some tickets on the London Eye!

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Barbara

I entered the Totally Thames Photo Competition with this photo & I won one of the runner-up prizes 🙂 I liked this one for the reflections on the water. I’m very Chuffed! Here is the link to the website: Totally … Continue reading →

Posted in Boats, Bridges, London, Photography, Sunsets, Water, Weybridge | Tagged Canoeing, Desborough Cut, Desborough Island, Photographic Competition, The London Eye, The Millennium Wheel, The River Thames, Totally Thames | 6 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Silhouette

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Barbara

I’m not usually up early enough to catch the sunrise, definitely not in summer! Thankfully for me I can capture silhouettes at sunset too! Here is one I took of people fishing at sunset on a beach in Perth.

Posted in Australia, Boats, Perth, Photography, Travel, Water | Tagged sea, Silhouette, The Daily Post, Weekly Photo Challenge | 5 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Texture

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Barbara

I’ve been waiting for an opportunity to share this photo I took of the sea at dawn. I wouldn’t have described the ripples as a texture, but when the sea looks like this it seems a lot more viscous than … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Boats, Photography, Water | Tagged ripples, sailing, sea, Sunrise, Texture, The Daily Post, Weekly Photo Challenge | 7 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Zigzag

Posted on August 2, 2014 by Barbara

I’m sure I would be banned from Weybridge Sailing Club for using the word ‘Zigzag‘ to describe sailing dinghies tacking across the Thames!

Posted in Boats, Photography, Water | Tagged Regatta, sailing, Tacking, The Daily Post, Weekly Photo Challenge, Weybridge Sailing Club, Zigzag | 6 Comments

I won an award for my photo!

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Barbara

Yesterday we spent the evening in LV21, a converted Lightship in Gillingham in Kent. One of my photos, ‘Sunrise on the Medway’ was placed in the Top 5 in an RSPB photography competition! I took this photo while on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Boats, England, Photography, Water | Tagged Futurescapes, Gillingham, Kent, LV21, Photography Competition, Queenborough, RSPB, The Medway, The Swale | 28 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge; On Top

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Barbara

I love watching these sailing hydrofoil boats flying along on top of the water!

Posted in Boats, Photography | Tagged Chichester Harbour, Fins, Hayling Island, Langstone Sailing Club, Moth Class, On Top, Postaday, sailing, sailing hydrofoil, Weekly Photo Challenge | 9 Comments

The Broadwater

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Barbara

We have been very lucky since we have come back from our holidays as the weather has been lovely & spring is most definitely here. The sun has been shining & we have been out for some great walks.

Posted in Boats, Keeping Fit, Photography, Spring, Walking, Water, Weybridge | Tagged Floods, Oxbow Lake, Reflections, River Thames, The Broadwater, The Engine River, Weekly Photo Challenge | 12 Comments

The River Thames in Flood; Weybridge & Walton, January 9th 2014

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Barbara

Today the sun shone so I took Wilson out and we took some photos of the floods. The water is nearly as high as it was in 2003! This is how high the water came in Weybridge. The river started … Continue reading →

Posted in Boats, Photography, Water | Tagged Cowie Sale, Flood, Hamhaugh Island, Hamm Court, January 2003, River Thames, Thames Meadow, Walton Bridge, Walton Lane, Walton-On-Thames, Weybridge | 13 Comments

River Levels Rising!

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Barbara

Our horrible wet weather is continuing (except mine & Peter’s weather will definitely improve from Tuesday!) There are flood warnings all over the country, and today there are 10 around the area of the Thames near where we live.