Captain JP's log

Ok this one might be a bit of stretch but it met the criteria so its going to count as one of the Ferries of London - at least for the per...

The Hammertons Ferry is just upriver of Richmond . Now Richmond is not just nice, but really nice, and also historic, home of Marble Hi...

Next down river was the Hampton Ferry, which has been running since 1514, and its incorporation by statute makes the ferry one of the 10 o...

First up is the ferry from Shepperton to Weybridge . According to the web site  (which also calls it the Weybridge to Shepperton ferry)...

So how many ferries are there in London that cross the Thames? As noted in the previous post , I'm working with this definition...

So now we've defined how much of the Thames is in London its time for another quiz: how many ferries are there across the Thames i...

So how much of the Thames is London's? That of course raises an important question: what definition of London should be used? The...

This is the Google Earth view of London , with the river Thames wiggling its way from left to right. The Thames in total is 346 km in ...

It's a sunny Sunday afternoon and this chap is sailing in a Laser... no wonder he has a content smile on his face.

... and, apparently, an amphibious car.

I walked to the Abbey Mills pumping station from West Ham tube station, taking a route along something called the Greenway . I thought it...

This is John Martin's 1838 drawing showing his design for a combined sewer and rain fall system contained within an embankment of the ...

The amazing Tanya Tagaq and Nanook of the North concert made me want to head north again. Alas no plans for such a trip at the moment but...

As posted previously  I've been to quite a few concerts and gigs this year but nothing  I'd been to had the impact of the one at ...

I haven't done a music post for some time and already we've reached Glastonbury weekend. Its another year of following the streams...

Recently I went to the city of Seville in Spain and it turned out to be an extremely pleasant place to spend a long weekend. One evenin...

Unseasonably warm at the moment in Blightly land. Skies were clear all across the country, a bit like this: This photo was actually t...

Ok, time for some of the harsh facts of life: some things just shouldn't be flushed away. Take wet-wipes: these don't decay but ...