10:49:04
Got the HS1 to Gravesend.11:23:53
Heading down the gangplank or whatever you call it to get the ferry from Gravesend to Tilbury.11:23:59
The Thames looked a bit bleak here.11:24:31
The ferry.
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Me on the ferry.11:27:53
Bargain.11:29:31
Crossing the Thames.11:29:45
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At the other side now.11:37:10
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Walking along the river at Tilbury.
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Lots of people just got off the boat and straight onto this bus.11:43:06
The World End.11:44:10
The "beach".11:45:52
Sky brightening a bit now.
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The fort thing in Tilbury.11:49:02
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The World End where I went for a quick early lunch.12:03:11
Inside The Worlds End.12:03:19
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Samuel Pepys.12:36:48
Heading back to the ferry.12:53:49
I think this is back in Gravesend again.12:53:57
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Next up the Woolwich Car Ferry.14:31:47
...but first, the Woolwich Foot Tunnel.14:32:29
Rather inconspicuous entrance.14:37:47
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Same thing at the other side.14:47:34
14:58:59
Getting on the ferry.15:00:09
Andrew on the ferry. Quite weird passenger space inside.
15:01:00
Not that inviting in places... but then it is free so you can't really complain.15:02:04
You are entering a snap back zone.15:04:54
Views of the Thames from the Woolwich ferry.15:05:09
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A glimpse of the city here.15:21:46
Now on the Thames Clipper from Woolwich to Greenwich.15:21:48
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Interesting to pass the Thames Barrier.15:25:31
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Nice houses beside the Cutty Sark pub in Greenwich.16:53:12
The Cutty Sark.17:00:38
Heading to Greenwich station to get the DLR to Limehouse or thereabouts.17:34:30
In the Grapes in Wapping.
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Fond memories of the balcony at the back.17:44:09
Now has a Gormley statue.17:45:58
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Passed the Prospect of Whitby but didn't go in.18:39:06