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TVBC CLUB
ALBUM
The Hedsor Water Rally at Cookham Lock in May 2021
(Below) Some photos from the 2021 TVBC Rally
The moorings are deep enough even for large motor cruisers
Trimming the foliage at the top end
Club boats along the moorings
"Nydia" mooring up
One of our most successful rallies ever and attended by 13 club members
boats, including 7 who are also members of the Association of Dunkirk
Little ships. A good time was had by all!
The Diamond Jubilee Thames River Pageant 2012
The TVBC Played a Major Part in the Pageant!
It was
remarkable that we had all our Flag Officers,
plus Secretary, Treasurer and Webmaster all in the Pageant! Also Committee members Grant,and
Lynda Kinnaird, Jim Jackson (on
Mimosa), and Patrick Prince was crewing somewhere with
the ADLS!
ON THE WATER - THE CLUB'S PAST RALLIES
The Boveney Lock Rally (July 30th and
31st 2011)
Click here for my Photo Album online
Moira and I arrived in “Deux Poissons” at the
upriver end of Boveney lock on Saturday afternoon, and were
confronted with a very long queue of boats. Adam, our Commodore
arrived in “Rainbow” and decided to moor at the upstream end of the
lock, rather than wait in the long queue, as did David Driver in
D’River. The weather was fine and sunny. Eventually we got through
and joined the other boats. On arrival our Perkins diesel engine
started behaving strangely, and I correctly diagnosed fuel
starvation. The fuel gauge said half full, but when Martin and I
dipped the tank, we found it empty! Martin and his son
Stuart, who was visiting, then very kindly magicked up two
ten-gallon cans of diesel to help us out. Fortunately no air had got
into the fuel system and we avoided the laborious and messy job of
bleeding the engine of air. Later on Saturday
we were joined by a number of
members and guests coming by car, including
Sunday was another warm sunny day. “Sabrina”
departed early for the trip home. During the morning Patrick
appeared from the EA shower block looking very cross. At the exact
point when he was covered in soap, the water supply had ceased
completely, due to the fact that a barge had moored up at the nearby
water point and was filling its tanks. It seems the water supply to
the island is completely inadequate, and when a boat comes to take
on water, the shower ceases to function! The remedy I guess is to
shower very late or very early! After lunch Toby and Di in “Snowgoose of
Breydon” and Peter and Sue in “Perrapin” arrived, and stayed for a
few hours. As the day drew on a number of boats left for the trip
back home, leaving “Cera”, “Arcadia”, “Pourquoi Pas” and us to enjoy
another warm evening of
barbecue, wine and good company. On Monday morning we packed up all the club
gear and stowed it on “ A very enjoyable club rally with good
attendance and excellent weather on a very pleasant site. Next year,
due to the Olympic rowing at Dorney lake and the associated tight
security, we may have to move this rally to a new venue. We would
welcome any ideas for a (temporary) new venue. Answers by email
please! All Photos Copyright Mike Phillips
The Cookham Lock Island Rally (August 27th to
29th
2011 - Bank holiday)
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I think “informal and friendly” sums up this
rally. You really are missing out if you don’t come to this event!
The setting is idyllic, and the charming
Some Interesting Facts about
"Father Thames" that perhaps you never knew: DID YOU KNOW... Mapledurham corn mill, from the
15th century, is the only water mill still working on the Thames. A medicinal spring, reputedly good
for "corns, ulcers and sore eyes", flows at Goring. A drop of rain falling into the
Thames at its source (in the Cotswolds) will have been drunk by 8 people before
it reaches the sea. One inch of rain on the Thames
catchment is enough water to make five rivers as big as the Thames is at Henley Suffragettes burned down the
church at Wargrave in 1914 because the vicar refused to remove the word
"obey" from the marriage service. St Mary's Abbey in the sleepy
village of Medmenham in Buckinghamshire, is reputed to be one of the homes of
the orgiastic Hell Fire Club in the late18th century. Dorney Court at Dorney Reach, just
past Bray, was where the first pineapple was grown in Britain and presented to
King Charles II.St. John's Lock at Lechlade, is the highest on the Thames, 250
feet above sea level. Radcot Bridge, north of Faringdon,
is a triple arched 12th century bridge, which has foundations that may date back
to Saxon times. It is the oldest surviving bridge across the Thames. Swan Upping takes place in the 3rd
week of July, the responsibility of the Queen's Swan Marker, David Barber of
Cookham, whose father held the position for 41 years. All the swans are the
property of the Queen, or one of two livery companies - the Dyers or the
Vintners. The swan uppers identify and tag the new generation of cygnets; those
belonging to the livery companies are tagged - the Queen's are unmarked. It is reputed that Richard the
Lionheart first introduced the swans to the Thames from Cyprus. Maidenhead, originally Maidenhythe,
is famous for its two bridges, the road bridge built of Portland stone and
Brunel's brick railway bridge, also known as the "Sounding Arch" for
its amazing echo. The railway bridge has the widest brick-built spans in the
world. Bray Film Studio, just past Bray
Marina, is where the Hammer House of Horror films were made.span> Across the river at Runnymede is a
US Air Forces Memorial and the John F Kennedy Memorial set in an acre of England
given to the American people. (From
an article found on the internet from an unknown source)
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This was
a new venturefor the club, as we had not moored there before. It was
in fact suggested to us by Danny, the Cookham Lock Keeper. It turned
out to be one of the best grass bank moorings for a club rally on
the entire river Thames.
