Monday 22nd June 2009

We arranged to meet Pete and Jeanette from "Joanie M" at Limehouse Basin later today, so left Paddington at about 1015hrs to set off on the Regent's Canal.


The view of Little Venice from
the east of Paddington

This is the view as we left Little Venice -we definitely will return here to explore in more detail.

Snowdons Aviary in Regents Park

We passed through Regent's Park although there wasn't much to see as we were surrounded by high banks and trees. We did however see the aviary designed by Lord Snowdon.
There were lots of residential houseboats to keep our interest and some pretty impressive houses too.

Little Venice heading East

Where the other half Live

Our first locks of the day were at Camden and it was very busy with tourists, who were keen to see the workings of the locks - not too keen on helping though!

Christine bringing Lottie into

Camden Lock with an audience!

very impressive

We soon met another hazard in the form of a class of school children having a lesson on the canal. Luckily they were in complete control and managed to avoid us.

They start them early here

Barclays Building where Lottie works

comes into view just before Limehouse

Basin

As the day wore on, the scenery became less attractive as we approached the east end of London and the locks became harder as they were not in such a good working order. The litter and graffiti increased too but it was good to see the landmark buildings of Canary Wharf in the distance. We waved to Lottie in the Barclays building but not sure she saw us!

We finally arrived in Limehouse Basin at 1600hrs and met up with Pete and Jeanette for a drink and catch up.

We are both going to set off on the River Lee tomorrow and will share the first few locks before going our separate ways.