#weynavigation

Good to have a nice walk and sunset over Papercourt marshes after a rather gloomy start to 2021 in the SE that summed up a lack of New Year celebrations, the low of finally leaving the EU, and being in Tier 4 with a chaotic and confused leadership always days behind making the decisions that are needed. As one head teacher said, it is like being led by Dad's Army! The good news has to be the Oxford vaccine, but how long before it has the impact we all want. Good to have a walk surrounded by nature. #papercourtmeadows #riverwey #weynavigation (at Papercourt Meadows) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJmYGv8D9mu/?igshid=qqooz8c3squ4

Great light to get pictures of remians Newark Priory, next to the River Wey near Ripley and Pyrford. Built from around 1189, it was finally demolished in the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII c1538, along with Chertsey Abbey Henry VIII had his motives with the split with Rome and many at the time, with the reformation, were happy to see their demise since they had so much wealth and power (especially Chertsey Abbey). Over 800 wete dissolved and some of the wealth from the monasteries was used by Henry VIII to build warships that would be the birth of the Royal Navy. #newarkpriory #newarklock #riverwey #weynavigation #kevthenatureguide (at Newark Priory) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHGjt5ajOxD/?igshid=bhmlwg2eouln

Some pictures of the River Wye near Town Lock Weybridge on the Wey navigation canel and the nearby River Wey. Years ago (1971, c14?) one of my first adventures was kayaking the length of the River Wey in the Sea Scouts where we camped overnight and lugged the kayaks around some of shallows and wiers. But we called them canoes and what Canadians call canoes (open canoe with the single paddle) we called kayaks! #weybridge #weynavigation #riverwey #canal (at Weybridge Town Lock) https://www.instagram.com/p/CE3kg_Wjlv5/?igshid=5jtkd8tyks0x

The inside of Chas' boat underneath the #m25 on the #weynavigation One of the #portraits from #portraitsofrunnymede exhibition at #chertseymuseum until January 2017

This is Chas who has lived on his boat on the #weynavigation underneath the #m25 since before the motorway was open. He has a photo of the bridge when it straddled the canal before it was connected to the motorway! #portraitsofrunnymede #chertseymuseum