VLM Birfday trip on Thames barge Greta... 15th June 2008

Beautiful blue skies and dead flat seas.

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Bits o boat.

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Various bits of Whitstable, Tankerton and Sheppey

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Um, a stray ball.

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Reculver towers and the Herne Bay water tower

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One way of burning a lot of diesel in comfort...

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Alfie on the scrounge.

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Big stuff heading up the Thames estuary.

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Red Sands forts. Probably come up OK with a bit of  T-cut?

Would have felt somewhat exposed sitting in these, ideal for naval target practice, and an easy shot from the air too !!!

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Er, pretty clouds and water

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Shivering Sands and the knock John tower in the distance.

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More pics of windmills than you can shake a stick at.

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Herne Bay and Reculver towers in the background...

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Richborough power station and Reculver towers

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FISH !!! - Alfie was quite interested!.

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Ooo a seal - wiv a fish!

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More Tankerton, Herne Bay, Whitstable

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Just as we were getting close to the end of the trip, about a mile out from Whitstable harbour, we saw the Battle of Britain Flight heading towards us, low over the sea from Thanet.

Then it got better, because they banked into a gentle formation turn and circled the barge before heading off again !!! (Which was nice!)

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Returning to the harbour, it was all a bit more cloudy than the stunning sunny day we had had at sea.

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