Favourite Haunts

The BIG pictures page 4

Approaching the raised road & rail Kingsferry Bridge on the Swale

Note piling works for new Isle-of-Sheppey fixed lnk

Lidia with mum Melanie famous for her lovely home made cakes at Tower Hill Tea Gardens

A tide check, a hasty measure of the mast 90' from the waterline & some arithmatic before contemplating passing under the bridge

We're through with the tide guage showing we'd 6' clearance

Followed by the 4th vessel at this lifting with 25 mins wait for motorists

The tidal Swale seperates North Kent from the Isle of Sheppey becomes a shipping bottle neck at Kingsferry Bridge

Manned 24 hours by two watch keepers it's lifted 2000 each year

With the £100 million 4 lane road fixed bridge Sheppey Crossing opening in July 2006 the future of the old bridge must be in doubt

Simon begins to overhaul us

Off Seasalter he's soon racing ahead

Tower Hill the Tea Garden's slightly left of the large white building