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Swinging the Lamp - Thames Estuary Tidal Tales (Paperback)
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Swinging the Lamp - Thames Estuary Tidal Tales (Paperback)
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List price R582
Loot Price R523
Discovery Miles 5 230
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Pure salt water courses through Nick Ardley's veins: he was brought
up on a Thames spritsail barge and 'sailed' the high seas on ocean
going ships. For many years he's weaved his way through the Thames
estuary's tidal creeks and rivers, mostly aboard his clinker sloop,
exploring, noting and investigating, with his mate beside him.The
estuary of the Thames is a world of constant flux. It is an artery
of modern commerce and archaeology of past industry peppers its
rivers and creeks. Flooded islands have become the domain of
myriads of birds, nesting on hummocks of saltings and feeding on
mud flats. Rotting wharves festooned with bladder wrack alive with
life, the time worn ribs of barges the perch for cormorants. Around
all of that, man has created new uses for disused lime, cement and
brick docks. Boatyards, marinas and waterside housing have emerged
like a water born phoenix from industrial ashes.Wending in and out
of this, Nick Ardley weaves his magic, commenting.Beneath
Whimbrel's swinging lamp he muses about old souls, the relationship
of humble spritsail barge and shoal draft yachts, but all along he
is alive with enthusiasm for the environment in this little corner
of England...
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