Canoe Days Out

Photo Album for Surrey - Thames & Abbey Rivers - Laleham to Down Abbey Stream & return on Thames

The car park



The car park
The launch site (over the road from the car park)
Chertsey Lock
Weirs & rollers at the end of the stream
The entrance to Abbey Stream
Flowers & duckweed in Abbey Stream
The vegetation closes in
Encroaching bullrushes
A small tree over the Abbey Stream
One of the wider parts of Abbey Stream
The slow way down the rollers at the end of Abbey Stream
Songofthepaddle group getting ready - photo July 2007
Songofthepaddle group getting ready - photo July 2007
Looking from the launch back to the car park - photo July 2007
heading upstream towards Penton Hook Lock - photo July 2007
Go left at the lock towards Penton Hook Marina - photo July 2007
Towards the marina - photo July 2007
Towards the marina - photo July 2007
Enter the Abbey Stream - photo July 2007
The stream is seldom very wide - photo July 2007
Past the back gardens of weekend retreats - photo July 2007
Still clear and easy going - photo July 2007
The reeds close in - photo July 2007
It can be very obstructed with overhanging trees - photo July 2007
The last trip loaded was Melbourne to Cottingwith Lock via the Pocklington Canal, by Alan Brannon on 2nd December 2007.