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Stop for a chat at Molesey Lock this weekend
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Press release about an event happening this weekend at Molesey Lock.
On Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 May, the Environment Agency is hosting the first ever joint river safety event at Molesey Lock on the River Thames near Hampton Court.
Representatives from the Environment Agency, Surrey Police, Met Police, Surrey Fire and Rescue (FRS), RNLI, Thames21 Safer Waterways and Boat Safety Scheme (BSS) will all be on hand to discuss issues like crime prevention, using the River Thames safely, and the latest on issues in the Tideway.
Surrey Fire & Rescue will also be handing out free smoke detectors to boaters and will be giving advice on how to avoid boat fires.
The Boat Safety Scheme will be there on Saturday as part of their campaign to raise awareness of boat fire week and to offer general boat safety advice.
Environment Agency Waterways Team Leader Nick Mckie-Smith said: “Boaters may not realise how many public services are involved in the overall management of the River Thames. This open weekend offers them the chance to find out who does what and how we are working together to provide a safer river for them to enjoy. The boating season is starting to pick up now so it’s also a good time to get a reminder on how to use the river safely.
Members of the public are welcome to come down and have a chat and find out more about everything there is to do on the River Thames. The Flood Incident Management Team from the Environment Agency will also be there on Sunday.”
Boaters passing through Molesey locks are welcome to moor up and join in the two day event.
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Re: Stop for a chat at Molesey Lock this weekend
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Please forgive me for pointing out that there is no where to moor except at the lock itself which is for boats waiting to use the lock .
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There is - round the back of the lock downstream side - have stayed overnight there.........
Probably only about 4 boats though?
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They are the contract moorings , the lock keeper lets people overnight there if one of the boats that moors there is away .
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And normally they are not away 
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and its quite shallow !
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BarryH
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21/05/2008 21:35
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Do you not have legs? Theres mooring under the bridge at Hampton court. Surel a 5 min stroll won't kill you......well not if you use the Green X Code.......
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Do you not have legs? Theres mooring under the bridge at Hampton court. Surel a 5 min stroll won't kill you......well not if you use the Green X Code.......
Was I complaining? Was I whinging? Was I even suggesting I would be going? No!!!
I simply pointed out that the area referred to by others is 'shallow' !
I will be far away upriver learning new social skills from the great and the good of the Oxford Ditch 
Don't fall off the scooter trying to get to Mornington Crescent......
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byron
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21/05/2008 21:49
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I will be far away upriver learning new social skills from the great and the good of the Oxford Ditch
Yup! We gonna teach him to eat at a table instead of from a bowl on the floor. Stop him urinating against posts and show him how to use a toilet. By the time he gets back you'll swear he is almost human.
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BarryH
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21/05/2008 21:52
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"Was I complaining? Was I whinging?"...........what was it you said on the phone, oh yes, Mary Whithouse, Tony Boathouse........I can see where your coming from. Have fun at the ODCC, sounds like a bad case of something nasty!!
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Do you not have legs? Theres mooring under the bridge at Hampton court. Surel a 5 min stroll won't kill you......well not if you use the Green X Code.......
More like 10 to 15 mins if you can get in there on a bank holiday weekend . Plus there are two pubs on the way so thats a cool two hours to make it from Hampton court to the lock .
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BarryH
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21/05/2008 22:23
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No fish and chip shops though........
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No fish and chip shops though........
Oh yes there is ! Just in the parade on the main road towards the A3
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Ah but that is also a kebab shop so may i suggest going round the other 7 pubs and nipping in for a donna kebab on the way back 
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Yup! We gonna teach him to eat at a table instead of from a bowl on the floor. Stop him urinating against posts and show him how to use a toilet. By the time he gets back you'll swear he is almost human.
Thats really most unkind - I already know how to use a toilet ! 
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Thats really most unkind - I already know how to use a toilet !
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The old dichotomy between knowing how to do something and actually doing it eh?
:-)
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Ok i went.....
But I was just passing and please someone tell me why i need to declare my ethnic origin when clearing the lock I was unregistered (its in the post honest) but thats just a little too much.
Any how cracking day on the river and the chaps at Molsey bored and looking forward to a night on the beeer>
My highlight of the day? watching all me keys, house keys. boat keys. marian keys falling out my mrs pocket..... She says it was not her fault but yet she seems to blame me.....
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byron
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25/05/2008 04:18
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please someone tell me why i need to declare my ethnic origin when clearing the lock
Ummmm! you kidding us? Do you really not see why this is a sensible and valuable question?
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Why , do immigrants get a discount aswell 
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watching all me keys, house keys. boat keys. marian keys falling out my mrs pocket
I hope you remembered the spot ? I am master of finding keys with a dingy and a sea magnet 
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yep about 20 foot from the slip at the wharf.....going to get them now
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Ahhhh , my key finding powers dont work when it's raining
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success! they are a bit muddy but they came up on the 10th attempt thank god..
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Ha Ha !
Jim said you'd had a good day ...
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