‘And Summer’s Lease Hath All Too Short A Date’ etc etc. August is nearly over so here are my #TopNine photos from this month on the Thames Foreshore. Starting with my home patch in SW London the river rolls eternally on to the great & historic City of London itself, finally wending its way east to Limehouse highlighting the steel/glass towers of Canary Wharf and beyond #Mudlark #RiverThames #LoveLondon

A one & half hour oil sketch next to the Thames in Windsor earlier today. Oil on canvas panel, 20 x 20 cm.
#windsor #riverthames #oilpainting #landscapeoilpainting #pleinair #oilpaintingonpanel #pleinairpainting

The Rose Revived pub and restaurant in Kingston Bagpuize in the early 1980s. I don't know whether it is still there, perhaps someone on here can enlighten me. #Photography #PhotographyOnMastodon #KingstonBagpuize #RiverThames #Pub

WATCH: Chemical Tanker Stolt Seagull heading for South Stifford on the Thames, around 1.30pm, 1 August 2023.
Here's the question: where is South Stifford?
In fact, "the port of South Stifford" is a couple of oil jetties thrust out into the Thames, and associated with a tank farm further inland, on a bend in the River Thames. The community of South Stifford is situated between Grays and West Thurrock in Essex, UK.
#ship #riverthames #tanker #cargoship
https://youtu.be/fq7ZlfcqlOs

WATCH: 3,853 TEU Container ship Eleni T sails from Tilbury towards Antwerp; around 1.10pm, Monday 1 August 2023.
With a rotation taking her to Dakar in Senegal, and Abidjan on the Ivory Coast, Eleni T has a more individual routine than many container vessels.
On her most recent run, she also called at Montoir, in the northern part of the Bay of Biscay, and has also called at Vlissingen in Holland.
#containership #ship #tilbury #riverThames
https://youtu.be/W5KNatXR2-8

WATCH: RIVER THAMES - Aggregate Dredger Sand Falcon heaiding up-river to discharge; 1 August 2023
Dredgers like Sand Falcon operate on the open sea, sucking up thousands of tons of sand, gravel or shingle for the construction industry,
#dredger #RiverThames #SandFalcon
https://youtu.be/87lF1Ozjq9I

WATCH: THAMES SHIPPING: Feeder Edith heads up-river for Tilbury, around 10.30am, Tuesday 1 August.
Some feeder container ships operate on very limited routes - this 750 TEU vessel operates between Rotterdam and Tilbury, and Rotterdam and Hull.
#ship #containership #riverthames #Tilbury docks
https://youtu.be/k1yeSvyHADc

I had a great day yesterday painting in Reading with Mick McNicholas. View of Caversham weir from Reading bridge. Oil on linen panel, 24 x 18 cm
#caversham #ReadingTown #landscapeoilpainting #oilpainting #oilpaintingonpanel #pleinairpainting #pleinair #art #riverthames .

The regular event of Swan Upping

https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/07/25/swan-upping-season/

#SwanUpping #RiverThames #SpitalfieldsLife

I was painting earlier today in Medmenham on a drainage run off from the river Thames. A morning spent under the umbrella as the showers past over me. Oil on primed panel. 20 x 25 cm.
#medmenham #riverthames #landscapeoilpainting #oilpaintingonpanel #oilpainting #PleinAir #pleinairpainting #art

A painting of the riverThames between Marlow and Bourne End, painted earlier today. Oil on gesso panel, 18 x 24 cm
#RiverThames #marlow #bourneend #landscapeoilpainting #oilpainting #oilpaintingonpanel #pleinairpainting #pleinair #art

City of London / Bankside Pier
View of the Square Mile with Bankside Pier in foreground.
#architecture #photography #RiverThames
https://flic.kr/p/2oPWmxk

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Woah, I saw that episode of Primeval.

The really scary things are beneath the surface.

#DogsOfMastodon #riverthames #staffiex

I did this one hour live oil painting demo for my Tuesday class whilst they were mounting their work for their end of term exhibition. Oil on primed panel, 20 x 25 cm.
#paintingdemo #oilpaintingonpanel #oilsketch #oilpainting #RiverThames #landscapeoilpainting

Couldn’t sleep so went for a walk down a surprisingly busy high street down to the river #RiverThames

A painting from yesterday afternoon of the Thames valley from Rotten Row. Oil on primed panel, 18 x 24 cm.
#riverthames #thamesvalley #hambleden #oilpainting #oilpaintingonpanel #pleinairpainting #landscapeoilpainting

WATCH: Botnia Seaways 1st operational call at Tilbury 2, 5am Thursday 29 June.
After operating from Sheerness for a couple of years, DFDS decided to move closer to the M25 motorway by shifting their UK terminal for their Calais freight trailer route to the UK to Tilbury 2.
#ferry #ro-roferry DFDSseaways #DFDS #Tilbury '#Tilbury2 #RiverThames #BotniaSeaways.
https://youtu.be/hLbmxl5L4HU

WATCH: Bulker Aquagemini and container feeder Ensemble pass just upstream of Tilbury 2 berths, early afternoon of Thurday, 22 June 2023.
The bulk carrier Aquagemini is heading for a berth at Northfleet, Kent, after a 12,053 nautical mile voyage from Townsville, Australia, taking 52 days.
Meanwhile the container ship Ensemble has departed Tilbury, on a 740 nm trip to El Ferrol in Spain.
#ships #shipsandshipping #containership #bulkcarrier #RiverThames
https://youtu.be/_MV9VT7MIuc

I finished a painting this morning that I started yesterday by the Thames in Henley. Really glad I had my clip on umbrella today which offered me some shade from that relentless sun. Oil on primed panel. 20 x 25 cm.
#riverthames #henleyonthames #oilpainting #landscapeoilpainting #oilpaintingonpanel #pleinair

Beautiful evening on the Isle of Sheppy . . . 20 June 2023:
#short #RiverThames #IsleofSheppy
https://youtube.com/shorts/LLTTOAzAork