Closure of Hammersmith Bridge, 14th August 2020 onwards

Following further consultation between the PLA and the Council engineers Hammersmith Bridge is closed to all river traffic. We are restricted to rowing below Hammersmith Bridge. Please turn at the end of the Harrods wall and under no circumstances be swept under Hammersmith while turning on a flood tide.

Experts and Advanced may row below Putney Bridge as per PLA guidance. As per the code “due to commercial barge traffic movements at various freight facilities, rowers must not proceed below Fulham Railway bridge for 3hrs before and 2hrs after high tide. Rowing boats should not proceed below Wandsworth Bridge, regardless of tide, unless the outing plan has been pre-approved by the Club Rowing Safety Advisor.”

In addition nobody should proceed below Putney Pier between 07:00 and 10:15 in the morning and 17:30 and 21:00 in the evening during the working week. This is due to the large draw off and wash of the Clippers, even when they have eased down which is especially large at low tide.

Captain and Club Rowing Safety Advisor

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The London Roar July 2020 Edition

Chairman’s View by Simon Harris
Captain’s Report by Tim Grant
Irregulars' Report by Eddie Markes
Where Many Members Have Come From… by Kathleen Curran
Young Irregulars – the Lockdown Edition by Sehrish Rafique
Rowing on the Thames in the 50s and 60s (part 3) by Hugh Dulley
Forgetting May – On Dementia, Love and Loss by Helen Broadbridge
The Tideway of Times by Keith Swabey
Dinner Ladies hosting August Supper Club by Shane Dorsett
Photographic Competition by Miles Preston

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