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Wednesday, 20 May 2009

Thames Crossings

Rob Ainsley has put up a page for the Thames Crossings series that he's been blogging about on Real Cyclist. It shows all 33 ways of crossing the Thames with a bike, in the tidal section between Teddington and Tilbury.

What a brilliant idea. 

Presumably it can be adapted to any major river. At some point I can see myself organising another trip to Tyneside, but in the meantime I'll be adding this the list of things I need to find time for - once I complete this year's Jenkins quest.

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3 comments:

  1. Gregory Marler20 May 2009 at 18:19

    Sounds interesting. I'm tempted to say I'll do a load of Wear crossings if you do Tyne crossings?

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  2. gom120 May 2009 at 19:47

    That's a hard challenge to resist. But bear in mind that I am at the wrong end of the country, and I will have to fit this around a load of other stuff. So it could be some time before I can play my part.

    I hope you won't wait for me. Go ahead, and start putting the pressure on. I look forward to seeing how it goes.

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  3. gom120 May 2009 at 23:51

    This, I think is the list for the Tyne - a nice round dozen...

    Status / Sequence Crossing
    1 Shields ferry
    2 Tyne tunnel
    3 Gateshead millenium bridge
    4 Tyne bridge
    5 Swing Bridge
    6 High Level bridge
    (No access) Queen Elizabeth II Metro Bridge
    (No access) King Edward VII Rail Bridge
    7 Redheugh bridge
    8 Scotswood bridge
    (Out of use) Scotswood rail bridge
    9 Blaydon bridge
    10 Newburn bridge
    11 Wylam bridge
    12 Hagg bank bridge
    Tidal limit

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