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PADDLING IN LONDON

Last week when I went to England I was paddling the river Thames through the heart of London in my Pakboats Puffin. Just before passing under Tower Bridge heading upstream a seagull buzzed right by my head. In its beak was a 30" eel. I'd heard eels were coming back to London as the water is getting cleaner, but now the proof was right in front of me. The bird landed about 50 yards in front of me on the water and began to eat its "m-eel".

Bill Longyard

Note: In London, put in at high tide early one summer morning at the last lock on the Thames at Richmond (take the tube there from central London). Paddle for four or five hours and you'll easily reach Greenwich where you should stop for lunch and a tour of the Maritime Museum. When the tide is high again, put in once again and paddle on out to Gravesend which you'll reach in the evening. Have a dinner there, visit Pochohantas' grave, and then take the train back to London. What a great day of paddling!

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