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Rather more islands than I would have guessed. Curious that there are no small islands downstream. (No big ones upstream, cos they wouldn't fit).
Two Tree Island doesn't count, because it's man-made. |
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My guess would be there are no small islands downstream as they would soon be swept away by the tide and the current. Only big islands can survive. There is a society that actively maintains Chiswick Eyot by planting new trees and stabilizing the banks to prevent the island from eroding away.
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Who actually owns Chiswick Eyot?
dg writes: see Wikipedia link. |
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Passed Raven's Ait recently - it's just a posh restaurant/wedding venue accessed by boat as there's no bridge. But looking from the bank I imagine that's not a problem for its clientele!
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In a former life, I used to deliver gas cylinders to factories and engineering establshments.
Wheeling oxygen and acetylene cylinders over the bridge to the boatyard on Eel Pie Island was easily the most unusual delivery on my round. |
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Chiswick Eyot has an interesting agrarian/industrial history concerning the growing of willow and reeds, it's reaping and transport down the river to London Town
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& The London Apprentice overlooks Isleworth Eyot :-)
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