Trip across the river

Waverley alongside at Tilbury Landing Stage

Princess Pocahontas Ferry

Princess Pocahontas

Gravesend Pub, note chandeliers

As we were off for the third day in a row, myself and Tony the Purser
went on the Princess Pocahontas ferry to Gravesend, which is just over
the other side of the Thames from Tilbury. We had to go and deposit
some excess change at the bank. Once that was done we had a walk
through the quite smart town and visited Princess Pocahontas's grave
in the churchyard. See http://goo.gl/IMYfT for more information.
Naturally we felt obliged to visit a pub to sample the local ales, and
found this rather splendid place with its chandeliers and delightful
Polish barmaid.
The good news is that the weather tomorrow is scheduled to abate and
we are going upriver on a charter run from the Tower, so at last we
will be underway again. Crew will all be raging alcholics if we stay
here much longer.