RNR 2001 Rally

At Three Mills on the River Lee in East London. On the Saturday and Sunday many boats which attended undertook a short circular voyage, departing through Bow Locks onto the tidal Bow Creek, then up the tidal Thames rounding the Isle of Dogs, to Limehouse Basin. Thence back to Three Mills by the Limehouse cut.

Following the rally, many boats returned up the tidal Thames from Limehouse to either Brentford or Teddington. Together with a couple of other canal boats, these were formed into a convoy with a River Police escort as far as Hungerford Bridge. The sight of over 20 canal boats passing through central London was unusual.

Part of the RNR convoy approaches Tower Bridge.

This rally was in conjunction with the annual Three Mills Boat Rally organised by the St. Pancras Cruising Club and the local IWA North & East London branch. The workshop and formal RNR lecture sessions were held in the adjoining film studio complex, not far from the famous or infamous Big Brother house.

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