Walking by the river

Or paddling in this case! Great friends of mine, Aaron and Liz, and I decided to go fro a stroll downriver along the banks of the Thames. From were they live to a particularly nice area calle Richmond-upon-Thames. Very posh, very expensive, and very full of life. The walk was great, looking at some wonderful houses and boats, enjoying a fine Summer afternoon. Unfortunately the tide was rising and the path flooded. As you can see. So the walk became a paddle. Not sure how healthy it was, and my feet did smell even worse than normal.

I couldn't help wondering what people did in Elizabethan times though, when they must have been in the same situation as we were. The men lying a cape on the ground for the women to walk over would not really have sorted this ...