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On the River Lee.

River boats (16)

On the river Lee in East London.

River Boats (15)

Lily Pad on the river Lee in East London.

Bridge over the river Lee

With added bonus of the Olympic stadium in the background!

Junctions (24) : Hertford Union Canal Junction

Rather confusingly the two ends of the short Hertford Union Canal in East London have very similar names. The Hertford Union Junction links the canal to the Regent's Canal but the Hertford Union Canal Junction links it to the river Lee.

River Boats (4) : River Lee

No name visible unfortunately but what a lovely boat!

Crocodile

On the river Lee.

Eastenders (Waterways edition)

This year i have done a number of canal walks across London, covering most of the Regent's Canal and also the Limehouse Cut Canal. Yesterday i continued this theme walking several of the waterways of the East End. The River Lee up from Bow Lock (where i ended last time, i wasn't in earshot of "Bow Bells" but within sight of Bow Lock!) to where it joins the Hertford Union Canal (passing the Olympic Stadium in doing so). Then along all of this short branch of the Grand Union Canal to where it joins the Regents. You can see the River Lee photos here and the Hertford Union Canal here.

It was a nice walk, the strong and low Winter Sun was a bit of a problem but highly preferable to the heavy rain on my last walk!