Posted by Laurence Monkhouse on February 01, 2005 at 11:49:41 from 62.253.32.5 user Laurence_.
In Reply to: Re: Cruising the Thames posted by Adam Quinan on February 01, 2005 at 11:39:04:
You don't get the impression from Pepys that he planned his trips to suit the tides - he went whenever he wanted to, as though he was using a taxi.
Presumably however the river was less variable and not so fast running upstream of old London Bridge which effectively acted as a weir. the bridge probably also reduced the speed of tidal flows downstream as well.
And of course the watermen knew exactly what they were doing.