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Tidal Thames: Gravesend to Hole Haven

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 |46k
 |[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.4641,0.4545%28Cliffe%20Fort%29&amp;z=14 map]
-|'''Cliffe Fort'''<br>River South, HW only, touch down possibility. If you're going East of here, you need to be deciding
+|'''Cliffe Fort'''<br>River South, HW only, touch down possibility. If you're going East of here, you need to be deciding which bank to follow !
 |-
 |55k
 |[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.5119,0.5510%28Hole%20Haven%20Slipway%29&amp;z=14 map]
-| '''Hole Haven Slipway'''<br>River North, 24hr Slipway, with approach road and parking just over the sea wall ! Even a pub !
+| '''Hole Haven Slipway'''<br>River North, 24hr Slipway, with approach road and parking just over the sea wall ! Even a pub !  A rarity in an otherwise impregnable area. Whether you'd want to linger here is another matter...
 |-
 |61k
 |[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.4788,0.6382%28Allhallows%20YC%29&amp;z=14 map]
-| '''Allhallows YC Slipway'''<br>River South, Slipway belonging to [http://www.ayc.uk.com/ Allhallows Yacht Club],
+| '''Allhallows YC Slipway'''<br>River South, Slipway belonging to [http://www.ayc.uk.com/ Allhallows Yacht Club],access unknown.
 |}
 '''to be continued...'''

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 |46k
 |[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.4641,0.4545%28Cliffe%20Fort%29&amp;z=14 map]
-|'''Cliffe Fort'''
+|'''Cliffe Fort'''<br>River South, HW only, touch down possibility. If you're going East of here, you need to be deciding
 which bank to follow !
 |-
 |55k
 |[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.5119,0.5510%28Hole%20Haven%20Slipway%29&amp;z=14 map]
-| '''Hole Haven Slipway'''
+| '''Hole Haven Slipway'''<br>River North, 24hr Slipway, with approach road and parking just over the sea wall ! Even a pub !
 A rarity in an otherwise impregnable area. Whether you'd want to linger here is another matter...
 |-
 |61k
 |[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.4788,0.6382%28Allhallows%20YC%29&amp;z=14 map]
-| '''Allhallows YC Slipway'''
+| '''Allhallows YC Slipway'''<br>River South, Slipway belonging to [http://www.ayc.uk.com/ Allhallows Yacht Club],
 access unknown.

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 So if you're bent on paddling beyond here, you'd better be happy to go the distance.
-<table>
+{|
-<tbody>
+|-
-<tr>
+|46k
-<td width="30">46k
+|[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.4641,0.4545%28Cliffe%20Fort%29&amp;z=14 map]
-    </td>
+|'''Cliffe Fort'''
-<td width="35"><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.4641,0.4545%28Cliffe%20Fort%29&amp;z=14" mce_href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.4641,0.4545(Cliffe%20Fort)&amp;z=14" target="_BLANK">map</a>
+<br>River South, HW only, touch down possibility. If you're going East of here, you need to be deciding
-	</td>
+which bank to follow !
-<td>'''Cliffe Fort'''
+|-
-        <br>River South, HW only, touch down possibility. If you're going East of here, you need to be deciding
+|55k
-		    which bank to follow !
+|[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.5119,0.5510%28Hole%20Haven%20Slipway%29&amp;z=14 map]
-</td>
+| '''Hole Haven Slipway'''
-</tr>
+<br>River North, 24hr Slipway, with approach road and parking just over the sea wall ! Even a pub !
-<tr>
+A rarity in an otherwise impregnable area. Whether you'd want to linger here is another matter...
-<td>55k
+|-
-    </td>
+|61k
-<td><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.5119,0.5510%28Hole%20Haven%20Slipway%29&amp;z=14" mce_href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.5119,0.5510(Hole%20Haven%20Slipway)&amp;z=14" target="_blank">map</a>
+|[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.4788,0.6382%28Allhallows%20YC%29&amp;z=14 map]
-	</td>
+| '''Allhallows YC Slipway'''
-<td>'''Hole Haven Slipway'''
+<br>River South, Slipway belonging to <a href="http://www.ayc.uk.com/" mce_href="http://www.ayc.uk.com/" target="_blank">Allhallows Yacht Club</a>,
-        <br>River North, 24hr Slipway, with approach road and parking just over the sea wall ! Even a pub !
+access unknown.
-		    A rarity in an otherwise impregnable area. Whether you'd want to linger here is another matter...
-</td>
+|}
+'''to be continued...'''

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 ==Tidal Thames: Gravesend to Hole Haven==
 [[File:GravesendtoHoleHaven.jpeg]]
-<p>
-At <i>Gravesend</i>, crossing the river is perhaps a <i>5 minute</i> paddle.
+At ''Gravesend'', crossing the river is perhaps a ''5 minute'' paddle.
-By <i>Hole Haven</i> (15K further downstream) the crossing has become perhaps <i>30 minutes</i>, and
+By ''Hole Haven'' (15K further downstream) the crossing has become perhaps ''30 minutes'', and
-and by <i>Southend</i> (10K further still) more like <i>1 hour</i>.
+and by ''Southend'' (10K further still) more like ''1 hour''.
 This is still "the river" rather than "the Estuary", but faced with these distances, and large commercial
 vessels steaming past at 20 knots, it's no longer a simple hop from one bank to the other !
-</p>
-<p>
 As elsewhere on the Thames, MUD is everywhere - so there are few places to stop other than near HW.
 Riverbank access by road also gets harder and harder, as much of the water's edge is either given over to
-the <i>Oil Industry</i> (an entire 10K stretch on the North bank approaching <i>Canvey Island</i>)
+the ''Oil Industry'' (an entire 10K stretch on the North bank approaching ''Canvey Island'')
 or is so marshy and flood-prone that there's basically nothing there ! Not even a road !
-</p>
 So if you're bent on paddling beyond here, you'd better be happy to go the distance.
-</p>
 <table>
 <tbody>
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 <td width="35"><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.4641,0.4545%28Cliffe%20Fort%29&amp;z=14" mce_href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.4641,0.4545(Cliffe%20Fort)&amp;z=14" target="_BLANK">map</a>
 	</td>
-<td><b>Cliffe Fort</b>
+<td>'''Cliffe Fort'''
          <br>River South, HW only, touch down possibility. If you're going East of here, you need to be deciding
 		    which bank to follow !
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 <td><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.5119,0.5510%28Hole%20Haven%20Slipway%29&amp;z=14" mce_href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.5119,0.5510(Hole%20Haven%20Slipway)&amp;z=14" target="_blank">map</a>
 	</td>
-<td><b>Hole Haven Slipway</b>
+<td>'''Hole Haven Slipway'''
          <br>River North, 24hr Slipway, with approach road and parking just over the sea wall ! Even a pub !
 		    A rarity in an otherwise impregnable area. Whether you'd want to linger here is another matter...
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 <td><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.4788,0.6382%28Allhallows%20YC%29&amp;z=14" mce_href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.4788,0.6382(Allhallows%20YC)&amp;z=14" target="_blank">map</a>
 	</td>
-<td><b>Allhallows YC Slipway</b>
+<td>'''Allhallows YC Slipway'''
          <br>River South, Slipway belonging to <a href="http://www.ayc.uk.com/" mce_href="http://www.ayc.uk.com/" target="_blank">Allhallows Yacht Club</a>,
 		    access unknown.
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
+to be continued...