beachcombers are content with the shingle, or anywhere the ground underneath is relatively solid and not wetter than a normal London pavement. and that makes a crucial difference in terms of footwear! One could say that the simplest definition is that mudlarks are the ones wearing Wellingtons. Staying with simple. Most people who visit the Thames foreshore do so fairly casually, not with premeditated intent or preparation. The difference between ‘beachcombing’ and ‘mudlarking’ The above was taken near Johnson’s Draw Dock, Isle of Dogs and below the greened remains of a ‘dolphin’ for mooring boats near Enderby’s Wharf, a little downstream on the other side.
may not be wholly ‘natural’, there is a strong sense that Nature rules here, that it and the many other creatures it harbours are in the process of slowly getting their way, and taking it back! including the pebbles and sand under your feet. It can even be the place if you just want to re-connect with Nature, because in spite of the fact that much of what you see. it can be the place for a quiet or meditative stroll, quite distinct from the bustle of the metropolis even in the parts of the river which run through the centre of it! It can be the place if you just want to view London from a different angle, or to literally get ‘in touch’ with London’s ancient foundations. that the foreshore constitutes perhaps the largest and richest open archaeological site in Britain. As a whole the Thames Foreshore can vary considerably in terms of accessibility, safety, interest or ‘fruitfulness’ and even within one very small section of it there are potentially ‘hot’, or ‘cold’, or just simply unpredictable areas.
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