Rachel Colenso

Little Jasmine is 2 years old, and loves scooting. We decided all her energetic and adventurous nature cold be placed in part, into an amazing journey - to scoot down the River Thames and raise funds for the Red Cross International Disaster Fund. So far we have covered 4,6miles of the river although our actual scooting journey so far has been nearly 10 miles, which is quite a remarkable thought! ...And our journey has been amazing! Alongside Dad and elder daughter Rosemary, we have seen a river regatta; watched violinists accompanied by a wonderful choir, enjoyed fish and chips at Bransbys, and were even requested to make badges of our favorite food enroute! So I will post pictures and more about our journey, which you too can join. This is a summary of the first section we covered. The Route: Battersea Park (Eastern corner) along the river walkway to Battersea Park (Western corner). Distance: 1 mile (2 return) Points of interest: The Peace Pagoda; Battersea Zoo; The fountains

Starting at Battersea Park and moving West along the Thames Many people have followed the Thames on foot, canoe or bicycle, and even swam it(!) - from source to mouth, over centuries of time. The Thames is an iconic river, which formed the foundation for one of the worlds leading financial centres and a world cultural capital city containing four World Heritage Sites. - A river that could be described as the original contributor for all of that is a rather impressive geological feature indeed! - Certainly a feature worthy of investigation... We have now started a very long journey with our two small children, Jasmine (2) and Rosemary (5) with them attempting to scoot the entire 187mile long River Thames from mouth to source. We are doing this to support the British Red Cross International Disaster Fund. However a journey is always best done in company, and that is why we are asking you, members of the public, if you too would like to join us for a section of our scoot. So far w