frolicking seal and skeletal remains

Enderby Wharf skeletal remains

This weekend was packed with thrilling experiences and discoveries.  As the tide was nice and low at a civilised time of day, and the weather very pleasant we decided to head off down to Greenwich to wander along the foreshore and see what interesting items we could find. After finding an impressive large bullet (Can't remember exactly what calibre, but larger than the average 303, an old hand held volt metre, and a gold plated RAF button, as well as several lovely engraved clay pipes (pictures to come later), we were about to head off for a well deserved pint or 2 at the Cutty Sark pub, when David came across a macabre find. We are used to finding cow jaws and other animal bones on our escapades, but this time David was convinced the remains were of the human variety. There was a spine, a pelvis, a femur and a few ribs - and even though I cynically suspected that it was probably a cow - I was proved wrong !  Not wanting to upstage the discovery of Richard III's skeleton or anything, but this morning, the police confirmed that the remains were indeed human ones.  Even very old remains have to be reported to the police. Tests will be carried out to see just how old they are, but judging by the look of them, I'd say they are very old - well over 100 years. Just who could it be? Is it the remains of a pirate hung from a gibbet across the river, an unfortunate soul who fell off a boat, or ...... well we will probably never know. What secrets and history the river Thames holds.....
And now back to the land of the living and the present day - we saw our Thames Seal again this weekend, and it played with our dog.  Quite an amazing experience. Here is the video.  Enjoy :-http://youtu.be/HKsroXIv34M
Bye for now. :) Nicola 

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