River Thames tides during the Summer workshop

Karen was asking me about the tides this year, and whether we would have a repeat of the photogenic flooding we have on our invite card this year. Here is a link to a good tide table, it doesn't quite reach to the workshop days yet, so check I a few days' time. As a rule of thumb, highest tides ('spring tides') are a couple of days after the full and dark moons. Lowest tides (neaps) are 7 days either side of that. The next Spring tides are on 14th July, according to my tide planner, so they will be highish again at the end of the workshop, but not like last year. Watch out for parking near the water end of River Lane on the last days of the intensive, stay near the road end.