Cruisers, bow riders, cuddy cabins, personal watercraft and, of course, houseboats, shuttle in and out. |
Well-tended houseboats line the towpath, berthed at permanent moorings complete with mini-gardens and bankside electricity supply. |
The development includes a 120 room hotel, a nine-storey tower of apartments and a harbour for houseboats and speedboats. |
But when the houseboats line up gunwale to gunwale in a cove thick with blue exhaust, the river becomes a student paradise and every parent's worst nightmare. |
The bizarre drama happened in February on the banks of the Thames near Windsor, where the one-time friends both moored their houseboats. |
They range from houseboats to 25-foot deep sea fishing boats and 42-foot sailboats. |