[thechat] Garner for Ben

[Martin Burns]

On 28 Jan 2003, John Handelaar wrote:

> On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 18:12, Seb Potter wrote:
> > The Serpentine (a
> > branch of the River Thames in east London)
>
> And there was me thinking it was that lake in Hyde Park...

/me wonders whether at one point in time it was an ox-bow lake...
nah, way too far away from the river's main course.

Cheers
Martin

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