Mudlarking 92 - tack and barnacle

It was lunchtime and low tide had just gone. I feel like I'm not finding so much at Custom House Lower Stairs now, but I did pick up some bits of Bellarmine and some green bits. I also picked up what I think is a tack. And also a barnacle! These aren't native to the Thames so perhaps it could have come from a ship?

Did you know that there is a barnacle goose but also a goose barnacle, and according to folklore, barnacle geese are born from goose barnacles?



(You need a permit to search or mudlark on the Thames foreshore.)

Mudlarking 93 - a high low tide

After work, I headed down to Gabriel’s Wharf, and walked down onto the foreshore, but even at low tide, it was too high to walk along to the bit of foreshore outside the National Theatre. That day the low tide was apparently 2.15.

I found a few bits of Staffordshire style slipware and a piece with a few letters, and some leafy pieces, and a round yellow thing. But mostly I was just annoyed I couldn’t walk further along.



(You need a permit to search or mudlark on the Thames foreshore.)