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  • As a boy swings from a tree, canoeists enjoy a day's paddling down the River Lesse, Belgium's prime kayaking destination  in the southern Ardennes region. At Anseremme, south of the town of Dinant, the adventurers negotiate their way down 21 km of gentle fresh water through the beautiful Belgian gorges and forests. Before plunging down a weir (Barrage in French) near a camp site they are pelted by splashing water from campers in the water. The red canoes have been hired for the day from 'Kayaks Ansiaux' and another rival company who rent blue boats. Families and young people make the slow journey along the Lesse, Paddles match the colours of the canoes and they all glint off a strong afternoon sun during the high-season holiday month. Most commonly routes start in Han and go all the way down to Dinant, where the Lesse meets the Meuse.
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  • Sitting in cool water of a paddling pool, a 7 year-old girl enjoys an ice lolly while her younger brother winces as he has suncream wiped across his face. They're both enjoying a summer heatwave and the family pool has been inflated and filled with cold water, heated up by the south London sunshine. As the big sister looks on holding her ice cream, the boy reacts at having the sunscreen applied to his skin.
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  • A middle-aged man paddles along the Hoggsmill River towards the Thames where swans wait for breadcrumbs from passing pedestrians in Kingston-upon-Thames, on 12th November 2020, in London, England.
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  • A middle-aged man paddles along the Hoggsmill River towards the Thames where swans wait for breadcrumbs from passing pedestrians in Kingston-upon-Thames, on 12th November 2020, in London, England.
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  • An adult and young children paddle in a canoe and an inflatable through Beccles Quay, on 13th August 2020, in Beccles, Suffolk, England.
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  • An adult and young children paddle in a canoe and an inflatable through Beccles Quay, on 13th August 2020, in Beccles, Suffolk, England.
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  • People paddle in the sea and walk along the sandy shoreline of Laboni Beach looking out to the Bay of Bengal in Cox Bazar,  Chittagong Division, Bangladesh, Asia.  The sunlight is reflected on the wet sand.  This is part of the coastline which is claimed to be the longest natural sea sandy beach in the world, running 120 kilometers.
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  • A family paddles and enjoys the experience of shallow waters and open spaces of the south coast, an aerial view from the deck of Hastings Pier in southern England, UK on 29th May 2016. Walking along the shoreline is the small group with trousers rolled up to knees and the refreshing cool water. The tide is coming in and soon the flat sands will be underwater.
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  • A family paddle and play with a fishing net whilst three elderly women swim in Portreath Pool, Cornwall, UK. Created by adding a retaining wall to a rock pool, until the 1970s this tidal pool was used by a local school for swimming lessons. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • People paddle in the sea and walk along the sandy shoreline of Laboni Beach looking out to the Bay of Bengal in Cox Bazar,  Chittagong Division, Bangladesh, Asia.  The sunlight is reflected on the wet sand.  This is part of the coastline which is claimed to be the longest natural sea sandy beach in the world, running 120 kilometers.
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  • Flat boarders paddle down the Lubljanica river in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, on 25th June 2018, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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  • A workmen messes about by reptending to paddle a boat while riding on a trolley cart outside Westminster Abbey, on 9th May 2018, in London, England.
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  • After heavy rain and the subsequent flooding, two lone canoeists paddle down the centre of the A27 near Chichester, West Sussex. The Dual carriageway has been completely submerged to approximately 1.5 metres and only the road sign with its directional arrow is visible above the surface which is rippling in a faint breeze. The men in red and yellow kayaks look inexperienced in boating activities and their clothing is not suitable for water sports. Even so, they are speeding down the highway that is otherwise empty of all other vehicles and they have the water and space to themselves without the fear of collision.
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  • A rather obese woman stands in the waves at the seaside resort of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. With hands behind her back and fingers interlocked the lady wears a turquoise bathing costume that just about fits her ample, wide body. Her bottom is large as are her legs that have cellulite on the tops of her thighs. She looks left alone, a solitary person standing with her back to the viewer - or perhaps she is standing guard, keeping watch on children as they play safely in the sea. Water splashes against her lower legs and is frozen still by a fast shutter speed. It is a fine, bright sunny afternoon on this Eastern coast of England, more noted for very changeable weather rather than the heatwave experienced here.
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  • Scavengers in a Canadian canoe search the field of flooded tents at the very wet 2005 Glastonbury festival.
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  • Dramatic wispy clouds in the sky above groups of people swimming in the Bay of Bengal sea during sunset on Laboni Beach, Cox Bazar, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh, Asia.
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  • People walk in and along the shoreline of Laboni Beach, Cox Bazar, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh, Asia. The sun is setting behind clouds in the sky and the warm orange sunlight is reflected in the estuary water leading out to the sea.
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  • View of tunnels beach Tidal Pool from Beacons Castle, Ilfracombe, Devon, UK. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • Tunnels Beach Tidal Pool, Ilfracombe, Devon, UK. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • A young boy creates ripples as he plays with his radio-controlled boat in the River Thames at Dorchester, Oxfordshire. The sun is hidden behind a line of trees and the boy who is backlit stands in the shallow part of the river up to his ankles, wearing his swimming costume. The small boat is only a few feet from the antenna that controls its movement. It is a scene of idyllic tranquility, a childhood of happy summer days. Here the Thames is at its most serene, where visitors enjoy its shallows with the fear of strong currents, tides or large boating activity.
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  • Three elderly women swimming in Portreath Pool, Cornwall, UK. Created by adding a retaining wall to a rock pool, until the 1970s this tidal pool was used by a local school for swimming lessons. Until the 1950s and the rise of the heated indoor swimming pool, children learnt to swim outdoors. For those close to the sea, many man-made tidal swimming pools were constructed around Britain’s coastline. Heated by the sun, these tidal pools were often built to keep bathers safe from high and rough seas, which explains why so many of them are clustered in Scotland and around the surfing beaches of Cornwall. Whether they are simple swimming holes made by shoring up natural rock pools or grand lido-like pools complete with lifeguards and tea huts, they are all refreshed by good high tides.
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  • Old couple crossing the shallow Chere River, 20th August 2016, in Gievres, France. Cher is a river in central France which joins the river Loire at Villandry, west of Tours.
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  • Canoes head out into lake Bohinj from at Ribcev Laz, on 19th June, in Lake Bohinj, Sovenia.
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  • Bathers socially distance while wading out from the beach and into the shallows of the Thames Estuary, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
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  • People stand up paddleboarding along the River Thames at Richmond on 11th January 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. Stand up paddleboarding or Stand up paddle surfing is an offshoot of surfing. Unlike traditional surfing where the rider sits until a wave comes, stand up paddle boarders stand on their boards and use a paddle to propel themselves through the water.
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  • People stand up paddleboarding along the River Thames at Richmond on 11th January 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. Stand up paddleboarding or Stand up paddle surfing is an offshoot of surfing. Unlike traditional surfing where the rider sits until a wave comes, stand up paddle boarders stand on their boards and use a paddle to propel themselves through the water.
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  • Four people on Stand Up Paddle Boards paddle past Folkestone Harbour back into Sunny Sands beach in Folkestone, Kent, England, United Kingdom.  The trawler boats in the background are decorated are preparing for the annual Trawler race and fun day and the crowds have gathered to watch on the harbour side.
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  • There is golden light across this narrow stretch of river, yellow flowers are on the bank and in late golden sunlight, two boys paddle upstream in their Indian canoe on the River Thames near the village of Shillingford, England. Lazily they plunge their paddles into the calm, clear blue waters of this majestic river whose source rises in deepest Gloucestershire to its industrial estuary in the English Channel 215 miles (346 km) away. But here in Oxfordshire, it is an idyllic scene of innocent childhood on calm rural waters in a beautiful and tranquil setting, on an English summer afternoon. The boys don't appear to be wearing life vests nor safety equipment but propel their craft forwards against the current with confidence.
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  • Seen through a rectangular #wearekingston picture frame, a middle-aged man paddles on the surface of the Thames River towards Kingston Bridge at Kingston-upon-Thames, on 12th November 2020, in London, England.
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  • Two women and a man on Stand Up Paddle Boards SUP in the English Channel by Folkestone Harbour, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
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  • A man uses his bodyweight to deflate a large paddle board behind a bright yellow beach hut on the seafront promenade at Whitstable, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
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  • Paddle steamer boats moored near to Tower Bridge, London.
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  • Two fisherman in a rough canoe paddle out to sea to fish off the coast of the island of Principe, Sao Tome and Principe<br />
Sao Tome and Principe, are two islands of volcanic origin lying off the coast of Africa. Settled by Portuguese convicts in the late 1400s and a centre for slaving, their independence movement culminated in a peaceful transition to self government from Portugal in 1975.
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  • A fisherman paddles out of an inlet in his canoe to go fishing, Principe, Sao Tome and Principe<br />
Sao Tome and Principe, are two islands of volcanic origin lying off the coast of Africa. Settled by Portuguese convicts in the late 1400s and a centre for slaving, their independence movement culminated in a peaceful transition to self government from Portugal in 1975.
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  • Fishermen paddle their their boats home to shore after a day at sea, Praio Milao, Sao Tome. Sao Tome and Principe, are two islands of volcanic origin lying off the coast of Africa. Settled by Portuguese convicts in the late 1400s and later a centre for slaving, their independence movement culminated in a peaceful transition to self government from Portugal in 1975.
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  • Fishermen paddle their their boats home to shore after a day at sea, Praio Milao, Sao Tome. Sao Tome and Principe, are two islands of volcanic origin lying off the coast of Africa. Settled by Portuguese convicts in the late 1400s and later a centre for slaving, their independence movement culminated in a peaceful transition to self government from Portugal in 1975.
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  • Using the boat paddle as a chopping board, local boatman/fisherman, Savath prepares fish for cooking over an open fire which he has just caught by electric fishing in the Nam Ou river, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • Using the boat paddle as a chopping board, local boatman/fisherman, Savath prepares fish for cooking over an open fire which he has just caught by electric fishing in the Nam Ou river, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The Nam Ou river connects small riverside villages and provides the rural population with food for fishing. But this river and others like it, that are the lifeline of rural communities and local economies are being blocked, diverted and decimated by dams. The Lao government hopes to transform the country into ‘the battery of Southeast Asia’ by exporting the power to Thailand and Vietnam.
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  • As foamy waves washes up on the shore, an Instructor from a Brighton seafront kayak operator, pushes a rather large beginner out into the surf to join friends already at sea. The amateur canoeist holds on to his paddles in the correct position as he enters the water. In the distance, his mates have made their way out and are now small in the distance and the last man has to wait a frustrating few more moments to launch in the right wave. Timing is important for this helpless novice who needs to have the expert teacher push him in.
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  • Israeli flags in bunting fly over the beach, Tel, Aviv, Israel
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  • A woman and a dog on a stand up paddleboard on Lake Grasmere on the 13th June 2019 in the Lake District in the United Kingdom. Lake Grasmere is also known River Rothay and is near the town of Grasmere in the Lake District in Cumbria.
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  • Stand up paddleboarding on Lake Grasmere on the 13th June 2019 in the Lake District in the United Kingdom. Lake Grasmere is also known River Rothay and is near the town of Grasmere in the Lake District in Cumbria.
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  • A group of stand up paddleboarders on Lake Grasmere on the 13th June 2019 in the Lake District in the United Kingdom. Lake Grasmere is also known River Rothay and is near the town of Grasmere in the Lake District in Cumbria.
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  • A group of stand up paddleboarders on Lake Grasmere on the 13th June 2019 in the Lake District in the United Kingdom. Lake Grasmere is also known River Rothay and is near the town of Grasmere in the Lake District in Cumbria.
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  • Stand up paddleboarding on Lake Grasmere on the 13th June 2019 in the Lake District in the United Kingdom. Lake Grasmere is also known River Rothay and is near the town of Grasmere in the Lake District in Cumbria.
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  • Stand up paddleboarding on Lake Grasmere on the 13th June 2019 in the Lake District in the United Kingdom. Lake Grasmere is also known River Rothay and is near the town of Grasmere in the Lake District in Cumbria.
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  • A woman and two dogs on a stand up paddleboard on Lake Grasmere on the 13th June 2019 in the Lake District in the United Kingdom. Lake Grasmere is also known River Rothay and is near the town of Grasmere in the Lake District in Cumbria.
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  • A group of stand up paddleboarders on Lake Grasmere on the 13th June 2019 in the Lake District in the United Kingdom. Lake Grasmere is also known River Rothay and is near the town of Grasmere in the Lake District in Cumbria.
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  • Junie Layaog (25), fisherman, Pooc, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. Every morning at 7 am fisherwomen meet fishermen as they return from the sea with their catch. Women sort the fish by size and type, then weigh and distribute the fish between saleswomen to be sold on to local customers. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall.  Three-quarters of the island’s population of about 136,000 depend on fishing as their main source of income. Thousands lost their boats and equipment in the storm. Oxfam is working to support the immediate and long-term needs of affected communities on Bantayan Island.
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  • Children playing on the sandy south foreshore of the Thames, Thames Festival 08
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  • Family summer weekend in Sussex garden
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  • On a busy Summer weekend, families enjoy the old Tarr Steps Clapper Bridge over the River Barle in Exmoor National Park, Devon, England. Crossing on the huge stone prehistoric slabs which weigh up to 5 tons apiece, children play with fishing nets, walk dogs and sit enjoying the view below of others who mess about in a small inflatable dinghy on the flowing stream. Located in a National Nature Reserve about 2.5 miles (4 km) south east of Withypool and 4 miles (6 km) north west of Dulverton, this spot is a favourite tourist place in South-West England. This typical clapper bridge construction may date to around 1000 BC. It is 180 feet (55 m) long and has 17 spans and designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building.
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  • Children playing on the sandy south foreshore of the Thames, Thames Festival 08
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  • Intha fisherman fishing from boats on Inle Lake on 22nd January 2016, Shan State, Myanmar.  Most Intha people get around on the lake using traditional flat-bottomed skiffs propelled by a single wooden paddle. The Intha technique of leg rowing - where one leg is wrapped around the paddle to drive the blade through the water is unique
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  • Intha fisherman selling fish from his boat on Inle Lake on 22nd January 2016, Shan State, Myanmar.  Most Intha people get around on the lake using traditional flat-bottomed skiffs propelled by a single wooden paddle. The Intha technique of leg rowing - where one leg is wrapped around the paddle to drive the blade through the water is unique
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  • Intha fisherman fishing from a boat on Inle Lake on 3rd January 2013, Shan State, Myanmar.  Most Intha people get around on the lake using traditional flat-bottomed skiffs propelled by a single wooden paddle. The Intha technique of leg rowing - where one leg is wrapped around the paddle to drive the blade through the water is unique
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  • Intha fisherman fishing from a boat on Inle Lake on 4th January 2013 , Shan State, Myanmar.  Most Intha people get around on the lake using traditional flat-bottomed skiffs propelled by a single wooden paddle. The Intha technique of leg rowing - where one leg is wrapped around the paddle to drive the blade through the water is unique
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  • Intha fisherman fishing from a boat on Inle Lake on 22nd January 2016, Shan State, Myanmar.  Most Intha people get around on the lake using traditional flat-bottomed skiffs propelled by a single wooden paddle. The Intha technique of leg rowing - where one leg is wrapped around the paddle to drive the blade through the water is unique
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  • The rusting remains of the paddle steamer used by film director Werner Herzog in the making of the film "Fitzcarraldo" close to the Amazon river city  town of Iquitos, Perú.
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  • Upstream west from Kingston bridge, a ballet of mute swans paddle along the Thames riverbank, on 7th November 2019, in London, England.
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  • A ballet of mute swans paddle along the Thames riverbank at Kingston, on 7th November 2019, in London, England.
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  • A ballet of mute swans paddle along the Thames riverbank at Kingston, on 7th November 2019, in London, England.
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  • Visitors paddle a canoe through the Treasures Cove area at Walt Disney Co.s Shanghai Disneyland theme park  towards the iconic castle during a trial run ahead of its official opening, in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday, June 8, 2016. The $5.5 billion Shanghai Disneyland is one  of the most profitable Disney ventures in the world and the first theme park on mainland China.
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  • Canoeists paddle through the Soca Gorge on the Soca River, on 21st June 2018, in Kobarid, Slovenia.
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  • Visitors try out a lake pedalo at Chateau de Clos Lucé, home to Leonardo da Vinci for the last 3 years of his life and now a celebration of his life and achievements, Amboise, France. A father and teenage son attempt to steer the small boat along a narrow canal-like water but failing miserably - unable to master the rudder and paddles in unison. Leonardo drew plans for a paddle-propelled boat - something that we nowadays use on our seasides and coastal waters. At the age of 64, da Vinci crossed the Alps on a mule with 3 favourite paintings in saddlebags - one of which was a painting of a Florentine lady - today known as the Mona Lisa. He lived here until his death in 1519.
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  • A swan sedately paddles past artist Anish Kapoor's artwork called Sky Mirror, part of his Turning the World Upside Down show in Kensington Gardens. The Royal Parks and the Serpentine Gallery presented a major exhibition of large-scale outdoor sculptures by acclaimed London-based artist Anish Kapoor in Kensington Gardens. The free exhibition showcased a series of major recent works never before shown together in London. Constructed from highly reflective stainless steel, the giant curved mirror surfaces will create illusory distortions of the surroundings and will be visible across large distances, creating new vistas in this famous and much-loved setting. The sculptures were sited to contrast and reflect the changing colours, foliage and weather in Kensington Gardens.
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  • A mother holds her young son up to show him a paddle steamer on Southend pier in the early nineteen sixties. At the end of the world's longest pier (1 and a quarter miles) the steamer docked for day-trippers to traditionally sail upstream from the Thames estuary at Southend-on-Sea to Gravesend, westward towards London on the River. It is clearly something that this boy sees rarely such is his interest in the small ship full of other holidaymakers.
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  • A landscape of Bleriot Plage near Calais on the northern French coast, where the first-ever international flight between France and the southern English coast took place by the French aviator Louis Bleriot on 25th July 1909. He flew from the beach at Sangatte, to the cliffs at Dover to claim the prize offered by the Daily Mail. Nowadays, French families use the sand and dunes as a holiday beach destination using inflatable dinghies to paddle in the surf. The Bleriot crossing took 37 minutes in his aeroplane, Blériot XI, built in collaboration with Raymond Saulnier. It was powered by a 3 cylinder 25 horsepower (19 kW) engine.
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  • A ballet of mute swans paddle along the Thames riverbank at Kingston, on 7th November 2019, in London, England.
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  • Canoeists paddle through the Soca Gorge on the Soca River, on 21st June 2018, in Kobarid, Slovenia.
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  • Canoeists paddle through the Soca Gorge on the Soca River, on 21st June 2018, in Kobarid, Slovenia.
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  • Abandoned possesions of rucksacks, shoes, buckets, spades and towels belonging to a group of young schoolchildren and their carers, as they go to paddle in the sea, on 18th July 2016, at Barra, near Aveira, Portugal.
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