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This is a record of our trip, rowing down the Thames Date: Thursday 1 June 2006 - Monday 5 June 2006 Crew: Peter Watts, Mehdi Vahdati, Philip Turner, Andy Lelean Route: Lechlade to Richmond (128 miles - although our book only counted 122)
All these photos have been compressed for web optimisation, if there are any you especially like, drop me an emails stating which ones and I'll send you the full quality versions. Many thanks to Peter for his pictures. Videos:- The Videos page can be accessed via link top left of this page, or by clicking here. Click a photo to see full size, then click back to return Laura Lechlade (11:00 a.m. Thursday) - Captain Grumpy stroking us out Thursday Lunch: The Swan, Radcot Bridge - Mile 6 Thursday Night: Pinkhill Lock - Mile 20. Walked into The Talbot, Eynsham. Friday Lunch: The Isis, Iffley Lock, Oxford - Mile 29 Friday Night: Shillingford Bridge Hotel, Shillingford - Mile 46 Saturday Lunch: The Riverside, Reading - Mile 65 Henley-on-Thames Down the Henley course - (now, I've got a small exercise for you!!!!!) Hambleden Lock Saturday Night: Campsite, Hurley - Mile 78, walked into Hurley dinner at Ye Olde Bell Sunday 4th June - Approach to Marlow Suspension Bridge Bray - The most miserable unfriendly people we encountered all weekend, NEVER go there!!!! Sunday Lunch (4 p.m.): River House, Windsor - Mile 95 We flew through Windsor at full speed, scattering tourists in hourly hire boats (great fun) - note castle in background Romney Lock (nr Eton) A bit of light rain (2 different reactions). Just past Old Windsor: Mile 100. Sunday Evening circa 8 p.m. Bell Weir Lock Sunday Night: Staines; Swan Hotel (beer) & Thames Lodge (bed) - Mile 102 Hampton Court: Someone pop in and ask Henry VIII if he needs a lift to Richmond. Nearly there: Teddington Lock, 46th and last Monday Lunch: The White Swan, Twickenham (our training pub) - Mile 120 4 x Rare Steak & Chips + 10 pints - perfect Richmond Bridge - Mile 122 (actually 128 from start, we lost 6 miles somewhere along the way). All that way, no one fell in, all we lost was 1 butter knife and then Mehdi drops his phone in!!!! The END - Mile 128 The White Cross; Water Lane, Richmond. 9 pints of Ordinary, 3 pints of special and 1 bottle of Laurent Perrier. Quite the best toilets of the trip (like being at the Dorchester) Anonymous bottom blisters (mercifully out of focus) Anyone for a penguin? Some Numbers
NB: The miles per hour column above includes all locks, breaks and other stops throughout the day. Actual rowing speed was approximately 5 mph. |