Three Men in a Boat Lechlade to London 17-24 July 2004 This is the page for our diary entries during the 2004 trip. We'll update (in theory) live from the river every day.

Tuesday, July 20, 2004

The Bull, Sonning



Wandered down the road in Goring to the pie shop which sadly seemed to have turned into an Indian (restaurant that is). Oddly it still appeared to serve the same stuff as before; had sandwiches and cake.
Chris sleep-steered through the next five miles, miraculously while drinking port and smoking a pipe. Saw a waterborne snake snaking across the river, its head aloft.
Some flannel-short clad youths spotted sporting in the water near Mapledurham.
Gary finally went for gold and gave the answer to 'where's the dog?' we had all been waiting for - the one involving buggery and drowning. Questioning sculler looked a little shocked.
Scoring a brace, he also finished someone's rendition of row your boat with the saucier version of the Eton boating song in question.
Laboriously wound two locks by hand; Chris' lock exit through the half-open gates was quite gallant.
All crew washed their hair in the river above Reading, fearing the consequences of doing so below. Chris and Jon pushed with moderate valour to get to Sonning before 9 in order to secure dinner at the Bull; very well received, especially Chris' Wild Boar.
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