First stop: UK: Henley Royal Regatta
Our first week on tour found us in the UK staying in the rowing crazy town of Henley, billeted out with the friendly locals. We banked in some training on the London Olympic rowing course at Eton and checked out the Olympic accomodation for rowers and kayakers which will be based at the University of London, nice and close to the Olympic course.
Although some would say rowing is not the greatest of spectator sports, the Henley Royal Regatta is a must see spectacle for sports lovers. To set the scene imagine the fashion, the marquees and the car park barbies of the Melbourne cup…. except the rowers are the horses. The HRR is a festival that sees London’s investment bankers take time out to don their university blazers and reminicse of the glory days - over a pimms or 10.
For us, the Henley Regatta provided a chance to find our racing legs again and enjoy some competition before the Rowing World Cup in Lucerne stokes up next week. These 2 regattas will provide us with benchmarks to see where our new combination is sitting in the world ranks as we head towards the pointy end of the season for the Bled World Champs.
In response to comments from the last blog – Thanks for checking it out and for all the extra good luck sent. To Scotty - I have one good friend who calls me BP it just got skipped in the bio.
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