Out of your tree

One of the scenes of our misdemeanours

Identical cousins - Your corrospondent & Sober after a good lunch

Liz & Hannah at Quintin Boathouse

Not even the might of the Royal Marines could keep us out....

Sober, enjoying Xchanging's hospitality

The victorious Cambridge crew posing for your corrospondent

Cantabrian pride has been restored this weekend, as Cambridge won the 153rd University Boat Race by 1 ¼ lengths. Not that this necessarily matters a jot to people from Anglia, but this monumental feat was witnessed this weekend by your correspondent, accompanied by Liz & Sober and ably assisted by an old chum Hannah Reynolds, who some of you may recall. The day commenced with a splendid lunch at the Coach & Horses at Kew Green, attended by Comrade Ralli, who wisely ducked out of the main event as a result of a prior engagement.

The four of us then proceeded to secure access to the boat house at the finish of the race, but only at the third attempt, having got past 6 policemen and members of the Royal Marines, all of whom had been engaged to bar our progress, which was the source of much drink-fueled pride as you can imagine. Sober ended the day in Docklands, as a result of failing to disembark his tube train until he overshot his destination by 13 stops (unlucky for some), and arrived back in Swindon at 2.30am. Liz and I also missed our stop, and I chose to alight our subsequent Northern Line train one stop early, forgetting to take Liz with me and then neglecting to get back on for another 20 minutes for reasons I cannot recall, but which must have seemed pertinent at the time. Liz was sick, and the decorating was postponed, but we had a cracking time, as you can imagine. We were even chucked out of the Orange Tree in Richmond after the race. And that, as I can assure you, look some doing.....