Unlike a lot of us, Mother Nature is at her finest first thing in the morning. Capturing this beauty is an art form, and I have been reluctant to post my meagre attempts. These photos may never feature in a gallery, but I think they are a testament to getting up in the morning and [...]
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More about this morning
Posted in Nature, Technique, Training on 03/05/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Big one this morning – we left at 06:00 to try and get to Byron’s Pool and back before 10:00. Byron’s pool is beyond Grantchester and as far as you can get in a punt from Cambridge (unless you’re into adventure punting, that is). It’s about a 10km round trip, and 2.5km per hour is [...]
We won two bikes!
Posted in Equipment, Nature, Training on 30/04/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Out punting this morning in the mill pond below the rollers – it’s becoming one of our favourite places, I think. For me at least. Toby didn’t fall in today, but he did get his pole stuck. Of course I had to retrieve it for him, and when I hauled it up, we were excited [...]
Het up Herons
Posted in Nature, Training on 20/04/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Toady’s early morning venture saw three herons having a noisy argument over the ownership of a nest high in the trees. Meanwhile, a fourth heron watched on and had a particularly long poo.
Training
Posted in Nature, Technique, Training on 20/04/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Clearly it’s not fair that only ‘proper sports’ like rowing (*cough* Beckie *cough*) have to get up early to train, so we’ve instituted a strict regime of our own. From now on there’s early morning punt training for two hours, meeting at the punts at 06:30. We’ll be doing this every weekday morning come rain [...]
