1st May

I doubt I'll be doing any rowing related activities this coming May day on
North Uist, but there'll be lots to come this weekend.

On Apr 29, 1:15*am, "Christopher Anton"
<c.an...@NOSPAM.blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> I doubt I'll be doing any rowing related activities this coming May day on
> North Uist, but there'll be lots to come this weekend.

I'm driving to Germany with a friend to pick up her new C1x and car-
top it back to Brussels. So a thoroughly rowing-related day which
involves neither water nor exercise.

Dave H

On 29 Apr, 11:37, "david.hender...@aea.be" <david.hender...@aea.be>
wrote:
> On Apr 29, 1:15*am, "Christopher Anton"
>
> <c.an...@NOSPAM.blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> > I doubt I'll be doing any rowing related activities this coming May day on
> > North Uist, but there'll be lots to come this weekend.
>
> I'm driving to Germany with a friend to pick up her new C1x and car-
> top it back to Brussels. *So a thoroughly rowing-related day which
> involves neither water nor exercise.
>
> Dave H

Some of us have to work you know!

On Apr 29, 12:41*pm, dspringinnoc...@googlemail.com wrote:
> On 29 Apr, 11:37, "david.hender...@aea.be" <david.hender...@aea.be>
> wrote:
>
> Some of us have to work you know!

It's a double holiday for us - May 1st and Ascension Thursday on the
same day, so Friday has been made a public holiday too :-)

If it's Ascension Thursday then it must be Tournai Regatta - a very
pleasant affair that occasionally gets some Brits over - Free Press
used to be regulars.

Dave H

<david.henderson@aea.be> wrote in message
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On Apr 29, 12:41 pm, dspringinnoc...@googlemail.com wrote:
> On 29 Apr, 11:37, "david.hender...@aea.be" <david.hender...@aea.be>
> wrote:

Shouldn't the rowing reports come AFTER you do it?

[email]david.henderson@aea.be[/email] wrote:
> On Apr 29, 1:15 am, "Christopher Anton"
> <c.an...@NOSPAM.blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>> I doubt I'll be doing any rowing related activities this coming May day on
>> North Uist, but there'll be lots to come this weekend.

I shall be visiting my parents and thoroughly land-bound. But since my
father was a rower (probably what we'd call "elite" these days), and
since he's at least partly responsible for my contracting the infection
myself, I'll make sure that we drink a toast on Thursday to rowing and
to all my friends on r.s.r.

--

Henry Law Manchester, England

On Apr 29, 6:09 pm, "Mike Sullivan" <s...@slacSNIP.stanford.edu>
wrote:
> <david.hender...@aea.be> wrote in message
>
> news:beee1c4e-28a2-4823-af3e-b77f15a5614e@m73g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> On Apr 29, 12:41 pm, dspringinnoc...@googlemail.com wrote:
>
> > On 29 Apr, 11:37, "david.hender...@aea.be" <david.hender...@aea.be>
> > wrote:
>
> Shouldn't the rowing reports come AFTER you do it?

OK, well, we did it.
Behr Boatworks in Konigswinter was a comfortable drive of 250km/2h45
from Brussels, motorway all the way except for a small detour we made
to visit this local curiosity:
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scherpenheuvel-Zichem[/url]

Mr Behr is a dealer in new and used boats operating out of an
aluminium hangar a long way from the nearest water. His shed was full
of delights, and he was happy to show them off and to relate their
provenance. Anybody want a championship-standard coxed four for a
very heavy crew, at a knock-down price, he's the man to see.

Anyway, here's Mr Behr, the boat and the new owner.

[url]http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d43/TheSSK/Carol_boat1.jpg[/url]

The trip back involved transiting a couple of diabolical weather
systems but I wasn't driving by then. Boat was introduced to the
Canal in Brussels today, apparently, and Ihear that both boat and
owner enjoyed the experience, and with a bit of luck madame will start
terrorising the long-distance circuit in a couple of weeks. For me,
the downside is that I've lost my regular doubles partner.

So ... will I be the only one to show and tell?

Dave H

Henry Law wrote:

> I shall be visiting my parents and thoroughly land-bound. But since my
> father was a rower (probably what we'd call "elite" these days), and
> since he's at least partly responsible for my contracting the infection
> myself, I'll make sure that we drink a toast on Thursday to rowing and
> to all my friends on r.s.r.

.... and we did.

--

Henry Law Manchester, England

<david.henderson@aea.be> wrote in message
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> On Apr 29, 6:09 pm, "Mike Sullivan" <s...@slacSNIP.stanford.edu>
> wrote:
>> <david.hender...@aea.be> wrote in message

snip

> So ... will I be the only one to show and tell?

Hmm I posted one from google that didn't appear.