Comments on Big Apple, Little Britainer: The Boat Race

Ooh I missed it. Great memories of boozing it up i...

2008-04-01T18:52:53.344-07:00

Ooh I missed it. Great memories of boozing it up in that pub on the south side of the river next to the bridge. Us girls usually ended up using the men's loos as the ladies' queue was ridiculous and the chaps never seemed to mind!

Great pictures. I don't know who I'd be with. Not ...

2008-04-01T16:16:15.177-07:00

Great pictures. I don't know who I'd be with. Not much interest in the North of the country! Too far from the Thames. I did see Henley regatta a few times though when I lived down south.

Over from David's blog. Congrats on post of the day!

This is a question I have often pondered:http://ne...

2008-04-01T08:48:26.874-07:00

This is a question I have often pondered:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/mike_baker/2212625.stm

Goodness, I missed it. Looks like we lost though. ...

2008-04-01T07:45:58.520-07:00

Goodness, I missed it. Looks like we lost though. I grew up in Cambridge so no difficult choice for me. Boat race weekends were always interesting in our house though as my mother grew up around Oxford!
One year I did get to view the race from the judges boat. I spent 6hrs(!) sitting on a puny little boat in the middle of the Thames in the cold and rain making polite conversation with a load of 'hoorays' and a freezing cameraman. Still one for the memory books though :-)

We were at a wedding at the time so I missed the c...

2008-04-01T01:39:05.640-07:00

We were at a wedding at the time so I missed the coverage. Glad to see that the best team won though :-P

I think this might have the been the first race th...

2008-03-31T12:55:27.140-07:00

I think this might have the been the first race that I didn't know was happening til it was over! Too late to pull for the light blues sadly, still they won every year I was there (many, many years ago...)/

Covered sport in the UK every summer from 1981-87,...

2008-03-31T12:01:32.797-07:00

Covered sport in the UK every summer from 1981-87, but I never got to see the race.

``bendier than an English plumbing system'' .... now that's a great word picture!

enidd's an oxford girl, and she even shared a hous...

2008-03-28T18:17:01.087-07:00

enidd's an oxford girl, and she even shared a house with a rowing blue, so it has to be the dark blue for her. hurrah for sweat marks.

AA - I don't want to lead you astray - I'm not 100...

2008-03-28T17:36:27.328-07:00

AA - I don't want to lead you astray - I'm not 100% sure it's live online, I think it may not show until after the race has actually finished. I reckon if you call after 2.30 eastern time you'll be fine though (as long as UK clocks go back Sunday morning?) It all gets so confusing...

B - I think before I went to Cambridge I liked Oxford because of the dark blue... I still do really. That light blue colour seems sickly. But - it does work well with sweat (which is want in a lycra really...) The Oxford blue shows the salt marks.

Can there be any doubt? Would I give in to the dar...

2008-03-28T16:52:07.051-07:00

Can there be any doubt? Would I give in to the dark side? Never!

Thanks - I never remember when the race is. My par...

2008-03-28T16:26:31.577-07:00

Thanks - I never remember when the race is. My parents don't answer the phone while the Boat Race or rugby matches are on, and I was planning on calling them tomorrow. Maybe I'll watch it online and I'll call them once the race is over. If Cambridge doesn't win my dad won't be in a very good mood though.