Hello Dear Readers,
Yesterday was a big day for Putney, the world famous Oxford/Cambridge boat race! The banks of the river were packed with people from Putney Bridge to Cheswick Bridge. I went down to Thames Rowing Club boat house (where my brother rows) to watch the start(s). First off were the second best boats. The crowd there were sitting along the concrete launch that slopes to the river. The race officials kept pushing us back and back, finally to the road, claiming a giant Tsunami sized wave was going to wash us away. With typical English grumbling we all backed to the road. When the boats finally went by, a feeble wash of about 2 feet came up onto the launch. This prompted a lot of jeering from the Foster's swilling crowd, to which the official responded "Oi, you lot, if you don't cut that out I'll make you go to the other side of the road!" But all in good fun of course. The 'first' boats launched second, at 4:30, to a great deal of excitement. Oxford was pulling out ahead as they passed us. By the time I walked from the river back to my house, I put on BBC 1 to watch them heading in to the last mile (it's about a 4 mile race). Cambridge edged their way to victory, securing a boat length and a half ahead of Oxford, what excitement! They hadn't won the past two years, so it was a good win for them. Better luck next time Oxford.
I did take some pictures on Patrick's camera phone, but I'm not sure how to get them from his mini SD card to this computer. They weren't that good anyway, just a bunch of guys in a boat....
Even more exciting, the new season of Dr. Who (with a new, young sexy doctor) premiered last night, also on BBC1. How nice it is to watch it as it comes out, then flip over to BBC3 to watch Dr. Who Confidential. Eat your heart out Stephanie! (Think the Monkey-Butt will come out rude, but not Ginger?)
Hope everyone is having a happy Easter. I polished off the chocolate cake I made!!! Chocolate seems to be an important part of Easter here, it's almost like Halloween!
P.S. Apologies for the awful spelling. Both Chris and Patrick are gone this week and the computer I'm using doesn't have the good spell check that I'm used to, and I'm a rubbish speller.
eta fixed spelling New Years 2011-12, updating blog as part of new year refresher!
I'm actually crossing my fingers that it will be GINGER!!! Jenny was red blonde and her mother in law and brother in law are RED! I'm sure the Monkey Butt will be rude tho, we're all homozygous for that allele! (smirk)
ReplyDeleteYay! Somebody else watches Dr. Who! :D My "geeky" friends in Berkeley think they're too cool for Dr. Who. *rolls eyes*. Anyway, I still like David Tennant best so far, but I'm very much looking forward to what Steven Moffat comes up with for this new series -- he wrote all the best episodes in the previous years. :)
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'm amused that people actually say "Oi, you lot", which I'd seen on British shows but didn't know how real that was. Sort of like how amazed I was to discover actual Valley girls when I first moved to California. I'd always thought they were invented by the movies! :)
Ah HA! Dr. Who mention brings out some lurkers. I love comments because I can't actually see who is reading this, so right now it feels like I blog to two people... but that's fine with me. I need to backtrack myself and watch Waters of Mars and the Christmas special, I was avoiding watching Davide Tenent leave becaue I know i will cry, but I think I can handle it now that I have a crush on Matt..... also need to catch up on my Vampire Diaries now that Chris comes back tonight..... plenty of time to work on my knitted hot pants......:-) more photos of that to come!
ReplyDeleteWaters of Mars is awesome -- one of the best of the specials, IMO. I thought The End of Time was really awful, except for some interactions between the Doctor and Wilf, and the last few minutes when Ten says goodbye. :(
ReplyDeleteHave you seen the spinoffs Torchwood or the Sarah Jane Adventures? I actually started watching Torchwood first, and that's what made me then go back and watch Dr. Who.
Also, seeing John Simm as the Master in season 3 of Dr.Who inspired me to watch Life on Mars, which is now one of my favorite shows. :)