Finally got round to posting some snaps up from Henley... It really is a fabulous thing to go to - the range of people (age, more than anything else), the rowing (which no-one watches), the sheer good living of it..
For everyone who hasn't been there before, it really is ridiculous - think of Lady's day at Ascot mixed with the members enclosure of Lords and you've got the idea to the extravagance, mood and attire of the people who go. I should imagine that a lot of people who feel unease about the suitability of Boris Johnson for the job of Mayor of London wouldn't find anything to settle it here.
It feels like the most English thing in the world - there's a Yorkshire tea van, and everyone seems to love the queuing, and it always lashes it down (Guaranteed - if you go and it doesn't, I'll buy you a cup of tea). I fully expect to see Martin Parr wandering down the river-bank, ring-flash in tow next time I get over there..
Unless, of course, I beat him to it next year and decide to pass on the Champagne, cigars, Pimms and Picnic.
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where can i get get a stripy yellow and orange cap and yellow trousers!? brilliant!
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