On Saturday my cousin Emily came down on her own from Scotland. We took her out to Camden Market in the morning to expose her to the funky punk of London, including the bear above. She's into that stuff so it was totally a good call. She bought two hoodies that day, which totally came in handy for us during the next event we attended that day.
In the late afternoon we took the trek down to Southwest London to Putney Bridge where my office is located, which is coincidentally (and fortunate for us) located right on the embankment where the annual Oxford-Cambridge rowing regatta starts every year! It is the only action that Putney Bridge gets each year so its quite a big deal.
The Boat Race is a rowing race between the Oxford University Boat Club and the Cambride University Boat Club. It is rowed annually each spring on the Thames in London. The event is a popular one, not only with the alumni of the universities, but also with rowers in general and the public. An estimated quarter of a million people watch the race live from the banks of the river, around seven to nine million people on TV in the UK, and an overseas audience estimated by the Boat Race Company of around 120 million.
The weather was completely rainy, but the crowds still came. And we enjoyed our cushy balcony view with access to free beer provided by Heineken who were using the base of our building to sell their brand (and beer of course!). The water was quite rough for the teams and Oxford won the race with the slowest time since 1947 at a time of 20 minutes 53 seconds claiming their third victory in a row. A video of the race start is below. It was really cool to see such an epic event, and I was very glad to work where I did to stay out of the rain!
On Saturday my cousin Emily came down on her own from Scotland. We took her out to Camden Market in the morning to expose her to the funky punk of London, including the bear above. She's into that stuff so it was totally a good call. She bought two hoodies that day, which totally came in handy for us during the next event we attended that day.
In the late afternoon we took the trek down to Southwest London to Putney Bridge where my office is located, which is coincidentally (and fortunate for us) located right on the embankment where the annual Oxford-Cambridge rowing regatta starts every year! It is the only action that Putney Bridge gets each year so its quite a big deal.
The Boat Race is a rowing race between the Oxford University Boat Club and the Cambride University Boat Club. It is rowed annually each spring on the Thames in London. The event is a popular one, not only with the alumni of the universities, but also with rowers in general and the public. An estimated quarter of a million people watch the race live from the banks of the river, around seven to nine million people on TV in the UK, and an overseas audience estimated by the Boat Race Company of around 120 million.
The weather was completely rainy, but the crowds still came. And we enjoyed our cushy balcony view with access to free beer provided by Heineken who were using the base of our building to sell their brand (and beer of course!). The water was quite rough for the teams and Oxford won the race with the slowest time since 1947 at a time of 20 minutes 53 seconds claiming their third victory in a row. A video of the race start is below. It was really cool to see such an epic event, and I was very glad to work where I did to stay out of the rain!
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