St Peter's College Boat Club

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  • Unveiling of The Francis King Family

    Unveiling of The Francis King Family

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    “we are all in this together” – Francis King

  • The Towpath – Take 2

    The Towpath – Take 2

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    Christmas Cracker joke…..What do you find at the end of a footpath? A Towpath. Aaaaaaargh. I was privileged two years ago to be invited to lunch at the Hall of one of the Ancient Guilds in the City of London. In the magnificent gents loo in the basement there was a fine collection of portraits…

  • Folly Bridge

    Folly Bridge

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    The handsome stone bridge arraying The Abingdon Road south over the Isis which you cross en route  to the boathouse or to Radley every morning is but the latest in a succession of crossings dating back to Saxon times. The first was the swampy cattle crossing which has given its name to our town and…

  • The River Cherwell

    The River Cherwell

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    Opinion is divided as to how to pronounce this. Townies (locals) tend to pronounce as written the rest of us pronounce it as Charwell, neither is wrong. As you stand with your back to the Univ Boat House there are college boat houses on the opposite side of the river Thames, or Isis on which we…

  • Radley’s Remarkable Countryside

    Radley’s Remarkable Countryside

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    The 10k long river stretch of the river Thames at Radley passes through a roadless area rich in both human and natural history. The variety of its wildlife and historic sites is breathtaking and makes rowing at Radley so much more enjoyable and special. With a lot of marsh and ditches the area is a favorite haunt of…

  • Recollection of 1966-70

    Recollection of 1966-70

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    As  novices we were allowed out only in the clinker VIIIs which were easy to balance but fiendishly heavy, there was never any question of throwing the boat to “Heads”, we held it at waists and scrambled under. The second clinker was so old and twisted that stroke could have his blade flat on the water…

  • On the Way to the Boat House

    On the Way to the Boat House

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    Carfax is the centre of town, the ground slopes down from all points, an important thing for mediaeval towns that depended on gravity and the rain to wash all their detritus to where the river would swill it all away. In the north it got washed into the moat, fish ponds or town ditch of…

  • The Towpath

    The Towpath

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    I was privileged two years ago to be invited to lunch at the Hall of one of the Ancient Guilds in the City of London. In the magnificent loo in the basement there was a fine collection of former liverymen in sporting gear by Spy as well as an original Bateman strip cartoon, the punchline being “The…

  • Punting

    Punting

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    “Ah the summer is here and out come the punts, so beloved of limerick writers and Spoonerists”. anon.

  • 150,000m for the Stroke Association

    150,000m for the Stroke Association

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    In light of the sad news of the much loved Francis King suffering a severe stroke last December, St. Peter’s College Boat Club decided to join thousands of fellow rowers on the 30th January (Saturday of 2nd Week) in the StrokeforStroke campaign to raise money for work of The Stroke Association. Members of SPCBC hopped on…