Benham’s Lane
This being open to things thing is quite extraordinary. I’m liking the nu-u, PC. I’m not feeling it stopping.
Meanwhile, you could be forgiven for thinking life along the river never changes. But actually, on closer inspection, some of the strong signs of the future are right here as we prepare for ‘that week’, Henley Royal Regatta, year 175. Advanced technologies, and youth for starters, but coupled with international Olympic athleticism … doesn’t sound that sleepy. I can’t help thinking that just a week of that a year must have quite an effect.
For a change, I’m hearing American accents – rowers, not tourists – in an English setting, and feeling an allegiance. Careful, Culley.
WHEN I WOKE UP 