Sometimes you just have to pinch yourself. Yes, I really am in Cambridge, watching my son rowing on the Cam, and he has a laurel because they bumped!
On Jason’s recommendation we watched the race from The Plough, a point of land with a pub/seats/food. So first the teams row past as a warm- up. Each team goes by one at a time. The coach is on a bicycle on the opposite shore of the river. He counts down from 10, 9,8,7,6,5,4…..go. (Calling 1 or 2 could be misinterpreted as asking rower 1 or 2 to adjust their position). So each team passes by with a warm up. The starting line is out of sight from The Plough, but there is an audible canon, and we heard several people exclaim “they're off”.
Some of the action takes place before they reached our position. We were watching for Jason’s team. Does he have greenery? Yes. That means they bumped the boat in front and have won their race for the day. Everyone on the banks cheer for the boats rowing past with greenery.
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