Jolly bad form at the regatta
18th July 1981, Page 18
18th July 1981
Page 18
Page 18, 18th July 1981
— Jolly bad form at the regatta
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AS I sipped a case of champagne on DAF Trucks' motor cruiser at the Henley Royal Regatta I recalled a provincial newspaper report of the Oxford and Cambridge boatrace. It said: "They shot under Hammersmith Bridge, their ears scooping away the water in unison."
The only ears that I saw scooping water at Henley were those of a disreputable-looking drunk who swam fully clothed across the Thames.
When last seen, the police were helping him — but whether with inquiries, I couldn't say.