5jt
.com
SJT's invincible summer.
A little breathless but the view is good.
Click to find out about me.

22 June 2004

Midsummer Punting

Miki punting Midsummer punting madness Despite threatening weather we made our way to Cambridge for this year's Midsummer Night Picnic. There we rented punts from Granta Punt Hire, manhandled them onto the upper river and tacked towards Grantchester. Sadly, our three punts could field only 2½ punters at any given time, so progress was slow if not actually leisurely. We moored and feasted before reaching fabled Grantchester Meadows, and scraped back in to Newnham Millpond for the 10pm curfew. Although we drove through heavy rain both coming and going the only water that fell on the boats dripped from punt poles. Fortune favours the boat.

Punts at Newnham Millpond Ducking a bridge Safira Cruising the Granta

Granta Punt Hire Newnham Millpond And a river of green is sliding unseen

View from the waterline The picnic Mooring

Posted by SJT at June 22, 2004 08:36 AM

Comments

Post a comment

Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)

(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)


Remember me?


5jt.com © 2003-6 Stephen Taylor
Permission to use quotes was neither sought nor obtained.