At the beginning of 2007 the three of us decided to row from London to Oxford in a Victorian Camping Skiff. On the week we were meant to do it the Environment Agency had a severe weather warning in force and banned all boats, including powered vessels, from navigating the Thames. Lock Keepers warned us that to carry on would be suicide. We decided to postpone till 2008...
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