Went to Cambridge yesterday and spent most of the day Punting out towards granchester. Brian was a dab hand, and looks as if he would feel at home in Venice!
I had a go second, and spent most of the time backing out of dense brush on the side of the cam.
Sam had a go, which was funny, as we zigzagged down the river like a drunk duck! However she managed to avoid sticking it into the bank, unlike me!
Pat had a go last, and was also a dab hand, managing to keep the punt on the straight and narrow.
I took over for the last stretch, and bar one visit to give my passengers a very close look at the botannical variety along the cam, I managed to redeem my poor driving with a paking maneuver that would probably impress super tanker captains!
Ah - you have probably noticed I haven't mentioned gracie yet! She had a whale of a time, spending most of the time leaning over the punt trying to pickup any flotsam and jetsam that drifted past. Which gave me the heebie-de-beejeebies most of the time, however how else can you keep a 23 month old busy on a small boat on a river!
Right that wraps up the family Punting trip, bizarrely I am doing it again today, taking my Uni friends on a tour of Cambridge!
Looks like you all had fun :) can't believe gracie is scared of even the tiniest gain of sand, but half falling into the river cam seems fine ;)
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