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Subject: Re: [OM] Indiana Barker
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 06:43:27 +0100
Thanks, Martin, that’s a relief – about the punting technique :-)  However, I 
saw several of the professionals using the pole-off-the-stern technique; I 
tried it a couple of times but felt less secure on the stern.  And since Bob 
was ever ready with his camera I didn’t want to fall in – never mind that I had 
already divested myself of electronic gear or anything else that would be 
harmed by immersion in the waters of the Cam.

In the end, the only real danger came when occasionally the blasted pole got 
stuck in the mud of the river bed, but I managed to retrieve it successfully.  
My upper body muscles were fairly stiff for a couple of days afterwards . . .

Thanks, Bob :-)

Chris

> On 29 May 15, at 00:53, Martin Walters <mwalters@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Great photo. I'm pleased to see that Chris is using the correct (for 
> Cambridge) punting technique. Also noteworthy for me, is that it's taken 
> outside St. John's College (the Bridge of Sighs in the background), with the 
> back of Third Court (red bricks) visible on the right.
> 
> Martin
> 
> 
> On 28/05/2015 3:54 PM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>> Hi, All!
>> 
>> My email got hacked and I started hawking virility tablets, which forced me 
>> to absent myself from my holiday for a while to deal with Time Warner, one 
>> side effect of which is I seem to have got my capacity to send email back.
>> 
>> We’re on the move again tomorrow, but I couldn’t let the opportunity pass to 
>> share this photo of Our Own Intrepid Chris Barker, aka Indiana Barker, 
>> courageously punting two ladies and one elderly gentleman down the River 
>> Cam. Danger to port and starboard, bow and stern phased Indiana not. All 
>> that, and none of us got wet.
>> 
>> Well done, Chris, well done!
>> 
>> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=17243
>> 
>> More later from Scotland, but probably after we get back,
>> 
>> —Bob Whitmire
>> Certified Neanderthal
>> 
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