NOT YET READY FOR HER CLOSE UP: Terra Nova looking a little sad and neglected on her trailer – but some TLC and hard work should soon have her ready for action
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Nothing if not ambitious
Last year in this column, I wrote that I thought the authorities should introduce a mandatory test and a licence of competence before anyone was allowed to take a boat out on the water – and several people jumped down my throat, berating me for proposing to introduce more bureaucracy into our leisure time.
Such a vital contribution
My articles about the activities of the Upper Thames Patrol during the 1940s seem to have stirred a few of memories with readers.
Give ’em a wave!
Spelthorne’s annual River Day takes place on Saturday, September 6 when the borough’s mayor will be rowed up the Thames from Sunbury to Staines in a grand procession aimed at raising money for charity.