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Club together for love of the river

There are some people you always enjoy visiting – and among those of my wife, Julie, and I are the lovely folk at Weybridge Sailing Club (WSC).

Smells like happiness

When Lt Colonel Bill Kilgore, the character played by the wonderful Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now, tried to express his feelings for the Vietnam War he said he loved the smell of napalm in the morning – it smelt like victory.

Travel in style on a steamer

If you don’t own a boat, then for many people their only experience of getting out on the Thames is by taking a trip on a passenger launch.