While there a great many lovely cafes and shops, Costa and Starbucks are the only spots open early enough for us to grab "filter coffee" or latte. Today, Starbucks was calling us...
| Down the steps in our narrow English house |
| Out and about early on the bikes |
| First stop.....Starbucks |
| It's Thursday...Farmers Market at Town Square |
| Boat meeting before morning practice |
| The eight practicing... |
| Whilst coaches watch... |
| Remenham Farms adjacent to river |
| On the route back through town after morning practice - I do believe our women have visited here! |
| Garden at the coach's house for a bite of lunch |
| Mounting up for afternoon practice.... |
| Down Queen Street.... |
| Across Henley Bridge to the Berkshire side.... |
| Plenty of traffic here ... the next closest bridge is upriver in Sonning |
| Down the Thames Path at Henley Royal boat tents.... |
| Past the Henley Royal Enclosure - the HWR event is excluded from this venue... |
| Continuing down the Thames Path... |
| Past the mansion .... |
| Over the arched footbridge.... |
| Arriving at the HWR venue across from Fawley |
| Boat storage |
| Launching for afternoon practice |
| A few of the pubs around town - there are a great many here The Argyle |
| The Queen Victoria |
| Waitrose Supermarket where we seem to visit at least once per day |
| Yes there is a Dr Who phone booth - mostly for tourists I think |
| New cafe called Spoon - lovely - great sweets and lattes |
| The local Bakery |
| Preparing for the Foreign Crew Reception at the Henley River and Rowing Museum! |
| Ready for the start of racing tomorrow! |
| End to a busy day - 930PM Coach Pat |
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ReplyDeleteLove the team photos! Thank you for the update and best of luck with the races!
ReplyDeleteGO WPI!!!