A pictorial memory of the weekend from readers (Sunday)
And the rain came on Sunday - but that didn't dampen peoples enthusiasm to come to the river
March 27, 2019
| Crowds at Putney (twitter.com/#!/andrewpics) | Union come rain or shine (twitter.com/#!/andrewpics) |
| Flags & coats (Catherine Schade) | Knight on a modern day steed (Catherine Schade) |
| Saftey checks and preperation (Justin Ward) | About to heave ho (Justin Ward) |
| Man powered boats set off from Putney |
Dragon Boats are off |
| Dragons A Go! (Catherine Schade) | Patriotic Narrow Boat |
Long |
and small! |
Military craft |
(Catherine Schade) |
| All together now (Judy Allen) | From the Isle Of Man (Judy Allen) |
| Waterworks! (Judy Allen) | Is that Henry VIII? (Judy Allen) |
| A hat fit for a Queen | Crowds waiting patiently on Putney Bridge |
| Sea cadets wait (http://twitter.com/#!/andrewpics) | And they're off (http://twitter.com/#!/andrewpics) |
| Sea cadets leave from Putney Bridge flying Commonwealth flags (Virginia Millington) | & later down river near Battersea (Suzanne Taylor) |
| Steam powered | & cruisers plus two brave swans! |
| (Catherine Schade) | 3 men in a boat (Catherine Schade) |
| Boris Johnson before joing the flotilla at Putney (Laura O'Sullivan) |
Narrow boats @ Putney Bridge (Virginia Millington) |
| Wetting the crowds on Putney Bridge (Virginia Millington) | Passing under Putney Bridge (Virginia Millington) |
| Dragon close ups! (Sorry ladies!) (Justin Ward) | Dragon's head (Justin Ward) |
| Narrow boats mustering (Justin Ward) | Early start @ Putney Embankment (Justin Ward) |
| And they just kept coming (V Diamond) | Kyaks & Canoes (V Diamond) |
| "Tradition"(V Diamond) | Patriotic Boris (V Diamond) |
| Canadian boat (V Diamond) | Putney Wharf (Jamie Gould) |
| Rowers at Battersea (Sally Pilkington) | Flying the Union Flag (Sally Pilkington) |
| Spider barge (Sally Pilkington) | That Hat (Sally Pilkington) |
| HRH Queen Elizabeth II with Prince Harry & The Duchess of Cornwall boards Spitit of Chartwell (Suzanne Taylor) | Saluting the Queen (Suzanne Taylor) |
| Dragon Boats ( |
Long boats ( |
| Maori dugout (we think) (Suzanne Taylor) | Avenue of Sails (Suzanne Taylor) |