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Article: Sale close to the wind; If you've been bitten by the boat bug after a weekend at Henley, put in a bid at this Saturday's Traditional Rivercraft auction, says Katrina Burroughs.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 10, 2002
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Byline: KATRINA BURROUGHS
BELIEVE me, my young friend, there is NOTHING - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." There comes a time in every Londoner's life when the words of the water rat from The Wind in the Willows ring in the ears, and the upper reaches of the Thames beckon.
Boat fever is most likely to strike shortly after a faultlessly sunny Henley Royal Regatta, when a couple of days spent imbibing Pimm's and watching muscular youths in quadruple sculls has given you a pleasantly skewed view of waterborne pursuits.
When the mal-de-riviere has you in its grip, there is a sale for you: the annual ...