Punt This Way: Cam Trip #2

Today is a disgustingly British day. Yesterday was so sunny and warm and beautiful -- all day -- and today there is constant downpour. Very upsetting, because I wanted to see Hairspray, but can't walk that far in the rainy rain. So I may just have to postpone that trip until tomorrow or Sunday. Holy crap, I'm just waiting for the frickin' thunder to start. It is raining so hard.

Yesterday I went punting for the 2nd time, this time I got a chance to do the actual punting, which was definitely harder than I thought. It's just a matter of getting your coordination down, and figuring out the right way to put the pole so that you turn the way you want. I only went about 100 yards (I parked us), and it took a good 10 minutes or so.

Here are Bri and Austin heading down to the punting area. We're so special 'cause we're King's College members. =) And that punting stick is looooooong.

I was gonna post a lot of pictures, but I figure the videos would be more appropriate. Two of 'em, which was definitely not enough, but I ran out of memory on my camera. Enjoy.

Highlights, mostly having to do with Bri, explained because they're difficult to hear/see:

- Bri thinking that a guy on the side of the river looked like Jerry Garcia.
- Bri making up/reporting trivia about Wren Library, which she mistakenly calls "Wren College," and nobody acknowledging poor punt-master Austin when he corrects her numerous times by saying that it's actually Trinity College.
- Bri telling me, as we're going under the bridge: "I saw so much PDA on the streets today I couldn't help myself but think of what you said yesterday about 'What is this, the city of fuckin' love?'" (it's true.... these people in this town are all over each other).
- Dan attempting to feed a duck wine just after the time ran out on video #1.
- The entrance to St. John's really does look like a vagina.
- We get hit by other punts, several times.

PS. Austin, Dan and Michelle are punting geniuses. I suck at punting.

Here's a picture of that calf I was talking about several, several posts ago. Cute, huh? That's one side of the cam, then there's the other (which, every time I see it, looks like a postcard).