Thursday, February 19, 2015

NO SNOW, NO RAIN, NO HAIL - SO LET’S GO ROWING IN BRIGG


Recently there was talk of the Beast from the East – a severe weather system that was going to blow in from Siberia and dump loads of snow on the UK, Brigg included.
That prompted us to take the above picture a few days later, as the sun shone and there was hardly a puff of wind. Perfect conditions for rowers like this, from our own Ancholme club, to take to the river from their HQ, in  Manley Gardens.
Snowdrops are now appearing in Brigg gardens, we've just had our membership renewed by the cricket umpires' association and it's still light at 5pm.
Spring is not far away!

4 comments:

Ken Harrison said...

Tut..tut, Nige...Don't you know the difference between rowing and sculling?
Rowers only have one oar; scullers have a pair of oars.
You can't be a single-handed rower (one oar) as you would turn yourself around in ever-decreasing circles.
For example, a pair of rowers have 2 oars, one each side, between them
A pair of scullers each have a pair of oars - 4 in total.
I prefer to use an outboard motor, or, possibly, a pedalo !

Ken Harrison said...

Oh yeah......that guy in the blue ship with two oars is a sculler...

Unknown said...

not so,by using 1 oar you can by dipping you can go slightly straight and reversing your oar keep to your line.

Ken Harrison said...

Okay, clever clogs....just testing....
..A one oar race would make an interesting competition, Peter.