Filed Under: Quintessentially British Events

Thames Barge Driving Race 2013

For 585 photos of the event click here! A week after the Henley Royal Regatta, a rather different rowing event took place. Instead of high-tech, lightweight, sleek and nimble boats, 30 ton, dumb steel Thames? barges were competing. HGVs instead of Formula One cars. Like the Boat Race and the Henley Royal Regatta, the “racetrack” ... Read more


BCN Society 24 hour Marathon Challenge 2013

Birmingham Canal Navigations, Saturday 25 May 2013 – Sunday 26 May 2013 2013 BCNS Marathon Challenge Image Library Trying to compress centuries of history into a few sentences: The BCN, the Birmingham Canal Navigation, is a network of canals in the Midlands of the UK. These canals were the arteries of the Industrial Revolution, the ... Read more