Thursday 27th December 2012

It seems like a lifetime ago that I last visited the Oxfordshire town of Henley-on-Thames. On one level its the quintessential English market town, complete with town hall, square, and bridge over the River Thames into Berkshire. Its the river that makes Henley what it is, or rather a mile-long stretch of it. For that dead straight mile gives the town its regatta each July, and puts the town in the centre of the social calendar.

Having once lived there I managed to get a ticket one year for the oh-so-desirable Continue reading →