Downstream

was difficult as ‘weeds on the
course were rather bad’, but
nine boys took part in the
‘long test’ on 23 July which
is now described as being
from the Baths to New Street
– further downstream past
Henley Bridge. Eight finished
the course; it’s not recorded
what happened to the ninth.
Bad weather the next year
meant there were very few
senior boys ‘who would
pluck up the courage to go