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    Punting

    Anyone done it and got any tips?
    Where's safe to go?
    How much can I expect to pay?
    Coffee's for closers

    #2
    Having sat in a pub in Cambridge watching the unseaworthy wend there way along the river, my main recommendation would be to take a towel and a change of clothes, and learn to swim.

    Have fun.
    Never has a man been heard to say on his death bed that he wishes he'd spent more time in the office.

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      #3
      Cambridge is good. The main tip is that you may feel the urge to cling on to the pole if it gets stuck. Let go and then go back to recover the pole once you are stable.
      The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.

      George Frederic Watts

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        #4
        I have heard its very easy, you need to find a club and be able to steer a boat. Something like that.
        Vote Corbyn ! Save this country !

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          #5
          NorthernLadyUk will be along later to advice.
          merely at clientco for the entertainment

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            #6
            You need to check out Punternet.... everything you need to know including reviews!

            Search could be slightly NSFW for work, results most certainly are

            punternet - Google Search


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              #7
              Punting on the Cam is jolly fun they say
              Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!

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                #8
                Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
                Anyone done it and got any tips?
                Where's safe to go?
                How much can I expect to pay?
                ISTR we had a punt in Oxford, was about £30 if I recall. My tip is to sit in the back of the boat with a glass of champagne and a cucumber sandwich whilst some student type at the other end of the canoe thingy does all the hard work with the punt.
                ...my quagmire of greed....my cesspit of laziness and unfairness....all I am doing is sticking two fingers up at nurses, doctors and other hard working employed professionals...

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
                  Anyone done it and got any tips?
                  Where's safe to go?
                  How much can I expect to pay?
                  Kings Cross is good for punting...
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                  Don't get mad...get even...

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by psychocandy View Post
                    Punting on the Cam is jolly fun they say
                    Beagling on the downs, oh please do come they say
                    Rugger is the tops, a game for men they say.

                    What happens in General, stays in General.
                    You know what they say about assumptions!

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