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There are 250 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

After a season with everyone mistakenly thinking they were sponsored by an Italian cheese manufacturer, the crew finally finds out it’s actually a luxury Swiss watchmaker.

📸 @britishrowing.bsky.social

There are 251 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

(Ten minutes earlier..)

“Did we bump them?”

“I THINK so..”

“Well make sure - let’s do another big 10..”

📸 Oxford Rowing Services

There are 252 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

“Seriously..?”

Charles was surprised that wearing an HRR bow tie upside-down could be reason for a steward to take his membership number..

There are 253 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

The new AIOs of @Tyne_Rowing unexpectedly caused bar code reading errors in bars up and down the enclosure as they rowed by… 🫣

📸 Tim Koch/ @heartheboatsing.bsky.social

There are 254 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

HRR regulations require that in temperatures over 28C Enclosure Stewards should be within easy reach of fire extinguishers in case any members with 1970s blazers of high synthetic fibre content burst into flames.

There are 255 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

“Why do people keep calling me Ned?” wondered Charles..

📸 © Benedict Tufnell / HRR

There are 256 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

That moment the little known common grazing rights for the regatta site became an issue for the first time since 1839..

There are 257 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

Let’s blame his hayfever. 👃👆🏻

📸 Tim Koch / @boatsing

There are 259 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

Pictured: The literal interpretation of “bow ball.”

There are 260 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

Well technically I suppose they ARE “sticks..”

There are 260 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

Intriguing “often bought together” option on Amazon.. It’s a proper chicken/egg conversation…

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There are 261 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

Charles attempted a Mexican Wave to raise morale..

📸 Tim Koch/ @heartheboatsing.bsky.social

There are 262 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

The new @MoleseyBoatClub onesie should be available for Christmas gift purchase.

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Looks cosy.

There are 263 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

Rarely caught on camera: The moment a new single scull is produced by binary carbon fibre fission, and makes for the water.

Miraculous.

There are 264 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

Following a misspoken command from Cox, the crew tried “hands-free” rowing for the first and last time..

There are 265 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

The traditional HRR luncheon water choices: Still, sparkling, or torrential.

📸 @ronpaterson.bsky.social

There are 266 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

With coach still in bed, Charles called to seek advice for the morning UT2 session; “Look, even if technically it IS ‘flat water’ I’m not sure it’s going to work…”

There are 267 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

Disgruntlement at the Autumn rowing camp..

“We’ve been walking for TEN MINUTES..”

“Well the brochure did say it was ‘gently shelving’ boating access.”

There are 268 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

The slight misunderstanding about the “vents” he wanted in his new blazer turned out to be fortuitous, when temperatures at the regatta the following year hit 32 degrees..

There are 269 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

Charles’s opportunistic repurposing of the trestle backfired when a visually-impaired crew accidentally started de-rigging his jeans..

📸 Robert Treharne-Jones

There are 270 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

Proof that nominative determinism remains a concept..

There are 271 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

HRR - “High Rain Risk”

Former Chair of British Rowing Annamarie Phelps CBE elected Vice President of World Rowing - British Rowing Annamarie Phelps CBE has been appointed Vice Chair of World Rowing following her election at the World Rowing Ordinary Congress held in Shanghai...

There are 272 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

Belated congratulations on a richly deserved appointment, Annamarie - or “Veep” as we shall now know you!

👏

www.britishrowing.org/2025/09/anna...

There are 273 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

Trying to rationalise the countless “lost” days of the regatta drinking in Bridge Bar, Charles wore 10 years of Stewards badges just in case he’d discovered time travel and had difficulty with subsequent readmission.

There are 274 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

As coach arrived, Charles’s request for a chainsaw to “finish rigging the boat” started to make sense.

There are 275 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

Roof bars, HRR style.

There are 276 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

After repeated questioning, Charles had to admit he couldn’t remember if he’d lost a yellow sock, or found a green one.

There are 277 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

As he left to catch his train after another long day, Charles was yet again struck by how far away the station was, yet how close by the Bridge Bar was…

There are 278 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

Oh the ideas are flowing now..

The in-race Jelly Baby dispenser..

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There are 279 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

Hmm.. I wonder who has the IP rights on oar handles with integrated malt loaf holders..

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