London: Tea Time in Wonderland

Each year takes place the traditional boat race between Cambridge  and Oxford. An institution! 2009 actually shows the 155th one. It’s a question of honour for both universities.

Others, like the Spitafiled City Farm, much prefer a fun version of it…. and are launching the Cambridge vs Oxford Goat Race. Elementary, my dear Watson!

Amazing how many people actually came to what I was expecting to be a small event. Many actually decided to play the game, worked on their looks, mad it a little Ascott like.

Others, like me, will bet on a winner. Did the length and elegance play a role in choosing them?

I can already hear some whispering Poor things! How cruel! Well, believe me: had you seen Oxford make the orgnaizers go round and round, you would have been reassured. That part was actually as good as the race itself!

But now pressure is mounting. The crows is getting enthusisatic. the goast are racing, the cameras are flashing, people are clapping.

Cambridge, no matter how small she looked, will win by a mile. In real life, Oxford 9counting a world champion in its team) wins the race.

The race was over in less than a minute (17 or so on the Thames) but the atmosphere was so very Alice in Wonderland! I’ll be there next year, with my teapot, and will play the Mad Hatter.

Spitalfields City Farm
Buxton Street
London E1 5AR

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