{"id":2265,"date":"2022-08-12T19:57:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T18:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/?p=2265"},"modified":"2022-08-12T19:57:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T18:57:28","slug":"mud-glorious-mud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/?p=2265","title":{"rendered":"Mud, glorious mud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">August club roundup<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Club captain Marianne writes<\/strong>: We&#8217;ve been busy welcoming visitors recently!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last Saturday we welcomed Jenny Bath <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augustarowers.org.au\/\">from Augusta, Western Australia<\/a>, and her sister Alison for a row under the bridges.\u00a0 The sun stayed away, but we gave them a very warm welcome in the Shed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52270061373_45ceac2f56_b.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Jenny (in the blue cap) enjoys a close-up of the bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A week past Saturday, Donna brought her entire online yoga class to give coastal rowing a try! They threw themselves into the experience with huge enthusiasm, and generously made a donation of \u00a3140 to club funds. A wonderful afternoon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peter&#8217;s grandson, Archie, has been out a fair bit recently.\u00a0 He&#8217;s coxing as part of his Duke of Edinburgh Award and we are delighted to support him in this.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52281539424_51e415b10e_b.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Locke the Younger at the helm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;re looking forward to our favourite club day out at the North Berwick regatta on Sat 27 Aug.&nbsp; We might not win many medals there, but we usually clean up on the tombola! Who&#8217;ll get that bottle of ouzo this time?!&nbsp; Do come and support us even if you&#8217;re not rowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A QRC crew &#8211; Donna, Calum, Ally, Lynn and Mark C &#8211; successfully made an oar-dacious (did you see what I did there?) rescue bid after a family on a powerboat became stuck on the muddier side of the marina. The irony of a powerboat being towed by rowers was not lost on the grateful family!&nbsp;&nbsp;QRC. The &#8216;Forth&#8217; Emergency Service.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And finally, we&#8217;re holding a club &#8216;pot luck&#8217; BBQ tomorrow &#8211; after the Lass has been around the town in the Ferry Fair parade.  Full details in the earlier email. I hope we&#8217;ll see as many of you there as possible for an afternoon of rowing, food and good company!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August club roundup Club captain Marianne writes: We&#8217;ve been busy welcoming visitors recently! Last Saturday we welcomed Jenny Bath from Augusta, Western Australia, and her sister Alison for a row under the bridges.\u00a0 The sun stayed away, but we gave them a very warm welcome in the Shed. A week past Saturday, Donna brought her &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/?p=2265\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mud, glorious mud&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2266,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265\/revisions\/2266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}