The Doggett’s Coat and Badge Wager, July 19, 2023…

… a rite of passage. Almost lost on the wide stretch of river, three scullers make their way upstream towards Lambeth Bridge.**********************************The annual Doggett’s Coat and Badge race this year saw three competitors rowing their boats in this tough challenge: Riess Ballard, Matthew Brookes and Emily Hickman. The four mile, seven furlong route from London …

Thames Pageant: ‘Coronation to Coronation’, July 19, 2023

On July 19th, the Doggett’s Coat and Badge Wager, the famous annual rowing competition on the Thames, founded in 1715 to celebrate the coronation of King George I, was this year preceded by a Pageant. A Pageant honouring the accession of King Charles III. As Thames pageants go, this was on the modest size but …