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SleepstoHRR @sleepstohrr.bsky.social · 7h

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

Let’s blame his hayfever. 👃👆🏻

📸 Tim Koch / @boatsing

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SleepstoHRR @sleepstohrr.bsky.social · 1d

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

Pictured: The literal interpretation of “bow ball.”

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SleepstoHRR @sleepstohrr.bsky.social · 2d

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

Well technically I suppose they ARE “sticks..”

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SleepstoHRR @sleepstohrr.bsky.social · 3d

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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SleepstoHRR @sleepstohrr.bsky.social · 4d

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

Charles attempted a Mexican Wave to raise morale..

📸 Tim Koch/ @heartheboatsing.bsky.social

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SleepstoHRR @sleepstohrr.bsky.social · 5d

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

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

🤨

Looks cosy.

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SleepstoHRR @sleepstohrr.bsky.social · 6d

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.

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SleepstoHRR @sleepstohrr.bsky.social · 7d

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..

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SleepstoHRR @sleepstohrr.bsky.social · 8d

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

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

📸 @ronpaterson.bsky.social

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SleepstoHRR @sleepstohrr.bsky.social · 9d

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…”

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SleepstoHRR @sleepstohrr.bsky.social · 10d

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.”

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SleepstoHRR @sleepstohrr.bsky.social · 11d

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..

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SleepstoHRR @sleepstohrr.bsky.social · 12d

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

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SleepstoHRR @sleepstohrr.bsky.social · 13d

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

Proof that nominative determinism remains a concept..

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SleepstoHRR @sleepstohrr.bsky.social · 14d

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

HRR - “High Rain Risk”

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SleepstoHRR @sleepstohrr.bsky.social · 15d

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...

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...

www.britishrowing.org

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SleepstoHRR @sleepstohrr.bsky.social · 16d

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.

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SleepstoHRR @sleepstohrr.bsky.social · 17d

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.

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SleepstoHRR @sleepstohrr.bsky.social · 18d

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

Roof bars, HRR style.

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SleepstoHRR @sleepstohrr.bsky.social · 19d

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.

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SleepstoHRR @sleepstohrr.bsky.social · 20d

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…

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SleepstoHRR @sleepstohrr.bsky.social · 21d

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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SleepstoHRR @sleepstohrr.bsky.social · 22d

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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SleepstoHRR @sleepstohrr.bsky.social · 23d

There are 280 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

“Back it down 22..”

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SleepstoHRR @sleepstohrr.bsky.social · 24d

There are 281 sleeps to Henley Royal Regatta 2026. #HRR26

“Oh buoy..”

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