I do not wish to claim John Fildes's thunder, but I attended St Olaves today and so did the little armada of Albatrosses coming up the river Waveny to the place they were all made all arranged by John. If that was not enough, the son of Archie attended in the armada and a boat prepared by John and if that was not enough, we all went to the original works that are still standing were the boats were made, fantastic.
People came from everywhere to see the boats, including a gentleman who was the time keeper during the original races. He even contructed a machine out of an old typewriter apparently to keep the time and he still had an Albatross.
It became even better, because a gentleman appeared who lived locally and stated that he had an Albatross and it had not been in the water for the past 30 years, how much better could it get.
John all I can say is well done and I hope the racing goes well tomorrow.
