Oxford and Cambridge Summer School 2011 - Day 9

Tuesday began with the usual mixture of tutorials and private study.

After this, we headed down to the Cherwell Boathouse on the River Cherwell to try our hand at the punting we had witnessed in Cambridge last week. We divided ourselves into five boats and took to the river, heading downstream towards Lady Margaret Hall and University Parks. The real star of the punting session was Carl, who took to punting like a duck to water. Carl steamed past everyone else yelling, “What’s up, slow pokes?”. Such punting skill. Such modesty. This performance did not overshadow a similarly proficient (though far more modest) display by Kate in the same boat.

After punting, we headed back to the Staverton Road site to enjoy a picnic in the orchard. Everybody tucked into the vast array of food, though Zenya did not appreciate the additional company provided by the ants in the grass!

Later, we headed back over to Lady Margaret Hall to play football once more. This time Alice put in the star performance, acting as a rock in the heart of the midfield. Summer School Director, Jamie, described her tackling as “tenacious” - high praise from Jamie, who was surprisingly good at football! Afterwards we were all exhausted and headed in the direction of bed, ready for tomorrow’s tutorials and lateral thinking session.