The other day HTBS’s Hélène Rémond of France sent in a video from French tv-programme Canal+. Hélène writes that it presents a French elite rowers training in eights and taking part in Head of the River Charles in Boston. ‘By the way’, she writes, ‘in the video, the journalists refer to the Head of the Charles as the most popular race in the world. I would have said the Boat Race is the most popular.’ I can only agree…

The video is in French, of course, but if you do not understand French just sit back to enjoy the beautiful scenery.