15 January 2017
It appeared the swan
was sweet on
the gondolier,
so fine a voice;
the swan sweeping alongside,
beautiful, mute.
Philip Kuepper
(7 January 2017)
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Time you did a piece on Gondola rowing in England? And where, by the way, is the swan?
Sorry, I couldn’t find an image with both a gondola and a swan, so you have to imagine the latter.
I am trying to send you a photo of the same gondola with several (greedy looking) swans. But I don’t know how to do it.
Kind regards
Robin
Dear Robin, someone else beat you to it, but I appreciated very much that you tried.
Kind regards,
Göran
It’s the same picture!!
R
The same gondola features in an earlier HTBS article. There is even a nice postcard with Marie Corelli in the boat accompanied by a swan: https://heartheboatsing.com/2016/08/04/will-the-real-mighty-atom-please-stand-up/
Dear Greg, of course I should have known that HTBS had previously published an image of a gondola and a swan. But to be honest, after 2,333 articles published, I cannot remember what we have had on the website.