tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post2001065711224051925..comments2024-03-27T14:03:14.775+00:00Comments on Captain JP's log: Thames Trip: The SwanJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475536270807856327noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-8527941477023149552010-06-07T20:07:07.283+00:002010-06-07T20:07:07.283+00:00Cyrille & Carol Anne: we did actually look out...Cyrille & Carol Anne: we did actually look out for "The Swan" in Pangbourne as its famous as the place where the "Three men in a boat" ended their voyage.<br /><br />O'Docker: every time I try to read Proust I very strangely fall asleep or have this urge to run 5km so alas can not confirm or deny your suggestion.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10749223049615363296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-44952019099299673392010-06-07T18:46:55.694+00:002010-06-07T18:46:55.694+00:00Lovely photo, JP.
I think the French writer, Marc...Lovely photo, JP.<br /><br />I think the French writer, Marcel Proust, was taken by this spot on the Thames as well and petitioned local authorities to have the river bank there renamed "Swan's Way".<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-70525901447322524612010-06-07T18:41:10.316+00:002010-06-07T18:41:10.316+00:00Cyrille, that was my first thought, too. I've ...Cyrille, that was my first thought, too. I've even been to a pub or two by that name, along that stretch of the Thames.Carol Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07201269435839112134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-44751138584145638812010-06-07T11:00:47.831+00:002010-06-07T11:00:47.831+00:00When I read your post headline "The Swan"...When I read your post headline "The Swan" I thought, "hey, Captain JP is writing about a nice and secret pub he found while boating on the Thames"...<br />Has my mind been twisted by living in England for the last two years ?Cyrille V.noreply@blogger.com