[Red light. Green light. RED LIGHT! Green lightredlight!] I was watching punters on the River Cam for a bit. It was a mix of tour groups run by a professional punter who does it all the time, and smallerl groups of people who rent (or "hire" or "let") a boat and do the punting themselves. Typically the latter group have less control. And some were having more problems going back up the river and steering and not losing their pole. While I didn't see anyone fall in (apparently that's common among both groups, I did see one boat start drifting backwards back under the bridge and then at one point one woman almost lost her pole (and her balance) and the "Oh scheisse!" was very clearly heard by all. But in the end, I guess everything worked out. Well, I assume it did, as I left to see other things. images/Drawings/Sketches/punters.png