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ext_29560 ([identity profile] aleathiel.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] aleathiel 2004-04-24 10:16 am (UTC)

Re: Pity me, I'm stupid

Punts are flat-bottomed boats (have you seen pictures of Venice?). They are propelled along by a person standing on a little platform with a long pole. They use the pole to push off the river bed. It's a slow way of moving, and the steering gets very dodgy. It's a bit of a Cambridge (and Oxford) thing. In Oxford the boat faces the other direction because they're weird.

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