The Speed crew escaped London to spend a day on the river in Cambridge yesterday during which:

• one of our number took the nautical fancy dress theme a little too far
• we sneaked into a item that a BBC crew were filming for BBC Breakfast
• we narrowly avoided a five-punt pile up as we navigated the Fen Causeway
• but eventually, with the addition of paddles, we all got to grips with controlling a punt and managed to line up our flotilla of six punts under the bridge behind King’s College
• spent a glorious afternoon enjoying the hospitality of the Granta, a very splendid river side pub

Company away days are variously billed as team building exercises or bonding sessions. But for us it was simply an opportunity to spend time together and kickback after working bloody hard during the first half of the year.

Thanks to Abbie and Sonia for first class organisation.