On 20 Jul 2015 at 7:19am sceptic wrote:
What a great turn out and what a marvellous event. Lewes came alive yesterday and our biggest assett The Ouse was the star. Wake up council the Ouse is for boating so lets spend some money on shoring up the banks and making the Ouse a bigger attraction for tourists and locals than it is now. All you hear from the council is we must protect the wildlife and its not pleasing to the eye etc. Its a river for goodness sake and water and boats go together. Lets have some more events like this. Brilliant .
On 20 Jul 2015 at 7:50am Merlin Milner wrote:
Feeling very ancient after over 4 hours on a raft yesterday. Great fun and a wonderful turnout. I still smell of rancid yoghurt and bean soup poured on us at Newhaven.
Sceptic, which Council are you referring to regarding the river? The Environment Agency, I believe, is also involved with banks etc..
On 20 Jul 2015 at 8:00am the kronic wrote:
What a great day. So many people turned out for a glorious afternoon in the sun.
Whoever was responsible for the revamping and organisation of this event (which was very slowly dying) take a very well deserved bow.
On 20 Jul 2015 at 8:25am sceptic wrote:
Hi Merlin, I believe you know who I mean, Lewes council, environment agency, in fact anyone involved in the upkeep and maintenance of the River Ouse. Also the derelict buildings on the opposite bank need sorting out soon. Anyway well done Merlin after enduring 4 hours on the raft, you guys made our day. Thankyou.
On 20 Jul 2015 at 8:27am Tipex wrote:
Much of the organising was done by Lewes Rowing Club among many others. Tescos also contributed a lot. Superb event.
On 20 Jul 2015 at 8:48am Merlin Milner wrote:
Correct me if I am wrong but the Ouse is the responsibility of the Environment Agency with land owners being in part responsible for the their bank. So LDC for the railway land for example. However the broader issue of the access and use of the river is mostly to do with ESCC, LDC and SDNP setting the planning strategy and of course private and public owners doing something. It is something that I am sure will be included in the neighbourhood plan.
On 20 Jul 2015 at 9:11am Tesco Eggman wrote:
Fantastic turnout and excellent event, typical of the best of Lewes. Derelict riverside does indeed need sorting - just hope it can be sensitively done rather than bulldozed into a clone town. Rafts need to be built somewhere!
On 20 Jul 2015 at 10:39am Metatron wrote:
Well done Lewes rowing club great event well attended and great fun, but rather ruined at the end by the Renton rant.
On 20 Jul 2015 at 4:37pm Race Winners wrote:
The Raft race was as always organised by Lewes Round Table . The remainder of the events on the river were organised by Lewes Rowing Club. The whole set up on Malling Recreational ground was a joint effort between both . Great Day out . Well done to all involved
On 20 Jul 2015 at 6:13pm Steve wrote:
Fantastic event but I don't think it's fair that a catamaran is allowed to win it I think there should be 2 categories next year, pre-built hulls and non pre-built hulls
On 20 Jul 2015 at 7:35pm lewes lout wrote:
Aw Steve, Cliffe were a bunch of whinging bad losers. Complaining to the organisers because Borough used canoes as a hull. It was a bit of fun, get over it.
On 20 Jul 2015 at 9:06pm jane wrote:
Same old Borough always cheating
On 20 Jul 2015 at 9:18pm YOLO wrote:
With that piece of sh1t cliffe knocked up it must have been like trying to row an oil rig
On 21 Jul 2015 at 10:07am Nuts wrote:
Bridge jumping from the Causeway and Cliffe Bridge.
Great use of a selfie stick
Watch the video »
On 21 Jul 2015 at 11:21am Sparky wrote:
I heard that Cliffe's argument was that a canoe isn't a man made object. Correct me if I'm wrong but I didn't think a 45 gallon oil drum was either.
On 21 Jul 2015 at 12:34pm Steve wrote:
I wasn't talking about Borough I was talking about the Ringmer Young Farmers roofed catamaran, hardly in the spirit of a raft race is it.
On 21 Jul 2015 at 3:24pm Sparky wrote:
Point taken Steve. Perhaps the organisers will revamp the rules for next year but all in all it was a fantastic event for the town this year so credit to all those involved.
On 21 Jul 2015 at 8:07pm tod wrote:
Borough always cheating? What else have they cheated at?
On 21 Jul 2015 at 9:50pm uckfield baza wrote:
I thought it was a load of rubbish what a waste of time and effort I cant wait for this sunday to have a nice walk along the ouse with a icecream in my hand and no hooligans with flour and eggs because that's what they are hooligans,ruined my bloody sunday
On 21 Jul 2015 at 10:01pm Should've stayed in wrote:
Uckfield then. and walked along the Uck with summat else in your hand.
On 21 Jul 2015 at 10:21pm uckfield baza wrote:
cornetto