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Post by suethejam on Jun 3, 2012 9:47:58 GMT
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Post by andic on Jun 3, 2012 10:11:11 GMT
Looks amazing! I'm jumping on the tube shortly to come and watch. Hoping to get somewhere near London bridge hospital on south bank. Will keep an eye out for indigo dream :0)
Andrea
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Post by prince on Jun 3, 2012 10:30:21 GMT
hey sue the cameras are getting closer to you. you may need to put your greyhound costume on.
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Post by Rubyshoes on Jun 3, 2012 12:16:11 GMT
Oh Wow wow wow!! So excited ! Just put the TV on, so looking out for you. Have a wonderful day Sue and Richard. The boat looks superb in the photos. Thank you so much for getting them up for us. Brought a tear to my eye. Much love. H, A and houndies xx ;D
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Post by yvonned on Jun 3, 2012 12:24:56 GMT
Hope you all have a lovely day, I can feel the excitement already. ENJOY
Yvonne n Cass
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Post by suethejam on Jun 3, 2012 14:09:48 GMT
We are underway and we're taking turns to wear the Homer suit - we've done loads of wving already and we're not at the official 'start' point yet - all very exciting!
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Post by suethejam on Jun 3, 2012 17:03:07 GMT
Whoo Hoo!!
Indigo Dream passed within yards of the Queen's barge so I saluted her and gave her a deeply respectful bow - while wearing the Homer suit!!
Apparently she smiled, waved and nudged Prince Phillip to look :-)
Whether or not that's picked up by the media I now have a lifetime achievement - saluting the queen while wearing a greyhound costume!
I'm not sure whether we have any photos - it was raining so hard that the camera was soaked!
Today I've been told that I'm a womble, a rat, a mouse, a hamster and, inexplicably, an aadvark - I can only hope that someone somewhere has recognised that I'm a greyhound - it won't be for lack of Sarah shouting at them :-)
Despite the rain, it has been an amazing day on the river - I can only hope that we've done some good for the cause....
We will publish some more photos later - we now have a long wait to lock back into West India Dock - we'll catch up then!
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Post by Ian on Jun 3, 2012 17:18:48 GMT
Well done Sue!
We watched the vast majority of the event but didn't see Indigo Dream unfortunately. Did anyone see Sue and canal boat on TV?
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Post by suelovinit on Jun 3, 2012 18:18:13 GMT
I think we got pic off tv check out rgt Facebook page.
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Post by prince on Jun 3, 2012 20:19:57 GMT
sue i seen you on tv, it was before the pageant had started you might of been getting ready for the line up. but noticed you was not dressed up at the time. i have recorded bbc 1 showing but not looked at it yet. we watched sky but they didn`t show much of the barges.
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Post by Ian on Jun 4, 2012 13:51:40 GMT
Here's a TV grab of Indigo Dream and Sue on the Homer suit...  |
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Post by suethejam on Jun 5, 2012 21:53:45 GMT
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Post by sueb on Jun 6, 2012 7:48:52 GMT
Congratulations and very well done Sue & Richard & crew!
Indigo Dream looked fab, as did Homer. Despite the horrendous weather, you have some wonderful memories and raised awareness, again.
Maybe her Maj will think of having a greyhound next time to accompany her corgis!
X
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Post by sallyannh on Jun 6, 2012 9:23:01 GMT
Congratulations to you all. I watched the pageant for an hour or so but became so annoyed at the Beeb's coverage that I gave up before I threw something at the TV. It was a shame that they didn't seem to take much interest in the actual boats that were taking part. At least Homer wasn't at risk from heatstroke!
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Post by patshep on Jun 6, 2012 11:03:49 GMT
Totally agree with you Sallyannh. I watched the pagent from start to finish, concentrating hard on the boats only to have the BBC switch to some inane chit chat with little known 'celebrities' which was of little or no consequence. Got really stressed out.
Well done Sue and your 'crew', you did a fantastic job and are now a part of Great British history.
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