Eight in a row Last year 33 members of Wallingford Rowing Club sculled their way down the Thames from Oxford to Wallingf ord to raise money, both for new equipment and for the RNLI. Later, as the picture shows, an 'eight' from the club arrived at Days Lock where the club's chairman Roger Brown presented £400 to Lyn David (in the boat), chairman of Days Lock Island branch (and local lockkeeper).

The money will go towards the Yarmouth, Isle of Wight's £50,000 boathouse renovation appeal.

Days Lock is also the venue for the annual Poohsticks championships, traditionally held on the first Sunday of the new year.

The event, the tenth of its kind, is likely to end this year on the retirement of Lyn David. He and his wife Pat have been avid lifeboat supporters for many years and have raised £170,000 since 1978..