Countryfile 9th June 2024, 18:00

TheQ · June 8

If the filming goes out as we were told, the 63rd 3 Rivers Race 2024 should be on the above programme.

This year, 119 boats entered the race, in which you have up to 24 hours to sail 50 miles, under 3 bridges twice, which means lowering your mast 4 times...
14 boats did not start due to high winds.
60 boats finished,
1 boat disqualified, outside assistance, and people on board without life jackets.
44 retired, including one mast snapped, and a dinghy with it's mast impaled in the mud.

A likely course record, to do the complete course, 7 hours 31 minutes, 27 seconds.
Actual race results here, https://3rr.uk/

kpnut · June 8

It was a good year to choose for filming, lots going on.

TheQ · June 9

Sadly the BBC told us porkies, maybe next week.

addicted · June 9

The BBC telling porkies.?Surely not! Whatever next? They'll be calling the Broads a national park next!

Carole

kpnut · June 9

From the experience of hedgelaying competitions and ploughing matches being filmed and aired, you often end up watching in vain for a few weeks and then bingo, the footage pops up.
Maybe it’s a way of boosting viewing figures.