Sitting here looking out onto the river watching an eight and a coxed fours rowing by one could almost be in any river town in england on a summers day. That is until you look either left or right...

Looking left I see the vast expanse of high rise buildings making up the Austin Skyline, with wide roads and yellow taxis.

Looking right to the river crossing you are faced by hoards of super-huge Dodge and Ford pickup trucks reminding you that we are most certainly not in England.