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Swan Upping

Shepperton Lock to Old Windsor, July 19. 2004

Picture © Peter Marshall, 2004
The Queens swanmaster is rowed out of Shepperton lock. Note the 2 oars held by the middle oarsman

  Picture © Peter Marshall, 2004
Several launches made up the partly accompanying the six skiffs and the dinghy carrying the Uppers and the Swan Warden.
 
Picture © Peter Marshall, 2004
The launches had some suitable decorative features.
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Boats move in to surround a family of swans, Shepperton
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the swans are penned in, then the boats move closer
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until finally the uppers can catch hold of the swans and then the cygnets.
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