6 am Tuesday, 14 August. We are getting up early today to test a Jellyfish Lily prototype for our River Runs unpowered pleasure boat . Gediminas and Giacomo get parts of the structure attached to their bodies and all are heading to the River Thames at Medley Sailing Club by the Port Meadow.

On the way back from testing we met a woman with a little purple trailer who was very interested in our “water bringing” structures and she told us about coracles, lightweight boats of the sort traditionally used in Wales but also in parts of Western and South Western England, Ireland and Scotland.