The Chap Olympics

Team GB is doing so well in the Olympic medal stakes (Paula Radcliffe sadly just excepted), I thought I’d pay a brief visit to the Chap Olympics in Regents Park. Around a dozen chaps of both genders looking and sounding like they just time-travelled here from around 80+ years ago were busy doffing their hats, throwing blankets down for the ladies, lighting their pipes, leaning against trees and generally acting chappish.

I saw the thrilling discus throwing competition (cucumber sandwiches on a plate) where the winner was the chap whose plate landed closest to the sandwiches. I’m sure the other events such as synchronised hat-doffing, braces archery and relating of anecdotes were just as classically eccentric…