= Las Sacudidas If you're wondering what 'The Bumps' means, or why I have a photo of 9 crazy women in purple lightning leggins in front of a river; well don't worry! All will become clear! For people outside Cambridge, 'Bumps' is just a word; probably bringing to mind something lumpy, or an old, rural road in dire need of a resurfacer! But students, rowers or townspeople who live near the river can't help but know about 'The Bumps'! Bumps is THE rowing races of the year - there is a smaller one at the end of Lent term (now!) and then another at the end of next term (around June when the weather is usually much nicer!) which gets visitors and spectators in their hundreds, if not thousands! And basically, what happens is that for 4 days in a row, all the Cambridge colleges have their crews line up along the river (in varying divisions throughout the day) with 1.5 boat lengths between them, then a big canon goes off and everyone starts, trying to "bump" the boat in front of them, before the one behind them catched them! And it is GREAT fun!!! This is my crew and I above, and we've just finished our Bumps run for this term! Amazingly, we "bumped" in all our races except one - amazing because Magdalene (my college) W1 (my boat) hasn't had a single bump since 2011!!! And we all had such a good time together. Our crew family came together and made a gruelling sport into the beauty that it really can be! There's something to say to our churches from that, I'm sure... ;-) #MisforMassive
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AuthorI'm a recent Cambridge Theology graduate now studying for a Masters in Biblical Studies and blogging about all sorts of things! I'm interested in faith, Church, theology, social action, the great outdoors and being creative, and all of those things - along with many more - come through in my posts!
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