The River With Two Names
This morning we bid farewell to Northampton wharf passing one sunk boat and another with a curious paint job. Out we went onto the swan-infested River Nene. Now, I know your thinking to yourselves, “Self,” you are thinking, “Why does Andrew not tell us how to pronounce Nene? Is it NEN? Or NEEN? or perhaps it is NAY-NAY? Or is it one of those English curiosities that are spelt Nene and pronounced Cholmondeley?” The answer, according to the guide books,…