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The radical democrat rebellion in fact ended in imprisonment and death
Published: August 9, 2010
The radical democrat rebellion in fact ended in imprisonment and death. But the places associated with the events of three-and-a-half centuries ago add unexpected interest to this mellow, wisteria-walled town. Mellow stone walls, teashops, postcard-pretty houses – that’s Burford. And it’s also the birthplace of Britain’s first socialist movement, celebrated today, writes Rob Stepney
Let it only be whispered in the Cotswold cream teashops of Burford High Street, but this prosperous town that now lies so peacefully in the valley of the Windrush was once the centre of a bloody insurrection that might have changed the history of England.
The revolt of dissident “Leveller” troops from Oliver Cromwell’s victorious army aimed to push the government into reforms that would have transformed post-Civil War society.
They also provide the focus for an unusual annual celebration by groups who feel the Levellers’ impetus towards radical change has not yet been exhausted.It was on a May evening in 1649. Details are also available from the British Water-Ski Federation (0171 833 2855). Within easy reach of the cross-channel ferry is Noeux les Mines, near Arras in northern France (Pas de Calais tourist board, 0033 2183 3259), which has a lake with a cable tow, to complement the plastic ski slope that has been built on one of its slag heaps.. Other stars, such as Stuart Marston, British national champion, can be seen in action from the excellent lakeside club facilities.There are four other cable tows around England: Thorpe Park (01932 561171), Aqua Active Cable Ski, Rother Valley, Sheffield (0114 251 1717), AquaskiSkegness (01754 761025), and the National Training Centre, Nottingham (0115 981 1316). All equipment – wetsuit, lifejacket, kneeboard, skis and wake-board – can be hired; a two-hour session costs pounds 15 plus pounds 1 each for wetsuit and lifejacket hire.Cable tows are the future of the sport, putting more people on the water for less money.
The Princes Club school scheme, sponsored by LH Supplies and SportsMatch (a government body) has put waterskiing and wake-boarding on to the curriculum for the first time and spawned the British junior wake-board champion and European Tour record holder, 11-year-old Ben Hitch. It’s easy once you’re up, I’m assured, but starting is a challenge. The fact that everyone else, eight-year-olds included, leaps from the jetty in a flamboyant, extravagant version of the humble launch you’re struggling with is more a put-down than an inspiration. You can’t expect to run before you can walk, they remind you. Never mind all that; a crawl would be nice, just to be going on with.learning the ropesPrinces Club, Middlesex (01784 256153) is within 30 minutes of London by train and has the lot: four ski lakes and an 800-metre cable tow that can take eight skiers at once.
Slalom skiing is still popular, but wake-boards are the thing, with unlimited scope for tricks and stunts or just an easy ride. But the most impressive bit is the yank itself; as I bobbed around afterwards in my life-jacket I was convinced I’d see my arms disappearing across the lake, still attached to the ski-line.The next step is to try to stand, either on two skis or straightaway on a wake-board, which opens up the scope for going backwards and sideways, doing somersaults, jumps, and whatever takes your fancy. A gentle turn would be a cinch, but the sharper they come, the more you decelerate into them, allowing the rope to go slack, which can only mean you’re in for a mini-repeat of the start, only somehow worse.First time around the final, most aggressive corner, before you’ve learnt to absorb the pull and find the best line, you’re bound to lose it, resulting in a high-speed ejection, landing smack on your face. Despite the impression that you’ll be pulled flat on your face, it’s more likely that you’ll go over backwards, so keeping this weight-forward position, you wait for your turn to come.
If it sounds uncomfortable, that’s because it is, but wait until you’ve done a couple of laps.When the pull comes, it takes you by surprise, however ready you think you are. If your weight’s not bang on, you instantly leave the kneeboard, flying through the air and enjoying the brisk acceleration and sensation of wingless flight – but aware that it will be a short ride and that the water will be cold.Get it together the next time, and you wobble into the first straight, gaining confidence, even trying to slalom while aiming in the general direction of the two white buoys that indicate the first turn.You don’t really need to do anything to turn – you go where it tows you, which makes it sound easy. The starting procedure feels like a cross between ritual humiliation and execution. With the board on a launch-pad of wet plastic bristles, you adopt the kneeling Superman position, having fastened a broad Velcro strap across your knees. The slack tow line is out in front of you, with the handle clenched in your fists; your knuckles should have drained to white at this point. But rather than take over traditional waterskiing territory, it comes hand-in-hand with an alternative way to ski on water: the cable tow.
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