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Men rowing boats on the river, reading books or newspapers, playing the piano, working at a desk or merely sitting in a comfortable chair lost in thought.

They made their way ashore in a small rowing boat with rifles to be supplied to the armed rebellion known as the Easter Rising.

A man in his 60s is missing after five people were rescued when a rowing boat capsized on the river at Walton-on-Thames.

The count is carried out every July by brightly-dressed crews of "swan uppers" in rowing boats over five days.

The nation's foot ferries come in all shapes and sizes, from small rowing boats to large motor-powered vessels carrying dozens of passengers at a time.