  Griff Rhys Jones  (qv),  Rory McGrath  (qv),  Dara O Briain  (qv) and  Loli (II)  (qv) the dog set out from Kingston to Oxford across the Thames in a wooden skiff, attempting to re-trace the journey of  Jerome K. Jerome  (qv) in his classic 1889 book "Three Men in a Boat" and having some adventures of their own along the way, including entering a race after rowing into the middle of the Wallingford Regatta.