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size=2 face=Arial>Jeremy/Sef</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>Thanks for the information. </FONT>
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class=798054408-26042011>Will have run Thames Head to Cricklade on the Sunday,
and </SPAN>I plan to see you next Monday 2 May at 10.30am. I've got <SPAN
class=798054408-26042011>surf</SPAN> shoes but haven't yet bought a wet suit and
will make do with togs for next week. Sef - thanks for the info and
advice on wetsuits. I'll keep looking into this.</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Peter</FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> ossoxon-bounces@earth.li
[mailto:ossoxon-bounces@earth.li] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jeremy
Wellingham<BR><B>Sent:</B> 25 April 2011 21:56<BR><B>To:</B> ossoxon@earth.li;
ossrats@earth.li<BR><B>Subject:</B> [OSS Oxon] OSS Swim the Thames - Swim #1
Cricklade Bridge to Water Eaton House - Mon 02 May 10:30 -
15:00<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><FONT size=-1><FONT face=Arial>Swim #1 in OSS Oxon and Reading's Swim
the Thames event series.<BR><BR>Cricklade Bridge to Water Eaton House - Mon 02
May 10:30 - 15:00<BR><BR>This is the first "swim" in our attempt to swim the
length of the Thames from the <BR>source to the sea (well the end of the
non-tidal Thames at Teddington at least). <BR><BR>Following on from the initial
walk from the Source to Cricklade on Good Friday, we <BR>will paddle, wade and
even swim a bit from Cricklade Bridge to Water Eaton House.<BR><BR>This stretch
combines swims 1 & 2 from Michael Worthington's book - 'I Love the
<BR>Thames' -... and will cover 3km but if the going gets too heavy we will stop
half way <BR>at Eysey Manor footbridge and re-schedule the remainder for another
day.<BR><BR>We will be meeting at 10:30am at the Town Hall car park in Cricklade
(marked by green <BR>arrow). (Same as the Good Friday Source to Cricklade
walk.)<BR><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://tinyurl.com/Cricklade-TH">http://tinyurl.com/Cricklade-TH</A><BR><BR>From
here we will shuttle down to the end point at the footbridge near Water Eaton
<BR>House - parking is limited - and walk back up to Cricklade so we can survey
the river <BR>for obstacles from the safety of the bank. (Recommended
practice from Mike's book <BR>and particularly relevant for these early sections
of the river.) To avoid any <BR>gymnastics at Cricklade bridge we can jump in
the river from the path at the point it <BR>diverges from the river just on the
boundary of Cricklade and paddle up the river to <BR>Cricklade bridge and then
turn round and start the paddle proper back down to Water <BR>Eaton house.
Shuttle back to Cricklade and find a pub for drink / lunch. (Or bring a
<BR>picnic if the weather is kind . . .)<BR><BR>Having inspected the Thames at
Cricklade at the end of our Source to Cricklade walk <BR>this is going to
require a decent pair of 'feet' - a pair of surf boots with thick <BR>grip
soles - but you can get cheap shoes of the kind that you can buy at the
beach <BR>for very little and they'll do, either on their own, or with a pair of
wetsuit socks <BR>which are again quite cheap. (See OSS Wading Shoes
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)<BR><BR>By attending you confirm that you are a member of the OSS and have read
and accepted <BR><BR>the OSS swim responsibility statement: <BR><BR><A
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href="http://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/index.php?p=swimming_tips&s=responsibility">http://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/index.php?p=swimming_tips&s=responsibility</A><BR><BR>All
swimmers swim at their own risk.<BR><BR>Jeremy Wellingham And Sefryn
Penrose<BR><BR>e-mail: <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
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