<font size="-1"><font face="Arial"><i>Dear all, <br><br>Details of Swim #2 in OSS Oxford and Reading's Swim the Thames event
series. This is the second swim of the OSS Swim the Thames event and
we will pick up where we left off at Water Eaton footbridge. Hopefully by now the
Thames will be deep enough to allow for more swimming than wading. The swim will combine
swims 3 and 4 from Michael Worthington's book - 'I Love the Thames' - and will
cover about 3km. If the going gets too heavy we can always stop part way and
re-schedule the remainder for another day.<br>
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We will be meeting at 10:30 on Sun 15 May 2011 in the Red Lion
car park at Castle Eaton (marked by the green arrow). We have promised we will eat lunch there at the
end of our swim.<br>
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<a href="http://tinyurl.com/CastleEatonRL" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/CastleEatonRL</a><br>
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The swim will be from Water Eaton footbridge (marked by green
arrow) <br>
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<a href="http://tinyurl.com/WaterEatonFoB" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/WaterEatonFoB</a><br>
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to Round House farm, which is upstream of the Red Lion. We can
shuttle up to Water Eaton where there is limited parking for 3
cars - just - in a pull off from the road next to the entrance
to the private fishermen's carpark (marked by green arrow).<br>
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<a href="http://tinyurl.com/WaterEatonParking" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/WaterEatonParking</a><br>
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(If no fishermen are present the green field car park makes
for a good outdoor changing room.) Walk up the road towards Castle Eaton and take the Bridle Path
to Water Eaton footbridge.<br>
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We will exit the river opposite the Round House farm campsite
(marked by green arrow).<br>
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<a href="http://tinyurl.com/RoundHouseExit" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/RoundHouseExit</a><br>
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Then walk down stream about 1km back to the Red Lion for
lunch. The Red Lion is the first pub on the Thames and the grounds go down to the river
so must be part of the Swim the Thames experience. Following our experience with swim (wade) #1 this is going to
require a decent pair of 'feet' - a pair of surf boots with thick grip soles - but
you can get cheap shoes of the kind that you can buy at the beach for very little and
they'll do, either on their own, or with a pair of wetsuit socks which are again
quite cheap. (See OSS Facebook Wading shoes discussion <br>
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55781602829&v=app_2373072738#%21/topic.php?uid=55" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55781602829&v=app_2373072738#!/topic.php?uid=55</a>781602829&topic=17110 ).<br>
<br>As I (Sef) missed Swim 1, I will be catching up on this on Saturday. If anyone would like to join me, </i></font></font><font size="-1"><font face="Arial"><i>drop me a line, or if you have any questions </i></font></font>(07949039099). <br>
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</i></font></font><font size="2"><i>By attending you confirm that you
are a member of the OSS and have read and accepted the OSS swim
responsibility statement:<br>
<a href="http://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/index.php?p=swimming_tips&s=responsibility" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://www.outdoorswimming</span><span></span><span>society.com/index.php?p=sw</span><span></span><span>imming_tips&s=responsibili</span><span></span>ty</a><br>
<br>See you there! <br>
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Jeremy & Sef<br><br>
<span>Oxford@outdoorswimmingsoci</span><a href="http://ety.com/" target="_blank">ety.com</a></i></font><br>
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