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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Alas I can't make the good friday evening swim, is the Bank holiday monday swim still going ahead?</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Anne<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr readonly="true" contenteditable="false"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> "ossoxon-request@earth.li" <ossoxon-request@earth.li><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> ossoxon@earth.li <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, 4 April 2012, 12:00<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> OSSOxon Digest, Vol 23, Issue 3<BR></FONT></DIV><BR>Send OSSOxon mailing list submissions to<BR> <A href="mailto:ossoxon@earth.li" ymailto="mailto:ossoxon@earth.li">ossoxon@earth.li</A><BR><BR>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR> <A
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9th April (Jo-Anne Rutterford)<BR><BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 1<BR>Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 16:56:56 +0100<BR>From: Sharon Curtis <<A href="mailto:sacurtis2@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:sacurtis2@gmail.com">sacurtis2@gmail.com</A>><BR>To: NEIL RICHARDSON <<A href="mailto:neilbkrichardson@btinternet.com" ymailto="mailto:neilbkrichardson@btinternet.com">neilbkrichardson@btinternet.com</A>><BR>Cc: "<A href="mailto:OSSOxon@earth.li" ymailto="mailto:OSSOxon@earth.li">OSSOxon@earth.li</A>" <<A href="mailto:OSSOxon@earth.li" ymailto="mailto:OSSOxon@earth.li">OSSOxon@earth.li</A>><BR>Subject: [OSS Oxon] Good Friday Full Moon Swim<BR>Message-ID:<BR> <CAEOH2abCSL09Ag5T5BpEL4nVS5MaQRG8ajeXJsiGxR+<A href="mailto:74COMXQ@mail.gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:74COMXQ@mail.gmail.com">74COMXQ@mail.gmail.com</A>><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<BR><BR>Dear
all,<BR><BR>I suggest for the evening swim, we meet at 7.30pm at the car park<BR>near Godstow Lock, at the top end of Wolvercote Meadow.<BR><BR> <A href="http://g.co/maps/87h7d" target=_blank>http://g.co/maps/87h7d</A><BR><BR><BR>[Friday 6th April: Sunset: 7:48pm, Moonrise: 7:55pm, Full Moon: 8:19pm]<BR><BR>As for food afterwards, if people prefer a pub meal, the nearby Red Lion<BR>is serving food until 9pm, but the The Trout (even nearer) is serving<BR>until 10.30pm,<BR>but we may need to book a table in advance.<BR><BR>Sharon<BR><BR><BR>On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 10:28 PM, NEIL RICHARDSON<BR><<A href="mailto:neilbkrichardson@btinternet.com" ymailto="mailto:neilbkrichardson@btinternet.com">neilbkrichardson@btinternet.com</A>> wrote:<BR>> Dear All,<BR>><BR>> I'm very happy to go along with Sharon's suggestion of a moonlit swim at<BR>> Port Meadow. In that case where shall we meet exactly and when?<BR>><BR>> Neil
Richardson<BR>><BR>> ________________________________<BR>> From: Sharon Curtis <<A href="mailto:sacurtis2@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:sacurtis2@gmail.com">sacurtis2@gmail.com</A>><BR>> To: NEIL RICHARDSON <<A href="mailto:neilbkrichardson@btinternet.com" ymailto="mailto:neilbkrichardson@btinternet.com">neilbkrichardson@btinternet.com</A>><BR>> Cc: "<A href="mailto:OSSOxon@earth.li" ymailto="mailto:OSSOxon@earth.li">OSSOxon@earth.li</A>" <<A href="mailto:OSSOxon@earth.li" ymailto="mailto:OSSOxon@earth.li">OSSOxon@earth.li</A>>; "<A href="mailto:ossrats@earth.li" ymailto="mailto:ossrats@earth.li">ossrats@earth.li</A>"<BR>> <<A href="mailto:ossrats@earth.li" ymailto="mailto:ossrats@earth.li">ossrats@earth.li</A>><BR>> Sent: Monday, 2 April 2012, 0:05<BR>><BR>> Subject: Re: [OSS Oxon] Good Friday Full Moon Swim / Swim's 18, 19 and 20<BR>> Catch Up / Swim 22 Throw Down<BR>><BR>> There's a lot of
trees and lack of sky views around Iffley/Kennington,<BR>> and I'm not sure how easy it'll be to spot exit points in the dark.<BR>><BR>> For the sunset/moonlit swim I second the suggestion of Port Meadow,<BR>> which has low horizons and an excellent view of the sky for the moon<BR>> which will be rising low in the east.? Also, Port Meadow, particularly<BR>> at the section near Godstow, would be easy for getting in/out since the<BR>> river edge is mostly all shallow.<BR>><BR>> I'm interested in doing a Donnington - Kennington catch-up earlier in<BR>> the day - if I set off at the same time as those leaving Folly Bridge ,<BR>> then I'll probably arrive at Kennington at the same time, approx :-)<BR>><BR>> Sharon<BR>><BR>> On 4/1/12, NEIL RICHARDSON <<A href="mailto:neilbkrichardson@btinternet.com" ymailto="mailto:neilbkrichardson@btinternet.com">neilbkrichardson@btinternet.com</A>> wrote:<BR>>>
Folks,<BR>>><BR>>> I am thinking of trying to do one of the swims further upstream that I<BR>>> missed in September last year - possibly Northmoor to Bablock Hythe -<BR>>> during<BR>>> the day on Good Friday, probably during the afternoon.That is? always<BR>>> provided winter hasn't returned in full force and a reasonably long swim<BR>>> is<BR>>> not too much of a test of resistance to cold. Anyone want to join me?<BR>>><BR>>> I would hope to do a short moonlit swim later although I do not have any<BR>>> of<BR>>> the Oxford sections still to catch up and I intend to do? Sandford to<BR>>> Radley<BR>>> (I assume) with the main group on Easter Monday. )I'd suggest Iffley to<BR>>>? Kennington for a moonlit swim as it's a known quantity (preferable for<BR>>> swimming in the twilight/dark), there are plenty of places to get out, and<BR>>> I<BR>>> know
some of the group want to catch up this section.<BR>>><BR>>> Any thoughts?<BR>>><BR>>> Neil Richardson<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> ________________________________<BR>>>? From: Sharon Curtis <<A href="mailto:sacurtis2@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:sacurtis2@gmail.com">sacurtis2@gmail.com</A>><BR>>> To: <A href="mailto:OSSOxon@earth.li" ymailto="mailto:OSSOxon@earth.li">OSSOxon@earth.li</A>; <A href="mailto:ossrats@earth.li" ymailto="mailto:ossrats@earth.li">ossrats@earth.li</A><BR>>> Sent: Thursday, 29 March 2012, 23:00<BR>>> Subject: Re: [OSS Oxon] Good Friday Full Moon Swim / Swim's 18, 19 and 20<BR>>> Catch Up / Swim 22 Throw Down<BR>>><BR>>> I forgot to add - I'm not sure how busy pubs will be on Good Friday<BR>>> evening (possibly very!) but if you like, after a sunset swim you would be<BR>>> all welcome to come for eating and merriment? at our place, just
outside<BR>>> the ringroad of Oxford.<BR>>><BR>>> Pizza and ice-cream, anyone?<BR>>><BR>>> As for swims, I am up for a not-too-long one, anywhere between<BR>>> Danger Bridge and Kennington.<BR>>><BR>>> Sharon<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> On 3/29/12, Chris Dalton <<A href="mailto:seedy@breakingglass.net" ymailto="mailto:seedy@breakingglass.net">seedy@breakingglass.net</A>> wrote:<BR>>>> Hi Gang,<BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>> Seeing as Good Friday is a Full Moon I thought it would be a grand<BR>>>> opportunity to combine the first Full Moon swim of the year with<BR>>>> catch-ups<BR>>>> of the last few swims and a throw down of the next for those who need<BR>>>> them.<BR>>>> Followed by a spot of dinner at the pub, possibly!? I expect it would be<BR>>>> a<BR>>>> relatively free-form event as
different people need to do different swims<BR>>>> but we could all do a splash under the light of the moon before eating.<BR>>>> Moonrise is at 19:21 which is a few minutes before sunset so the timing<BR>>>> should work out nicely.<BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>> Who's up for it?<BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>> CD<BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>><BR>>> _______________________________________________<BR>>> OSS Oxon mailing list<BR>>> <A href="mailto:OSSOxon@earth.li" ymailto="mailto:OSSOxon@earth.li">OSSOxon@earth.li</A><BR>>> <A href="http://www.earth.li/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ossoxon" target=_blank>http://www.earth.li/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ossoxon</A><BR>>><BR>>> Please note that OSS Oxon exists to put swimmers in touch with other<BR>>> swimmers, not to organise swim events or in any way suggest that
outdoor<BR>>> swimming is a safe activity or that you should go swimming. If you choose<BR>>> to<BR>>> swim you do so entirely at your own risk and on your own initiative, and<BR>>> any<BR>>> plans you make are your own responsibility.<BR>><BR>><BR><BR><BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 2<BR>Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 16:59:22 +0100<BR>From: Sharon Curtis <<A href="mailto:sacurtis2@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:sacurtis2@gmail.com">sacurtis2@gmail.com</A>><BR>To: <A href="mailto:OSSOxon@earth.li" ymailto="mailto:OSSOxon@earth.li">OSSOxon@earth.li</A><BR>Subject: [OSS Oxon] Good Friday afternoon swim: Donnington Bridge to<BR> Kennington<BR>Message-ID:<BR> <<A href="mailto:CAEOH2aafuSQy8h4Lhe3va9NYyxZ_QV80jykkvtYspV2W4nA0bQ@mail.gmail.com"
ymailto="mailto:CAEOH2aafuSQy8h4Lhe3va9NYyxZ_QV80jykkvtYspV2W4nA0bQ@mail.gmail.com">CAEOH2aafuSQy8h4Lhe3va9NYyxZ_QV80jykkvtYspV2W4nA0bQ@mail.gmail.com</A>><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<BR><BR>If the weather is not too cold/rainy, I'm planning on doing<BR>Donnington Bridge to Kennington early on the afternoon of<BR>Friday 6th April, in case anyone else fancies that particular<BR>stretch too! (bank support also provided)<BR><BR>Sharon<BR><BR><BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 3<BR>Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 22:40:53 +0100<BR>From: Sefryn Penrose <<A href="mailto:sefryn@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:sefryn@gmail.com">sefryn@gmail.com</A>><BR>To: OSS Oxon <<A href="mailto:OSSOxon@earth.li" ymailto="mailto:OSSOxon@earth.li">OSSOxon@earth.li</A>>, <A href="mailto:ossrats@earth.li" ymailto="mailto:ossrats@earth.li">ossrats@earth.li</A><BR>Subject: [OSS Oxon] OSS Swim the Thames #22 Monday 9th
April<BR>Message-ID:<BR> <<A href="mailto:CAG0_j_B155vnxB6d3G7yMXtckEJSa2mCM-GKODrnzHS6EtrMHw@mail.gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:CAG0_j_B155vnxB6d3G7yMXtckEJSa2mCM-GKODrnzHS6EtrMHw@mail.gmail.com">CAG0_j_B155vnxB6d3G7yMXtckEJSa2mCM-GKODrnzHS6EtrMHw@mail.gmail.com</A>><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR><BR>Allo allo ice men and ice maidens of the Isis (for we still have not<BR>reverted fully to the Thames according to the 1st edition OS, and snow is<BR>forecast),<BR><BR>This Easter Monday finds us afloat from Sandford Lock to Radley boat house,<BR>downriver a distance of 2.65km (thanks Neil). On our left, Nuneham<BR>Courteney, erstwhile home of the Earls Harcourt, the first of whom moved<BR>the village out of the way in order to better landscape the estate. Now<BR>occupied by the Global Retreat Centre, what oneness we shall feel with the<BR>world when we slip out of the water at the boathouses opposite. This
little<BR>stretch was a favourite of Charles Dodson (Lewis Carroll), and he got wet<BR>here regularly with the young prototype Alice. The boathouses themselves<BR>belong to the boys of Radley College. Alumni of that fine establishment<BR>include the great historian Christopher Hibbert, the indefatiguable<BR>campaigning lawyer, Clive Stafford-Smith, England's test cricket captain,<BR>Andrew Strauss, and who could forget Richard Gibson, best known for his<BR>exceptional performance in the complex role of Herr Flick in TV's 'Allo<BR>'Allo.<BR><BR>So, wet bobs (Radley slang doncha know), get ye to *Radley Station carpark<BR>at 11.00am *on Easter *Monday* *9th April.<BR><BR>*<A href="http://g.co/maps/qraq7" target=_blank>http://g.co/maps/qraq7</A><BR><BR>There will be a bit of shallying I am afraid due to access issues so pay<BR>attention (I shall say zis only once): the boathouse is about 1km from the<BR>station - we will walk there and get changed into
rubbers and pack all dry<BR>gear into a couple of cars (there isn't room for more). We will then<BR>*walk*up to Sandford Lock - 2.5km - and swim down. On getting out,<BR>change into<BR>dry gear at the boathouse and walk back to Radley for a resurrecting lunch<BR>at the Bowyer Arms.<BR><BR>Toodle pip until then,<BR><BR>*Jeremimi & Seffyvette and the Fanny La Fins of the Isis<BR><BR>e-mail: * *<A href="mailto:oxford@outdoorswimmingsociety.com" ymailto="mailto:oxford@outdoorswimmingsociety.com">oxford@outdoorswimmingsociety.com</A> * *<BR><BR>OSS swim responsibility statement:<BR>By attending you confirm that you are a member of the OSS and have read and<BR>accepted the OSS swim responsibility statement:<BR><A href="http://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/index.php?p=swimming_tips&s" target=_blank>http://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/index.php?p=swimming_tips&s</A><BR>=responsibility<BR>All swimmers swim at their own risk.*<BR>--------------
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href="mailto:COL104-W133F8D7D3ED47C606D89B0C5320@phx.gbl" ymailto="mailto:COL104-W133F8D7D3ED47C606D89B0C5320@phx.gbl">COL104-W133F8D7D3ED47C606D89B0C5320@phx.gbl</A>><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR><BR><BR>Yup - the cold and algae has finally taken its toll on our erstwhile leader, she has gone completely bonkers!!! Good job we love her anyway :o) Enjoy your swim everyone - might go for a dip in the Atlantic myself in sympathy with you all - which I hasten to add is apparently at 12 degrees already (didn't feel like that earlier this week!!).<BR><BR>Miss you all xxxxx<BR>Jo <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 22:40:53 +0100<BR>From: <A href="mailto:sefryn@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:sefryn@gmail.com">sefryn@gmail.com</A><BR>To: <A href="mailto:OSSOxon@earth.li" ymailto="mailto:OSSOxon@earth.li">OSSOxon@earth.li</A>; <A href="mailto:ossrats@earth.li" ymailto="mailto:ossrats@earth.li">ossrats@earth.li</A><BR>Subject:
[OSS Oxon] OSS Swim the Thames #22 Monday 9th April<BR><BR>Allo allo ice men and ice maidens of the Isis (for we still have not reverted fully to the Thames according to the 1st edition OS, and snow is forecast),<BR><BR><BR>This Easter Monday finds us afloat from Sandford Lock to Radley boat house, downriver a distance of 2.65km (thanks Neil). On our left, Nuneham Courteney, erstwhile home of the Earls Harcourt, the first of whom moved the village out of the way in order to better landscape the estate. Now occupied by the Global Retreat Centre, what oneness we shall feel with the world when we slip out of the water at the boathouses opposite. This little stretch was a favourite of Charles Dodson (Lewis Carroll), and he got wet here regularly with the young prototype Alice. The boathouses themselves belong to the boys of Radley College. Alumni of that fine establishment include the great historian Christopher Hibbert, the indefatiguable campaigning
lawyer, Clive Stafford-Smith, England's test cricket captain, Andrew Strauss, and who could forget Richard Gibson, best known for his exceptional performance in the complex role of Herr Flick in TV's 'Allo 'Allo.<BR><BR>So, wet bobs (Radley slang doncha know), get ye to Radley Station carpark at 11.00am on Easter Monday 9th April. <BR><BR><A href="http://g.co/maps/qraq7" target=_blank>http://g.co/maps/qraq7</A><BR><BR>There will be a bit of shallying I am afraid due to access issues so pay attention (I shall say zis only once): the boathouse is about 1km from the station - we will walk there and get changed into rubbers and pack all dry gear into a couple of cars (there isn't room for more). We will then walk up to Sandford Lock - 2.5km - and swim down. On getting out, change into dry gear at the boathouse and walk back to Radley for a resurrecting lunch at the Bowyer Arms. <BR><BR>Toodle pip until then, <BR><BR>Jeremimi & Seffyvette and the Fanny
La Fins of the Isis<BR><BR>e-mail: <A href="mailto:oxford@outdoorswimmingsociety.com" ymailto="mailto:oxford@outdoorswimmingsociety.com">oxford@outdoorswimmingsociety.com</A> <BR><BR>OSS swim responsibility statement:<BR>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" target=_blank>http://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/index.php?p=swimming_tips&s=responsibility</A><BR>All swimmers swim at their own risk.<BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________ OSS Oxon mailing list <A href="mailto:OSSOxon@earth.li" ymailto="mailto:OSSOxon@earth.li">OSSOxon@earth.li</A> <A href="http://www.earth.li/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ossoxon" target=_blank>http://www.earth.li/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ossoxon</A> Please note that OSS Oxon exists to put swimmers in touch with other
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