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<font size="-1"><font face="Arial">Notropis rubellus of <font
size="-1">the T<font size="-1">hames,<br>
<font size="-1">
W<font size="-1">e are near to mid winter and we will
celebrate with a toke<font size="-1">n 1 km swim towards
our target of the end of the <font size="-1">Thames,
wher<font size="-1">e ever that may be.<br>
<br>
<font size="-1">The Thames is in full flood <font
size="-1">at 144 m^3<font size="-1">/s today
(Do<font size="-1">wn</font> from 168m^3/s<font
size="-1"> <font size="-1">last weekend)
</font></font>and a toasty 4ºC<font
size="-1">, according to Maidenhead Rowing
Cl<font size="-1">ub<font size="-1">. And
the red boards <font size="-1">ar<font
size="-1">e out for the whole
length of the Thames!</font></font><br>
<b><br>
</b><b><font size="-1">We will assess
the conditions<font size="-1"> at
the weekend and may have to
postpone the swim if conditions<font
size="-1"> are<font size="-1">
still to<font size="-1">o<font
size="-1"> wild. Keep
an eye open for updates
via OSSOxon, OSSR<font
size="-1">ATS and the
O<font size="-1">SS
Tha<font size="-1">mes
Facebook page.</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></b></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><br>
<b><br>
We'll meet at </b><font size="-1"><b>Bourne End station car park
at 11:00am on Sunday 9 Decem<font size="-1">ber</font>:</b><b><br>
</b><b><br>
</b><font size="-1"><b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://goo.gl/maps/b3pnv">http://goo.gl/maps/b3pnv</a></b><br>
<br>
<font size="-1"><font size="-1">T</font>his will cost <font
size="-1">£2 for all day but is as near to our exit point as
possible. We'll <font size="-1">appreciate this when we
get out.<br>
<br>
<font size="-1">To warm up we<font size="-1">'ll walk down
to the river and then along the Thames path to Spade
Oak, where we got out last time. This will be
familiar to <font size="-1">th<font size="-1">o</font>se
who have been on <font size="-1">the two previous
Thames<font size="-1"> sw<font size="-1">ims.<br>
<br>
We'll jump<font size="-1"> / tip toe <font
size="-1">cautiously in to the river<font
size="-1"> here: <br>
</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><br>
<font size="-1"><font face="Arial"><font size="-1"><font size="-1"><font
size="-1"><font size="-1"><font size="-1"><font size="-1"><font
size="-1"><font size="-1"><font size="-1"><font
size="-1"><font size="-1"><font size="-1"><font
size="-1"><font size="-1"><font
size="-1"><font size="-1"><font
size="-1"><font size="-1"><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://goo.gl/maps/iCKhv">http://goo.gl/maps/iCKhv</a><br>
<br>
</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><small>and
swim about a 1km</small> <small>d</small><font size="-1">own to
the railway bridge and exit on the<font size="-1"> right <font
size="-1"><font size="-1"> past the<font size="-1"> rail<font
size="-1">way bridge immediately past a gate on the
footpath - don<font size="-1">'</font>t forget to
butterfly<font size="-1"> under the bridge! - just here:<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://goo.gl/maps/LOJoK">http://goo.gl/maps/LOJoK</a><br>
<br>
<font size="-1">Next we<font size="-1">'ll cross </font>over
the river on the railway bridge<font size="-1">
footpath and back to the s<font size="-1">ta<font
size="-1">tion car park to get changed<font
size="-1">.</font><br>
<br>
<font size="-1"><font size="-1">Ann Chance
will kindly be hosting refreshments at he<font
size="-1">r house - directions <font
size="-1">handed out on the day. Big
Thanks to Ann.<br>
<br>
<br>
</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><small>Jeremy
and Sef and the Percina shumardi of the Thames</small><br>
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