<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Yes that really was a lovely swim! The sun was out and everything looked very peaceful and golden. Thanks both for coming.<div><br></div><div>Next week, I work till 6pm on Mon/Tues/Weds but am free all afternoon on Thursday, so could make an earlier start. Happy to continue from Mapledurham Lock, or do Sonning. Obviously Thursday works best for me in terms of timing, but maybe the weather forecast will also come into it. :)</div><div><br></div><div>Who else is in the running?</div><div><br></div><div>cheers</div><div>Helen<br><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 9 Sep 2010, at 23:30, Lindsay Nutbrown wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div bgcolor="#ffffff" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><div><div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></div></div><font face="Arial" size="2"><div><font face="Arial" size="2">What a great swim this evening.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Helen and Jeremy, thanks both for coming along and Helen for suggesting the date.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">The evening sunlight on the water was beautiful. Parking at the end of Wintringham Way and changing discretely at the edge of the recreation field worked well.The get out point at one of the ladders before Mapledurham lock was very convenient.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Can't wait to do our next Thames swim, hopefully next week - we talked about doing Sonning to Shiplake again or doing the next stretch from where we were today, i.e. further along starting from the other side of Mapledurham lock.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Helen, what days would work for you next week ? At the moment, the only evening I can't do is Tuesday.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Best regards</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Lindsay</font></div></font></div><blockquote dir="ltr" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; margin-right: 0px; position: static; z-index: auto; "><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div></blockquote></div></span></blockquote><blockquote dir="ltr" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; margin-right: 0px; "><div>----- Original Message -----</div><blockquote dir="ltr" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; margin-right: 0px; "><blockquote dir="ltr" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; margin-right: 0px; "><div style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><b>From:</b> <a title="helen@theskyisblue.net" href="mailto:helen@theskyisblue.net">Helen Roche</a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>To:</b> <a title="Jeremy.Wellingham@uk.fujitsu.com" href="mailto:Jeremy.Wellingham@uk.fujitsu.com">Wellingham Jeremy</a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Cc:</b> <a title="lindsay@lecnutbrown.plus.com" href="mailto:lindsay@lecnutbrown.plus.com">Lindsay Nutbrown</a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 09, 2010 11:55 AM</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSS Oxon] [OSS RATS] Mapledurham/Pangbourne swim,this Thursday evening</div><div><br></div>See you both there.<div>cheers</div><div>Helen</div><div><br><div><div>On 9 Sep 2010, at 08:33, Wellingham Jeremy wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="word-spacing: 0px; font: normal normal normal medium/normal Helvetica; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-indent: 0px; white-space: normal; letter-spacing: normal; border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; "><div lang="EN-GB" vlink="blue" link="blue" bgcolor="white" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><o:smarttagtype name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><o:smarttagtype name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><o:smarttagtype name="Street" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><o:smarttagtype name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><o:smarttagtype name="address" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><div class="Section1" style="page: Section1; "><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial; ">Great – found it on google maps.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial; ">Looking forward to this evening.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial; ">Regards Jeremy<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; "><hr tabindex="-1" align="center" width="100%" size="2"></span></font></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; "> Lindsay Nutbrown [<a href="mailto:lindsay@lecnutbrown.plus.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">mailto:lindsay@lecnutbrown.plus.com</a>] <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Sent:</span></b> 09 September 2010 08:18<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">To:</span></b> Wellingham Jeremy; Helen Roche<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Cc:</span></b> <a href="mailto:ossrats@earth.li" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">ossrats@earth.li</a>; <a href="mailto:ossoxon@earth.li" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">ossoxon@earth.li</a><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Subject:</span></b> Re: [OSS Oxon] [OSS RATS] Mapledurham/Pangbourne swim,this Thursday evening</span></font><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Sounds good to me!</span></font><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">See you probably somewhere around the junction of <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Wintringham Way</st1:address></st1:street> and <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Colyton Way</st1:address></st1:street>, or where ever near there that we can find space to park.</span></font><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Best regards</span></font><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Lindsay</span></font><span style="word-spacing: 0px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; "><span style="word-spacing: 0px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; "></span></span></div></div></div></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></div></span></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>______________________________________________<br>OSS RATS mailing list<br><a href="mailto:OSSRATS@earth.li">OSSRATS@earth.li</a><br><a href="http://www.earth.li/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ossrats">http://www.earth.li/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ossrats</a><br><br>Please note that OSS RATS exists to put swimmers in touch with other swimmers, not to organise swim events or in any way suggest that outdoor swimming is a safe activity or that you should go swimming. 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