September 2010 - OSSOxon

Yesterdays Swim at Kelmscott
by James 12 Jan '11

12 Jan '11

We Swam Kelmscott to Grafton lock yesterday (River Thames) with a few friends and walking back, bumped into another group of swimmers. For those that know who these were (or if that is you) - Shifford Lock (at Chimney Meadows) to Newbridge was the swim one of us shouted at you from the bank. http://tinyurl.com/mne54d This gives you the complete swim ...we did one weekend (with Lunch in between). It is about 1.5 to 2 hours swim at a gentle pace and if you make it a Sunday swim you can book ahead for a post Sunday Lunch when you finish. Makes it less of a bind for those that are drivers and not swimmers as they can wait in the pub. It's a relatively remote swim in terms of civilization, so if you go make sure you can swim for that period of time or don't mind dragging yourself out and walking along the path. Oh and if you haven't been, the Rose Revived Pub is better than the Maybush Pub (Maytime?) which are on either side of the bridge. You can get out before or after the bridge very easily.

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Re: [OSS Oxon] Up and Coming Oxon Swims
by Martin McQuay 13 Sep '10

13 Sep '10

Hi James Can you keep me posted on the midnight swim on the 1/10/10 0r 7/10/10. Would love to do that swim 'sans-suit' if its still warm enough

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Up and Coming Oxon Swims
by James Lowe 13 Sep '10

13 Sep '10

Hello, A couple of us are pencilling in Tuesday 14 Sept evening for a swim I was thinking somewhere 'around' here http://www.multimap.com/s/itD2Qmkb However I am more than open to other suggestions. As the sun is setting earlier and earlier, we probably need to get in the water around 18:45 ish - sun set is 19:25. There seem to be a few pubs nearby and I can have a scope about to see what is there - unless anyone knows the area. Also, I'd been mulling about doing a 'proper' night swim - midnight or later (!) kind of time - but without a moon, maybe a new-moon swim. I know this won't be everyone's cup of tea, but for this I was thinking about the same place we did the silent swim. http://www.multimap.com/s/huH8Lkgd Nice and wide and plenty of places to get out plus it is easy to walk along the bank, but walk to where the 'short' swim was and swim downstream to the islands. While I know that people have to get up in the morning, some of us were looking at either Friday Oct 1 or Friday 8th to give us all a lie in on Saturday. Again it's all fluid, so any suggestions welcome. We can then firm up the dates and times as they get nearer. James

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Re: [OSS Oxon] Sonning to Shiplake swim next week
by Mark and Victoria 10 Sep '10

10 Sep '10

Hi everyone I hope the Mapledurham swim went well. It's a lovely stretch. I haven't been as far as the lock so I'm looking forward to hearing about it. Anyone have a preference for a swim next week from Sonning? Helen and I can do Monday or Wednesday evening - I'm free on Monday from around 6.30 and on Wednesday around 7.00 - or if anyone's free the following weekend Saturday 18th in the afternoon looks ok, as does Sunday 19th morning. It would be great to have a swim as my wetsuit is desperate to have its first dip, and all I've had at home is peals of hysterical laughter when I've tried it on on dry land. Hope to see you soon. Victoria ----- Original Message ----- From: <ossoxon-request(a)earth.li> To: <ossoxon(a)earth.li> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 8:20 AM Subject: OSSOxon Digest, Vol 4, Issue 6 > Send OSSOxon mailing list submissions to > ossoxon(a)earth.li > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.earth.li/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ossoxon > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > ossoxon-request(a)earth.li > > You can reach the person managing the list at > ossoxon-owner(a)earth.li > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of OSSOxon digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: [OSS RATS] Mapledurham/Pangbourne swim, this Thursday > evening (Lindsay Nutbrown) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 08:17:59 +0100 > From: "Lindsay Nutbrown" <lindsay(a)lecnutbrown.plus.com> > Subject: Re: [OSS Oxon] [OSS RATS] Mapledurham/Pangbourne swim, this > Thursday evening > To: "Wellingham Jeremy" <Jeremy.Wellingham(a)uk.fujitsu.com>, "Helen > Roche" <helen(a)theskyisblue.net> > Cc: ossoxon(a)earth.li, ossrats(a)earth.li > Message-ID: <02d601cb4fef$22a667a0$d0fca8c0@LNshomePC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Sounds good to me! > > See you probably somewhere around the junction of Wintringham Way and > Colyton Way, or where ever near there that we can find space to park. > > Best regards > > > Lindsay > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Wellingham Jeremy > To: Helen Roche ; Lindsay Nutbrown > Cc: ossrats(a)earth.li ; ossoxon(a)earth.li > Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 8:16 AM > Subject: RE: [OSS Oxon] [OSS RATS] Mapledurham/Pangbourne swim,this > Thursday evening > > > Yes - option 3 walk and then swim gets my vote as well. (We can always > get out a bit early if we feel like it and the remaining walk will be > shorter.) > > I'll see you at Mapledurham lock end (but on Purley housing estate side) > at 5:45pm if we're all agreed on option 3. > > > > Regards Jeremy > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > From: ossoxon-bounces(a)earth.li [mailto:ossoxon-bounces@earth.li] On > Behalf Of Helen Roche > Sent: 09 September 2010 01:16 > To: Lindsay Nutbrown > Cc: ossrats(a)earth.li; ossoxon(a)earth.li > Subject: Re: [OSS Oxon] [OSS RATS] Mapledurham/Pangbourne swim,this > Thursday evening > > > > Thanks for the outlines, Lindsay. I vote for option 3, and agree that we > should strike version 2 from consideration. Jeremy, any preference? > > cheers > > Helen > > > > On 9 Sep 2010, at 00:43, Lindsay Nutbrown wrote: > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > Been out to a Round Table event this evening (riding a 4 man bicycle, > would you believe !) so away from e-mail... > > > > Various options... > > > > Could park at Pangbourne rec, off Thames Avenue (for Pangbourne meadows) > start swim there, go with current, get out and walk back. > > > > or > > > > Could faff about getting cars to both ends (in the assumption we will > make it as far as Mapledurham lock - which given the dwindling daylight > these evening, I doubt, also as mentioned by Victoria it is probably on > the optimistic side of things to expect we'll manage the whole stretch for > reasons of distance and coldness. > > > > or > > > > We park at Mapledurham lock end (but on Purley housing estate side), then > walk along as far as Thames beach and swim back to the lock. > > > > I'm easy with any of these options, but I do share Victoria's doubts over > whether option 2 is practical. 1 and 3 are equally good for me. Helen > what would you prefer - walk and then swim or swim and then walk ? > > > > Looking forward to this for tomorrow either way, and another go at the > Sonning to Shiplake stretch next week would be great too. > > > > Helen, I share your hopes that we may get a bit of an 'Indian Summer' > (fingers crossed !) > > > > All best wishes > > > > > > Lindsay > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Helen Roche > > To: Jeremy Wellingham > > Cc: ossoxon(a)earth.li ; ossrats(a)earth.li > > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 9:30 PM > > Subject: Re: [OSS RATS] [OSS Oxon] Mapledurham/Pangbourne swim,this > Thursday evening > > > > Ah, good point. Lindsay is the one who knows this stretch. Where are we > meeting, Lindsay? > > > > I'm starting to wonder if the OSSrats email list was such a good idea, > as we're now potentially discussing swims in three places - Oxon and RATS > email groups, plus the OSS facebook pages! I thought that all the > Berkshire activity might get wearisome for people in north Oxon, though... > perhaps it will get more straightforward once all the interested parties > join OSSRATS. > > > > Cheers, and see you tomorrow I hope, Jeremy and Lindsay. > > > > H > > > > > > On 8 Sep 2010, at 21:20, Jeremy Wellingham wrote: > > > > > > I should be able to make this on the way home from work tomorrow, > Thu08Sep. > > May have missed it along the way but whereabouts in Pangbourne are we > meeting? > > Jeremy > > > > > > > On 08/09/2010 11:41, Helen Roche wrote: > > 5.45pm tomorrow at Pangbourne, is the idea. :) > cheers > Helen > > On 8 Sep 2010, at 08:04, Tracy Knowles wrote: > > > > > love to, any dates? > Thanks > Tracy > On 8 Sep 2010, at 00:07, Helen Roche wrote: > > > > > anyone up for it? As short or as long as you like. > > cheers > Helen > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSS Oxon mailing list > OSSOxon(a)earth.li > http://www.earth.li/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ossoxon > > Please note that OSS Oxon 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. If you choose > to swim you do so entirely at your own risk and on your own initiative, > and any plans you make are your own responsibility. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSS Oxon mailing list > OSSOxon(a)earth.li > http://www.earth.li/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ossoxon > > Please note that OSS Oxon 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. If you choose > to swim you do so entirely at your own risk and on your own initiative, > and any plans you make are your own responsibility. > > ______________________________________________ > OSS RATS mailing list > OSSRATS(a)earth.li > http://www.earth.li/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ossrats > > 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. If you choose > to swim you do so entirely at your own risk and on your own initiative, > and any plans you make are your own responsibility. > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ______________________________________________ > OSS RATS mailing list > OSSRATS(a)earth.li > http://www.earth.li/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ossrats > > 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. If you choose > to swim you do so entirely at your own risk and on your own initiative, > and any plans you make are your own responsibility. > > >

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Re: [OSS Oxon] [OSS RATS] Mapledurham/Pangbourne swim, this Thursday evening
by Helen Roche 10 Sep '10

10 Sep '10

Ah, good point. Lindsay is the one who knows this stretch. Where are we meeting, Lindsay? I'm starting to wonder if the OSSrats email list was such a good idea, as we're now potentially discussing swims in three places - Oxon and RATS email groups, plus the OSS facebook pages! I thought that all the Berkshire activity might get wearisome for people in north Oxon, though... perhaps it will get more straightforward once all the interested parties join OSSRATS. Cheers, and see you tomorrow I hope, Jeremy and Lindsay. H On 8 Sep 2010, at 21:20, Jeremy Wellingham wrote: > I should be able to make this on the way home from work tomorrow, > Thu08Sep. > > May have missed it along the way but whereabouts in Pangbourne are > we meeting? > > Jeremy > > > > On 08/09/2010 11:41, Helen Roche wrote: >> >> 5.45pm tomorrow at Pangbourne, is the idea. :) >> cheers >> Helen >> >> On 8 Sep 2010, at 08:04, Tracy Knowles wrote: >> >>> love to, any dates? >>> Thanks >>> Tracy >>> On 8 Sep 2010, at 00:07, Helen Roche wrote: >>> >>>> anyone up for it? As short or as long as you like. >>>> >>>> cheers >>>> Helen >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> OSS Oxon mailing list >>>> OSSOxon(a)earth.li >>>> http://www.earth.li/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ossoxon >>>> >>>> Please note that OSS Oxon 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. If you choose to swim you do so entirely at your own >>>> risk and on your own initiative, and any plans you make are your >>>> own responsibility. >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OSS Oxon mailing list >> OSSOxon(a)earth.li >> http://www.earth.li/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ossoxon >> >> Please note that OSS Oxon 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. If you choose to swim you do so entirely at your own risk >> and on your own initiative, and any plans you make are your own >> responsibility. >> > ______________________________________________ > OSS RATS mailing list > OSSRATS(a)earth.li > http://www.earth.li/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ossrats > > 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. > If you choose to swim you do so entirely at your own risk and on > your own initiative, and any plans you make are your own > responsibility.

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by AJM 08 Sep '10

08 Sep '10

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Re: [OSS Oxon] Mapledurham/Pangbourne swim, this Thursday evening
by Helen Roche 08 Sep '10

08 Sep '10

5.45pm tomorrow at Pangbourne, is the idea. :) cheers Helen On 8 Sep 2010, at 08:04, Tracy Knowles wrote: > love to, any dates? > Thanks > Tracy > On 8 Sep 2010, at 00:07, Helen Roche wrote: > >> anyone up for it? As short or as long as you like. >> >> cheers >> Helen >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OSS Oxon mailing list >> OSSOxon(a)earth.li >> http://www.earth.li/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ossoxon >> >> Please note that OSS Oxon 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. If you choose to swim you do so entirely at your own risk >> and on your own initiative, and any plans you make are your own >> responsibility. >

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Mapledurham/Pangbourne swim, this Thursday evening
by Helen Roche 08 Sep '10

08 Sep '10

anyone up for it? As short or as long as you like. cheers Helen

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Sonning Eye swim, THIS EVENING
by Helen Roche 04 Sep '10

04 Sep '10

Hi all We're having a swim tonight from the French Horn at Sonning Eye, meeting 6pm outside the French Horn pub, swimming towards St Patrick's Stream near Shiplake, which is about a mile; but there are places to get out and walk along the Thames Path if you'd like a shorter swim. We're planning to leave cars by the French Horn, and walk back along the Thames Path, so shoes are advised. Also, most of the exit points involve some clambering through greenery. Sorry for the short notice, but this was quite a last-minute arrangement, concocted on the newly-started OSS Reading Area and Thames Valley Swimmers email group. :) cheers, Helen Here's the French Horn: the blue squiggle shows where there are some free parking spaces, the yellow squiggle shows where we can enter the water. http://www.flickr.com/photos/97981919@N00/4920030776/ Here's a map of the swim route: http://www.flickr.com/photos/97981919@N00/4920030316/in/photostream/ and here as a satellite view: http://www.flickr.com/photos/97981919@N00/4920031210/in/photostream/ For sat-navs, the postcode of the French Horn is: RG4 6TN

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Reading & Thames Valley email list
by Helen Roche 04 Sep '10

04 Sep '10

Hi all, Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the Reading Area and Thames Valley Swimmers (RATS) email list has been circulated to the Oxon list. So here are the details, for anyone who'd like to join this one too. Quoting from Adam Smith (and many thanks to him for setting it up): Go here: http://www.earth.li/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ossrats and subscribe your email address. If you want to be removed, you can unsubscribe at any time (so I suggest you bookmark the above link). If you send an email to the list without being subscribed it will be moderated but this can take time before you see your email. You can also view any historical threads here: http://www.earth.li/pipermail/ossrats/ * * * cheers, Helen

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