February 2012 - OSSOxon

OSS Swim the Thames #21 - Kennington to Sandford Lock - 11:00am Sunday 25th March 2012
by Chris Dalton 24 Feb '12

24 Feb '12

Ice Maidens and Ice Men of the Isis*, It’s time to start thawing out! By the time 25th March comes about the icy Winter waters should have been replaced by an (almost) tropical Spring flow and even the Neoprene Ninja should be looking forward to jumping in for the 1500m swim. In an attempt to confuse and disorient everyone our Glorious Leaders have delegated the organization of Swim #21 to me and, as such, we will have no tardiness or faffing around thank you very much!!! We will meet in the car park of the Kings Arms at Sandford-on-Thames at 11am (sharp) on Sunday 25th March: <http://g.co/maps/af5ag> http://g.co/maps/af5ag We will then walk upstream to the entry point at the little beach here: <http://g.co/maps/2fqgv> http://g.co/maps/2fqgv and then swim back to the lock next to the pub. There seem to be various possible routes but the possibility of getting lost just adds to the excitement! The car park costs £1 for 3 hours which will be refunded by the pub when we eat. If time is looking tight we can top up with another pound before going into the pub but I’m told that you can’t get a refund if you put in £2 at the start. It’s likely that this swim is part of a swim from Michael Worthington’s book but I don’t have a copy so I don’t know! See you all there!! Chris x * Although, strictly speaking, now we are downstream of Iffley Lock I believe it is just the plain old Thames. OSS swim responsibility statement: By attending you confirm that you are a member of the OSS and have read and accepted the OSS swim responsibility statement: <http://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/index.php?p=swimming_tips&s=responsib…> http://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/index.php?p=swimming_tips&s=responsib… All swimmers swim at their own risk.

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OSS Swim the Thames 2012 - Dates for your Diaries
by Jeremy Wellingham 21 Feb '12

21 Feb '12

OSS Swim the Thames 2012 - Dates for your Diaries At the risk of reducing the spontaneity and the rather happy go lucky approach to our swimming we have set dates for the 2012 season of the OSS Swim the Thames. Don't know exactly where we will be swimming on these dates yet but these are the dates we will be swimming on. Full details will be sent in the normal way, a couple of weeks prior to each swim, via Facebook events, OSSOxon / OSSRATS mail list and the OSS website. Gives us flexibility to vary our pace to suit the conditions and how we feel on the day. Monday 2nd January End of year party Sunday 15th January Sunday 19th February Sunday 25th March Monday 9th April Easter Monday Sunday 22nd April Anniversary of Swim the Thames Saturday 5th May Camp Sunday 6th May Bank Holiday weekend Saturday 19th May Late Afternoon swim Monday 4th June Camp Tuesday 5th June Jubilee Bank Holiday Saturday 16th June Late Afternoon swim Saturday 30th June Dorset Camp Sunday 1st July Dorset Camp Sunday 15th July Early Afternoon Saturday 28th July Late Afternoon Sunday 12th August Saturday 25th August Camp Sunday 26th August Bank Holiday weekend Saturday 8th September Camp Sunday 9th September Sunday 30th September Sunday 14th October Sunday 28th October Sunday 18th November Sunday 9th December We've attached a calendar and list of dates that you can print and stick to the fridge with the dates on. We have earmarked 5 weekends for camps so we can have two days swimming and a night time dip. How this works will depend on where we are on that dates and if there is a suitable site so we will play this by ear and if we don't manage all days at least hope to get three camps this year. For the mid summer swims we're trying the idea of a late afternoon / early evening swims followed by a pub dinner as an alternative to morning swims. We can always change to the day time again if we decide that we don't like the idea after all. Pencil these dates in your diaries and look out for the individual announcements with full details nearer the time. /Sef & Jeremy and the folk from the River Bank e-mail: / /oxford(a)outdoorswimmingsociety.com <mailto:oxford@outdoorswimmingsociety.com> / / OSS swim responsibility statement: By attending you confirm that you are a member of the OSS and have read and accepted the OSS swim responsibility statement: http://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/index.php?p=swimming_tips&s=responsib… <http://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/index.php?p=swimming_tips&s=responsib…> All swimmers swim at their own risk./

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OSS Swim the Thames #20 - Iffley Lock to Kennington - 11:00am Sunday 19th February 2012
by Jeremy Wellingham 05 Feb '12

05 Feb '12

/Ice Maidens and Ice Men of the Isis, / /Welcome to the season of Winter, at least for this week and who knows for the week after next. / /Picking up the pace a little, but not too much, February’s swim will be just over a kilometre at 1.2km starting where we left off at Iffley Lock and finishing at a convenient beach adjacent to Kennington. (This will get us almost halfway towards Sandford Lock, which will be the aim of the 1.5km March swim on Sun25Mar12.) / /Once under the road bridge, visible from Iffley Lock, that carries Oxford's Southern Bypass, there are plenty of exits points along the way to allow for an early escape, if the temperature is too challenging. (January's swim was 4ºC - can't get much colder else we'll be walking on it!) / // /This swim is the first almost half of Swim 31 in Michael Worthington's I ♥the Thames book./ /We will meet in the Health Centre car park – free parking – opposite The Tandem pub at 11:00am on Sunday 19^th February 2012:/ // /http://g.co/maps/dkebh/ // /There is a short walk from there, over the railway foot bridge, to the river, where will check out the exit point before walking upstream to Iffley Lock:/ // /http://g.co/maps/gczt9 / // /At Iffley Lock we’ll jump in as near to the downstream side of the punt lock that mud allows to return to our exit point here.:/ // /http://g.co/maps/2fqgv/ // /Returning to the cars we can then repair to The Tandem pub for a spot of lunch:/ /http://g.co/maps/932ur Sef & Jeremy and the Penguins and Polar Bears of the Thames e-mail: / /oxford(a)outdoorswimmingsociety.com <mailto:oxford@outdoorswimmingsociety.com> / / OSS swim responsibility statement: By attending you confirm that you are a member of the OSS and have read and accepted the OSS swim responsibility statement: http://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/index.php?p=swimming_tips&s=responsib… <http://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/index.php?p=swimming_tips&s=responsib…> All swimmers swim at their own risk./

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