OSSOxon September 2012

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OSS Swim the Thames #36 Hambledon Lock to Frogmill Spinney
by Sefryn Penrose 30 Sep '12

30 Sep '12

Dear Thamesers, It can’t have escaped anyone’s notice that the seasons have changed dramatically – seemingly there was a summer after all. I kicked a conker on my way to the station this morning, and the water temperature has dropped a few degrees. As the nights draw in, we continue our way to merry Maidenhead for the next seasonal shift. With autumnal hoolies and home counties woollies we must zip up our parkas and brace ourselves against the gales of tricky logistics that autumn brings if we are to harvest our riparian fruits. Meet this Sunday 30th at the public carpark in Hurley next to the church at 10am http://goo.gl/maps/0Zsml and change (discreetly). We’ll shuttle to the Flower Pot Inn at Aston (marked A): http://goo.gl/maps/9q7ce Walk a little way up to the lock, and swim down to Frogmill Spinney and this beach at Riverside Picnic Grounds in Hurley, a distance of 4.2km. http://goo.gl/maps/hsy4m And walk back to the carpark to change. Afterwards, we'll shuttle back to the Flower Pot at Aston for lunch. They don't take bookings but insist that since the weather's going to be fine we can sit outside. However, it might not have escaped your notice that the weather hasn't been great so tune in on Friday evening for confirmation that we're going ahead. At present the EA is showing the yellow, caution stream increasing, boards and should it get up to the red board we'll taking a raincheck. Yours, Jeremy and Sef and the half-naked hatchetfish of Hurley ------------------------------------------------- OSS Oxon mailing list: OSSOxon(a)earth.li http://www.earth.li/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ossoxon By joining any jolly jaunt with Jeremy and Sef you agree to abide by the Outdoor Swimming Society's Swim Responsibility Statement: http://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/index.php?p=swimming_tips&s=responsib… Before signing up to join the OSS or partaking in any swims mentioned on this site or the Outdoor Swimming Society facebook page, please read the OSS swim responsibility statement. By signing up to join the society, or participating in any swims, or using any material on the Wild swim map you confirm that you have read and understand the OSS swim responsibility statement and accept its terms.

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OSS Swim the Thames: swims #34 and #35
by Bruce Pen 18 Sep '12

18 Sep '12

Greetings Thameslings, Our progress along the Thames inexorably continues this week. Through our persistence and aggressive strokes we will soon have conquered Henley, home of boatists. On and on we go, devouring the kilometres, sweeping all before us in our assault on the capital. We will swim on Saturday and Sunday, remorselessly beating forth. We'll set up our camp overnight at Cookham (to conduct a recce of our future downstream conquests while we're there). *Saturday* *8th September* Meet at Marsh Lock carpark at *2pm* (eat before you come - nothing was ever won on an empty stomach). We'll shuttle down to Shiplake Lock and walk to Shiplake College to begin. Parking at Marsh Lock, Henley: http://goo.gl/maps/s9pKn ** We'll swim down to Marsh Lock - a distance of approx 5.25km. *Sunday 9th September *Meet at Hambledon carpark at *10am* and we'll shuttle to Marsh Lock to begin. Parking at Hambleden Lock: http://goo.gl/maps/bWatu This swim is also about 5.25km. Pub lunch after. We'll be camping at Cookham Lock. If you haven't already, let us know as a matter of urgency if you intend to camp. There is limited space. Please watch out for timing alterations for Saturday's start-time - there are rumours of a regatta that I am trying to pin-down.... If anything it will be a matter of half an hour rather than a big change. Jeremy and Sef and the invasive species of the middle Thames. ----------------------------- 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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OSS Swim the Thames #32 and #33
by Sefryn Penrose 02 Sep '12

02 Sep '12

Dear Olympians, Herewith the details for this weekend's marathon efforts with apologies for the delay: *Saturday* *11th *Meet *10.00am* at River View, Purley, https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.466053,-1.014091&num=1&t=h&z=17 We will then leave as few cars as possible at River View - which is the end of the swim - with all dry gear and shuttle up to the beginning of the swim at Pangbourne River Meadow Carpark, as per swim 31. http://goo.gl/maps/MCyn If you are not intending to stay for lunch afterwards, then you may want to make sure you leave your motor at River View. >From Pangbourne we'll swim down to Mapledurham for a munch stop, and then on down to River View. We'll get changed and shuttle back up to Pangbourne for lunch. This swim is 6.5km. *Camping *For those who are camping, I've booked us into the Mapledurham Estate. We need to arrive between 2 and 5 so we'll go there after lunch. Camping is a bit complicated as if we take vehicles into the estate we will not be able to drive out on Sunday except between 2 and 5. I will take Bertie in, Chris will take his car in. It would be good if one or two peeps could leave their cars outside - I think we can park near the church - so that we campers can be shuttled to the Sunday swim. We'll then return Sunday afternoon for the rest of the cars. *Sunday 12th *Meet *10.00am *at this carpark at Thames Valley Park, Reading. http://goo.gl/maps/sLPuK We will leave as many cars as possible here at the end spot and shuttle up to the start at River View in as few cars - leaving dry gear at TVP. We'll then swim down from River View and stop for a break at Caversham Lock. This swim is 6km. Both swims are long but will take us through Reading nicely to avoid the Reading Festival for our next swim. If the swim distances seem challenging, it is our intention that we take it easy and break as often as needed, access permitting. See you then, Yours, Sef, Jeremy and the Pangbourne Perch of the River Thames _________________ 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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