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OSS Swim the Thames 19 - Donny Bridge to Iffley Lock - 11:00am Sunday 16th January 2012
by Jeremy Wellingham 08 Jan '12

08 Jan '12

/Arvicola terrestris/ of the Isis, It's a New Year and resolutions made, such as swimming every month of the year outside, are being called in. After an exploratory dip on the 2nd January 2012 we are now ready to continue our quest to the end of the Thames. Initial plans suggest we could be at Maidenhead by the end of 2012, a 100km down stream. "A swim of a 100 klicks begins with a single stroke." /Lao-tzu// (604 BC - 531 BC)/. We will make a easy start to the year with a swim of 0.85km, from Donnington Bridge to Iffley Lock. Meet at 11.00am, Sunday 15th January 2012, at this car park: http://g.co/maps/s7v2s off Meadow Lane, Oxford, second-left after the canoe club. Meadow Lane is the last right turn off Donnington Bridge Road before the bridge from the town side, or the first left from the Hinksey side. The car park is an unkempt wee council number with plenty of bushes for changing in. It was free in December but bring a couple of squids just in case. We'll jump in the Thames just next to the car park, swim to Iffley Lock and, to warm up, walk back to the car park and get changed. Afterwards, we propose a pub lunch at the Isis Farmhouse, just before Iflley Lock - a must-visit on the pubs of the Thames tour that we are also engaged in - the same one we visited in December. If you listen hard enough, the river chatters, "a babbling procession of the best stories in the world, sent from the heart of the earth to be told at last to the insatiable sea," as the great Mole once recounted in the days before he learnt to swim, and twas in these waters that the Water Rat saved the gaolbird Toad and fell asleep to the Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Prizes for anyone who can retrieve the picnic basket. Outdoor swimmers and romantic heroes, a river (/The/ River) is calling you for the First 'Swim the Thames' of the year 2012! Yours Sef & Jeremy and the Wind in the Willows of the Isis PS. This swim is the third, and final, part of Swim 30 in Michael Worthington's I ? the Thames. PPS. Watch out for weasels. e-mail: Oxford(a)outdoorswimmingsociety.com <http://ety.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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Re: [OSS Oxon] OSSOxon Digest, Vol 20, Issue 4
by Anne Seager 06 Jan '12

06 Jan '12

Hi Chris It is difficult as this time of the year the river does flow very fast and is high, often breaking the banks. The only place that I know would be safe is where I get in at Kerne bridge, where they launch the canoes. There is only a small area to have a little swim around, for me its more about keeping up the acclimitisation and enjoying the feeling of being out in the open water. Really the only suitable place to exit the river from Kerne bridge would be at Lydbrook which would be a good half an hour if your really fast maybe 5 mins or so faster, or if more a gentile swimmer than maybe up to an hour or more and I wouldn't recommend doing that swim at this time of year for the reasons given above. I also enjoy going for a swim at the Chepstow Diving Centre, which is brilliant for swimming, you wouldn't have to worry about the flow of the river and the water is so clear, but ofcourse it is very deep, 85metres at the deepest point and is not lifeguarded as it is designed primarily for diving. There is a panic button on the platform, but thats no good to you if your out having a swim and get into difficulty on your own. I don't tend to go there at this time of year but start about April time when I am sure I can have a good swim, as it is a long way to go to just get in for acclimitisation purposes. They are very good at the centre and are pro swimmers and only charge £5 to go for a swim and it is not timed you could stay there all day if you wanted. If you or anyone else wanted to meet up to go into the river or the diving centre at any time I would be more than happy to do so. I hope this is helpful. Regards Anne From: "ossoxon-request(a)earth.li" <ossoxon-request(a)earth.li> To: ossoxon(a)earth.li Sent: Friday, 6 January 2012, 12:00 Subject: OSSOxon Digest, Vol 20, Issue 4 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: OSSOxon Digest, Vol 20, Issue 3 (chris taylor) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 13:29:24 +0000 (GMT) From: chris taylor <chris.talopa(a)btinternet.com> To: "ossoxon(a)earth.li" <ossoxon(a)earth.li> Subject: Re: [OSS Oxon] OSSOxon Digest, Vol 20, Issue 3 Message-ID: <1325770164.11245.YahooMailNeo(a)web87214.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi Anne Can you recommend some good spots 'out of the flow' on the Wye. I live in Cheltenham and like swimming in the Wye, but have only been to places like Symonds Yat. and The Biblings. Thanks Chris ________________________________ From: "ossoxon-request(a)earth.li" <ossoxon-request(a)earth.li> To: ossoxon(a)earth.li Sent: Thursday, 5 January 2012, 12:00 Subject: OSSOxon Digest, Vol 20, Issue 3 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: OSSOxon Digest, Vol 20, Issue 2 (Anne Seager) ? 2. Re: OSSOxon Digest, Vol 20, Issue 2 (paola bisicchia) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 15:21:13 +0000 (GMT) From: Anne Seager <anneseager(a)btinternet.com> To: "ossoxon(a)earth.li" <ossoxon(a)earth.li> Subject: Re: [OSS Oxon] OSSOxon Digest, Vol 20, Issue 2 Message-ID: ??? <1325690473.22204.YahooMailNeo(a)web86102.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Happy New Year to everyone and yes I am up for swimming every month whenever I can.? Boxing day I had a 40 mins dip in the river wye, out of the flow, not a real swim just paddle about without a wetsuit ofcourse and then on the 2nd Jan another 30 mins at the same place. ? Regards All Anne From: "ossoxon-request(a)earth.li" <ossoxon-request(a)earth.li> To: ossoxon(a)earth.li Sent: Wednesday, 4 January 2012, 12:00 Subject: OSSOxon Digest, Vol 20, Issue 2 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. Happy New Year OSS Oxon (& tings) (Sefryn Penrose) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 22:37:09 +0000 From: Sefryn Penrose <sefryn(a)gmail.com> To: OSS Oxon <OSSOxon(a)earth.li> Subject: [OSS Oxon] Happy New Year OSS Oxon (& tings) Message-ID: ??? <CAG0_j_CZexSeboLSwm49mjisnXAmaBGtz_gb=HQaM38+BjO_Bg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Happy New Year people, Should anyone have made the wonderful resolution to swim every month of the year I am happy to say we will be continuing down the Thames from Oxford recommencing in a couple of weekend's time. All are welcome, we still have a way to go... Aren't we lucky to have such a river? So we can safeguard our future rights to river access, currently up for grabs in the Government's new initiative - "A New Era for the Waterways", can you take a minute to sign this e-petition asking that access should be at the heart of any new drive: https://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/25118 Many thanks, and see you in the river, Sef

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Re: [OSS Oxon] OSSOxon Digest, Vol 20, Issue 3
by chris taylor 05 Jan '12

05 Jan '12

Hi Anne Can you recommend some good spots 'out of the flow' on the Wye. I live in Cheltenham and like swimming in the Wye, but have only been to places like Symonds Yat. and The Biblings. Thanks Chris ________________________________ From: "ossoxon-request(a)earth.li" <ossoxon-request(a)earth.li> To: ossoxon(a)earth.li Sent: Thursday, 5 January 2012, 12:00 Subject: OSSOxon Digest, Vol 20, Issue 3 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: OSSOxon Digest, Vol 20, Issue 2 (Anne Seager) 2. Re: OSSOxon Digest, Vol 20, Issue 2 (paola bisicchia) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 15:21:13 +0000 (GMT) From: Anne Seager <anneseager(a)btinternet.com> To: "ossoxon(a)earth.li" <ossoxon(a)earth.li> Subject: Re: [OSS Oxon] OSSOxon Digest, Vol 20, Issue 2 Message-ID: <1325690473.22204.YahooMailNeo(a)web86102.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Happy New Year to everyone and yes I am up for swimming every month whenever I can.? Boxing day I had a 40 mins dip in the river wye, out of the flow, not a real swim just paddle about without a wetsuit ofcourse and then on the 2nd Jan another 30 mins at the same place. ? Regards All Anne From: "ossoxon-request(a)earth.li" <ossoxon-request(a)earth.li> To: ossoxon(a)earth.li Sent: Wednesday, 4 January 2012, 12:00 Subject: OSSOxon Digest, Vol 20, Issue 2 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. Happy New Year OSS Oxon (& tings) (Sefryn Penrose) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 22:37:09 +0000 From: Sefryn Penrose <sefryn(a)gmail.com> To: OSS Oxon <OSSOxon(a)earth.li> Subject: [OSS Oxon] Happy New Year OSS Oxon (& tings) Message-ID: ??? <CAG0_j_CZexSeboLSwm49mjisnXAmaBGtz_gb=HQaM38+BjO_Bg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Happy New Year people, Should anyone have made the wonderful resolution to swim every month of the year I am happy to say we will be continuing down the Thames from Oxford recommencing in a couple of weekend's time. All are welcome, we still have a way to go... Aren't we lucky to have such a river? So we can safeguard our future rights to river access, currently up for grabs in the Government's new initiative - "A New Era for the Waterways", can you take a minute to sign this e-petition asking that access should be at the heart of any new drive: https://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/25118 Many thanks, and see you in the river, Sef

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Re: [OSS Oxon] OSSOxon Digest, Vol 20, Issue 2
by paola bisicchia 04 Jan '12

04 Jan '12

signed :-) Happy new year to all ________________________________ Da: "ossoxon-request(a)earth.li" <ossoxon-request(a)earth.li> A: ossoxon(a)earth.li Inviato: Mercoledì 4 Gennaio 2012 12:00 Oggetto: OSSOxon Digest, Vol 20, Issue 2 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. Happy New Year OSS Oxon (& tings) (Sefryn Penrose) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 22:37:09 +0000 From: Sefryn Penrose <sefryn(a)gmail.com> To: OSS Oxon <OSSOxon(a)earth.li> Subject: [OSS Oxon] Happy New Year OSS Oxon (& tings) Message-ID: <CAG0_j_CZexSeboLSwm49mjisnXAmaBGtz_gb=HQaM38+BjO_Bg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Happy New Year people, Should anyone have made the wonderful resolution to swim every month of the year I am happy to say we will be continuing down the Thames from Oxford recommencing in a couple of weekend's time. All are welcome, we still have a way to go... Aren't we lucky to have such a river? So we can safeguard our future rights to river access, currently up for grabs in the Government's new initiative - "A New Era for the Waterways", can you take a minute to sign this e-petition asking that access should be at the heart of any new drive: https://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/25118 Many thanks, and see you in the river, Sef

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Re: [OSS Oxon] OSSOxon Digest, Vol 20, Issue 2
by Anne Seager 04 Jan '12

04 Jan '12

Happy New Year to everyone and yes I am up for swimming every month whenever I can. Boxing day I had a 40 mins dip in the river wye, out of the flow, not a real swim just paddle about without a wetsuit ofcourse and then on the 2nd Jan another 30 mins at the same place. Regards All Anne From: "ossoxon-request(a)earth.li" <ossoxon-request(a)earth.li> To: ossoxon(a)earth.li Sent: Wednesday, 4 January 2012, 12:00 Subject: OSSOxon Digest, Vol 20, Issue 2 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. Happy New Year OSS Oxon (& tings) (Sefryn Penrose) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 22:37:09 +0000 From: Sefryn Penrose <sefryn(a)gmail.com> To: OSS Oxon <OSSOxon(a)earth.li> Subject: [OSS Oxon] Happy New Year OSS Oxon (& tings) Message-ID: <CAG0_j_CZexSeboLSwm49mjisnXAmaBGtz_gb=HQaM38+BjO_Bg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Happy New Year people, Should anyone have made the wonderful resolution to swim every month of the year I am happy to say we will be continuing down the Thames from Oxford recommencing in a couple of weekend's time. All are welcome, we still have a way to go... Aren't we lucky to have such a river? So we can safeguard our future rights to river access, currently up for grabs in the Government's new initiative - "A New Era for the Waterways", can you take a minute to sign this e-petition asking that access should be at the heart of any new drive: https://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/25118 Many thanks, and see you in the river, Sef

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Happy New Year OSS Oxon (& tings)
by Sefryn Penrose 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

Happy New Year people, Should anyone have made the wonderful resolution to swim every month of the year I am happy to say we will be continuing down the Thames from Oxford recommencing in a couple of weekend's time. All are welcome, we still have a way to go... Aren't we lucky to have such a river? So we can safeguard our future rights to river access, currently up for grabs in the Government's new initiative - "A New Era for the Waterways", can you take a minute to sign this e-petition asking that access should be at the heart of any new drive: https://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/25118 Many thanks, and see you in the river, Sef

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Does anyone have a good printer for tomorrow?
by Jo-Anne Rutterford 01 Jan '12

01 Jan '12

Hi There Have put together a wee photo comp for tomorrow's event - but my printer is rubbish and only prints in blue and yello!! Does anyone have a good printer and would be able to print out 4 or 5 all colour A4 sheets that they could then bring with them tomorrow? Thanks Jo

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Happy Christmas Oxford swimmers
by Pam Jones 25 Dec '11

25 Dec '11

I hope you have all had a lovely day. Merry Christmas. Love Pam x

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New Year's update!
by Jo-Anne Rutterford 21 Dec '11

21 Dec '11

Dear All Firstly, and most importantitantly, can you please let me have any award votes by Friday - so far I have only had 4 returns!!! Second, and secondly importantitantly, Perch has us booked to sit down for eatingtons at 1.30p.m. So our 11.00 meet should allow us plenty of time to dip, and then warm up by the fireside. See you all then - and have a great Christmas in the meantime, and a wonderful Winter Solstice.. yay, roll on the longer days again Jo xx

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epetition
by Pam Jones 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Please sign the petition that Fiona Weir has put online Pam <http://www.facebook.com/n/?profile.php&id=726551288&mid=5487f07G2b0f4471G8e e9003G96&bcode=dJKOl2mW&n_m=pamjones%40btinternet.com> *NEW OUTDOOR SWIMMING PETITION* Yay, our new... <http://www.facebook.com/n/?profile.php&id=726551288&mid=5487f07G2b0f4471G8e e9003G96&bcode=dJKOl2mW&n_m=pamjones%40btinternet.com> Fiona Weir 8:57pm Dec 6 *NEW OUTDOOR SWIMMING PETITION* Yay, our new petition is now online! Support outdoor swimming - improve public access to waterways. Sign it, share it, pester your friends - we need 100,000 signatures to get this debated! - if every OSS group member gets 12 non-member friends to sign up, we'll do it! (Gulp!) <http://www.facebook.com/l/iAQG3daAA/epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/2511 8> http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/25118

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