Pagans of the Thames, for the second time of asking,
We've missed the
Lessor Sabbat of Litha and the Solstice weekend due to last
weekend's oil spillage at Windsor. We hope you been able to make
good use of the time for plenty of catch ups, in lieu of the
schedule swim.
CAMPING SATURDAY 6 JULY 2013
This weekend we have a Saturday #48 and a Sunday #49 swim, with a
camping option on the night of Saturday 6 July at Runnymede in a
Thames side garden, courtesy of http://campinmygarden.com/
at £20 per person. Not used this before but as we push ever deeper
in to the unfamiliar territory of Thames suburbia it might be a
useful option for more camps, as sites are either scarce or very
regimented and commercial - not like us at all!
Please let me know if you would like to camp ASAP, so I can
firm up the booking.
Swim #48 SATURDAY
6 JULY 2013 2:00pm Windsor Romney Lock to Old Windsor Lock
Before the swim there is a test of your navigation skills to find
the meeting place. We'll will meet on the single track Ham Lane,
just as it crosses the river a short way upstream of the finish at
Old Windsor Lock:
http://goo.gl/maps/g77B1
You
can park on
the verge at
the edge of
the road. (At
least that's
how it looks
from Street
View.)
We'll
meet at 14:00pm
on Saturday 6
July 2013.
Get
changed, walk
up to Romney
Lock crossing
the Albert and
Victoria
bridges with a
brief excursion
into Datchet
along the way.
(We can,
optionally,
shuttle cars
up to:
Windsor Home
Park car park
(Free at
weekends but only
available if
no events on.
(Checking with
RBWM):
http://goo.gl/maps/LYo0V ) or Romney
Lock Car Park
http://goo.gl/maps/ofQVi (£5.00
All day)
We'll jump in at Romney Lock http://goo.gl/maps/gHMc4
and swim down to Old Windsor Lock http://goo.gl/maps/ZLFyW
- this is swim 66 in Michael Worthington's 'I
♥ the Thames'
and
is about 4.8k or
almost half a
Dart.
Have
elevenses half
way down,
at spot to be
found on our
walk up -
around about Datchet.
From Old Windsor Lock it is brief walk back to the cars and then for
campers, on to the Thames side garden -
details to be
sent out to
individual
campers.
Swim
#49 SUNDAY 7
JULY 2013
10:00am Old
Windsor Lock
to Runnymede
Bell Weir Lock
We'll
meet again,
same as
Saturday (Swim
#48),
on
the single
track Ham
Lane, just as
it crosses the
river a short
way upstream
of the finish
at Old Windsor
Lock:
http://goo.gl/maps/g77B1
You
can park on
the verge at
the edge of
the road. (At
least that's
how it looks
from Street
View.)
We'll
meet at 10:00am
on Sunday 7
July 2013.
Get changed, walk the sort distance down stream to Old
Windsor Lock http://goo.gl/maps/ZLFyW,
jump in and swim down to Bell Weir Lock http://goo.gl/maps/969Cm
, from where we'll have a magnificent view of the M25 in all it's
14 lanes of glory. This
is swim 67
in Michael
Worthington's
'I
♥ the Thames'
and
is about 4.7k just
short of half
a Dart. We can
optionally
shuttle some
cars down to
the
Runnymede
Pleasure
Ground car
park here,
near the
finish or walk
back:
http://goo.gl/maps/jKmD0 (£4.50 /
3 hours or
£6.00 all
day.)
And the then off for lunch at the Jolly Gardners:
Sef
and Jeremy
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