Notropis rubellus of the Thames,
We are near to mid winter and we will
celebrate with a token 1 km swim towards
our target of the end of the Thames,
where ever that may be.
The Thames is in full flood at 144 m^3/s today
(Down from 168m^3/s last weekend)
and a toasty 4ºC, according to Maidenhead Rowing
Club. And
the red boards are out for the whole
length of the Thames!
We will assess
the conditions at
the weekend and may have to
postpone the swim if conditions are
still too wild. Keep
an eye open for updates
via OSSOxon, OSSRATS and the
OSS
Thames
Facebook page.
We'll meet at Bourne End station car park
at 11:00am on Sunday 9 December:
http://goo.gl/maps/b3pnv
This will cost £2 for all day but is as near to our exit point as
possible. We'll appreciate this when we
get out.
To warm up we'll walk down
to the river and then along the Thames path to Spade
Oak, where we got out last time. This will be
familiar to those
who have been on the two previous
Thames swims.
We'll jump / tip toe cautiously in to the river here:
http://goo.gl/maps/iCKhv
and
swim about a 1km down to
the railway bridge and exit on the right past the railway bridge immediately past a gate on the
footpath - don't forget to
butterfly under the bridge! - just here:
http://goo.gl/maps/LOJoK
Next we'll cross over
the river on the railway bridge
footpath and back to the station car park to get changed.
Ann Chance
will kindly be hosting refreshments at her house - directions handed out on the day. Big
Thanks to Ann.
Jeremy
and Sef and the Percina shumardi of the Thames
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