Despite the continued deluge, the weekend's sunny weather means the river is looking possible again.
So, we will pick up on the abandoned swim for Saturday 19th May from
Abingdon Lock to Culham Lock. This will be an approximately
4.15km swim - #34 in Michael Worthington's I
♥
the Thames
.
Details below (please let me know by email about lunch - see below).
We will still have to be vigilant. The river is fast-flowing and we will have to be sensible about safety. Please be prepared to stay in groups. Look out for the confirmation e-mail on
Friday.
We'll meet here in the free car park at Culham at 10:30am
on Saturday 19th May 2012:
http://g.co/maps/ynxdp
Get changed, and shuttle up to the car park at Abingdon
Bridge, where we met for the last swim: (Will need money for
parking in this one - £1.20 for 3 hours)
http://g.co/maps/rzf3d
From here it is a relatively short walk (0.75km) to Abingdon
Lock across the fields, where we'll start our swim from:
http://g.co/maps/x77ep
We can have a breather around half way, just past the Marina
entrance on the opposite bank, where there appears to be a
beach of sorts:
http://g.co/maps/v5rh6
ending up at Culham lock next to the car park. From there
we'll repair to the George & Dragon
for a spot of lunch: (Tel:
01235 848142 )
Can you confirm by e-mail if you will be staying for lunch?
http://g.co/maps/an9n4
Sef & Jeremy and the Barbus barbus of the Isis isis.
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