We have decided, rather at the last minute,
to make the
weekend of Saturday 13th / Sunday 14th August a two swim
weekend with optional
camping on Saturday night at The Swan at Radcot, where we met
for Swim #7.
This gives everyone a number of possibilities:
Saturday 13th August - Swim #8 Radcot
Lock to Tadpole
Bridge (4.9km)
Sunday 14th August - Swim #9 Tadpole
Bridge to
Tenfoot Bridge (2.8km) or Shifford Lock (5.6km), depending on
how we feel.
Or both swim #8 and swim #9 - Either
camping
overnight or going home, to a hot bath and a soft bed, and
returning on Sunday
morning.
IMPORTANT
If you would like to camp, please let me
(e-mail: jeremy@wellingham.com)
know by reply,
ASAP so that I can tell The Swan how many of us to expect. The
cost will be £5
per tent with no limit to occupancy but I guessing a marquee
may be pushing it.
So buddy up, get to know each other and save money! Camper
vans are £8 (Sorry Bertie).
SATURDAY 13th AUGUST
If you are intending to camp we'll be meeting
on Saturday
13th August at 10:30am at The Swan campsite on the island at
Radcot to pitch
our tents, marked by the green arrow:
If you are intending just to swim on Saturday
13th
August meet up at The Swan campsite, above, at 12:00 midday.
We'll first shuttle a few cars down to
Tadpole Bridge to
bring us back to Radcot at the end of the swim. Then we stroll
down to Radcot
lock to start the swim.(About a 1.6km walk or a mile, in old
money.) We'll get
out at Tadpole Bridge, pick up the cars and drive back to
Radcot. We can then
have a drink at The Swan opposite the campsite before setting up
a Barbeque for
supper. Bring food and drink for yourself/and/or to share. It's
a full moon so,
if we can stay awake, a midnight dip will round off the day.
This is a
combination of swims 15, 16 and 17 from Michael
Worthington’s I Love the
Thames and a distance of 4.9km.
SUNDAY 14th AUGUST
Meet up at The Swan at Radcot campsite, on
the island, at
10:30am Sunday 14th August:
We will shuttle down to Tadpole Bridge in
cars and swim down
to Tenfoot Bridge (2.8km) and walk back to Tadpole Bridge and
the cars. Or if
we decide on going the full distance to Shifford Lock (5.6km) we
will also
shuttle some cars down to Duxford which is the nearest road
access to Shifford
Lock. We can then go back to eat in the Trout at Tadpole bridge
(Posh pub) or
The Swan at Radcot (Not so Posh). (I'll check out menus ahead of
time.) This is
equivalent to equivalent
to
swims 18 & 19 from Michael Worthington’s I Love the
Thames and a distance of 5.6km.
(or 2.8km if we decide to call it a day at Tenfoot Bridge.)
Both
these
swims are reasonably long so bring wetsuits and rubber feet
(and
socks and gloves if you get cold). There will be breaks at
predetermined
points.
The Swan at Radcot:
http://www.swanhotelradcot.co.uk/index.html
The Trout at Tadpole Bridge:
http://www.trout-inn.co.uk/home.aspx
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.outdoorswimming
society.com/index.php?p=swimming_tips&s=responsibili
ty
All swimmers swim at their own risk.
Jeremy and Sef and the Mermaids and Merman of
Team Thames