Short version:

Meet 10.45 (10.30 for peeps with that little extra to do - me, Pam, Paul?) at Riverside, Teddington - by blue start pin in The Endhttp://goo.gl/maps/P6pvpmap. Shuttle most up to Lower Ham Road leaving dry stuff behind. Swim down. Hop over lock. Fish slap dance. Swim to obelisk. Have photo taken as here: http://tinyurl.com/swimhathttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7aNe68jdmyM/T-T84sK11oI/AAAAAAAAIXI/Dh8gAMhquEM/s1600/brightonswim.jpg Make sure to bring smart hat for photoshoot. Get out. Get dressed. Walk or shuttle to party boat. Party.

Locations. http://goo.gl/maps/P6pvp

Long version: Suggest pouring yourself a whiskey, making sure the neighbours are out, perhaps putting this on for some backing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egY8rUpxqcE Or grab your uke and play along. And off you go. Just do it your way.

D D7+ And now we’re at the end

A6 B7 Oh yes we face the final lock cut

Em Em7 My friend, we swam the Thames

A7 D

From start to end, we swam it all but...

D7 D7+ D7 We have one more to do

G Gm Just one of 150 miles

D A7 And all, almost all of this

G Gm6 D We did it freestyle

D D7+ Beset, by boats and crew

A6 B7 We met them all with brave intention

Em Em7 Tracy did what she had to do

A7 D And asked each one for some libation

D7 D7+ D7 We planned each charted course

G Gm Each careful stroke around each isle

D A7 And starting at the source

G Gm6 D We swam it freestyle

D Yes there were times

Am7 I’m sure you know

G G Where we drank more

Gm6 More than we could swallow

Em7 A7 We’ve bobbed and waded on

F#m7 Bm7 And Chris’s Garmin buzzed at every mile

Em7 A7 Adam wrangled every swan

G Gm6 D And we did it freestyle

D D7+ Sewage burst its tanks

A6 B7 We had our fill of good Thames water

Em Em7 But Charles was on the bank

A7 D With Macaroons, and tea for afters

D7 D7+ D7 To think, we did all that

G Gm

From trolls we never shied away

D A7 Oh no, we butterflied

G Gm6 D Each six-lane highway

D Am7 Meet at Riverside Drive, faff, put rubber on

G G Gm6

From Kingston Bridge, swim to Teddington

Em7 A7 And Port of London jurisdiction

F#m7 Bm7 Now what will feed Neil’s addiction?

Em7 A7 Just one more mile, then we’ll swim the Nile,

G Gm6 D We’ll do it freestyle

We did it freestyle

Signin' off,

Ol' Father Blue Eyes and the ratpack fish of the Tidal Thames

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