Hi Gang, Another camping weekend survived! Distance travelled: 5.10 and 4.91 km Total distance travelled: 133.60 km Distance travelled since Cricklade: 111.28 km Distance remaining to Teddington Lock: 111.90 km Distance remaining to Sea Reach No1 Buoy: 222.96 km Distance Driven: 2,907.9 km Map and track etc on the blog: http://www.swimthethames.com CD From: ossrats-bounces@earth.li [mailto:ossrats-bounces@earth.li] On Behalf Of Jeremy Wellingham Sent: 24 June 2012 21:15 To: ossoxon@earth.li; ossrats@earth.li Subject: [OSS RATS] OSS Swim the Thames #28 and #29 - Shillingford to South Stoke via Carmel - 2:00pm Saturday 30 June 2012 / 9:30am Sunday 01 July Greeting to all Post Solstice Pagans, For everyone who missed seeing the sun rise on the Solstice it is now the meteorological season of summer - really. Thanks to Adam, another double swim weekend, with a camp at our new favourite location, Carmel College, is scheduled for the weekend of Saturday 30th June - Sunday 01st July. And as compensation for the disappointing Solstice there will be an - almost - full moon to howl at. You're welcome to come to either or both swims and camp or not as you feel inclined. The camp site does not have any facilities, bar access to a loo, so please come prepared for a degree of self sufficiency. We will be barbecuing on Saturday night so bring food and drink for yourselves and/or to share. The camp site is on the river and we hope - weather permitting - to have an evening dip/midnight swim by the light of the moon. The camp site is also the Saturday egress and Sunday ingress point for the swims. Please let me know if you intend to camp. (You may want to arrive early to pitch tents before the swim and will need directions to the pitches.) (There is also a possibility for a Friday and/or Sunday camp for those that might want to do catch up swims.) Saturday 30th June 2:00pm Carmel College - Shillingford to Carmel - 4.83km (Approximately swim 39 and 40 in the I ♥ the Thames book) We will meet at Carmel College on the hard standing (Where we rendezvoused for the last camp) at the point indicated by the green arrow (OS 461052,187668) at 2pm: http://goo.gl/maps/0NUl Please approach Carmel College along the road marked on Google maps as Constitution Hill. This is the turning off the A4074 Oxford to Reading road just before/after the B4009 turning to Goring. We will then shuttle up to the bus stop opposite the Benson Cafe and depart from there at 2:30pm for a 1km walk to the Shillingford entry point: http://goo.gl/maps/6H0B The exit point is at the camp site near the old boat House: http://goo.gl/maps/8Ek8 Sunday 1st July 9:30am Carmel College - Carmel to South Stoke - 4.74km (Approximately swim 41 and 42 in the I ♥ the Thames book) Non campers meet at Carmel College on the hard standing (Where we rendezvoused for the last camp) at the point indicated by the green arrow (OS 461052,187668) at 9:30am (Same as Saturday): http://goo.gl/maps/0NUl Please approach Carmel College along the road marked on Google maps as Constitution Hill. This is the turning off the A4074 Oxford to Reading road just before/after the B4009 turning to Goring. You will be met and guided to the camp site where we will enter the water at 10am near the old Boat House: http://goo.gl/maps/8Ek8 Dry changing kit will be shuttled down to the exit point. We will swim down to South Stoke and get out at the the slipway: http://goo.gl/maps/cKDp Where we will repair to the Perch and Pike for lunch. http://www.perchandpike.co.uk Note: The later start on Saturday, after lunch, is to allow peeps to do a Saturday morning catch up swim and the early start on Sunday to allow peeps to do a Sunday afternoon catch up, if they would like to. Adam, Sef and Jeremy and the Perchies and Pikies of the Thames 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.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/index.php?p=swimming_tips <http://www. outdoorswimmingsociety.com/index.php?p=swimming_tips&s=responsibility> &s=responsibility All swimmers swim at their own risk.