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June 2011

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Swim the Thames #2 - catchup for those that missed it Water Eaton to Castle Eaton (Red Lion)
by Jeremy Wellingham 18 Jun '11

18 Jun '11

Details of Swim #2 (Catch up for those that missed it the first time around) in OSS Oxford and Reading's Swim the Thames event series. This is the second swim of the OSS Swim the Thames event and we will pick up where we left off at Water Eaton footbridge. Hopefully by now the Thames will be deep enough to allow for more swimming than wading. The swim will combine swims 3 and 4 and some of swim 5 from Michael Worthington's book - 'I Love the Thames' - and will cover about 4km. We will be meeting at 10:30 on Sat 25 June 2011 in the Red Lion car park at Castle Eaton (marked by the green arrow). We have promised we will eat lunch there at the end of our swim. http://tinyurl.com/CastleEatonRL <http://tinyurl.com/CastleEatonRL> The swim will be from Water Eaton footbridge (marked by green arrow) http://tinyurl.com/WaterEatonFoB <http://tinyurl.com/WaterEatonFoB> to the Red Lion. We will walk up stream to the Water Eaton footbridge along the Thames path to familarise ourselves with the river. Then swim back to the Red Lion for lunch. The Red Lion is the first pub on the Thames and the grounds go down to the river so must be part of the Swim the Thames experience. Following our experience with swim (wade) #1 this is going to require a decent pair of 'feet' - a pair of surf boots with thick grip soles - but you can get cheap shoes of the kind that you can buy at the beach for very little and they'll do, either on their own, or with a pair of wetsuit socks which are again quite cheap. (See OSS Facebook Wading shoes discussion http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55781602829&v=app_2373072738#!/topic.… <http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=55781602829&topic=17110> ). 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&s=responsib… <http://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/index.php?p=swimming_tips&s=responsib…> See you there! Jeremy & Sef Oxford(a)outdoorswimmingsociety.com

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OSS Swim the Thames #4 - #8 (and catchup) dates for your diaries
by Jeremy Wellingham 03 Jun '11

03 Jun '11

/For the folks who are Facebook refuseniks here are the dates for your diaries for the next set of OSS Swim the Thames events. We will send out individual updates for each event nearer the time when we have more details on the meeting places and exit points following a recce. We may adjust the start finish based on progress of previous swims but these are the days when we will be swimming so pencil them into your diaries and keep an eye open for final joining instructions! //Sat11Jun11 Swim #4 Hannington Bridge to Inglesham (5.7km) (camp overnight) (Swim 8 in MW book) Sun12Jun11 Swim #5 Inglesham to Buscott Lock (3.9km) (Swim 9 & 10 in MW book) Sun26Jun11 Swim #2 (Catchup for those who missed the original event) Water Eaton House to Castle Eaton (Red Lion) (4km) (Any other catch up swims could take place this weekend - notes available to budding co-ordinators) Sun10Jul11 Big Jump Oxford Sun17Jul11 Swim #6 Buscott to Grafton Lock (5.4km) (Swim 11 & 12 in MW book Sat30Jul11 Swim #7 Grafton Lock to Radcott Lock (4.0km) (Swim 13 & 14 in MW book) Sun14Aug11 Swim#8 Radcott Lock to Tadpole Bridge (5.5km) (Swim 15, 16 & 17 in MW book) Jeremy, Sef & the intrepid folk of Team Thames Oxford(a)OutdoorSwimmingSociety.com <http://ety.com/>/

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