March 2012 - OSSRATS

Good Friday Full Moon Swim / Swim's 18, 19 and 20 Catch Up / Swim 22 Throw Down
by Chris Dalton 01 Apr '12

01 Apr '12

Hi Gang, Seeing as Good Friday is a Full Moon I thought it would be a grand opportunity to combine the first Full Moon swim of the year with catch-ups of the last few swims and a throw down of the next for those who need them. Followed by a spot of dinner at the pub, possibly! I expect it would be a relatively free-form event as different people need to do different swims but we could all do a splash under the light of the moon before eating. Moonrise is at 19:21 which is a few minutes before sunset so the timing should work out nicely. Who's up for it? CD

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Good Friday Full Moon Swim / Swim's 18, 19 and 20 Catch Up / Swim 22 Throw Down
by Chris Dalton 30 Mar '12

30 Mar '12

Hi All, The swim I'd like to do on Friday is Folly Bridge to Kennington. This is a total distance of about 3.5km and was originally done in sections of 1.5km, 800m and 1.2km in swims 18, 19 and 20. Now the water is back into double figure temperatures this should be perfectly doable! CD

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Re: [OSS RATS] [OSS Oxon] Good Friday Full Moon Swim / Swim's 18, 19 and 20 Catch Up / Swim 22 Throw Down
by Sharon Curtis 29 Mar '12

29 Mar '12

I was going to suggest a celestial swim - if the weather cooperated, a sunset swim could incorporate not only the sun moon and stars, but also Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn! Sharon On 29 Mar 2012 20:56, "Chris Dalton" <seedy(a)breakingglass.net> wrote: Hi Gang,**** ** ** Seeing as Good Friday is a Full Moon I thought it would be a grand opportunity to combine the first Full Moon swim of the year with catch-ups of the last few swims and a throw down of the next for those who need them. Followed by a spot of dinner at the pub, possibly! I expect it would be a relatively free-form event as different people need to do different swims but we could all do a splash under the light of the moon before eating. Moonrise is at 19:21 which is a few minutes before sunset so the timing should work out nicely. **** ** ** Who’s up for it?**** ** ** CD**** _______________________________________________ OSS Oxon mailing list OSSOxon(a)earth.li http://www.earth.li/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ossoxon Please note that OSS Oxon exists to put swimmers in touch with other swimmers, not to organise swim events or in any way suggest that outdoor swimming is a safe activity or that you should go swimming. If you choose to swim you do so entirely at your own risk and on your own initiative, and any plans you make are your own responsibility.

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OSS Swim the Thames #21 - Kennington to Sandford Lock - 11:00am Sunday 25th March 2012
by Chris Dalton 25 Mar '12

25 Mar '12

Hi Gang, If any of you are planning to come along and aren’t on the Facebook Event could you please let me know as I promised the pub I would firm up the numbers for lunch this week. Ta CD From: ossrats-bounces(a)earth.li [mailto:ossrats-bounces@earth.li] On Behalf Of Chris Dalton Sent: 24 February 2012 21:23 To: OSSOxon(a)earth.li; ossrats(a)earth.li Subject: [OSS RATS] OSS Swim the Thames #21 - Kennington to Sandford Lock - 11:00am Sunday 25th March 2012 Ice Maidens and Ice Men of the Isis*, It’s time to start thawing out! By the time 25th March comes about the icy Winter waters should have been replaced by an (almost) tropical Spring flow and even the Neoprene Ninja should be looking forward to jumping in for the 1500m swim. In an attempt to confuse and disorient everyone our Glorious Leaders have delegated the organization of Swim #21 to me and, as such, we will have no tardiness or faffing around thank you very much!!! We will meet in the car park of the Kings Arms at Sandford-on-Thames at 11am (sharp) on Sunday 25th March: <http://g.co/maps/af5ag> http://g.co/maps/af5ag We will then walk upstream to the entry point at the little beach here: <http://g.co/maps/2fqgv> http://g.co/maps/2fqgv and then swim back to the lock next to the pub. There seem to be various possible routes but the possibility of getting lost just adds to the excitement! The car park costs £1 for 3 hours which will be refunded by the pub when we eat. If time is looking tight we can top up with another pound before going into the pub but I’m told that you can’t get a refund if you put in £2 at the start. It’s likely that this swim is part of a swim from Michael Worthington’s book but I don’t have a copy so I don’t know! See you all there!! Chris x * Although, strictly speaking, now we are downstream of Iffley Lock I believe it is just the plain old 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&s=responsib…> http://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/index.php?p=swimming_tips&s=responsib… All swimmers swim at their own risk.

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