April 2012 - OSSRATS

Re: [OSS RATS] [OSS Oxon] OSS Swim the Thames #23 - Sunday 22nd April - Radley to Abingdon Lock
by Chris Dalton 22 Apr '12

22 Apr '12

Hi Gang, Thanks to Hywel for arranging such good weather for his swim today! The details turned out to be: Distance travelled today: 4.82 km (or 2.51km to the rail bridge) Total distance travelled: 104.38 km Distance travelled since Cricklade: 82.06 km Distance remaining to Teddington Lock: 141.12 km Distance remaining to Sea Reach No1 Buoy: 252.18 km Map and track etc on the blog: http://www.swimthethames.com CD From: ossoxon-bounces(a)earth.li [mailto:ossoxon-bounces@earth.li] On Behalf Of Hywel Davies Sent: 15 April 2012 10:05 To: OSSOxon(a)earth.li; OSSRats(a)earth.li Subject: [OSS Oxon] OSS Swim the Thames #23 - Sunday 22nd April - Radley to Abingdon Lock Fellow floaters, It’s time to put down those Easter eggs and pick up the pace, this swim will be a little longer(~4.5km) than recent ones but there will be options to get out early. Access to the river is a little tricky around here so we'll park near the finish and shuttle to the start. Let’s meet at 10:30 at the large car park just south east of Abingdon Bridge http://g.co/maps/cuxtq , the car park is not free so bring some change, we should get away with paying for 3 hours. Faffing will commence at 10:30 but it will end at 11:00 when we will all be rubbered up and take 2/3/4 cars to the start at Radley boat house, there isn't space for many cars here. We'll leave our dry clothes at Abingdon Bridge car park. Then it’s the easy bit, we'll swim downstream with the Thames path on our right with a pit stop(or early exit) at 2.5km just after the railway bridge. Then we'll aim to swim on to Abingdon lock, there looks like another early get out option at http://g.co/maps/hmfr4 . There are fairly obvious paths from these get out points back to the Abingdon Bridge car park but you'll need to walk them in your swimming kit. We'll return by car for lunch at the Bowyers Arms next to Radley station to use their free car park and hospitality. Please email me or accept the invitation in facebook before Sunday morning if you are coming so that we have an idea of numbers. Hywel. 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=responsib…> &s=responsibility All swimmers swim at their own risk. _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2411/4937 - Release Date: 04/14/12

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Re: [OSS RATS] [OSS Oxon] OSS Swim the Thames #23 - Sunday 22nd April - Radley to Abingdon Lock
by Claire Tuckett 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

Dear all, Unfortunately I won't be around to join in the half marathon swim this weekend in chilly and rainy conditions. I will be sunning myself in the blue skies and heatwave that is currently moving towards the Isle of Wight in time for meteor shower watching on Saturday night (oh yes it is...). Hope you all have fun and hope to catch up with this one soon, maybe in two halves, prior to the next one. Enjoy, cold floaters and cake eaters. Claire x Ps. see some of you in the mud somewhere in essex sometime soon. Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 02:04:57 -0700 From: hywel_davies(a)yahoo.com To: OSSOxon(a)earth.li; OSSRats(a)earth.li Subject: [OSS Oxon] OSS Swim the Thames #23 - Sunday 22nd April - Radley to Abingdon Lock Fellow floaters, It’s time to put down those Easter eggs and pick up the pace, this swim will be a little longer(~4.5km) than recent ones but there will be options to get out early. Access to the river is a little tricky around here so we'll park near the finish and shuttle to the start. Let’s meet at 10:30 at the large car park just south east of Abingdon Bridge http://g.co/maps/cuxtq , the car park is not free so bring some change, we should get away with paying for 3 hours. Faffing will commence at 10:30 but it will end at 11:00 when we will all be rubbered up and take 2/3/4 cars to the start at Radley boat house, there isn't space for many cars here. We'll leave our dry clothes at Abingdon Bridge car park. Then it’s the easy bit, we'll swim downstream with the Thames path on our right with a pit stop(or early exit) at 2.5km just after the railway bridge. Then we'll aim to swim on to Abingdon lock, there looks like another early get out option at http://g.co/maps/hmfr4 . There are fairly obvious paths from these get out points back to the Abingdon Bridge car park but you'll need to walk them in your swimming kit. We'll return by car for lunch at the Bowyers Arms next to Radley station to use their free car park and hospitality. Please email me or accept the invitation in facebook before Sunday morning if you are coming so that we have an idea of numbers. Hywel. 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… All swimmers swim at their own risk. _______________________________________________ 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 #23 - Sunday 22nd April - Radley to Abingdon Lock
by Hywel Davies 16 Apr '12

16 Apr '12

I sent this out to OSS Oxon yesterday, so I apologise if you receive this twice. Fellow floaters, It’s time to put down those Easter eggs and pick up the pace, this swim will be a little longer(~4.5km) than recent ones but there will be options to get out early. Access to the river is a little tricky around here so we'll park near the finish and shuttle to the start. Let’s meet at 10:30 at the large car park just south east of Abingdon Bridge http://g.co/maps/cuxtq , the car park is not free so bring some change, we should get away with paying for 3 hours. Faffing will commence at 10:30 but it will end at 11:00 when we will all be rubbered up and take 2/3/4 cars to the start at Radley boat house, there isn't space for many cars here. We'll leave our dry clothes at Abingdon Bridge car park. Then it’s the easy bit, we'll swim downstream with the Thames path on our right with a pit stop(or early exit) at 2.5km just after the railway bridge. Then we'll aim to swim on to Abingdon lock, there looks like another early get out option at http://g.co/maps/hmfr4 . There are fairly obvious paths from these get out points back to the Abingdon Bridge car park but you'll need to walk them in your swimming kit. We'll return by car for lunch at the Bowyers Arms next to Radley station to use their free car park and hospitality. Please email me or accept the invitation in facebook before Sunday morning if you are coming so that we have an idea of numbers. Hywel. 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… All swimmers swim at their own risk.

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Re: [OSS RATS] OSS Swim the Thames #22
by Chris Dalton 09 Apr '12

09 Apr '12

Hi Gang, I have updated the blog with all the details of the swims I missed over the winter up to and including today. I have also added a summary of Year 1. For those of you who don't know, the blog can be found here: http://www.swimthethames.com I would encourage any of you who are interested to add your own words/thoughts/photos to the blog. Distance travelled today: 2.74 km Total distance travelled: 99.56 km Distance travelled since Cricklade: 77.24 km Distance remaining to Teddington Lock: 145.94 km Distance remaining to Sea Reach No1 Buoy: 257.0 km (*) (*) - Updated distance as measured from OS map. CD

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Good Friday Catchups - Swims 18, 19 and 20.
by Chris Dalton 05 Apr '12

05 Apr '12

Dear All, Myself and Chloe will be doing the stretch from Folly Bridge to Kennington on Friday evening which was previously done in December, January and February as swims 18, 19 and 20. We will meet in the Health Centre car park in Kennington opposite The Tandem pub at 4pm on Friday 6th April 2012: http://g.co/maps/dkebh Once changed, we will do the (rather long) walk up to Folly Bridge and then swim back - a distance of just under 3.5km. This should get us finished in time to then zoom across town to meet up with the Full Moon swimmers at Godstow Lock for a quick (possibly non-wetsuit!) second dip. Anyone is welcome to join us for any or all of the above swim. It would be helpful if you could let me know if you are planning to come along. CD 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=responsib ility> &s=responsibility All swimmers swim at their own risk.

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OSS Swim the Thames #22 Monday 9th April
by Jeremy Wellingham 04 Apr '12

04 Apr '12

Allo allo ice men and ice maidens of the Isis (for we still have not reverted fully to the Thames according to the 1st edition OS, and snow is forecast), This Easter Monday finds us afloat from Sandford Lock to Radley boat house, downriver a distance of 2.65km (thanks Neil). On our left, Nuneham Courteney, erstwhile home of the Earls Harcourt, the first of whom moved the village out of the way in order to better landscape the estate. Now occupied by the Global Retreat Centre, what oneness we shall feel with the world when we slip out of the water at the boathouses opposite. This little stretch was a favourite of Charles Dodson (Lewis Carroll), and he got wet here regularly with the young prototype Alice. The boathouses themselves belong to the boys of Radley College. Alumni of that fine establishment include the great historian Christopher Hibbert, the indefatiguable campaigning lawyer, Clive Stafford-Smith, England's test cricket captain, Andrew Strauss, and who could forget Richard Gibson, best known for his exceptional performance in the complex role of Herr Flick in TV's 'Allo 'Allo. So, wet bobs (Radley slang doncha know), get ye to Radley Station carpark at 11.00am on Easter Monday 9th April. http://g.co/maps/qraq7 There will be a bit of shallying I am afraid due to access issues so pay attention (I shall say zis only once): the boathouse is about 1km from the station - we will walk there and get changed into rubbers and pack all dry gear into a couple of cars (there isn't room for more). We will then walk up to Sandford Lock - 2.5km - and swim down. On getting out, change into dry gear at the boathouse and walk back to Radley for a resurrecting lunch at the Bowyer Arms. Toodle pip until then, Jeremimi & Seffyvette and the Fanny La Fins of the Isis e-mail: oxford(a)outdoorswimmingsociety.com 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… swimmers swim at their own risk. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

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Re: [OSS RATS] [OSS Oxon] OSS Swim the Thames #22 Monday 9th April
by Jo-Anne Rutterford 04 Apr '12

04 Apr '12

Yup - the cold and algae has finally taken its toll on our erstwhile leader, she has gone completely bonkers!!! Good job we love her anyway :o) Enjoy your swim everyone - might go for a dip in the Atlantic myself in sympathy with you all - which I hasten to add is apparently at 12 degrees already (didn't feel like that earlier this week!!). Miss you all xxxxx Jo Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 22:40:53 +0100 From: sefryn(a)gmail.com To: OSSOxon(a)earth.li; ossrats(a)earth.li Subject: [OSS Oxon] OSS Swim the Thames #22 Monday 9th April Allo allo ice men and ice maidens of the Isis (for we still have not reverted fully to the Thames according to the 1st edition OS, and snow is forecast), This Easter Monday finds us afloat from Sandford Lock to Radley boat house, downriver a distance of 2.65km (thanks Neil). On our left, Nuneham Courteney, erstwhile home of the Earls Harcourt, the first of whom moved the village out of the way in order to better landscape the estate. Now occupied by the Global Retreat Centre, what oneness we shall feel with the world when we slip out of the water at the boathouses opposite. This little stretch was a favourite of Charles Dodson (Lewis Carroll), and he got wet here regularly with the young prototype Alice. The boathouses themselves belong to the boys of Radley College. Alumni of that fine establishment include the great historian Christopher Hibbert, the indefatiguable campaigning lawyer, Clive Stafford-Smith, England's test cricket captain, Andrew Strauss, and who could forget Richard Gibson, best known for his exceptional performance in the complex role of Herr Flick in TV's 'Allo 'Allo. So, wet bobs (Radley slang doncha know), get ye to Radley Station carpark at 11.00am on Easter Monday 9th April. http://g.co/maps/qraq7 There will be a bit of shallying I am afraid due to access issues so pay attention (I shall say zis only once): the boathouse is about 1km from the station - we will walk there and get changed into rubbers and pack all dry gear into a couple of cars (there isn't room for more). We will then walk up to Sandford Lock - 2.5km - and swim down. On getting out, change into dry gear at the boathouse and walk back to Radley for a resurrecting lunch at the Bowyer Arms. Toodle pip until then, Jeremimi & Seffyvette and the Fanny La Fins of the Isis e-mail: oxford(a)outdoorswimmingsociety.com 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… All swimmers swim at their own risk. _______________________________________________ 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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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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