Pagans of the Thames,
Welcome to the
Lessor Sabbat of Litha. It's Solstice weekend and mid summer is
upon us - time to celebrate the wonders of the British Summer.
Before the swim there is a test of your navigation skills to find
the meeting place. To avoid paying for parking we will meet on the
single track Ham Lane, just as it crosses the river a short way
upstream of the finish at Old Windsor Lock:
http://goo.gl/maps/g77B1
You
can park on
the verge at
the edge of
the road. (At
least that's
how it looks
from Street
View.)
We'll
meet at
10:30am BST on
Sunday 23 June
2013.
Get
changed, walk
up to Romney
Lock crossing
the Albert and
Victoria
bridges with a
brief excursion
into Datchet
along the way.
We'll
jump in at
Romney Lock
and swim down
to Old Windsor
Lock - this is
swim 66 in
Michael
Worthington's
'I
♥ the Thames'
and
is about 4.8k or
half a Dart.
Have
elevenses half
way down
at spot to be
found on our
walk up -
around Datchet.
From Old
Windsor Lock
it is brief
walk back to
the cars.
Then
on to a pub
for lunch -
probably the Bells
of Ouzeley -
Have you been
to a Harvester
before?
http://goo.gl/maps/MU95l
http://www.harvester.co.uk/thebellsofouzeleyoldwindsor/
Sef
and Jeremy
PS
Sorry about
lack of
camping this
weekend -
suitable camp
sites all
taken.
We'll try
again for weekend
of 6/7th July.
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