Hang Ten this Sunday and go with the rip. With the Thames
in full spate we continue with our current assisted swims
and have another 4.9km (feels like 3km!) swim from South
Stoke almost to Gatehampton. (We need to pace ourselves for
the next stretch which will finish in Pangbourne.) Swim
number 30 – is it really that many since we started at
Easter last year? – will be a momentous milestone as we will
cross the half way mark shortly after starting on our
non-tidal Thames journey from the Source to Teddington.
Look out for performances of Thames Barrier and Falange of
Boboons to mark the occasion. We will also be swimming
through the famous Goring Gap via Cleeve Lock (keep to the
right) and then Goring Lock (keep to the the left). Walkers
will start along the Ridgeway at South Stoke on the left
bank and will join the Thames path at Goring, which crosses
the river to the left bank to meet the Ridgeway and the
ancient Icknield Way. Goring was a major crossing point of
the Thames in ancient times. This swim is
swim 43,44 and some of 45 in the I ♥ the Thames
book.
Sunday
15 July 2012 at 10:00am South Stoke
We
will meet at swim entry point at the end of Ferry Lane in
South Stoke at, where there is limited parking (Green Arrow
marks the spot):
Parking will also be available at the Perch and
Pike, where we will be lunching afterwards, which is a 5-10
minute walk away from the start point at the end of Ferry
Lane (Green
Arrow marks the spot):
We will swim down to just before
Brunel's
And shuttle back to the Perch and Pike for Lunch
Sef, Jeremy and the Falange of Bobboons of the Thames
Barrier
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