Yes that really was a lovely swim! The sun was out and everything looked very peaceful and golden. Thanks both for coming. Next week, I work till 6pm on Mon/Tues/Weds but am free all afternoon on Thursday, so could make an earlier start. Happy to continue from Mapledurham Lock, or do Sonning. Obviously Thursday works best for me in terms of timing, but maybe the weather forecast will also come into it. :) Who else is in the running? cheers Helen On 9 Sep 2010, at 23:30, Lindsay Nutbrown wrote:

What a great swim this evening.

Helen and Jeremy, thanks both for coming along and Helen for suggesting the date.

The evening sunlight on the water was beautiful. Parking at the end of Wintringham Way and changing discretely at the edge of the recreation field worked well.The get out point at one of the ladders before Mapledurham lock was very convenient.

Can't wait to do our next Thames swim, hopefully next week - we talked about doing Sonning to Shiplake again or doing the next stretch from where we were today, i.e. further along starting from the other side of Mapledurham lock.

Helen, what days would work for you next week ? At the moment, the only evening I can't do is Tuesday.

Best regards

Lindsay

----- Original Message ----- From: Helen Roche To: Wellingham Jeremy Cc: Lindsay Nutbrown Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [OSS Oxon] [OSS RATS] Mapledurham/Pangbourne swim,this Thursday evening See you both there. cheers Helen On 9 Sep 2010, at 08:33, Wellingham Jeremy wrote:

Great – found it on google maps. Looking forward to this evening. Regards Jeremy From: Lindsay Nutbrown [mailto:lindsay@lecnutbrown.plus.com] Sent: 09 September 2010 08:18 To: Wellingham Jeremy; Helen Roche Cc: ossrats@earth.li; ossoxon@earth.li Subject: Re: [OSS Oxon] [OSS RATS] Mapledurham/Pangbourne swim,this Thursday evening Sounds good to me! See you probably somewhere around the junction of Wintringham Way and Colyton Way, or where ever near there that we can find space to park. Best regards Lindsay

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