[OSS Oxon] OSS Swim the Thames #56 THE END - Kingston Bridge-ish t Twickenham
Sefryn Penrose
sefryn at gmail.com
Tue Sep 17 23:18:08 BST 2013
Short version:
Meet 10.45 (10.30 for peeps with that little extra to do - me, Pam, Paul?)
at Riverside, Teddington - by blue start pin in The
End<http://goo.gl/maps/P6pvp>map.
Shuttle most up to Lower Ham Road leaving dry stuff behind.
Swim down. Hop over lock. Fish slap dance. Swim to obelisk. Have photo
taken as here:
http://tinyurl.com/swimhat<http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7aNe68jdmyM/T-T84sK11oI/AAAAAAAAIXI/Dh8gAMhquEM/s1600/brightonswim.jpg>
Make sure to bring smart hat for photoshoot. Get out. Get dressed. Walk or
shuttle to party boat.
Party.
Locations.
http://goo.gl/maps/P6pvp
Long version:
Suggest pouring yourself a whiskey, making sure the neighbours are out,
perhaps putting this on for some backing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egY8rUpxqcE
Or grab your uke and play along.
And off you go.
Just do it your way.
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And now we’re at the end
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Oh yes we face the final lock cut
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My friend, we swam the Thames
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>From start to end, we swam it all but...
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We have one more to do
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Just one of 150 miles
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And all, almost all of this
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We did it freestyle
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Beset, by boats and crew
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We met them all with brave intention
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Tracy did what she had to do
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And asked each one for some libation
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We planned each charted course
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Each careful stroke around each isle
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And starting at the source
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We swam it freestyle
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Yes there were times
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I’m sure you know
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Where we drank more
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More than we could swallow
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We’ve bobbed and waded on
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And Chris’s Garmin buzzed at every mile
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Adam wrangled every swan
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And we did it freestyle
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Sewage burst its tanks
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We had our fill of good Thames water
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But Charles was on the bank
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With Macaroons, and tea for afters
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To think, we did all that
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>From trolls we never shied away
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Oh no, we butterflied
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Each six-lane highway
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Meet at Riverside Drive, faff, put rubber on
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>From Kingston Bridge, swim to Teddington
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And Port of London jurisdiction
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Now what will feed Neil’s addiction?
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Just one more mile, then we’ll swim the Nile,
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We’ll do it freestyle
We did it freestyle
Signin' off,
Ol' Father Blue Eyes and the ratpack fish of the Tidal Thames
Elvis has left the building.
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