We are the Outdoor Swimming Society’s ‘Swim the Thames’ group, swimming the entire length of the River Thames as it flows from source to sea, through countryside meadows, Cotswold villages, market towns, and great cities. Follow us here to track our progress as we wade, walk, breaststroke, crawl and butterfly our wet way from the source of the great river to Teddington... and beyond.
Showing posts with label Swim 52. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Swim 52. Show all posts
Saturday, 3 August 2013
Swim 52: Chertsey Meads to Desborough Island
We met here:
http://goo.gl/maps/yGoai
This is the free Chertsey Meads car park that we used at the end of swim #51. We then shuttled 2 or 3 cars containing our dry eating togs down to a small free car park at the finish.
http://goo.gl/maps/Xzixo
Then we swam the 2.5 km to Shepperton Lock which was a good place to meet bank support for cakes. After the lock the river gave us options but we stuck to our left and took the scenic M shaped route going north of Desborough Island. The finish point is a slipway on the top of the first part of the M about 1km from the lock:
http://goo.gl/maps/uArPu
http://goo.gl/maps/yGoai
This is the free Chertsey Meads car park that we used at the end of swim #51. We then shuttled 2 or 3 cars containing our dry eating togs down to a small free car park at the finish.
http://goo.gl/maps/Xzixo
Then we swam the 2.5 km to Shepperton Lock which was a good place to meet bank support for cakes. After the lock the river gave us options but we stuck to our left and took the scenic M shaped route going north of Desborough Island. The finish point is a slipway on the top of the first part of the M about 1km from the lock:
http://goo.gl/maps/uArPu
Location:
Shepperton, Surrey, UK
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