Swim 34: Thames Valley Park to Shiplake College

We did this swim on the Sunday of Reading Festival weekend but there were no issues - you would have never had known it was on.

We met at Shiplake church (there is limited parking along the road opposite the church, which is obviously a potential issue on a Sunday).

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There is alternative on-street parking available on Mill Lane, here:

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We left as many cars here as possible here. We also called the college and got permission to leave a few at Shiplake College boathouse with our dry clothes.

We then shuttled to Thames Valley Park for the start of the swim.

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We swam down to Sonning Lock where we stopped for a snack, then down to a beach just past the 'Wires' for proper refuelling and stopping for anyone who wanted a shorter stretch before continuing down to Shiplake College for a total distance of just over 6km.