Swim 51 Track: Staines Penton Hook Lock to Chertsey Meads

Swim 51 Map: Staines Penton Hook Lock to Chertsey Meads

Swim 51: Staines Penton Hook Lock to Chertsey Meads

We met at the first car park at Chertsey Meads:

http://goo.gl/maps/JL41i

We then walked up to the start at Staines Penton Lock (you can either swim across or cross at Chertsey bridge):

http://goo.gl/maps/6NAsI

And then swam back to a small beach near the car park:

http://goo.gl/maps/a29Ox

Simples. This is swim 69 in Michael Worthington's 'I ♥ the Thames'' and is about 3.5k

Swim 50 Track: Runnymede Bell Weir Lock to Staines Penton Hook Lock

Swim 50 Map: Runnymede Bell Weir Lock to Staines Penton Hook Lock

Swim 50: Runnymede Bell Weir Lock to Staines Penton Hook Lock

We met here, in the Runnymede Pleasure grounds car park:

http://goo.gl/maps/wiFQp

(Parking is £4.50 / 3 hours or £6.00 all day.)

We shuttled a couple of cars down to a small car park at Egham Hythe, near the finish but on the wrong side of the river. (But you can swim across, right?) here:

http://goo.gl/maps/vTVqn

(Small car park but free.)

We got changed, strolled down to Bell Weir Lock:

http://goo.gl/maps/uGiAH

We jumped in and swam down to Penton Hook Lock,

http://goo.gl/maps/cm1L2

stopping for Elevenses on the way down. This is swim 68 in Michael Worthington's 'I ♥ the Thames'' and is about 4.5k.

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