65@65 SWIM #5 THE THAMES AGAIN, AGAIN. LECHLADE TO BUSCOT

Paying respect to Father Thames

Lechlade to Buscot is a swim I have done several times. This is a must-swim swim, for three reasons. To see the beautiful town of Lechlade, and Ha'Penny Bridge. To pay respect to Father Thames, whose statue is at St John's Lock. To swim around the populars which line the winding Thames downstream of St John's Lock, imagining Monet at every turn.

St John's Lock, and Father Thames, a few years earlier