The Thames Trot Maria Wilke

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Maria Wilke has already done 55.2 km

Latest activity on the course at 08:00, Monday, 12 October.
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Days until challenge ends 1267.
Keep up the good work. You are 238 km from reaching Thames Barriers in East London.
Percent done: 18%. Currently you average 1 km/day. At this pace you'll be done in 238 days on Friday, 13 December.
You need to average 0.2 km/day to reach goal before Saturday, 31 October.

Henrik Larsson is 9.4 km behind. Kiki Henrysdotter is 7.2 km ahead.

Points of interest

Tadpole Bridge

Tadpole Bridge is a road bridge across the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England, carrying a road between Bampton to the north and Buckland to the south. It crosses the Thames on the reach above Shifford Lock. It is a Grade II listed building.The bridge dates from the late 18th century, the earliest reference to it being in 1784. It is built of stone, and consists of one large arch.There is a public house near Tadpole Bridge called The Trout. Thacker noted that at one time the legend over the door read "The Trout, kept by A. Herring".


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Chimney, Oxfordshire

Chimney is a hamlet on the River Thames near Shifford Lock, 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Witney in Oxfordshire. It is part of the civil parish of Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney. Chimney Meadows 620 acres (250 ha) is the largest nature reserve managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. == History == Chimney's toponym is derived Old English, meaning "Island of a man named Ceomma". A series of ring ditches to the west of the hamelt have been scheduled as an ancient monument, as has an oval causewayed enclosure which is approximately 150 metres (490 ft) across.A large Anglo-Saxon cemetery, in use from the mid 10th century to the mid 11th century, has been found west of Chimney Farm.

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Chimney Meadows

Chimney Meadows is a 49.6-hectare (123-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Abingdon-on-Thames and Faringdon in Oxfordshire. It is also a National Nature Reserve, and part of the 308-hectare (760-acre) Chimney Meadows nature reserve, which is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.This site, which consists of six botanically rich alluvial meadows, is bordered on the south by the River Thames. The meadows are intersected by ditches, most of which are covered in reed canary-grass. The most common grasses are crested dog's-tail, creeping bent, perennial rye-grass, hairy sedge and glaucous sedge.

Photo: Rod Allday (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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Duxford, Oxfordshire

Duxford is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hinton Waldrist 5.5 miles (9 km) northeast of Faringdon. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. It is on the south bank of the River Thames, where there is a ford leading to Chimney on the north bank. == History == Duxford's toponym has evolved from Dudochesforde in the Domesday Book of 1086 via Dukesford in the 13th century, and Duddelesford and Dodekelesford in the 14th century before reaching its present form.The manor of Duxford had an area of three hides. A Saxon called Alwi held it during the reign of Edward the Confessor, but by the time of the Domesday Book it had been granted to William of Normandy's half-brother Odo, Bishop of Bayeux.

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Tenfoot Bridge

Tenfoot Bridge is a wooden footbridge across the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England. It is situated on the reach above Shifford Lock and was built in 1869. It connects Buckland on the south bank to Chimney on the north. The name derives from a pre-existing weir which had a 10-foot-wide flash lock (3.0 m) in it. In 1867 there were complaints about the state of the weir bridge and after a dispute, the Thames Conservancy removed the weir and built the bridge two years later.The Thames Path passes the bridge on the north bank, but does not cross it.

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