The Thames Trot Ola Sjöstrand

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Ola Sjöstrand has already done 194.3 km

Latest activity on the course at 14:50, Saturday, 31 October.
Current weather: Light rain and 14.2°C. Wind 7.2 m/s from S
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Days until challenge ends 1246.
Keep up the good work. You are 99 km from reaching Thames Barriers in East London.
Percent done: 66%. Currently you average 1 km/day. At this pace you'll be done in 99 days on Saturday, 6 July.
You need to average 0.1 km/day to reach goal before Saturday, 31 October.

Lina Wennersten is 19.6 km behind. Angela Åström is 0.2 km ahead.

Points of interest

Monkey Island, Bray

Monkey Island is an island in the River Thames in England, on the reach above Boveney Lock. Its nearest village is Bray, Berkshire. Its dominant building is a small hotel since the late 19th century. The reach on which it sits is a main reach in boat hiring and tour boating, between Windsor and Maidenhead. The island and the reach have been a tour destination since Georgian times – particularly so after its purchase by the Duke of Marlborough of 1738 (of the current Dukedom well-noted for Blenheim Palace) who in nameplay put colourful statues of monkeys in his various gardens for visitors to discover.

Photo: Nancy (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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Bray Lock

Bray Lock is a lock and weir on the River Thames in England near Bray and Dorney Reach, and is just above the M4 Bridge across the Thames. The lock is on the Buckinghamshire side of the river on the opposite bank from Bray itself and Maidenhead which are in Berkshire. Here, the county line stands roughly halfway between the lock and the opposite bank, following the course of the Thames itself. The pound lock was built by the Thames Navigation Commission relatively late in 1845 The lock keeper's cottage is on an island (Parting Eyot) between the lock and the weir. The weir is almost level with the lock and runs straight across to the opposite bank from the other side of the lock island.

Photo: The original uploader was Robneild at English Wikipedia. (CC-BY-SA-3.0)
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M4 Thames Bridge

The M4 Thames Bridge Maidenhead is a motorway bridge between Dorney Reach, Buckinghamshire and Bray near Maidenhead, Berkshire in England built in the 1960s. The bridge carries the M4 Motorway across the River Thames, on the reach above Boveney Lock, and about 500 yards short of Bray Lock. It is one of three bridges carrying motorway traffic across the Thames, the others being the M25 Runnymede Bridge (just below Bell Weir Lock) and the M3 Chertsey Bridge. There is also a pedestrian walkway on either side of the bridge, which allows people to access Bray Village from the Dorney side of the Thames.

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Headpile Eyot

Headpile Eyot is long and narrow eyot in the River Thames, situated just above Bray Lock. It is also near the village of Bray, Berkshire. The island is small and covered with trees such as Horse chestnut and English oaks. Bronze Age finds have been found on the Eyot.

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Pigeonhill Eyot

Pigeonhill Eyot is an island in the River Thames in England just above Bray Lock, near Bray, Berkshire. It sits between the lock and Headpile Eyot and lock weirs run from the island to the Bray bank. The island is small and tree-covered and Bronze Age artifacts have been found here.


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