The Thames Trot Petter Claesson

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Petter Claesson has already done 202 km

Latest activity on the course at 17:11, Friday, 30 October.
Current weather: Overcast clouds and 15.5°C. Wind 5.7 m/s from SW
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Days until challenge ends 1274.
Keep up the good work. You are 91 km from reaching Thames Barriers in East London.
Percent done: 68%. Currently you average 1 km/day. At this pace you'll be done in 91 days on Friday, 26 July.
You need to average 0.1 km/day to reach goal before Saturday, 31 October.

Angela Åström is 7.5 km behind. Simon Sollvèn is 26.8 km ahead.

Points of interest

Windsor & Eton Riverside railway station

Windsor & Eton Riverside station is a station in Windsor, Berkshire, England. The station, close to the River Thames and Windsor Castle, is a Grade II listed building. It is 25 miles 48 chains (41.2 km) down the line from London Waterloo and is the terminus of the Staines to Windsor Line, served by South Western Railway.The station is also in close proximity to Windsor's other station, Windsor & Eton Central, which is served by Great Western Railway trains from Slough on the Windsor branch of the Great Western Main Line. == Description == The station building was designed by William Tite as a royal station with a stone-faced frontage with a mullioned and transomed main window, gables and a multi-arch entrance. The main booking hall was decorative but is now a wine bar.

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Windsor Bridge

The Windsor Bridge or Windsor Town Bridge, an iron and granite arch bridge over the River Thames, is located between the towns of Windsor and Eton in the English county of Berkshire. The Thames Path crosses the river here. The bridge carries pedestrian and cycle traffic, and crosses the Thames just above Romney Lock. It is a Grade II listed structure. == History == It is likely that the first bridge on this site was built in the 12th century AD. By 1172 it is recorded that Osbert de Bray derived over £4 from tolls levied on vessels passing beneath the bridge.

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Firework Ait

Firework Ait is an islet in the River Thames in England on the reach above Romney Lock known as the Windsor and Eton reach, Berkshire. It is the smallest island on the Thames with an official map-published name. == Status == The island is the smallest on the Thames with an official map-published name and is in the middle of a widely separated series of three close to the Windsor (right) bank. It is approximately 100 metres above Windsor Bridge. The facing riverside road in restrictive sections as to motorized traffic provides a promenade and cycle way between the heart of the town centre, a leisure centre and adjoining Alexandra Gardens, a park.

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Eton Rural District

Eton was a rural district in the administrative county of Buckinghamshire, England. It was named after but did not contain Eton, which was an urban district. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894 and took over the responsibilities of the disbanded Eton Rural Sanitary District. It included the parishes of Boveney (abolished 1934, rural part to Dorney, urban part to Eton) Burnham Datchet Denham Dorney Eton Wick Farnham Royal Fulmer Gerrards Cross (created 1895) Hedgerley Hedgerley Dean (abolished 1934, split between Farnham Royal, Gerrards Cross, Hedgerley) Hitcham (abolished 1934, split between Burnham, Dorney and Taplow) Horton Iver Langley Marish (part to Slough in 1930, remainder split between Fulmer and Wexham in 1934) Stoke Poges Taplow Upton cum Chalvey (abolished c. 1900, most to Slough) Wexham WyrardisburyThe district was abolished on 1 April 1974.

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Ricky-Tick

The Ricky-Tick was an influential 1960s rhythm & blues club in Windsor, Berkshire, England, host to many important acts such as The Rolling Stones, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd and Cream. It was set up as an R&B venue after founder Jon Mansfield saw the success in early 1962 of the Ealing Club. The club was resident at several Windsor locations over its lifespan, and in later days included clubs in Guildford, Hounslow, Reading and High Wycombe, but its most famous venue was the Windsor river-side mansion at Clewer Mead. Gigs were also organized at the Drill Hall at Maidenhead in 1963, and hosted bands like Yardbirds, The Pretty Things and the Stones. The original venue for the Ricky-Tick was an upstairs room behind the Star and Garter pub.


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