heavy   rain    in  the Thames
Valley  can all affect  tide
times   and heights.
Arriving    at  the start   of  the
tidal   Thames  has been
eventful    for several noted
endurance   swimmers.   For
Lewis   Pugh,   after   days    spent
swimming    in  a   heatwave    in
2006    with    virtually   no  flow    at
all,    ‘I  got to  Teddington, the
water   cooled  down,   and
heaven  arrived.    There   are two
high    tides   and two low tides
                    
                      jeff_l
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