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\nAfter 10 days of walking I completed The Thames Path from its rural source close to Cirencester and its 180+ mile twisty route to the Thames Barrier.<\/p>\n
\nAfter 10 days of walking I completed The Thames Path from its rural source close to Cirencester and its 180+ mile twisty route to the Thames Barrier.<\/p>\n
The route encompasses a lot of famous place names associated with Royalty and the English upper classes in fact it could be a tour of them from The palace of Westminster, Hampton Court, Windsor, Eton & Oxford.<\/p>\n
Most days I did well over 20miles as the ground is flat, well marked & easy going. My days were:-<\/p>\n
Day 1 (May 10th) Ashton Keynes to The Source and back again<\/a> with Sally<\/a> who I must thank for the lift \ud83d\ude42 I stayed at the good Cove House. Distance about 15 miles.<\/p>\n Day 2 (May 11th) Ashton Keynes to Kelmscott<\/a> about 21miles I stayed at the excellent Manor Farm<\/a> with an amazing evening meal at The Plough.<\/p>\n Day 3 (May 12th) Kelmscott to Swinford <\/a>another 21 miles or so Charles<\/a> met be en-route and made me a coffee in his stunning house plus giving me lots of tips for my upcoming China trip, thank you \ud83d\ude42 Day 4 (May 13) Swinford to Clifton Hamden <\/a>a 22mile day made possible by Chris picking me up again and providing a seconds night hospitality.<\/p>\n Day 5 (May 14) Clifton Hamden to Goring <\/a>a short 15 mile day so I could be ready for Sally coming down for the weekend. I met Margaret who is walking bits of the Path over weekends etc.<\/p>\n Day 6 (May 15) Goring to Henley Lovely 21 mile walk with a couple of surprising hills.<\/p>\n Day 7 (May 16) Henley to Windsor\/Eton<\/a> A cracking day of over 23 miles with Sally<\/a> followed by a meal at Zizzi’s thank you Philip and congratulations on your upcoming wedding \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Day 8 (May 17) Eton to Hampton Court<\/a> A big 24 miler so a tiring day thanks to AroundMe<\/a> I located the Lionsgate Hotel even though I had no prior booking!<\/p>\n Day 9 (May 18) Hampton Court to Chelsea<\/a> another 22 miler this time with aching feet \ud83d\ude41 Very impressive that the countryside extends so far into London. AroundMe saved me again by finding a cheap hotel in Chelsea, The Oakley<\/a> the neighbouring Fiamma<\/a> made me an excellent vegetarian stuffed cannelloni<\/p>\n which brings me to the final day<\/p>\n
\nMy friend Chris picked me up so I could stay at his house in Abingdon.<\/p>\n