Well, it’s been a while. In the 19 months since I last did a stretch of my off-again, still off-again project to walk the entire Thames Path national trail, Robin moved to Cumbria which made it much harder to arrange walking days than when he used to live in my spare room. On the other […]
In January 2021 the country went into lockdown once more, and the intricacies of home schooling on top of everything else meant that Robin and I were unable to find a slot to go walking for some months. It wasn’t until near the end of April that we picked up where we had left off. […]
Our group expands – lunch at an hostelry – clear skies – our group contracts – homeward Our third jaunt along the Thames Path ended at Newbridge, less than 5 miles from home. I had been thinking for a while that it would be nice to involve more members of the family in one of […]
Kelmscott again – nothing – old bridges – sandwich! – more nothing – a weir – flatness – gradient – home ground For the third installment of our Thames Path saunter, Robin and I again prevailed on my long-suffering support driver beloved life partner Dan and cadged a lift back to Kelmscott, which by the […]
Tacos – geocaching – small woodland – no river – still no river – boats! – the Thames is tamed – Kelmscott We resumed our sojourn along the Thames at the point where we’d left it, with an excellent breakfast at the Cricklade Club. I’d never seen cauliflower tacos on a breakfast menu before so […]
A plan – searching for the source – in and out of water – skimming stones – lakes – joggers – horses – tea and cake Since I first moved to Oxfordshire in 2009, I’ve always lived within a couple of miles of the River Thames. This was not a deliberate choice, but frankly around […]