Classic Thames/Chiltern view - LINEAR
Sat 11th Mar 2017
Walk Details:
Event Details Updated
Updated 25/9 with note on dogs:
DOGS will only be allowed on this walk by prior agreement with the leader and must be kept on a lead the whole time.
Event Type
Group Walk
Region
Southern England
Local Group
London
Distance
20ml.
Start Time
09.06
Route
Start 9.06 from Goring and Streatley station (take the 8.15 from Paddington and change at Reading) Finish at Reading station
20 miles linear walk from Goring on Thames to Reading. The title of the walk gives the route description!
General Notes
Pub or picnic lunch at Chaizey Heath
DOGS will only be allowed on this walk by prior agreement with the leader and must be kept on a lead the whole time
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Walk Report
Classic Thames Chilterns Views, Saturday 11th March 20175 walkers, 20 miles - leader Jerome Ripp
With a cloudy morning, there were only fleeting glimpses of the classic views but there was plenty of classic mud on offer to compensate.
We followed the Chiltern Way through various woodlands and hillsides to Whitchurch church for a morning break in the church porch where a local lady gave us a potted history of the changes in Reading over recent years. Via Mapledurham we continued on and off the Chiltern Way to the Packsaddle at Chaizey Heath for lunch. A northern loop around Reading suburbs lead to Sonning Bridge (tea with Theresa? not quite as our boots were too muddy)
A final 4 miles along the Thames path did provide views of the Thames with Reading station being reached at exactly 5.00 with 20.0 miles on the GPS as promised by the leader.
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Large scale digital mapping is provided by John Thorn.
