Hampton Court Palace

The story about our next stop has a rather long history but a very specific origin. The 14th day of our walk along the Thames Path was a long 25 kilometre, 5 hour trek which passed by Hampton Court Palace and we very memorably stumbled across a rowing regatta with an enthusiastic crowd and extremely loud coach-type imploring on her favourites very loudly.

Since then we've decided to come back on several occasions and then decided again not to because of some reason or other - we added another show in or decided to go somewhere else. Finally, we made it.

Really the photos here speak for themselves. Having visited Buckingham House last year, it compares well. It's not as grand and decorative but it just shows as having an older style and the access you're given is excellent. There is one photo there where if you look closely you can see that the wall decoration is made entirely of guns. Some amazing sights and beautiful gardens, and a brilliant throwback to not just our Thames Path walk but also the River Thames Half Marathon done on a rather wet day a couple of years ago which came this way too.Lue lisää