Thames Path walk

April – May 2022

A 3 week walk from Cirencester to Woolwich along the Thames Path National Trail Read more

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Guernsey
Wales
England
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1.5kkilometers traveled

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Car575kilometers
Walking327kilometers
Ferry242kilometers
Train172kilometers
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- Day 1
- Friday, April 29, 2022 at 6:50 AM
- Altitude: 15 m
- Jersey Hâvre des Pas 49.180654, -2.096673749°10’50” N 2°5’48” W
Waiting for the boat
April 29, 2022 in Jersey
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- Day 1
- Friday, April 29, 2022 at 12:10 PM
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- England Poole Ferry Port 50.706285, -1.98786550°42’23” N 1°59’16” W
Arriving in Poole
April 29, 2022 in England ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
During our boat trip, I had possibly the oddest genuine text message I’ve ever received. Our mobile phone company is in the habit of sending messages to us when leaving home saying “Welcome to” wherever and telling us the exorbitant cost of roaming calls and all that.

This time the message started “Welcome to Sea”. Very odd.Read more
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- Day 1–2
- April 29, 2022 at 3:25 PM - April 30, 2022
- 1 night
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 40 m
- Wales Langstone Court Motte 51.601539, -2.91313251°36’6” N 2°54’47” W
Premier Inn, Newport hotel
Apr 29–30, 2022 in Wales ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
and the Coldra Beefeater
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- Day 2
- Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 8:37 AM
- ⛅ 7 °C
- Altitude: 19 m
- England River Wye 51.619481, -2.66833551°37’10” N 2°40’6” W
Severn Bridge parkrun
April 30, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
https://www.parkrun.org.uk/severnbridge/course/

Having driven across to Wales yesterday, I took the advantage to take in an unusual parkrun which starts in Wales, enters England then comes back again. Severn Bridge parkrun was definitely an experience.

Before parkrun, the run director clearly has a unique style, opening the introduction asking if there were any pagans and druids running today – there weren’t, it’s significant due to May Day apparently. The finish of the run was in a foot tunnel under the Severn which just bounced the noise from supporters everywhere and was really something quite special.Read more
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- Day 2
- Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 10:03 AM
- Altitude: 35 m
- Wales Llanwern 51.6026015, -2.922245451°36’9” N 2°55’20” W
Back to the hotel
April 30, 2022 in Wales
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- Day 2
- Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 11:43 AM
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 21 m
- Wales Portskewett 51.579534, -2.72026751°34’46” N 2°43’13” W
Prince of Wales Bridge
April 30, 2022 in Wales ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
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- Day 2
- Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 12:34 PM
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 56 m
- England Clifton 51.455344, -2.62657251°27’19” N 2°37’36” W
Clifton Suspension Bridge
April 30, 2022 in England ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
On the way to Reading today, we crossed the Clifton Suspension Bridge having seen it from below last year when visiting Bristol. It was surprisingly short actually but we had the opportunity to walk back over it which definitely reminds you how high it is but was also quite cool looking down at where we walked in Bristol when last here.

At one end of the bridge it has it’s own visitors centre and in there we had the pleasure of hearing a funny exchange over the price of a little charm thing. As the next customers we got to have a bit of a laugh about it, but perhaps didn’t expect the staff (probably a volunteer we surmised) to tell us quite how horrible one of the necklaces they were selling was. They were right – it was awful but you don’t expect the staff to tell you that really.Read more
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- Day 2–3
- April 30, 2022 at 2:59 PM - May 1, 2022
- 1 night
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 55 m
- England Reading 51.451796, -0.97082951°27’6” N 0°58’15” W
Dinner and final preparations in Reading
Apr 30–May 1, 2022 in England ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Miller & Carter and Premier Inn Reading Central
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- Day 3
- Sunday, May 1, 2022 at 11:23 AM
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 57 m
- England Reading Railway Station 51.458048, -0.97258451°27’29” N 0°58’21” W
Reading station & the Three Guineas
May 1, 2022 in England ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
After a slowish start and finishing packing for the next few days, we went to pick up our train at Reading station, but not before a sort of reminiscing drink at the Three Guineas, the pub right at the entrance of the station. This place was always the one where I’d try and get in a quick drink before picking up a train to Southampton when I was travelling between two places a pandemic or so ago, and the two of us had shared a few memorable drinks there in our time in Reading. It was a good start to our journey.Read more
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- Day 3
- Sunday, May 1, 2022 at 1:11 PM
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 109 m
- England Kemble 51.686545, -2.02963851°41’12” N 2°1’47” W
Thames Head Inn
May 1, 2022 in England ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
So we arrived in Kemble, got our bearings and then walked to our first stop of the day – the Thames Head Inn pub. This was clearly a focal point for the area, a status befitting its position as the only building for probably a mile in any direction. We walked inside, past a map on the wall showing the path to the source of the Thames which we’d missed up until it was pointed out to us when asking at the bar which was the right way to go to get to the source of the Thames. Poor map reading wasn’t a good sign for our trip.

The Thames Head Inn was a lovely-looking place and it would have been lovely to have a look around had it been a bit quieter, but it was Sunday lunch and absolutely heaving. What little of the menu we saw sounded great and smelt terrific. Just before we got our 2 large glasses of wine the person before us had come in to attend their booking for 4 and a dog. That seemed fitting.Read more
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