A walk that starts and finishes by the Thames, taking in some lovely wooded countryside - as well as fields of alpacas just before Pangbourne.
Trains: 09:27 London Paddington, change at Twyford (arr 10:05, dep 10:15) for the Henley train, arriving at 10:27.
Return trains from Pangbourne are at xx:22/xx:55. These are direct to London, but you can get back quicker by changing at Reading.
A day return to Pangbourne is usually accepted - if not, you will only need a single for Twyford to Henley.
Lunch: The Red Lion (4.3 miles), Peppard Common. The Unicorn (4.9 miles), Kingwood, food served til 2:30.
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T=1.51
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T=1.51
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N=8 on a w=sunny day.
The group fragmented before Rotherfield Greys into “on track” and “not so on track” segments. We waved at the latter group down in the valley. After a quick visit to the Knollys tomb, I let them catch me up.
Most of the 8 sped on to the Unicorn where they had a slap up feed. 2 stopped at the Red Lion (it is open again, though they had limited capacity for walk-ins. One had celeriac and truffle soup and the other a rather nice pint of stout (brewed locally near Twyford). There was a brief reunion in the Unicorn but the ‘Lions’ went on ahead.
The 2 Lions were hurled into paroxysms of doubt at point !9 on page 7, where the GPS route differs from the written directions. (one goes right into a field, the other straight on). They eventually decided to follow the GPS after seeing the Unicorns hurtle past.
The Lions were further delayed by missing the concealed onward route through an overgrown arch. The Unicorns were never seen again.
The Reformation is still closed, by the way, and, judging by the garden, will soon have been reclaimed by nature. And in Pangbourne, St Louis’ tea shop seems to have gone.
A pleasant walk, though care is needed in the the long woodland stretches not to go astray, not that we did. Luckily, no gingerbread houses were encountered and Pangbourne was reached without further incident.
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