The walk starts beside the Thames in Henley, goes down one of Henley's most ancient streets, out into a broad valley, to the church and first pub at Rotherfield Greys. It then goes to the church at Rotherfield Peppard, and thereafter it is fields, beech woods and small villages.
As at the latest walk update, there remain at least two pubs located close to mid-walk for your lunch stop, plus others at walk-end. The walk also includes an alpaca farm just outside Whitchurch where you can watch hundreds of alpacas grazing in the fields, a true highlight towards the end of the walk.
On the final leg the walk then carries on to the Whitchurch parish church beside the Thames, to the toll bridge over the Thames, and finally into Pangbourne for a last refreshment stop"
Trains: Get the 1008 from Paddington, changing at Twyford 1037, to get the 1045 to Henley from platform 5 arriving 1057. Alternatively get the Elizabeth Line reading train, 0938 Farringdon 0956 Ealing Broadway Twyford 1033.
Lunch: The Red Lion (tel 01491 756 561) in Peppard Common, 7.6 km into the walk.
The Unicorn (tel 01491 628 674) at Kingwood, 8.6 km into the walk.
Tea The suggested tea place is The Swan, a riverside pub close to the station
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N=6 Another w=sunny day. 4 raced off missing the turning for Friday Street. 2, of a more moderate pace, followed the correct route and were in the lead as far as the climb to Rotherfield Greys. Not that they were smug about it, or anything. There, they were overtaken by the Fast Four, who were never seen again.
The Moderately Paced Two continued to the Red Lion, where they enjoyed pints of an excellent porter.
Then on.
En route, cowslips,, buttercups, dandelion, stitchwort, peacock butterflies, and low-flying red kites.
The Moderately Paced Two rounded off a pleasant day in the Greyhound before getting the 17:52. No sign of the Fast Four.
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