This walk - based on a hand drawn map devised by YHA Streatley - links three pretty Thames-side villages via wooded ridges with splendid views.
Trains: 10:08 London Paddington, or 10:20 London Paddington and change at Reading to catch the same train at 10:52. Arrival time at Pangbourne is 11:00. Return trains from Pangbourne at roughly xx:22/xx:52.
Trains: 10:08 London Paddington, or 10:20 London Paddington and change at Reading to catch the same train at 10:52. Arrival time at Pangbourne is 11:00. Return trains from Pangbourne at roughly xx:22/xx:52.
Lunch is at Goring, where there are a few places to eat, including The Catherine Wheel (01491 872 379) on Station Road, and the Miller of Mansfield (01491 872 829) on the High Street.
Full walk details here
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Full walk details here
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The Elizabeth and Bakerloo lines are the only ‘tube’ lines stopping at Paddington this morning. Alternatively, Lancaster Gate on the Central line is a short walk ( say 10 mins)
There is an Elisabeth line train 0955 Ealing Broadway arriving Reading 1040.
We are at Miller of Mansfield for lunch
n=6 on a w=sunny day. The group soon split into 4 fast, 2 slow. Guess which bit Mr Tiger was in. Go on, guess.
Not long out of Pangbourne, the sky was full of red kites circling around. Waiting for one of us to drop, no doubt.
Splashes of autumn colour but still a lot of green around.
The back two reached Goring and consumed drinks in the Catherine Wheel. One ordered a meal, the other left. That other fell in briefly with 2 of the other 4, who had been in the Miller.
Coming back along the Thames, a short section was flooded. Not very flooded, there were logs thrown across. Mr Tiger’s attempts to get the others to try crossing them first were unsuccessful. So the three turned back and cut through to the morning route. Two were never seen again but Mr Tiger bravely headed back to the river and encountered no further problems. Unless you count the mud. And at least one hill. And the wet socks.
The walker left behind in the Catherine Wheel strode straight across the flooded bit, no problem (or so I’m told).
Mr Tiger got the 16:22, Mr Left-behind got the 16:52. Can’t speak for the others.
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