Sunday Walk: Goring Circular (YHA map)

9.6 miles 15.45km. Difficulty 6/10  
A walk in the Berkshire downs. Today we’re following the YHA map because it’s shorter than the SWC walk. And guess what. We’re doing it the other way round  i..e. clockwise. This turns a potentially slippy descent near the end into a bit of a workout first thing. After that, it’s plain sailing. Sort of...   Lunch is at a favourite pub in Aldworth. Just before lunch, you might want to look in Aldworth’s church, home to the Aldworth Giants,  Elizabeth I made a special detour to see them (but she probably wasn’t thinking about the pub).
Trains
Get a return to “Goring & Streatley”.
Get the 9:28 Didcot Parkway train from Paddington (Ealing Broadway 9:37) arriving “Goring & Streatley” 10:38. You can also catch the later 9:38 Hereford train and change onto the above train at Reading (arrive 10:10 platform 9, depart 10:26 platform 13)
A Freedom Pass is valid as far as Reading on the slower Elizabeth line (Paddington 9:09, Ealing Broadway 9:18). Arrive Reading 10:06 and, get the 10:26 Didcot Parkway train. You need a ticket for the rest of the journey.
Trains return from Goring at xx:00 Change again at Reading for faster or Liz line services.
Lunch
Your lunch stop, the Bell in Aldworth. has been in the same family for 250 years. It was CAMRA’s 2020 Pub of the Year. More importantly, it’s one of Mr Tiger ‘s favourites. Expect simple but pleasant fare – rolls, ploughmans and the like. 
Tea
Returning through Streatley, you first encounter  the Swan at Streatley. In Goring, there's the Miller of Mansfield, There’s also the Catherine Wheel on Station Road and the John Barleycorn nearby.
Directions
Walk info here. The easy-to-follow map walk is on the "YHA Goring via Aldworth" button. It is recommended you print it out. There are no written directions (except backwards in the afternoon). Although the length is given as 8 miles, the route to and from the station (0.8 miles to the east) is not included.
It is possible to get round using the GPS. Take the more direct GPS route to Aldworth, not the wider SWC loop. The GPS route differs from the YHA route in the afternoon but both are about the same length and they converge later.  
The details below link the station to the map.
From the station:  From the Platform 1 exit, head right (Red Cross Road) for the High Street. Then turn left downhill.to cross the river and continue up to meet the A239. Cross it and turn left. Pass the Bull, pass the YHA and, eventually, take the second turn right to meet a footpath. The path gets steeper. You are now on the map route going clockwise
Back to the station the YHA map offers two endings but the one that doesn’t cross the golf course is gentler. It brings you out near the Swan in Streatley. Turn left to cross the river then head uphill on Goring High Street. Turn right for the station after crossing the rail bridge. T=swc.17.YHA