Henley via Stonor Circular walk
T=2.6
Length: 22.2km (13.8 miles) or 14.4km (8.9 miles) 6 out of 10
The walk takes you up one side and down the other of the long valley leading up to Stonor, with plenty of charming views.
The pub in Pishill is still closed, so perhaps not worth walking quite that far, but worth doing a bit more than the shortcut. Follow the main route past the short cut until you come to a footpath on the right going uphill just after after Whitepond Farm.
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Trains: Get the 0957 GWR Didcott train from Paddington (Ealing Broadway 1005), changing at Twyford 1037 departing 1046 for Henley at 1058. Leave earlier to use TFL rail. Return trains are xx01.
Lunch: "A fine picnic spot is the top of the hill on the Stonor short cut (paragraph 34), where you have a sweeping view of Stonor Park house."
Tea: Various options in Henley.
2 comments:
n=8 got off an unusually crowded Henley train. We soon became a group of 5 & 3, with 4 of us doing the book long shortcut, 1 the full walk & 3 the short shortcut. w=muggy_but_dry and 7 met up again for the final stage into Henley. 2 on the 1601, the rest stopped for tea & cakes (I'm guessing at The Chocolate Cafe, which now has an outside seating area across the road).
Just to add to Pete's comment - five had tea and cake at Chocolate cafe (very pleasant outside seating by the river), we also met the one who did 14 miles who decided not to stop for tea. All of us caught 5:01pm train back - again the train from Henley to Twyford was quite busy. This was my first Saturday outing with the club since March last year, it was just like the good old days, a nice day out in good company.
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