There is some confusion I learn over the date of the 800th anniversary fair on London Bridge.
It is NOT this weekend 28 March. The date was changed when it was realised that it would clash with the G20 demonstations in the City.
The new date is Saturday 11 July. It will be a rare chance to [...]
Oxfam’s Fabric 4 Life campaign, which is encouraging walkers to bring their old outdoor gear for refurbishment and resale, is being promoted by Fiona Lincoln and Mark Stephenson who are walking naked to the Outdoors Show at Birmingham.
You might see them on the Thames Path between Tower Bridge in London and Oxford where they turn north.
They [...]
This afternoon I had a look at the diversion at Rotherhithe which will last until at least June.
So far Southwark Council has not put up any diversion signs.
It’s complicated because there are currently two closures caused by building work at Rotherhithe’s King’s Stairs. The first, which prevents an early return to the river at the [...]
The very last stretch of towpath between Lechlade and the Round House near Inglesham has been closed for urgent repair work.
The problem is confined to where the path leaves Wiltshire for Gloucestershire but the only alternative is through the town.
The diversion is across Halfpenny Bridge and ahead up Thames Street to the High Street. Turn [...]
Fawley Court just north of Henley has been sold by the Polish Marian order.
The purchaser is Urs Schwarzenbach who owns Thames-Side Court on the edge of Shiplake to the south of Henley. Thames-Side Court is well-known for its narrow gauge railway which can be seen from the Thames Path.
The Fawley Court mansion comes into view across [...]