Month: January 2009

Today’s public inquiry in Purley-on-Thames may result in the present ridiculous route around the village being dropped in favour of the original recommendation. Because of a dispute with the owner of an orchard next to Purley Church in the 1780s the towpath was put on the opposite bank for 3/4 mile. This involved maintaining two […]

Good to hear that the intervention of the Open Spaces Society has persuaded South Oxfordshire District Council to withdraw an order to divert the Thames Path at Wallingford.  The row involves a swing bridge being installed on the line of the path at the marina to the south of the town which has been taken […]

Sunday was a wonderful sunny day in London which made the annual blessing the river such a enjoyable occasion. By tradition the clergy and congregations of Southwark Cathedral and the City’s St Magnus the Martyr met in the middle of London Bridge with the Bishop of Woolwich presiding. It is always a surprise, although it […]