Month: February 2013

Some important points are made about the state of the Thames Path by John Orchard of Oxfordshire Ramblers.

Writing in the latest South East Walker, he says that the entire Thames was recently under a flood warning. “Vast swathes of land under water” for weeks has been the situation especially in the Abingdon area.

An interesting point made by John is that paths will take a long time to recover and it may be some time before we can walk the paths without being caked in mud.

But as I write it is still February.

Last week rubbish was dumped in Waterhay car park between Cricklade and Ashton Keynes. The gate was also damaged.

It’s already  reopened thanks to a Cotswold Water Park team working with local farmers and the Freeth family.

It appears that the path in front of Lovell’s Wharf is now open.

This is almost certainly a temporary measure since the section to the north may be closed when more flats are built. But for now you don’t have go inland.

More updates will be posted here.

Meanwhile here is the latest report.