Updates

The flooding Thames continues to cause problems. As reported by River Thames News, work on Whitchurch Bridge will now continue until July rather than finish at Easter. Indeed this week work had ceased due to the “adverse river conditions”. Road and river are closed for the bridge’s reconstruction. A temporary crossing continues to be available for […]

There is a handy pizza cafe just opened very near Cookham Station. You pass Pizza Dreams Cafe when walking into or out of the village. Pizzas start at £6 and puddings are £4. It’s worth trying when the floods go down and we can walk again.

The Wild Duck Inn at Ewen is up for sale. After almost a quarter of a century, owner Tina Rowley-Mussell is leaving. The pub, often a last stop before the source at Kemble, dates from 1563 and has a sign painted by Sir Peter Scott.

Having crossed Deptford Creek, the Thames Path soon runs up Watergate Street and past the Dog & Bell into Prince Street. This brief inland route is around Convoys Wharf which Dame Joan Ruddock MP has highlighted in the House of Commons as an extremely precious site. It is good to hear the unusually helpful reply […]

Today, Friday 10 January 2014, the entire Thames Path at Shiplake which only recently opened on the line of the towpath is under water along with the adjoining meadows and the gardens opposite. The tiny Lash Brook is now like a major river. This is just one of many stretches which are now impossible to […]

The idea of a garden bridge being built across the river Thames in central London has run  into opposition in the House of Lords. The London SE1 website has  a report.

The death near Osney Lock involving a mobility scooter on the towpath is a reminder that the Thames is a dangerous river at the moment. Tonight there are 152 flood warnings along the river. Walking the Thames Path is not  a good idea or even possible.

We are ending the year with uncertain weather which will affect walkers on the Thames Path. River levels are rising in places on the River Thames including in the Marlow area where the towpath has been under water. This Sunday night is due to see high winds and heavy rain which will leave some problems […]

The CAMRA Joe Goodwin Award for Best Street Corner Local is not given annually due to lack of good candidates but this year one of the joint winners is the Cat’s Back near Putney. This most unusual pub used to be on the Thames Path in the days when the route was inland between the River […]

The Velma Boathouse near Broom Water at Teddington is thought to have an uncertain future following proposals to move the two-storey building and redevelop the site. The boathouse was built in 1884 by physician John Langdon Down who lived in nearby Broom Close and gave his name to Down’s syndrome. Broom Water is a natural creek […]