The first ever national online pub guide has been launched by CAMRA. The guide is called whatpub.com and has been compiled by thousands volunteers. A test on Lechlade brings up The New Inn and The Crown as one would hope. This site is handy for bed and breakfast searches as well finding a pub with food […]
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CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide is of course also a good pub guide with always good suggestions for which pubs on the Thames Path are worth stopping at for lunch. The 2014 edition just published confirms well-known pubs such as The Waterman’s Arms at Eton, which is on the path, and The Crown in Lechlade. The […]
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The Thames Path in London has been named the second best urban walk in the world. Lonely Planet’s 1,000 Ultimate Adventures (£15.99) published this month has the 32 mile walk through the British capital ahead of the Great Coast Walk in Sydney and the Berlin Wall Trail. Top trail is the Tijuca rainforest in Rio […]
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Convoys Wharf at Deptford is open on Saturday 21 September (11am-4pm) as part of Open House London. The site is the former Deptford Dockyard founded by Henry VIII and now due for redevelopment. In a corner of the dockyard, at the end of Watergate Street, is The Master Shipwright’s House which is 500 years old […]
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A post box has appeared just above the water on the side of Sonning-on-Thames bridge. It is a mystery to Royal Mail and villagers including Uri Geller.
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A blue plaque in honour of boat builder Samuel Saunders of Saunders-Roe fame has been unveiled on the Royal Mail sorting office in Goring-on-Thames. The building, a former boathouse, is in the High Street at the end of the bridge. He was born in The Swan at Streatley on the opposite bank in 1857. His […]
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The Thames Festival starts today in central London and runs, for the first time, for ten days. There are walks, displays, music and even short cruises with Andrew Motion and Dan Cruikshank. Today sees the Great River Race crowding the Thames with craft from London to Ham and on Saturday 14 September there are barge-driving […]
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With the start of the Thames Festival in London approaching this weekend walkers on the Thames Path may wish to look out for the Thames Relay. A bottle of source water is being taken by walkers, swimmers and captains of various vessels down to the capital and out to the estuary. Check the timetable here.
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This month a new tea shop opened in Cookham High Street. It’s on the south side of the street two doors from Stanley Spencer’s house. Immediately next door is Infusions which has “home-cooked food to take away” and specialises in “hampers for boaters”. A new tea shop is welcome news for walkers but not everyone […]
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