LAST DAY - ASTON TO HENLEY ON THAMES CIRCULAR WALK 9 OCTOBER 2022

 Another beautiful sunny, warm day! Is this really October?!

We drove the very short distance to Aston and parked at the now closed for renovation Flowerpot Hotel and had a lovely walk through Remenham Woods and fields to Henley on Thames. A busy little town with endless canoeists up and down the river. Coffee at Starbucks! Roy even suggested it!

Back by the Thames Path again a peaceful walk with lunch away from the deadly Red Kites who we saw swoop down and steal a man's sandwich.

Past Hambleden Lock built in 1773 with a big weir at the side and returned to our car. Our last day, it has been superb!

The photos are in reverse order.....don't ask!

                                    HAMBLEDEN LOCK 

                                                    TEMPLE ISLAND

                           THE THAMES  FROM HENLEY BRIDGE

                                                        LUNCH ON THE THAMES PATH

                                COFFEE AT ROY'S SUGGESTION!

                                                ST MARY THE VIRGIN CHURCH HENLEY

                                                                HENLEY HIGH STREET

                                                    ANNE POSING AT SIGN

HENLEY DRAGONS

                                         

                    ROY AT HENLEY

                                       PANORAMA OF HENLEY WATERFRONT

                                                    HENLEY BRIDGE

DAY THREE SAVILL GARDEN TO VIRGINIA WATER WALK

 Another glorious sunny and warm day! We drove into Windsor Great Park and had a lovely walk around Virginia Water, seeing endless trees of all kinds, a totem pole, some ruins, lots of fairy toadstools, a coffee cart and lakes and ponds. It's a popular place and although car park was busy it was fine walking through the endless trails. 

                                                    OBELISK POND

                                                TOTEM POLE

                                        FAIRY TOADSTOOL

                                            VIRGINIA WATER AND ROY

                                                MORE FAIRY TOADSTOOLS

                COFFEE IN THE PARK VAN - DOING A JENNY/AMANDA!

                                FIVE ARCHES BRIDGE

                                  VIEW ABOVE US AT OUR LUNCH SPOT

                                                            LUNCH TIME

                                                        LEPTIS MAGNA RUINS

                                        VIRGINIA WATER AND ANNE

                                                                        THE CASCADE

                                                    MORE FUNGI

                END OF A LOVELY WALK AT THE VIRGINIA WATER

DAY TWO A 6 MILE THAMES PATH WALK TO MARLOW AND BACK 7/10/22

Sunshine again with a gusty wind we walked the 3 mile Thames Path to Marlow, a lovely walk past locks, bridges, boats and swans. The Thames Path starts at its source near Cirencester and finishes at the Thames Barrier, 180 miles.

Had a wander round Marlow and found the pub mentioned by my niece called The Hand and Flowers which was far beyond our budget, but even if I could afford it I was not impressed by the £155 three course meal with buttered cabbage and mashed potatoes the vegetables served with the meals! Still each to his own!

We had a look around Hurley before heading back, a lovely day!

                ALL SAINTS CHURCH BISHAM 12 CENTURY

                                                MARLOW IN BACKGROUND

                            ST MARY THE VIRGIN CHURCH MARLOW

       THE HAND AND FLOWERS PUB, THAT'S THE NEAREST WE'LL GET TO IT!

                            CRAFTY TUG PUB NEAR MARLOW

                                                           TEMPLE LOCK

                                                                TEMPLE BRIDGE

                                                    MAP OF THAMES PATH

HURLEY CHURCH 1086 WAS PART OF A BENEDICTINE MONASTERY. HURLEY DATES BACK TO 894 AND DANES

                    YE OLDE BELL PUB IN HURLEY BUILT AD1135

AUTUMN VISIT TO WINDSOR 5TH OCTOBER 2022

 We have visited all the States in America but never seen Windsor! After watching the emotional funeral of our Queen, we decided it was time to see this part of Britain.

We drove down in pouring rain, had a disaster with the caravan just 35 minutes away from the site when Roy accidentally drove over a roundabout and moved the motor mover on to the tyre causing smoke etc. We found a layby and he did what he does best, bodged it so we could drive with the mover taken off and lashed under the van, my hero! Needs to change tyre and job to sort out with mover when back home. so we arrived at pm, having taken 8 hours. 

Next day Thursday dawned bright clear and warm, we drove to a free car park just off the long mile and walked along the opposite way from the Castle to a monument of George then all the way back along the Long Walk to the Castle. Spotted a few deer and heard their bugling, its rutting season! Bit of a panic as my batteries on camera failed so had to use my phone, I'm not the best with a phone!

No Queue to get in the Castle and all I can say it was magnificent! Both outside and in the State Apartments it was mind blowing. We then had a short queue to go into St Georges Chapel which was stunning and very emotional for me seeing the stone marking Queen Elizabeth, her husband, her mother and fathers resting place. So as we had to walk past the stone quite quickly and there was no queue as we left, we went round again!

Had a lovely meal at good old Wetherspoons then the walk back to the car! A magical day!