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thames path – part 19 mapledurham lock to tescos

it was back to the thames path yesteday for another glorious day of walking.  this stretch was a lot more urban than we’ve had previously and we saw a lot more ‘real life’

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this is a pub under development, and the returned to the thames at the bottom of some steep steps which go over a train line.  this certainly wasn’t the quietest of stretches

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much of the first bit was walking between the train line (high above) and the thames below

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and we were quickly introduced to the fact we were heading to reading

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we were attacked by ladybirds round about here

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much of the walk went alongside the fields which are used for the Reading Festival, and it was funny seeing it tentless

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there sign said it’s 58 miles to london which is encouraging

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i can’t quite remember the order of these photos, but we passed some fantastic houses on the other side of the river

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and walked along the delightfully named ‘thames side promenade’

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it was good to know the thames path is a public footpath

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more signage

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we’ve got this glamorous gasometer to see next time

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but for now we stopped at Tesco Extra with it’s convenient toilets

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