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Thames Path - Source to London - Abingdon to Goring - Day 5 of 12
Day 5 of 12 of an epic walking adventure through some of England's most beautiful countryside and incredible history. A walk that covers 186 miles from the source of the river in Gloucestershire to the Thames Barrier in the east of London via historic towns of Oxford, Henley and Royal Windsor to name a few.
Monday 1st April Abingdon to Goring Day Five
The Thames Path Challenge - 184 Mile hike from Source to London - Click on the image to watch the video of day 5 of the hike. An epic adventure
The Crown and Thistle was a lovely pub to stay in, if slightly noisy by the road.
We tried to leave early and get on our way, especially with such beautiful weather forecast. However our plans were thwarted with the appearance of a fantastic breakfast that we just could not resist. Delicious food with plenty of choice, not just an English Breakfast.
We finally left at 8.15am, walked over the river and resumed the well signposted route. A beautiful morning with buildings and trees reflected in the water. We had decided not to book any accommodation in advance, just see where the day took us. After 2 hours of walking we arrived at the Barley Mow Pub, Clifton Hampton built in 1352, making it one of England's oldest pubs visited by the authors Dickens and Jerome K Jerome. Unfortunately it did not open till 11.30am so not visited by us, we moved on.
We came across Benson waterfront cafe, which was amazingly busy considering we had again hardly seen any people all morning. We would have popped in, but were put off by the queues.
An hour later we came to a path to the left which follows an ancient dyke to Dorchester. This village is well worth a detour, with ancient pubs, houses and the church that was once an Abbey, and the first public toilets seen so far. We then walked down a path at the side of the A4074 road, where the Thames Path joins it to the Kingfisher pub in Shillingford. Arriving at 12.45 unfortunately it was shut.
Disappointed we followed the path down the lane to river, sat on bench and produced our bread bought in Tesco the night before, and the stalwart peanut butter. Our next stop was Greggs bakery in Wallingford, a lovely town and again worth a visit.
Greggs Sandwich shop, (A chain bakery that prepares breads, savoury snacks, sandwiches and sweet treats).5-6 Market Pl, Wallingford OX10 0EG
We wandered through Wallingford, returning to the Thames Path at the Beetle and Wedge restaurant which also looked shut. We checked bookings.com and booked The George Hotel at Pangborne. There were nearer hotels, but unfortunately a lot more expensive. Pangborne was actually too far to walk that day so when we arrived in Goring after 22 miles/9 hours of walking, we visited Tesco and then caught the train just one stop to Pangborne. The train was about £2.00 each, and runs every 15 minutes. We planned to catch the train back in the morning, and resume our walk from Goring station. The advantage of this being as well as saving money, we can leave a rucksack at The George to collect later. I saw that tomorrow rain was forecast, hopefully not making the path too muddy. We have had fabulous weather
so far.
Distance km 34.7
Duration of Walk Hours 9.10
Average Pace Min/km 15.52
Steps 57451