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| Our canoe outside the St George & Dragon pub, Wargrave |
Leg Distance: 25 miles
Number of Locks: 8
Time Taken: 2 days
We parked our car at the campsite in Henley and took a taxi
to Purley on Thames. Reading Festival was taking place, so we saw lots of welly-wearing music fans making their way to that laden down with camping gear and crates of booze!
We had lunch at a lovely pub, The Bull Inn in Sonning, where the bar staff were hard at work cleaning lots of very old silver trophies.
We stopped for a late afternoon drink on the terrace overlooking the river at the St George & Dragon pub in Wargrave before heading on to Henley
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| Temporary bridge for the Reading Festival |
We had lunch at a lovely pub, The Bull Inn in Sonning, where the bar staff were hard at work cleaning lots of very old silver trophies.
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| Cows coming to say hello |
We stopped for a late afternoon drink on the terrace overlooking the river at the St George & Dragon pub in Wargrave before heading on to Henley
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| Camping in Henley |
The campsite at Henley was a little walk from the river which meant lugging the gear up a small lane and across a road. We had dinner in Henley (it was probably curry!) and also visited a couple of pubs including The Angel On The Bridge, plus we saw one of the 2012 Olympics gold painted letterboxes
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| Henley viewed from our getting in point |
Next day we met my parents'
friends, Terry & Joan, at Hurley Lock. They gave us a guided tour of Hurley before inviting us to their home for a great lunch with some fine Spanish wines!
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| View of Marlow and its bridge |
After lunch we carried onto Cookham and got out using the slipway by The Ferry pub, on the right hand side just after Cookham Bridge. We then took a taxi back to our car in Henley
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| Slipway beside The Ferry pub and Cookham Bridge |
If you would like to download detailed information on the river please see this blog entry
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