Saturday, 5 May 2007
Thames Path
Cricklade → Lechlade
Distance: 11.3 miles
Ascent: 143 metres
Duration: 4 hours 9 minutes
Transport
« Not walked | Not walked »
Different modes of transport provided the theme for today's walk. Five miles downstream from Cricklade we saw our first boats on the river - a family in bright blue canoes.
A short distance further, a tractor and trailer stood by the roadside frozen in the past by a thick layer of rust. A mile and a half of walking along a busy road followed before branching off to join the river again.
Outside Lechlade the barges lined up in the sun. From here onwards the path is said to follow the old Thames tow-path. Hopefully the A361 will be the last fast road on this walk.
We met the other end of the speed scale on that road, and later in Lechlade. Three horse-drawn caravans did their best to remind us to stick to the more gentle pace of the river.