This yew tree in the churchyard of All Saints' Alton Priors is said to be 1700 years old. Looks like 2 trees but is only 1 #thicktrunktuesday

I can't believe I never noticed Scutchamer Knob before - maybe before volunteers did such a great job in clearing it out? I put this right this week. Loved the seat made from a couple of pallets giving fabulous views across the North Wessex Downs National Landscape. @theridgewaynt.bsky.social

Wayland's Smithy this week with work still continuing on the planting of the new hedge in front of the dead hedge @theridgewaynt.bsky.social

After an extensive refurbishment, the walkway over the weir at Benson Lock finally reopened yesterday. The walkway is wider, there are new weir gates, a fish pass created & the footbridge at Benson has been resurfaced. Video - www.flickr.com/gp/thrapston... #ThamesPath @thamespathnt.bsky.social

On the day that the Coast to Coast Path becomes a National Trail, can I present my 360+ mile coast to coast walk from last spring/summer along the Great Chalk Way starting from Lyme Regis in Dorset & finishing at Holme-next-the-Sea in Norfolk. So enjoyable! www.mywalks.uk/others/gcw

A walk along my favourite section of the #ThamesPath from Bourne End to Henley in glorious sunshine. Many more photos & videos at flic.kr/s/aHBqjCNPqs #thamespath30

Thames Barrier Park is a 17 acre green space on the north side of the #Thames next to the Thames Barrier. Its most eye-catching feature is the 'Green Dock' - a 130 foot sunken hedge garden serving as a reminder of the site's dockland heritage. Well worth a visit with cafe & toilets.

I've passed this bench at Barnes loads of times and never once stopped to read the inscription. Thanks to Wendy the @thamespathnt.bsky.social volunteer extraordinaire I now understand its significance to the Thames Path. We owe a lot to David Sharp & his wife www.visitthames.co.uk/ideas-inspir...

Spring edition of the River Thames Society's Thames Guardian magazine features us, the Thames & Docklands History Group with Peter Stone at London Museum Docklands, and Chiswick RNLI crew Ed Hall's 'Tamesis' poems. #thamespath30 #history 📷 @johnmtippetts.bsky.social www.riverthamessociety.org.uk

It's taken forever but at last I've finished writing my blogs on the 360+ mile Great Chalk Way that I walked last spring & summer from Lyme Regis to Holme-next-the-Sea. #GreatChalkWay #WessexRidgeway #CranborneDrovesWay #SarsenWay #Ridgeway #IcknieldWay #PeddarsWay www.mywalks.uk/others/gcw

The #ThamesPath in flood yesterday at the Source in Trewsbury Mead near Kemble. The spring by the stone was happily burbling away. With more rain forecast over the coming days I'm sure it'll stay this way for a while. Just don't forget your wellies and be careful! @thamespathnt.bsky.social

Wayland's Smithy on #TheRidgeway, close to Uffington Castle. A magical place - even more so at this time of year

Just completed the 362 mile, coast to coast Great Chalk Way in 27 stages. Started at Lyme Regis in Dorset & finished at Holme-next-the-Sea on the North Norfolk Coast #WessexRidgeway #CranborneDrovesWay #SarsenWay #TheRidgeway #IcknieldWay #PeddarsWay What an experience! @ramblersgb.bsky.social

Continuing my 362 mile coast to coast walk from Lyme Regis to Hunstanton following the #GreatChalkWay Less than 100 miles to go now! 😃 #fingerpostfriday #GreatChalkWayIn25

A few more pics from yesterday's walk from Princes Risborough to Ivinghoe Beacon along #TheRidgeway Some sections of actual HS2 tunnel in Wendover. Let's hope the destruction of the countryside is worth it - I doubt it will be! @theridgewaynt.bsky.social

Yesterday’s walk with my sister from Princes Risborough to the end of #TheRidgeway at Ivinghoe Beacon. What a fabulous walk. Best leg of the trail IMO. Tomorrow I start the 110 mile Icknield Way Path on my way to the North Norfolk Coast #GreatChalkWayIn25 @theridgewaynt.bsky.social

Our volunteers are dedicated to making sure our loved ones are never forgotten. ❤️ #Monday

I was reminded by @andysin33.bsky.social that you're not finished the full 232 miles #ThamesPath Source to Sea until the water laps your feet at Grain Beach. So, even though I reached Grain a couple of weeks ago with @keld16.bsky.social , today I went back & well & truly completed the trail 🤣

I found this programme from 2013 today on iPlayer regarding the Hoo Peninsula in the Thames Estuary. It should be of particular interest to anyone who has or is planning on walking the England Coast Path extension of the Thames @thamespathnt.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

This week I completed my 232 mile #ThamesPath 'Source to Sea' walk with the final leg from Gravesend to Grain Beach. I was accompanied by my walking buddy @keld16.bsky.social who's ½ way through his 2nd TP walk. For me, after completing the trail 6 times, I really think enough's enough now! 🤣

Yesterday’s penultimate stage of my Thames 'Source to Sea' walk between Erith & Gravesend. 5.4 miles or 30% of the walk is spent crossing the estuary of the River Darent! Like the previous stage, the path isn’t pretty but you do at least get to walk under the QEII Bridge😀

Yesterday's #ThamesPath walk from Vauxhall Bridge to Erith. Completed the official National Trail at Woolwich Foot Tunnel for the 6th time in as many years before continuing towards the Isle of Grain on the King Charles III England Coast Path. 2 more stages to reach the sea!

Bit of a marathon walk along the #ThamesPath yesterday from Maidenhead to Hampton Court. Officially 26.5 miles but further in reality. Reached Shepperton for last ferry of the day. Warm but not as hot as it's going to get this weekend. Fabulous walk! @thamespathnt.bsky.social

What are the chances? Heading towards Cholsey at Wallingford along the Thames Path yesterday & I bump into Wendy, one of the Thames Path National Trail’s volunteers who at that precise moment was exiting onto the path from the garden of one of her friends lucky enough to own a riverside property!

Yesterday's walk from Abingdon to Goring along the #ThamesPath . At Clifton Lock, Curtis the lock keeper & his wife have really excelled themselves this year. Remember, the profits from their ice cream sales are ploughed into the plant fund, so no need to feel guilty about stopping for one! 🍦🌺🌻🌼🏵️

So simple but so effective! From my walk yesterday, this really put a smile on my face 😀

Yesterday's 20 mile walk along #TheRidgeway from Wallingford to Princes Risborough. Not my favourite stage as a little short on great views. However, on my 360 mile #GreatChalkWayIn25 challenge I am now in Buckinghamshire and over half way to the North Norfolk Coast! Next stage to Ivinghoe Beacon

2/2 This morning's walk from Goring to Wallingford along #TheRidgeway wasn't just about the river. The walk passes through the beautiful villages of South Stoke & North Stoke. Perch & Pike in South Stoke sadly closed at moment, looking for a new landlord. New career someone? #GreatChalkWayIn25

1/2 Continuing my #GreatChalkWayIn25 challenge this morning with a quick walk along #TheRidgeway from Goring to Wallingford. Knowing my love of the #Thames, could this be the best 6 miles of The Ridgeway? @theridgewaynt.bsky.social @thamespathnt.bsky.social Less than 200 miles to go now - 199 🤣

From my recent walks along the #WessexRidgeway The bridleway between the highest & 2nd highest hills in Dorset - Lewesdon Hill & Pilsdon Pen #fingerpostfriday

Yesterday's walk along #TheRidgeway from Ashbury to Letcombe Bassett taking me to the highest point in Oxfordshire at Uffington Castle (860ft). Add on 3 miles at the end to reach the bus at Wantage. Time for a short break now to get on with my blog! #GreatChalkWayIn25

Today I crossed from Wiltshire into Oxfordshire on my #GreatChalkWayIn25 challenge with a walk along #TheRidgeway from Ogbourne St George to Ashbury. That's 135 miles of 360 completed now. After 5 nights away I now need to get home for a bit of break after tomorrow's walk @theridgewaynt.bsky.social

Latest stage of my #GreatChalkWayIn25 challenge. Today I completed the #SarsenWay leg by walking from Upavon to Overton Hill where it met #TheRidgeway . More than 2 miles of this leg were along the Kennet & Avon Canal where I saw my 1st cygnets of 2025. Next stop Ivinghoe Beacon!

Brilliant walk today along the #SarsenWay from Amesbury to Upavon. Such a varied walk - Stonehenge, River Avon, more thatched cottages than you could shake a stick at & the huge expanse of Salisbury Plain BUT mainly thatched cottages! 🤣 Tomorrow Upavon to Avebury #GreatChalkWayIn25

Brilliant walk today along the #SarsenWay from Amesbury to Upavon. Such a varied walk - Stonehenge, River Avon, more thatched cottages than you could shake a stick at & the huge expanse of Salisbury Plain BUT mainly thatched cottages! 🤣 Tomorrow Upavon to Avebury

Continuing my walks along the Great Chalk Way this morning I hope to complete the #SarsenWay by tomorrow afternoon & arrive at this fingerpost to begin #TheRidgeway #fingerpostfriday #GreatChalkWayIn25 @theridgewaynt.bsky.social

A trail in a day today. 17.5 miles from the start of the #CranborneDrovesWay at Win Green to Salisbury Cathedral. Very warm but thankfully it was downhill all day! 2 of the 6 trails comprising the #GreatChalkWay now complete. The #SarsenWay next #GreatChalkWayIn25

Continuing my walks along the #WessexRidgeway this weekend as part of my overall challenge to walk 360 miles coast to coast from Lyme Regis in Dorset to Holme-next-the-Sea in Norfolk #GreatChalkWayIn25 #fingerpostfriday

National Trust Stourhead gardens looking absolutely amazing today. For once I managed to catch the rhododendrons in more or less full bloom. Beautiful #stourhead @nationaltrust.org.uk 2/2

National Trust Stourhead gardens looking absolutely amazing today. For once I managed to catch the rhododendrons in more or less full bloom. Beautiful #stourhead @nationaltrust.org.uk 1/2

Tomorrow I'm embarking on my longest walking challenge ever - a 360+ mile coast to coast walk along a number of trails that comprise the #GreatChalkWay between Lyme Regis in Dorset & Holme-next-the-Sea in Norfolk. Read more here - mywalks.uk #GreatChalkWayIn2025

Another diversion, this one at Sandford-on-Thames, because the Environment Agency has closed an unsafe footbridge north (upstream) of Sandford Lock. Diversion route is via the NCN 5, map 👇 www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/short-...

Saturday's walk along the #ThamesPath from Swinford Bridge to Abingdon Bridge. I got the E1 bus to the start from Seacourt P&R. After 40 miles in 2 days, I think I'm now match fit for my big challenge starting on 27th but will probably fit in 1 more sneaky Thames walk before then! #GreatChalkWayIn25

Military precision timing involving 2 buses enabled me to get from Swindon to Lechade by 07:50 for the start of Friday's fabulous walk along the #ThamesPath to 'almost' Swinford Bridge. 'almost' as you can't leave the path at the bridge itself for now in this direction

Friday's walk along the #ThamesPath from the Source to Lechlade. Just 1 diversion in place downstream of Ashton Keynes on the thin strip of land between Lakes 82 & Lake 83 of the Water Park, resulting from a blockage of the drainage pipes between the 2 lakes.

@keld16.bsky.social @andysin33.bsky.social How about this? Not 1 but 3 brand new metal boardwalks at Ewen on the #ThamesPath , plus some other path improvements in the same area. Well done Gloucestershire County Council 👏👏👏 @thamespathnt.bsky.social

A 20 mile walk along the #ThamesPath from Aston to Pangbourne. Judith Potts' Mansion in the TV series The Marlow Murder Club is the house opposite the path at Aston (photo 1). I will start the Great Walk Way on April 27th but for now I think I'm in danger of walking the complete Thames Path again!

This week's walk along the Thames Path from Richmond to Hampton Court, stopping to admire the completed renovations of the 2 bridges at Teddington Lock. As I now get free entry to Hampton Court I spent an hour or so just walking round the gardens. R68 bus back to Richmond for sunset. Lovely day 🔆

When you walk the #ThamesPath between Cookham & Maidenhead you see a number of Cliveden Estate cottages, including Spring Cottage that was occupied by Stephen Ward of Profumo scandal fame! Here's what you don't see - Cliveden House, now a posh private hotel & the grounds that are managed by NT

Yay! The crocuses are out at Ham House . What a lovely sight on a glorious spring day #HamHouseNT #Crocus