# 🥾 Walk 22 - Dorney Common and Jubilee River

Fifteen people turned up to this 6 mile afternoon walk. The reason for the afternoon start time was to let the people that went to the Christmas Ceilidh, have a lie in. Even so, not many of them turned up! The walk started from Boveney and crossed Dorney Common on the way to the Jubilee River.

The Jubilee River is a man-made channel that diverts excess water from the Thames at Boulter's Lock and returns it downstream of Eaton. This was built over ten years ago to alleviate flooding to areas in and around the towns of Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton. It was certainly doing its job today, and looked quite full and fast flowing.

![Ascending the small hill that separates the Jubilee River from Dorney Common](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume2/images/jubilee_hill.jpg)

We stopped by the Jubilee River for a snack of mince pies left over from the previous night's Christmas social event. After that we followed the river upstream to Dorney village and then to Dorney Court where we stopped for coffee and cake at the Dorney Court Kitchen Garden. There was no pub stop today - You see, we aren't alcoholics!

The walk back took us past the entrance to the Rowing Lake but we weren't permitted access, so we followed the Thames Path back to Boveney. The walk finished around 4:30pm, about half an hour after sunset. There were some nice views at sunset and just after on the last stretch of our walk. See our route on Google Maps.

![The Jubilee River is a man-made river designed to reduce the effect of flooding](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume2/images/jubilee_river.jpg)

![Sun setting behind Oakley Court Hotel toward the end of our walk](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume2/images/oakley_court.jpg)

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