{"id":"69847975533dbb4b73118c12","title":"Walk 24 Pangbourne And Whitchurch","path":"walks/scrapbook/by-year/2012/volume-2-oct-to-dec-2012/walk-24-pangbourne-and-whitchurch","contentMarkdown":"# 🥾 Walk 24 - Pangbourne and Whitchurch\n\nDespite the dubious weather and recent floods, we had 24 people on this walk. Mostly a mixture of Berkshire and Chilterns Weekend Walkers and their associated 20s & 30s groups glad to get out and burn off some of the Christmas calories. (This walk was on Sunday 30th December)\n\nWe started in Pangbourne and crossed the bridge into Whitchurch. The Thames was very full and had spilled over into low lying gardens, car parks and completely covered the meadow along the Thames path! Luckily that wasn't part of our route.\n\nPassing through Whitchurch we branched left and headed toward the Thames Path at Hartslock Wood. This part of the Thames path is not a tow path and runs through a wooded embankment several metres higher than the river. Even today the path was high enough up for it to have escaped the flood waters.\n\n![Pangbourne Meadow and Recreation Ground. Luckily we weren't indending to walk this part of the Thames Path!](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume2/images/pangbourne_meadow_flooded.jpg)\n\nWe left the Thames Path at Hattonhill Shaw and headed north up to Primrosehill Shaw. From there we headed east in to Great Chalk Wood, where we stopped for our picnic lunch before continuing east and upwards to Cold Harbour (the highest point of our route at 157m). Then we turned southward (and mostly downhill) back to Whitchurch via Coombe End Farm and Beech Farm.\n\nAlthough none of our route was flooded, it was very muddy throughout most of the walk and was quite slippery in several places. It certainly felt like we had a good work-out.\n\nOn our return to Pangbourne, some of us stopped off for a drink at the Cross Keys pub (after changing out of our muddy boots!). You can see our route on Google Maps.\n\n![We stopped at Hattonhill Shaw for a drink and to have a look at the swollen Thames](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume2/images/hattonhill_shaw.jpg)\n\n## 📸 Back to Volume 2\n\nReturn to volume index","contentHtml":"

🥾 Walk 24 - Pangbourne and Whitchurch

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Despite the dubious weather and recent floods, we had 24 people on this walk. Mostly a mixture of Berkshire and Chilterns Weekend Walkers and their associated 20s & 30s groups glad to get out and burn off some of the Christmas calories. (This walk was on Sunday 30th December)

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We started in Pangbourne and crossed the bridge into Whitchurch. The Thames was very full and had spilled over into low lying gardens, car parks and completely covered the meadow along the Thames path! Luckily that wasn't part of our route.

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Passing through Whitchurch we branched left and headed toward the Thames Path at Hartslock Wood. This part of the Thames path is not a tow path and runs through a wooded embankment several metres higher than the river. Even today the path was high enough up for it to have escaped the flood waters.

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We left the Thames Path at Hattonhill Shaw and headed north up to Primrosehill Shaw. From there we headed east in to Great Chalk Wood, where we stopped for our picnic lunch before continuing east and upwards to Cold Harbour (the highest point of our route at 157m). Then we turned southward (and mostly downhill) back to Whitchurch via Coombe End Farm and Beech Farm.

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Although none of our route was flooded, it was very muddy throughout most of the walk and was quite slippery in several places. It certainly felt like we had a good work-out.

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On our return to Pangbourne, some of us stopped off for a drink at the Cross Keys pub (after changing out of our muddy boots!). You can see our route on Google Maps.

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📸 Back to Volume 2

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Return to volume index

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