On Saturday 10th October, fifteen of us met up at Henley-on-Thames railway station, from where Mike led us on a half-marathon course around Henley and Hambleden. We walked it, of course.
We started off walking through Henley and joined the Oxfordshire Way. This took us up through woodland to No Man's Hill where it opened out into tree lined fields. From here we did a bit of road walking to the hamlet of Fawley where we stopped to look at a well before crossing a field into Gussett's Wood.
Walking through the wood, we came to Luxters Farm vineyard and brewery where we stopped off to visit the shop. Next to the shop was Old Luxter's Barn, a venue often used for weddings. In fact two of our members were married there just a few years ago.
We continued through Cadmoor Wood and stopped by the edge of the wood for our picnic lunch, on top of a hill with a view across the Hambleden valley. After lunch we descended the hill and followed the road for a short while before joining the Chiltern Way at Pheasant's Hill.
We followed this route as far as Hambleden, where we stopped off at the Stag and Hunstman pub for a drink. Suitably refreshed, we continued south along a footpath through farmland, taking us to Mill End and Hambleden Lock. We crossed Thames on the metal walkway over the weir.
Now south of the river, we made our way to the village of Aston and from there across open countryside to Remenham and then Remenham Court. Here we descended through woodland back to Henley-on-Thames.
We crossed the Thames again at Henley Bridge and made our way back to the railway station where the walk ended. See our our route on Bing Maps.
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