🥾 Walk 478 - Henley-on-Thames and Mill End

On Sunday 26th September, seven of us (including three guests) met at the free car park near the football ground in Henley for a 6.8 mile circular walk. The weather forecast was mixed and the journey there somewhat overcast, but once we set off, we enjoyed sunshine all the way!

Our route into the centre of Henley was along a path that took us behind the rowing museum and past the station.

We then crossed over the bridge to walk along a very picturesque section of the Thames Path to Hambleden lock and weir where we enjoyed seeing several boats pass through the lock while eating our lunch. On such a lovely day, there was certainly plenty of traffic on the river, enjoying the last of the summer sunshine.

Our route back to Henley was via Aston and a small section of the Chiltern Way, where we enjoyed distant views back down to the river.

A refreshment stop hadn't been planned, but it was hard to resist walking past the Chocolate Cafe in Henley and we were fortunate to get a table outside, especially as the town was busy and bustling!

Our route back to the car park was along the Thames Path again and we were serenaded by a local brass band playing in the park and by a jazz group on a paddle steamer providing music for a lunch cruise down the river.

Before leaving the Thames path to return to our cars, we took time to explore the weir at Mill Bank and again enjoy the paddle steamer as it sailed past. See our route on Google Maps.

Thank you to Sue for leading this walk, for writing it up and for providing the photos.

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