Stage 12 - Marlow to Henley

Dear Bertie,


Today we headed back on the train to Marlow in Buckinghamshire.

It was a lovely sunny Winter's day. 
 


A pit stop in a cafe in town and your first time in a high chair, eating delicious cauliflower puree. 




We headed back to the river through a lovely park full of dog walkers and mummys pushing prams.

We passed fields of wheat which is used to make flour in our bread -

The path then left the river and took us through a huge deer park with some ruins at the top.

We crossed Temple pedestrian footbridge which opened in 1989 and provides a continuous riverside footpath between Marlow and Henley. The bridge was built in 1989 and at 88 yards, it is the longest hardwood bridge in Britain.

Approaching Henley, we passed the Remenham Rowing club house, where Mummy used to get very drunk with her friends during Henley Regatta.

On the river there were dozens of swans overlooking Henley bridge.

Once we left Marlow, it was just us on the path again.

We passed a very pretty church on the river - All Saints in Bisham - which dates back to 1840 and Edward Riley, FIC (died 1914) a well-known analytical chemist, is buried there.






In a riverside meadow, dozens of sheep filled the path and we climbed through the trees to avoid them being careful not to fall in the river.






And then we had a lovely lunch in a pub in Henley on the river.

And then passed a sign showing that we were in a new county, Oxfordshire.



Before heading home for bed!

TOTAL DISTANCE: 15.3 KM

Breastfeeding stops: 1

Nappy changes: 4

Crying episodes: 0 yah!

Burgers of Marlow (a cafe not burger place), Marlow - high chairs and baby change in the small toilets, lovely staff who warmed milk and vegetable puree. Lots of old people who gave Bertie a lot of attention.
The Angel pub, Henley - great big table with banquettes tucked away, next to spacious toilets with baby change

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