Thursday 13th August 2009
Day 6 DetailsA really comfortable day today. Just 12.5 miles, 5 locks, lots to enjoy. Start location Site Name
| Blue coat School | Site Address | Holme Park Sonning Lane Sonning on Thames Berkshire RG4 6SU view satelite photo | | Distance from start of journey (miles) | 78.7
| Estimated departure time
| 1000
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Our Journey Distance from start of the day (miles)
| Points of interest | | 0.1 | Sonning Lock
| | 0.3 | Sonning Bridge
| | 3.2 | Shiplake Lock | | 3.4 | Shiplake Railway Bridge 1897
| | 5.7 | Marsh Lock | | 6.7 | Henley Bridge - 1786
The next mile is the Henley regatta course. | | 8.7 | Hambledon Lock - There is a pub in Aston, just past the lock on the right, so we'll stop here for lunch. | 10.2
| Islands. Main channel left but apparently there is better canoeing right. This may be a bit dodgy for our lightweight canoes but might be fun. I advise caution | | 10.9 | Medmenham Village Medmenham Abbey | | 11.2 | Islands. Main channel left but better canoeing right, again, caution advised. | | 12.5 | Hurley Upper Lock Right Hurley weir left.
According to expert canoeists this is a lot of fun but it may be too much for our canoes. we'll see on the day. | | 12.6 | Hurley upper lock cut footbridge
| | 12.7 | Hurley Lock
Camping on the island.
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End of day location Site Name
| Hurley island | Site Address | Mill Lane, Hurley, Maidenhead, Berks SL6 5ND View Map Check out the little island campsite, those brown things are tents! Click here
| | Distance from start of journey (miles) | 91.2 | Estimated arrival time
| 1800
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 30 June 2009 )
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