Thames Path News Round-Up

Route News The Path remains closed at Shifford Lock due to fallen trees. We’ve been advised (today) by the National Trails Office that contractors working for the Environment Agency will remove the trees this week   The alternative route is to cross the river at Tenfoot Bridge and follow the path to Duxford and then follow the “natural Thames” […]

Thames Path News Round-Up

Route News Contrary to what we reported last week, the closure at Shifford Lock is still in place. The Path had to be closed due to fallen trees. The alternative route is to cross the river at Tenfoot Bridge and follow the path to Duxford and then follow the “natural Thames” rather than Shifford Cut. Full details on our Facebook Group […]

Thames Path News Round-Up

Mark your calendar: Monday April 18, 2022. That’s the day that we plan to re-start. It also happens to be Easter Monday. We will have a hard close on 31 October to coincide with the end of British Summer Time.  In the meantime we will be available throughout winter and early spring to take bookings. We […]

Thames Path News Round-Up

COP26 has featured heavily in the news this week so we thought it appropriate to highlight a local environmental issue that has been debated in parliament this week: wet wipes. Wet wipes are single use plastics and are the most common item recorded on the Thames foreshore. Fleur Anderson, MP for Putney, introduced a “Ten Minute Rule […]

Thames Path News Round-up

RRS Sir David Attenborough, known to many as Boaty McBoatface, was in Greenwich this week ready for Ice Worlds Festival. This research ship is designed to carry out missions in the Arctic and Antarctic. This shot was taken by Carolyn who was lucky enough to finish her Thames Path walk on the day the boat […]