Ridgeway - Day 5 - Goring to Wallingford

An excuse to continue walking the ridgeway, this was in reality just a short morning walk to join Val who was shopping with friends in Wallingford.  They had dropped me off in Goring so that I could walk the Thames side stretch.

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My start point was the bull in Streatley, just yards from where the Ridgeway path passes by.

Crossing the Thames

Boats coming into the Thames lock

This is where I finished last time !

Yup - this is the way !

As you weave between the houses, the National Trail becomes surprisingly narrow and overgrown

That's a bit better !

Our first view of the Thames since we crossed it.

Close to the railway line, with it's new, not very subtle, overhead electrification

I ended up catching up with the guy in the distance and we walked together chatting for a while until I left the Ridgeway near Wallingford.  He was not only walking the Ridgeway, but continuing to the Icknield Way and onto the Peddlers Way before finishing on the North Norfolk coast !  He'd taken just 2 1/2 days to complete what I'd done in 4.  Humbled was not the word !

A useful map of South Stoke

The many walks around South Stoke

South stoke had some beautiful houses ...

... and a church.

Another beautiful house

Leaving South Stoke

It's been a while since I've seen one of these reminders

At last - we're walking alongside the Thames

They have nice views

The railway bridge

Actually it's two railway bridges !

Train !

It's all flat here - unlike our first 4 days.

North Stoke Church

Yup - we're on the right route

North Stoke Village Hall

A lake !

Wide, flat and shady.

And this is the point where I officially leave the Ridgeway

To cross under the Wallingford Bypass into Wallingford itself.

Yup - I've left the Ridgeway behind

But I continue alongside the Thames

A nice way to travel

Wallingford Bridge and one of it's nice churches

A panorama of Riverside Meadows

Information about Riverside Meadows

By the Bridge

Crossing the Thames into Wallingford for a bite to eat

My route and stats