Planning For the Thames

We now know when and where we will be getting dropped into the Thames and we now know when and where we will be getting picked up on the Thames, so it is time to start planning what we will do with our time on the non tidal Thames.

We know that we are getting dropped in at Lechlade so that part is easy enough but what to do in the middle?

We are thinking that after a morning looking around Lechlade and getting stocked up that we will have a steady cruise on to Newbridge.

The following day we will head away downstream to head through Oxford and the one low bridge we will encounter at Osney. With this cleared we can relax a little bit more. We should in theory have about 1ft clearance but if river levels are up that could scupper us getting under!

Assuming we get under the bridge we will after a night in Oxford head down to Abingdon

We have a night to play with before we make out next destination of Henley. We are still undecided where to stop that extra night so any thoughts would be much appreciated.

Then it is onto Windsor.

Our time on the non tidal river will now be coming to an end. Just time for an evening in Staines.

Then our final night on the non tidal river will be spent at Teddington Lock, ready for our descent onto the tidal river the next day.

As you can see this is very much a whistle stop tour of the non tidal Thames but we will get to see plenty and we are not scared of putting in a decent days cruising each day. We will do as we usually do with early morning starts, then a break for breakfast, then another couple of hours cruising followed by a stop for lunch and a beer, then carry onto our location for the evening. This is a routine that has served us well over the years and means we get in some decent mileage whilst still enjoying our new surroundings.