Thames Path 12: A Muddy Journey from Reading to Goring

[@chrisprice8634]

Really enjoying this series.

[@AnIdiotOutdoors]

@chrisprice8634 It's brilliant ain't it! 🫡

[@harduphiker]

Thank you both *blush*

[@AnIdiotOutdoors]

Also I'm surprised how many sunken boats there are as you've done the series 😬

[@chrisprice8634]

Shipwreck!!!

[@harduphiker]

@@chrisprice8634 You know it!

[@harduphiker]

These are just the shipwreck highlights...there were FAR more...and I might just do a supercut of them all someday....

[@IAmAndrewJohns]

"I tried to buy wellies, that's why I was at the cheese shop" :D

[@harduphiker]

Where else do you buy wellies?

[@CampingRulesOkay]

Makes perfect sense.. everyone keeps their cheese in their wellies. No? 😉

[@AnIdiotOutdoors]

Inflatable dingy required to navigate most of the section of the Thames in this video! 😮 The Peak District is actually gonna be a two day holiday after all this hiking! 🫡

[@harduphiker]

Yes...gonna just chill, drink, chat, eat and do a little hiking maybe!

[@AnIdiotOutdoors]

@@harduphiker Much deserved! 🫡

[@CampingRulesOkay]

I'm afraid I'm one of those who cycle down some footpaths when there aren't any better alternatives. However, I go slowly and give way to pedestrians as i expect the same from others when I'm walking. I'll even get off and walk it if the path is busy and narrow. You can place the handcuffs on now guvner 🙌

[@harduphiker]

It's fine if you accept it is not where you should be cycling and act accordingly. The problem I find and found there is people were ringing their bells to get me out of the way on a path they should not have been on in the first place! Had the same with people riding dangerously on crowded pavements...they have no right of way. Similar with shared paths where cyclists are supposed to slow down... They don't and thus people stop walking those paths because being bombed at every few minutes by lycrablokes at 25-30mph is dangerous. The ones who stop and get off are fine.

[@CampingRulesOkay]

​@@harduphikerwow! That's some speed to be flying past people! I do ring my bell for walkers when on a shared pathway, not to say 'get out of my way' so much as a polite heads-up that I'm about to go by them (from behind). But I wouldn't pass anyway at those speeds even on a shared pathway, that's crazy! They should think about some cycle barriers if they're bombing along like that

[@sparker68]

I also confess to being a cyclist >.< (and a dog walker) but I ALWAYS give way which can mean stopping with the mutt on a super short lead (you never know how others will perceive your animal) or actually stopping my bike until pedestrians have noticed you (me) and then give a super wide berth. However Tim I am ecstatic that you still hold to the mantra " IN SOCKS WE TRUST ! " lol