DoubleEnder
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I just spent a couple of days cruising on a hire boat from Buscot lock, just below Lechlade.
The upper Thames is really delightful, very green, very rural, full of interesting wildlife. We even saw a snake swimming across the river. Loads of good birds, all sorts of cattle… excellent. Very few people, fewer boats. Also not many places to tie up and not too many pubs. The ones we did stop at at had mostly average food. I would recommend carrying a good supply of your own food, and just use the pubs for drinks, not food.
On this occasion we didn’t stop at the Maybush at Newbridge but I’ve been there before and I think that may be the best of the pubs up here.
Anyway I thought it was a great stretch of water and I hope to do this little cruise again
The upper Thames is really delightful, very green, very rural, full of interesting wildlife. We even saw a snake swimming across the river. Loads of good birds, all sorts of cattle… excellent. Very few people, fewer boats. Also not many places to tie up and not too many pubs. The ones we did stop at at had mostly average food. I would recommend carrying a good supply of your own food, and just use the pubs for drinks, not food.
On this occasion we didn’t stop at the Maybush at Newbridge but I’ve been there before and I think that may be the best of the pubs up here.
Anyway I thought it was a great stretch of water and I hope to do this little cruise again