From Source to Sea: Notes from a 215-Mile Walk Along the River Thames 9781786858191, 9781783728114, 9780857653307, 9781848394278, 9781786858184, 1786858185, 1786858193

Authors, artists and amblers have always felt the pull of the Thames, and now Tom Chesshyre is following in their footst

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From Source to Sea: Notes from a 215-Mile Walk Along the River Thames
9781786858191, 9781783728114, 9780857653307, 9781848394278, 9781786858184, 1786858185, 1786858193

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Table of contents :
Front cover
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER ONE --
THAMES HEAD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE
CHAPTER TWO --
THAMES HEAD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, TO CRICKLADE, WILTSHIRE
CHAPTER THREE --
CRICKLADE, WILTSHIRE, TO NEWBRIDGE, OXFORDSHIRE
CHAPTER FOUR --
NEWBRIDGE TO ABINGDON, OXFORDSHIRE
CHAPTER FIVE --
ABINGDON, OXFORDSHIRE, TO PANGBOURNE, BERKSHIRE
CHAPTER SIX --
PANGBOURNE, BERKSHIRE, TO MARLOW, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
CHAPTER SEVEN --
MARLOW, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, TO STAINES, SURREY
CHAPTER EIGHT --
STAINES, SURREY, TO KEW
CHAPTER NINE --
KEW TO BERMONDSEY
CHAPTER TEN --
BERMONDSEY TO GRAVESEND, KENT. CHAPTER ELEVEN --
GRAVESEND TO THE ISLE OF GRAIN, KENTCHAPTER TWELVE --
THE LONDON STONE, ISLE OF GRAIN, KENT
AFTERWORD
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
DISTANCE COVERED
OVERNIGHT STAYS
PUBS VISITED
NOTES ON WILD FLOWERS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX.

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