Starting from Woodcote, north of Reading this testing route took us from the excellent Thames Path tracking along the northern bank of the Thames climbing and swooping along a series of exhilarating twist and turns with the infamous Whitchurch steps replaced by a steep straight dive followed by a quick climb. The western edge of the route took us to where the Chilterns drop away to the plains, we traversed up and down with long-legged swoops and climbs off and on the dramatic hills. With plenty of flint around we had the usual spate of punctures, 5 in all which slowed us up a bit and with finished in just over 7hrs. As usual the route signs were a little hard to follow and we did a few bonus miles but on the whole the route was pretty good. The only thing missing was the sunshine,and the previous days rainfall had left the trails pretty sticky in places. A cup of tea and some cake and we were on our way home a long day but well worth it.
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