Stage 5 - Teddington Lock to Windsor - 17th June 2024

Setting off from Teddington Lock

5th stage of my Thames Sea to Source 2024 challenge on an absolutely belting day. This time 25.49 miles from Teddington Lock to Windsor and Eton Bridge.

I don't know what was wrong with my camera but the colours were all over the place today.

Refurbishment works going on at Teddington

Looking downstream from Teddington

Teddington Lock & Weirs

Duck enjoying the early morning sunshine

Kingston Bridge which the Thames Path crosses over

Looking upstream from Kingston Bridge

The Long Water at Hampton Court

Deer at Hampton Court Golf Club just about staying off the green!

The gold Tijou Screen at Hampton Court Palace

Hampton Court Palace

Hampton Court Bridge - 147 miles to go!

Taggs Island - home to one of Britain's largest residential Houseboat communities

Quintissentially English

Ferry across to Hampton

........and another one!

Sunbury Lock

Sunbury Lock

Heading towards Walton

Walton Bridge

On D'Oyly Carte Island

Nice place to stop for coffee

D'Oyly Carte Island

The house is being brought back to life

The house is being brought back to life

The house has 13 bedrooms, a grand ballroom, 5 bathrooms & 40 boat moorings!

The ferry connects Weybridge with Shepperton

Technology has now made the bell to summon the ferry redundant

How many National Trails boast a ferry?

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On board the ferry

On the Shepperton side

Looking downstream from Shepperton Lock

Pharoah's Island

You need a sign this wide for all this information

Ryepeck Meadow

Chertsey Bridge

Chertsey Lock

The M3

I always wonder what this is

Walking towards Staines

Walking towards Staines

Penton Hook Lock - the ice cream van always seems to be here

Penton Hook Lock

Nearly at Staines

Reproduction of a London Stone marking the upstream limit of the City of London's authority

Bridge 142 has been closed since February 2024 necessitating an unpleasant detour

I really like these 2 cottages just beyond Staines Bridge

Detour takes you under the M25 and A30

You rejoin the Thames Path at the hotel

Bell Weir Lock

Walking up to Runnymede Pleasure Ground

Queen Elizabeth II Statue at Runnymede commemorating 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta

American Bar Association's memorial at Runnymede

The Jurors artwork installed in 2015 commemorating 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta

Walking up to Old Windsor

Old Windsor Lock

Albert Bridge Datchet

The private part of Home Park Windsor

Looking upstream from Victoria Bridge Windsor

Windsor Castle

Romney Lock

Romney Lock

I got a bit of a shock when I saw this - that's a big swan!

After nearly 26 miles I'd earned this pint!

Windsor

Looking upstream from Windsor & Eaton Bridge

Looking downstream towards Romney Lock

Journey's End

By the time I got home this had been a very long day!