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Welcome to our blog! A record of our 2013 wanderings along the Thames path.

We are a group of expatriate women living in London and this year we are walking the Thames Path from the mouth, east of the city of London, to the source in rural Gloucestershire nearly 200 miles upstream.

Our guide is The National Trail Guide which you can find here and here and here. You will find photographs, accommodation guides, maps etc. All you need to begin walking.

It's cold. Very cold. So our winter walks have concentrated on the path within London - from Hampton Court in the west to Crayford Ness in the east, a total of 50 miles (80km). This has taken us through 2000 years of human history, past many world famous buildings, past (and over) 23 bridges, past (and through) tunnels under the river and past ferries crossing the river as they have done for thousands of years.

We thought that with the cold, the wind and the snow, these city walks would give us greater flexibility to seek the warmth and comfort of cafes and pubs, for respite from the elements. This has proved the case. But we have not yet abandoned our journey and we have always reached our goal for each walk.

'We are here on the planet only once, and might as well get a feel for the place.'