Sat 29 June 2019  - 6.5 miles - BRIDGES FROM MAIDENHEAD TO BOURNE END VIA STANLEY SPENCER GALLERY - Leader: Gail B

A walk of many bridges around the Thames and Jubilee Rivers, to cross, to go under and to admire. Plus an extended lunch break at Cookham to allow time for a visit to the Stanley Spencer Gallery (admission £6, conc £4.50, Art Fund free). A flat walk along a pretty stretch of the Thames, a lot of hard surfaces but also potential for muddy sections.(SWC 56) Lunch: Pubs/cafe/picnic at Cookham

Rail and footbridge to Bourne End

Gail leading the walk

Enjoy walking in 33C° 

The bridge at the Taplow Riverside

Foot bridge at the the Guard Club Park 

Maidenhead Rail Bridge, 1838, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the widest and flattest in the world 128ft (39 metres) 24ft (7 metres) 

Gail giving information on the rail bridge

Maidenhead Station - want to come on the walk? Statue for 'British Schindler' Sir Nicholas Winton

Brunel railway bridge – we try out the echo – and it does work

Bridge over Boulters Lock

· Very welcome ice-cream stop 

Photos: Kleo, Ruth