Thames Path Day 2: Ashton Keynes to Castle Eaton, 9½ miles walked on Wednesday 17th September 2014

Thames Path Day 2: Ashton Keynes to Castle Eaton, 9½ miles, walked on Wednesday 17th September 2014.

All 13 of us set out and we played 'cars' first. By leaving some cars at Castle Eaton meant that we could return to Cirencester, our base, easily.

We had another gloriously warm day of walking; a little cooler first thing but plenty warm enough later on.

Julie's ankle didn't stand up to the rigours of walking along the stoney ground in the first half of the walk so she dropped back and with John, they made their way back to the hotel via Cricklade.

We stopped at the Red Lion PH in Cricklade for lunch. It was from near here that we deviated slightly from the route (lack of signage) and saw someone with a ferret.

We met a large herd of cattle, including a big bull,  near to Eaton House. They all stampeded at once and then suddenly stopped. A little unpredictable; so concerning.

As you can see from the photo above, we couldn't resist some food for free when we saw some plums in the hedgerow.