On the road again! With new vigour. The rest really recuperates the body's energies. Our friend Bobby joins us half way for a half day of walking. She also carries each of our bags for us part of the way, which was absolutely wonderful. Thanks Bobby!! We arrive after a long walk in Clifton Hampden and have a drink in The Plough Inn. Steph's staff becomes the centre of attention and is admired by Mike and Oliver in the pub. They are telling us stories of The Barley Mow pub by the river dating back to the 14th century and having been featured in novels like 'Three Men in a Boat'. Clifton Hampden itself is an old English village, nearly all of the houses still thatched.
After dropping Bobby off at the train station we make our way to Bridge House, to meet an old eccentric lady who runs a 'campsite' by the river. Elisabeth. It is as much a 'do as you like' campsite as it is a bird coop. She keeps, geese, doves, chickens, who either live in old abandoned caravans or roam around everywhere. We really like the place and pitch our tarp directly by the river, just to light a fire and watch the amazingly red sky reflected idyllically in the insect buzzing river surface, with Didcot power station looming in the background. Good sleep.
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| The wanderers on el camino |
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| Mafe, Steph, Bobby |
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| The outskirts of Clifton Hampden at nightfall |
