Kayaking the WHOLE River Thames, Source to London Barrier
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Published 2022-12-08
Kayaking (with a bit of cycling) the entire length of The River Thames, from its source in Kemble to the Thames Barrier in London. With music, no Vlog. August/September 2022.
On a sunny summers day in the pub an idea popped up between a friend and I, “would’t it be cool to travel the whole length of the Thames”. Well, a couple of months later with something that looked like a plan and armed with a few auction purchases we did just that.
The first section we cycled and walked following the Thames Path trail until there was enough water to get in with our Kayaks. The journey took 10.5 days covering 185 miles. We camped along the way and had a couple of nights staying with friends and family at the London end (nowhere to camp!).
All Environment Agency and Port of London Authority guidance followed.
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00:00 - Intro
00:27 - Day 1: Kemble -- Letchlade (Cycled Kemble to Cricklade 16 miles) 8 miles kayak
02:34 - Day 2: Letchlade -- Newbridge - 17 miles
04:37 - Day 3: Newbridge -- Sandford Lock - 18 miles
07:41 - Day 4: Sandford Lock -- Dorchester - 15 miles
10:00 - Day 5: Dorchester -- Pangbourne - 16 miles
10:37 - Day 6: Pangbourne -- Henley - 18 miles
15:00 - Day 7: Henley -- Cliveden - 14 miles
16:40 - Day 8: Cliveden -- Staines - 19 miles
17:14 - Day 9: Staines -- Molsey - 11 miles
18:00 - Day 10: Molsey -- Putney - 16 miles
19:06 - Day 11: Putney -- Thames Barrier - 18 miles
🎬 Filmed using:
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Additional footage from iphone
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All Comments (8)
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If you're planning on doing a similar trip or just enjoyed the journey feel free to leave a comment or question below. Thanks for watching.
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Nice adventure that
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So good! Well done lads!
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Superb video man, I've walked it and documented it this year, but it was nice to see it from a different perspective. Cheers
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Did you have to do much planning for the journey? Or was a lot of it made up as you went, did the plan change much if there was one?
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Hi Nick. My brother and I are thinking of canoeing the Thames (source to Teddingtom lock) with are 14 year old sons this summer. How many hours a day did you paddle for, what sort of distances, and do you think younger people could manage? We will camp along the way and are estimating 8 days in total..... Dan
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did they just dump the bikes at the start?
