Tour of Berkshire Fords - Recce
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Wraysbury. Not reall worth a visit as too much town traffic to get to it.
Bollarded off. Now looks more like a duck pond than a ford. Approx 1 foot deep. Waded in a bit - several inches of mud and muck above what seems a firm base. Probably passable but seemed a shame to disturb it
Bollarded off. Now looks more like a duck pond than a ford. Approx 1 foot deep. Waded in a bit - several inches of mud and muck above what seems a firm base. Probably passable but seemed a shame to disturb it
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I found a great river crossing south of Reading on a green lane trip.
You entered the river turned down stream for about 2o yards then turned left and exited the river.
I was leading the run and made the crossing OK but because the entry and exit points were hidden from each other I could not watch the other people cross. All I could hear were dying bikes and frantic kicking
I would not try it on my GS.
I will have to hunt through my back copies of TBM to find out were it was.
You entered the river turned down stream for about 2o yards then turned left and exited the river.
I was leading the run and made the crossing OK but because the entry and exit points were hidden from each other I could not watch the other people cross. All I could hear were dying bikes and frantic kicking
I would not try it on my GS.I will have to hunt through my back copies of TBM to find out were it was.
The first Arborfield Cross ford, down a byway. Around a foot deep, reasonable gravel surface with a few rocks to avoid (with most of these fords I managed to have a good look beforehand on the footbridge). Continues on to the next ford via a dirt and brick rubble byway.
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The second Arborfield Cross ford - the byway from the last one leads down a steep, loose dirt byway with deep ruts down the middle (presumably washed out by rain?). Looked quite intimidating compared to the others so had a long look from all banks. Around 18 inches deep, reasonable surface, large rocks near the bridge. I took a route across the left side (away from the bridge) - had to hope there were no hidden rocks/rubbish as the last third was murky. The byway leading back to the road is around 1/4 of a mile - had to slow down to avoid a fierce looking wolf (well actually a large fierce looking alsation, but you never know when those damn things are going to go for the throat
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Mapsource file showing route
The route and waypoints.
Some waypoints are there just to force the route down a certain road.
The route and waypoints.
Some waypoints are there just to force the route down a certain road.
Keith Chapman said:
I think it'll be worth a look - great if you can find the coords.
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Ford at Swallowfield
Clive
Have you got this one on your list - just a short treck to Swallowfield!
OS grid: 474250,163250
Cheers,
Neil.
Clive
Have you got this one on your list - just a short treck to Swallowfield!
OS grid: 474250,163250
Cheers,
Neil.
Re: Ford at Swallowfield
I have now thanks
I said to the Navigator - "Shortest route please" - so it took me literally and sent me down a narrow pot-holed lane - I thought I'd reached the ford but that was just a massive puddle across the track from the recent downpours - the lane became a muddy byway...
NeilF said:
I have now thanks
I said to the Navigator - "Shortest route please" - so it took me literally and sent me down a narrow pot-holed lane - I thought I'd reached the ford but that was just a massive puddle across the track from the recent downpours - the lane became a muddy byway...
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