Today we begin on the Thames Path but soon leave it for a delightful walk “overland” from Winterbrook to Henley, cutting off the River Thames’s long detour to the south via Goring and Reading. The first two and a half miles follow another National Trail, The Ridgeway, along Grim’s Ditch, a Scheduled Monument. The entire walk is through pleasant, quiet country, using footpaths, tracks and quiet lanes. The only watering place is an excellent pub about three-fifths of the way along.