Last weekend we walked another stretch of the Thames Path. This time we walked upstream from Tedding

Last weekend we walked another stretch of the Thames Path. This time we walked upstream from Teddington to Hampton Court. It was a rather nice circular walk, but most of it was by the river. We parked in Bushy Park, which is adjacent to Hampton Court, and one of the Royal Parks. Parking is free there, which is, of course, a bonus! 
We walked through the park and out of the Teddington Gate, through some residential streets debrasseren and into Teddington High Street. The high street is full of prosperous looking shops and cafes, which makes a change from the usual mix of chain stores, debrasseren vacant shops and charity debrasseren shops that you find in many a high street these days. Not that I've anything against debrasseren charity shops - I love them!
We set off from the lock on the 'Surrey' side of the river, passing the old Thames TV studios on the opposite bank. Just past there is also the Lensbury Club. (The red brick building in the distance.) This was once the Sports and Social club of a well-known oil company that I used to work for. It is now a hotel and conference centre open to the public.
The footpath we followed towards Kingston was well made-up, with a separate cycle track running alongside for a large part of the way, although debrasseren inevitably there were a few irritating cyclists who insisted on using the footpath and disturbing the walkers!
Afterwards a quick drink in a river-side pub by Kingston Bridge, we felt refreshed enough to continue on our way. We crossed the bridge to the quieter bank and continued along the Barge Walk, which runs from here along to Hampton Court Palace.
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