The guidebook suggests Windsor to Maidenhead, but Maidenhead seemed like a dull place to stop, so we set Cookham as our finishing point, with a tour of the Stanley Spencer Gallery promised to finish the day. So, leaving the car in Cookham I walked to Cookham station, caught a train to Maidenhead, then one to Slough, and a third train to Windsor Central. Sue had to catch four trains to get to Windsor Riverside, and we met at the bridge between Windsor and Eton.

Crossing Windsor Bridge into Eton we were soon on a grassy path by the river. We came to Boveney Church with its 15th Century tower, and Norman window. It looked interesting but is surrounded by a fence and a locked gate.

We stopped in Maidenhead for a slightly disappointing meal at the Blue River Cafe (sardines, with the smallest garnish you've ever seen presented as a 'salad' and not a carbohydrate in sight) and carried on for a more satisfying ice-cream at Jenner's cafe for pudding. Under the trees the path became more shaded, and we could look across to Cliveden.

The path leaves the river just after Cliveden, and heads up to Cookham. Before leaving the river we cooled our feet off in the water. Boots back on we carried onto Cookham where the car was waiting. We left bags in the car and spent some time looking at the small but interesting collection in the Stanley Spencer Gallery, before heading to Bel and the Dragon for afternoon tea and scones. To save Sue a further three trains, I drove her back to Windsor before heading for home.