Thames Path section 9 - Goring to Reading

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But there was about 10 miles to go before we\u2019d got near Reading which sort of broke down into sections."},"link":{"url":null}},{"image":{"unique_id":"c5f69e96-f096-40c4-965a-554fcbd61b25","athlete_id":10421173,"activity_id":7113345851,"activity_name":"Thames Path section 9 - Goring to Reading","post_id":null,"resource_state":2,"caption":"","type":1,"source":1,"status":true,"uploaded_at":"2022-05-09T15:09:38Z","created_at":"2022-05-09T08:47:17Z","created_at_local":"2022-05-09T09:47:17Z","urls":{"2048":"https:\/\/dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net\/sWqyJwQURIrN4gt9W1J_APOzO7Ipt6o5SGAbe9gRXjE-2048x1536.jpg"},"sizes":{"2048":[2048,1536]},"default_photo":false,"location":[51.51292757777778,-1.121798525],"url":"https:\/\/storyteller.fit\/sites\/default\/files\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/c5f69e96-f096-40c4-965a-554fcbd61b25.jpg","filepath":"public:\/\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/c5f69e96-f096-40c4-965a-554fcbd61b25.jpg","uid":"305","taken_timestamp":1652089637,"imageStyles":{"map_marker":"https:\/\/storyteller.fit\/sites\/default\/files\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/derivates\/map\/c5f69e96-f096-40c4-965a-554fcbd61b25.jpg"},"coords":[51.512887,-1.121855],"position":140,"prevPosition":""},"textarea":{"index":1,"content":"The first bit from Goring was along the usual meadows, aside from a diversion which we didn\u2019t know about. All pretty good."},"link":{"url":null}},{"image":{"unique_id":"9a22207d-13ca-478e-b213-edd66bf523fd","athlete_id":10421173,"activity_id":7113345851,"activity_name":"Thames Path section 9 - Goring to Reading","post_id":null,"resource_state":2,"caption":"","type":1,"source":1,"status":true,"uploaded_at":"2022-05-09T15:09:38Z","created_at":"2022-05-09T08:56:38Z","created_at_local":"2022-05-09T09:56:38Z","urls":{"2048":"https:\/\/dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net\/uXSbc3dPzwOPRj3MiTWpta4Mty11k5cJ_bQ1nTpv0QA-2048x1536.jpg"},"sizes":{"2048":[2048,1536]},"default_photo":false,"location":[51.50961036111111,-1.112645275],"url":"https:\/\/storyteller.fit\/sites\/default\/files\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/9a22207d-13ca-478e-b213-edd66bf523fd.jpg","filepath":"public:\/\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/9a22207d-13ca-478e-b213-edd66bf523fd.jpg","uid":"305","taken_timestamp":1652090198,"imageStyles":{"map_marker":"https:\/\/storyteller.fit\/sites\/default\/files\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/derivates\/map\/9a22207d-13ca-478e-b213-edd66bf523fd.jpg"},"coords":[51.509467,-1.112653],"position":178,"prevPosition":""},"textarea":{"index":2,"content":"Then we turned away from the river a bit taking the Thames Path route towards Whitchurch and Pangbourne."},"link":{"url":null}},{"image":{"unique_id":"a47d9237-2106-471f-b4b3-ce7cb5d16489","athlete_id":10421173,"activity_id":7113345851,"activity_name":"Thames Path section 9 - Goring to Reading","post_id":null,"resource_state":2,"caption":"","type":1,"source":1,"status":true,"uploaded_at":"2022-05-09T15:09:38Z","created_at":"2022-05-09T09:00:28Z","created_at_local":"2022-05-09T10:00:28Z","urls":{"2048":"https:\/\/dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net\/TvDjCA6ZqwtCwVUOO4s8YKHw-EAEFw45XGy7K_4Hzug-2048x1536.jpg"},"sizes":{"2048":[2048,1536]},"default_photo":false,"location":[51.50750018888889,-1.1105197055555556],"url":"https:\/\/storyteller.fit\/sites\/default\/files\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/a47d9237-2106-471f-b4b3-ce7cb5d16489.jpg","filepath":"public:\/\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/a47d9237-2106-471f-b4b3-ce7cb5d16489.jpg","uid":"305","taken_timestamp":1652090428,"imageStyles":{"map_marker":"https:\/\/storyteller.fit\/sites\/default\/files\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/derivates\/map\/a47d9237-2106-471f-b4b3-ce7cb5d16489.jpg"},"coords":[51.507648,-1.110841],"position":190,"prevPosition":""},"textarea":{"index":3,"content":"This was very much an expected hilly section but perhaps the gradient in places was far greater than actually expected."},"link":{"url":null}},{"image":{"unique_id":"0a7ec04e-c5df-44e4-abae-a1f2de0a86a1","athlete_id":10421173,"activity_id":7113345851,"activity_name":"Thames Path section 9 - Goring to Reading","post_id":null,"resource_state":2,"caption":"","type":1,"source":1,"status":true,"uploaded_at":"2022-05-09T15:09:39Z","created_at":"2022-05-09T09:14:32Z","created_at_local":"2022-05-09T10:14:32Z","urls":{"2048":"https:\/\/dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net\/EEb7Oj38EThEiNnVWUcDrNDWw4EMveVftr-lulhO_Zs-1536x2048.jpg"},"sizes":{"2048":[1536,2048]},"default_photo":true,"location":[51.500897116666664,-1.1031354750000002],"url":"https:\/\/storyteller.fit\/sites\/default\/files\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/0a7ec04e-c5df-44e4-abae-a1f2de0a86a1.jpg","filepath":"public:\/\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/0a7ec04e-c5df-44e4-abae-a1f2de0a86a1.jpg","uid":"305","taken_timestamp":1652091272,"imageStyles":{"map_marker":"https:\/\/storyteller.fit\/sites\/default\/files\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/derivates\/map\/0a7ec04e-c5df-44e4-abae-a1f2de0a86a1.jpg"},"coords":[51.500926,-1.103008],"position":240,"prevPosition":""},"textarea":{"index":4,"content":""},"link":{"url":null}},{"image":{"unique_id":"edfbb56a-399a-4990-ba7d-16b4ce34b819","athlete_id":10421173,"activity_id":7113345851,"activity_name":"Thames Path section 9 - Goring to Reading","post_id":null,"resource_state":2,"caption":"","type":1,"source":1,"status":true,"uploaded_at":"2022-05-09T15:09:39Z","created_at":"2022-05-09T10:29:52Z","created_at_local":"2022-05-09T11:29:52Z","urls":{"2048":"https:\/\/dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net\/RC_7M2v66x9leMULv3OgXfqxZHtn9ijaNar48Gxavog-2048x1536.jpg"},"sizes":{"2048":[2048,1536]},"default_photo":false,"location":[51.48626854444444,-1.0902533944444444],"url":"https:\/\/storyteller.fit\/sites\/default\/files\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/edfbb56a-399a-4990-ba7d-16b4ce34b819.jpg","filepath":"public:\/\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/edfbb56a-399a-4990-ba7d-16b4ce34b819.jpg","uid":"305","taken_timestamp":1652095792,"imageStyles":{"map_marker":"https:\/\/storyteller.fit\/sites\/default\/files\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/derivates\/map\/edfbb56a-399a-4990-ba7d-16b4ce34b819.jpg"},"coords":[51.48571,-1.085675],"position":362,"prevPosition":""},"textarea":{"index":5,"content":"Then downhill again towards Pangbourne and a break at the Swan after having spent five minutes trying to find a member of staff to make it clear that the pub was open and not just deserted. The view and weather were worth it though."},"link":{"url":null}},{"image":{"unique_id":"6880abf9-8a37-4b37-a88c-cf5ff54aba81","athlete_id":10421173,"activity_id":7113345851,"activity_name":"Thames Path section 9 - Goring to Reading","post_id":null,"resource_state":2,"caption":"","type":1,"source":1,"status":true,"uploaded_at":"2022-05-09T15:09:39Z","created_at":"2022-05-09T11:23:04Z","created_at_local":"2022-05-09T12:23:04Z","urls":{"2048":"https:\/\/dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net\/pvUl-qMmKif2oyMGnDggFLu6-IiSswtjXsH5WXwfKvQ-2048x1536.jpg"},"sizes":{"2048":[2048,1536]},"default_photo":false,"location":[51.486579,-1.0401386916666668],"url":"https:\/\/storyteller.fit\/sites\/default\/files\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/6880abf9-8a37-4b37-a88c-cf5ff54aba81.jpg","filepath":"public:\/\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/6880abf9-8a37-4b37-a88c-cf5ff54aba81.jpg","uid":"305","taken_timestamp":1652098984,"imageStyles":{"map_marker":"https:\/\/storyteller.fit\/sites\/default\/files\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/derivates\/map\/6880abf9-8a37-4b37-a88c-cf5ff54aba81.jpg"},"coords":[51.486711,-1.040251],"position":540,"prevPosition":""},"textarea":{"index":6,"content":"The rest of the walk today had been done by us before at one time or another. We\u2019d had a long walk from Mapledurham to Pangbourne and back again previously and today we just had the walk back."},"link":{"url":null}},{"image":{"unique_id":"546704ae-7371-486c-95b0-8ddca0dafd89","athlete_id":10421173,"activity_id":7113345851,"activity_name":"Thames Path section 9 - Goring to Reading","post_id":null,"resource_state":2,"caption":"","type":1,"source":1,"status":true,"uploaded_at":"2022-05-09T15:09:39Z","created_at":"2022-05-09T12:45:05Z","created_at_local":"2022-05-09T13:45:05Z","urls":{"2048":"https:\/\/dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net\/3eTQU2UpJ3xr2xBgxCC04K171a28Jpp5wQ9iLzI-ndA-2048x1536.jpg"},"sizes":{"2048":[2048,1536]},"default_photo":false,"location":[51.46927998888889,-0.9951024722222221],"url":"https:\/\/storyteller.fit\/sites\/default\/files\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/546704ae-7371-486c-95b0-8ddca0dafd89.jpg","filepath":"public:\/\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/546704ae-7371-486c-95b0-8ddca0dafd89.jpg","uid":"305","taken_timestamp":1652103905,"imageStyles":{"map_marker":"https:\/\/storyteller.fit\/sites\/default\/files\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/derivates\/map\/546704ae-7371-486c-95b0-8ddca0dafd89.jpg"},"coords":[51.469471,-0.995744],"position":808,"prevPosition":""},"textarea":{"index":7,"content":"There followed the climb up from Purley to Tilehurst which for some reason had been ignored by all the guidebooks but I knew about it well having run this far out of Reading a couple of times before (once on Christmas Eve 2018 apparently, as you do\u2026)\n\nThen it was \u201cjust\u201d the final stretch along from Tilehurst station to wherever we were going to choose to finish the day which hadn\u2019t been set in stone \u2013 we knew the Thames Path around Reading well enough to know we had a few different options depending how we felt and which pub we might be prepared to put up with when arriving in Reading."},"link":{"url":null}},{"image":{"filepath":"public:\/\/default_images\/transparent.png"},"textarea":{"index":8,"content":"The first bit down to Reading City\u2019s ground was a lot longer than expected, probably showing we\u2019ve not been past there actually on the path very many times. Then the next stretch down to the Thames Promenade was quite comfortable.\n\nThen things started to feel tough but at Reading Bridge, we decided to go on to where the Thames is joined by the River Kennet. Unfortunately, that turned out to be about a mile away which was much further than expected. Even so, we got it done and that\u2019s going to mean a little bit less distance tomorrow.\n\nWith how my feet feel now that\u2019s a very good thing!"},"link":{"url":null}}]
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