The Trailblazer guide book which we’ve brought with us on our journey had set us up for today. It had told us today was going to be the most isolated and remote stretch of the journey. Yesterday we were advised to get whatever supplies we needed from a shop in Lechlade because the next nearest one was 2 days or 30 miles away in Oxford.
The book was right.
Thames Path section 4 - Lechlade to Newbridge

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