We’ve all but abandoned the Thames Path, having faced impossible flooding. Instead we renamed our hike The Thames Path Diversion Hike and took a cab to the next inn on the itinerary where we dumped our backpacks. From there we hiked on dry land and in sunshine to William Morris’s country home. Back at our room, we spotted this print on the wall depicting travelers more intrepid than us.
Well, I was wishing a nice downpour on you to make the journey even more memorable. But I wasn’t wishing for Biblical proportions
In the South of England, it was the wettest September in over 100 years with lots of flooding. Meanwhile we were able to hike every day, and it only rained on us one day for the final hour, or so, of a hike. Hotels had lots of cancellations, but we endured.