The main difference with this leg of the walk was that we had decided to stay overnight in one place: in this case the Premier Inn at Slough. The advantage of this was no longer needing to carry everything with us, and also a little extra flexibility as to how far to walk each day. We did in fact use that flexibility, varying our itinerary slightly from the original plan. That all worked, but while the Premier Inn was good for our purposes, we wished we had chosen a hotel closer to the station, as we quickly got bored with the walk between one and another, done twice a day. Slough also is not a wonderful place to dine out.
This was all possible of course because we are getting closer to London and the rail network connects up our stops. As we approach London, and Heathrow Airport, the aircraft get more frequent, closer and noisier. Not surprisingly, the walk itself has become less rural. Although there still are plenty of stretches where we were walking through open fields, away from traffic noise, we didn't really spot any of the more interesting wildlife - that is, beyond the usual geese, ducks and swans - that we had seen higher up the river.
Best lunch stop was the Flower Pot, a place with real character, and the best evening meal was one we had at some friends' house on Friday evening.
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