Neil Hoggarth's diary
Shakespeare's Way - from Wolvercote along the Thames PathNice sunny morning today, so I took the bus out the Wolvercote and walked back to Oxford along the Thames Path. This is all well-mapped territory, but I was keeping an eye out for Shakespeare's Way waymarkings, to see if I could fill out any more of the route relation for that hiking trail.
I had previously observed Shakespeare's Way waymarks pointing south where the Thames path crosses the road by the Trout pub. I found a Shakespeare sticker on the Thames Path signpost by the Rainbow Bridge, which I have taken as sufficient evidence to extend the route along the Thames Path that far.
I suspect that Shakespeare's Way actually follows the Thames Path all the way around Oxford, but there seems to be no evidence on the ground for this (after Rainbow Bridge the next time one sees a Shakespeare waymark along the Thames Path is on a lamppost where the path heads east from Folly Bridge, on the south side of the city centre).
Coordinates:Posted by Neil Hoggarth at Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:34:32 +0000 in English (English)
Comment from Neil Hoggarth at Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:34:29 +0000
For the record: my hunch that Shakespeare's Way follows the Thames Path around all the way around Oxford turns out to be wrong - I've found several waymarks on the footpath alongside the Thames / Oxford Canal Link, so Shakespeare's Way turns off the Thames eastwards before reaching the crossing at Botley Road. I know it rejoins the Thames at Folly Bridge, but I haven't determined the route through the city centre yet.
