Photos - Leg 1 The Start in 2002
The Astoria - Fred Karno's
old houseboat and now a recording studio
First 3 runners just after
Sunbury Lock in 2005.
The Thames Path between
Shepperton and Chertsey Bridge
Statue of Blanche Heriot on one side of
Chertsey Bridge and House Painting on other side.
Thames Towpath sign at Chertsey Bridge
Chertsey Bridge at 9 miles and the M3
Bridge over the Thames, shown below, at 9.25 miles.
Camping, picnic, B-B-Q,
picnic, swimming, car park and playground area at Laleham Reach
Leg 1 - follows along the Thames to
Laleham. Seen here in January 2001 in flood.
Laleham is a sleepy riverside village
and has much history linked to it.
Matthew Arnold's grave in
Laleham churchyard.
The River Thames from the
towpath near Penton Hook Lock
Railway bridge over the Thames
just before Staines
The Staines Town Hall (now
a pub) backs onto the Thames
On the wall of Staines
Town Hall is a plaque remembering The Trafalgar Way and the announcement of Lord
Nelson's death. Click on the photo for a larger image so as to read the
inscription A water sculpture next to
the river and the Town Hall
Cross the footbridge over
the River Colne (where it enters the Thames) and onto the finish, just before
Staines Bridge
Sue Long of Stragglers with the local Town
Crier at the finish in 2005, next to Staines Bridge.