A Boat Trip with Cream Tea, Lock Transit & Toll Bridge

Come and join Vas and I on a 3 hour River cruise with tea along the Thames starting in Caversham. We have purchased tickets. The cost per person is £39.50. If you would like to join us, please make your own bookings. Click here for reservations. The website indicates that tickets are limited so I suggest you book soon. Once I know numbers I hope to arrange a table for us all with the cruise organisers.

Departing from Caversham Pier this round trip cruise, with reserved table, steward service and cream tea, soon leaves the riverside homes of Caversham behind. Entering open countryside passing islands before arriving at Mapledurham. We transit through the lock and onwards to Pangbourne entering a new Reach of the Thames.
From Caversham the boat heads westwards to Mapledurham from which it will sail through the unspoilt Reach to Pangbourne Meadows turning just before Whitchurch Toll Bridge (which makes a good photo opportunity as it spans the river). From inside the vessel or out on the foredeck there are great river views, the excitement of passing through a lock both up and downstream and glimpses of large manor houses. We travel through two quite different and interesting Reaches with ever-changing entertainment on the river.

The steward and crew will serve cream tea consisting of scones, Cornish clotted cream and jam*. Don't feel compelled to stay inside, take in the air on the foredeck or snap away with your camera out the window. The cruise departs Caversham Pier at 1330 and returns at approx. 1630.