Thames Path - Hallsmead Ait at Shiplake
Shiplake may derive its name from "sheep lake" as it was once used for sheep dipping. Another theory suggests Shiplake was as close as the Vikings could get their ships to their main encampment in Reading.
There were vineyards on the riverside slopes during Tudor and Stuart times.
Shiplake College was built in the 1890s by a stockbroker; it was used by the BBC in World War II, and became a school in 1959.
The church dates from the eleventh century and contains stained glass from the Abbey of St Omer in France. The poet Tennyson was married here in 1850 - he wrote: 'The Peace of God came into my life before the altar when I wedded her.' Four times a week Shiplake College uses the church for its assemblies.
Recommended parking is close to St.Peter & St.Paul church. Follow the footpath south and then east to the river. You will pass the boathouses of Shiplake College.
Once on the Thames Path, head south toward Sonning until you get to within apx. 30' of the cache. Find the correct entry point into the copse, and you should find the cache fairly quickly.
The cache is a plastic medium size tub, stuffed full of swaps.
Good luck!