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Exploring the Itchen Way

July 19, 2020 By chippy minton 3 Comments

Mansbridge

I’ve written before about how one of my favourite local walks is the stretch of river from Bishopstoke to Highbridge.  As part of our “keeping it local” lockdown exercise, over the last couple of months Mrs Chippy and I have been exploring the rest of the river.

We started by running the stretch from Woodmill to Winchester and back.  No, not all in one go; that would be silly.  We took it in four stages – each stage a round trip of around 8 to 10 km (sorry to die-hard imperial measurers, but I measure exercise in kilometres – probably because the numbers build up more quickly).

The longest stretch was from Bishopstoke to Woodmill.  It takes a lot of perseverance as, once you leave Bishopstoke, there is no crossing point until Mansbridge, 6 km away (the M27 doesn’t count).  It’s also (possibly for the same reason) the least busy part of the path; we passed very few people. It was quite a surprise to see lots of people once we reached Mansbridge and completed the short section through Riverside park to Woodmill. [Read more…] about Exploring the Itchen Way

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Mothering Sunday: Brambridge Garden Centre and Itchen Walk

March 6, 2016 By Janet Williams 6 Comments

On Mothering Sunday, we went to Brambridge Garden Centre for lunch, and later walked along the Itchen river.

It was also an excuse for me to buy some plants for the house, as I’m not an able gardener, and even cacti could die in my care.

A few years ago, we couldn’t do any gardening, as we kept 3 chickens, who turned the back garden into a muddy patch. [Read more…] about Mothering Sunday: Brambridge Garden Centre and Itchen Walk

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Chandler’s Ford Itchen Walk 2015

June 7, 2015 By Janet Williams 5 Comments

Chandler's Ford Itchen Walk 2015

Update: Chandler’s Ford Itchen Walk 2016: Sunday 12th June 2016

The original post:

We went for a walk in Otterbourne along the Itchen this afternoon with some friends.

We bumped into some people doing the Chandler’s Ford Itchen Walk, organised by Rotary Club of Chandler’s Ford & Itchen Valley. [Read more…] about Chandler’s Ford Itchen Walk 2015

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Swans and Cygnets on the River Itchen

May 21, 2014 By Roger Clark 3 Comments

Swan and cygnets

While waiting for a Planetarium show at the Winchester Science Centre with our grand-daughter, we decided to kill some time along the River Itchen.

We parked nearby the river at Itchen Stoke and were hoping to find some ducks for Lucy to feed with the remains of her packed lunch.

As it was, there were no ducks around and so [Read more…] about Swans and Cygnets on the River Itchen

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Brambridge Walk

March 30, 2014 By Janet Williams 2 Comments

Where in Eastleigh do you need to jump over a stream so you can see an emu?

We went to Brambridge for a leisure walk this afternoon. We should have worn our wellies.

We walked along the path between the Itchen River and on the other side, [Read more…] about Brambridge Walk

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Short Walk By Itchen

February 19, 2014 By Mike Sedgwick 17 Comments

Edward Mike Sedgwick (Glider)

Had a short walk by the Itchen today. Joined it behind the Travelodge on Twyford Road and walked downstream to Withymead Lock where a fallen tree blocks the path and the path itself disappears beneath the water.

Upstream as far as a railway bridge near Highbridge Road. [Read more…] about Short Walk By Itchen

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