Gone astray

Day 7 - Windsor to Maidenhead. I remember teaching the children not to talk to strangers - but yesterday we learnt the hard way to follow our own advice. A long section of the path was closed because they are preparing for Olympic rowing events. However we stupidly took the advice about the route from a passing runner and ended up having to turn round and retrace our steps - probably at least 3 miles - when we hit an impassible barrier. As the nice young policeman said later: "don't trust the locals". Well true confession time now - we called a taxi with the help of a trustworthy local and rode the last couple of miles into Maidenhead.