Ride to Windsor
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Train assisted ride to Windsor and beyond.

The Jubilee River was built to prevent the river Thames flooding the towns of Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton. The decision to do so was made before global warming and consequent increased rainfall were thought of! I'd wanted to see it since it's completion in 2002. Although it's an amazing 12km long and 45m wide, it's not well known, being tucked away out of sight from all main roads. It was more impressive than any of the eleven of us were expecting - an heroic feat of civil engineering at vast cost. It took years and multi-multi-millions of pounds to achieve. Riding the cycleway that runs nearly the whole length of the river, we saw several beautiful new wooden pedestrian bridges, reedbeds, grasslands and some of the 250,000 new trees and shrubs that were planted in landscaping the new river. After a pub lunch in Windsor, we continued along the new National Cycle Trail Number 4 through the Great Park. We ran out of daylight and didn't really do as much of this Crown Estate as we would have liked. So perhaps we'll repeat this ride come the summer.