Maislo three

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A beautiful walk with mostly good path, great views, and plenty of opportunity to spy red kites soaring in the air. Much of the route is shared with a cycle path - flat and well maintained - and therefore is wide and pretty relaxing. We decided to have lunch by the lake, but if you go a little bit onwards you can rest at the Palmer's Arms in Dorney.

Some places to watch:
- There is a brief part of the path that joins the road with no segregated footpath. It's not long and is very quiet.
- There is one short descent that has shallow, almost flat steps. For wheels, this could be slightly bumpy, but probably doable.

We walked from Maidenhead to Slough
This is a lovely walk mostly along good Sustrans cycle paths making this accessible by wheels. Out of Maidenhead and quickly into parkland along the Green Lane. A little road walking through Bray then more wooded paths toward the Jubilee River. We chose to hop off the route by a 100m or so and sit by the Olympic rowing lake and have lunch watching the Kites and Buzzards. Onto Dorney Village (an alternative lunch stop with pub). The rest of the walk is alongside the Jubilee river, picnic tables and bird hides to distract you. Last part is a busy road into Slough and the train station.
A very nice walk suitable for wheels.
I have done Maislo2 also which has more riverside walking but also more road on the approach to Maidenhead and no stop in Dorney. I think this is the slightly better walk and it is more accessible.

This is a brilliant route between Maidenhead and Slough, we walked it the other way but it should work in both directions. Strangely the route doesn't start/end at the Maidenhead Railway station but the station is only 1km away from the start which is outside the beautiful Maidenhead library. The first stretch runs beside and through tunnels along the York Stream before heading out on Green Lane and a beautiful avenue of trees beside the Braywick Nature Reserve. From Braywick you follow Sustains Route 4 on a nice traffic free route over the Thames to Bray.

At Bray there is a little road walking and the opportunity to combine Slow Ways walking with one of three Michelin starred restaurants. We felt that we were probably the only people combining a 13k walk with first class lunch but it meant we could have as much wine as we liked.

From Bray head over the M4 and through Dorney (alongside the Olympic rowing courses) and be sure to have a look at the 12th century church at Dorney Court.

The rest of the Slow Way is along the Jubilee River on a rough but flat path that leads all the way to Slough, sadly it could do with some branches and shade/shelter depending on your weather conditions - it was 30 degree heat and bright sunshine for us.

Once at the outskirts of Slough it is a relatively short and wide and easy walk alongside the main roads to the end point of Slough Railway station.

I grumbled about having to be exposed to the A4 noise and fumes on the other options - so I made this one, which has a lovely quiet green walk out of Maidenhead, and is altogether more pleasant.

After leaving Maidenhead I arrived in Bray, and walked through the old churchyard. Then quiet village roads (some without pavement but not enough traffic to cause problems), to the oddly named Monkey Island. There is a wooden footbridge across the Thames here, I saw muntjac and butterflies in a peaceful moment.

The next section passes the rowing centre at Dorney, which was a venue in the 2012 Olympic Games. Then into Dorney village, for refreshments. There are two options - a garden centre cafe, and a very welcoming pub, the Palmer Arms. It is worth taking a teeny tiny detour to look at Dorney church as you pass through (opposite the cemetery) - flint and chalk (Photo 5). Dorney feels like stepping back in time a few centuries.

After Dorney the route crosses a field (photo 6) and joins the Jubilee river path - from here it follows the same route as option Two, along the river and into Slough.

Highly recommend this route if you want a quiet entry to/exit from Maidenhead.

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