{"id":4461,"date":"2019-03-02T19:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T19:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4461"},"modified":"2025-06-11T19:25:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T18:25:17","slug":"introducing-the-cousins-to-treasure-trails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=4461","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>30 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Callum was keen to introduce his cousins to <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Treasure Trails (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.treasuretrails.co.uk\/things-to-do\/berkshire\/reading\" target=\"_blank\">Treasure Trails<\/a><\/strong> so we had arranged to meet up with them in Reading to tackle a local one.  Hopefully we would see parts of Reading we hadn&#8217;t previously explored.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-Mar-02-05A.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9280\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7515723270440252;width:385px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-Mar-02-05A.jpg 591w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-Mar-02-05A-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-Mar-02-05A-500x667.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The walk started at the Queen Victoria monument by Reading Museum and took us along the shopping streets, down to the Oracle and <strong><a aria-label=\"Reading Abbey Ruins (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.readingabbeyquarter.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reading Abbey Ruins<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; somewhere we hadn&#8217;t realised was there.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-Mar-02-07C.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-Mar-02-07C.jpg 591w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-Mar-02-07C-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-Mar-02-07C-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"788\" data-id=\"9287\" src=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-Mar-02-09A.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-Mar-02-09A.jpg 591w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-Mar-02-09A-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-Mar-02-09A-500x667.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"788\" data-id=\"9283\" src=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-Mar-02-10D.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-Mar-02-10D.jpg 591w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-Mar-02-10D-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hweb.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-Mar-02-10D-500x667.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure 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