A pleasant walk we chose to take at the height of the May 'heatwave' that can be reached by public transport from Henley on Thames or Maidenhead. The bus stops right outside the Rising Sun in Hurley High Street or leave your car nearby in the designated parking bays. The walk has one long but gentle climb but apart from that it is very flat. We were lucky enough to have parked our touring caravan for a few days in the superb Riverside Camping & Caravan site, just east of the village, so no transport issues for us!
Head down the High Street passing just by the Olde Oak pub before taking a footpath to the right for approx. 1 mile passing residential park homes before a footpath points left down to the river. On reaching the Thames path turn left and follow crossing over the first 'horse' bridge and onto the island with a lock and nice cafe*, if you fancy a coffee & cake before you get going! Continue on back over the river on a second 'horse' bridge and keep following the Thames Path through an open pic-nic area on a nice sweeping curve of the river before reaching some riverside houses.
Pass through a gate and keep to the Thames path (not the private drive) for a couple of hundred yards until you see a small road leading off to the left (Black Boys Lane). Take this small and quiet lane up to the Henley road junction and turn left besides the Black Boys* pub which is yet another stopping off point, albeit a bit too soon for us!. Opposite you will see a footpath sign so cross the road with care and take it, rising gently for about a mile between the banks and hedgerows. There are views to be seen but you must peer between the bushes and trees to see them! This is area we thought was called BBOWT, but it is the acronym for.......we will let you look that one up! As the paths enters thicker woods take the first left fork and continue the gentle climb until you arrive at a clearing that doubles as a sort of farm-dump. Go beyond turning off footpaths and continue up a few yards on the farm track before a choice of paths. Take the Chiltern Way (south) and stay on this perhaps muddy section eventually passing an overgrown, plant infested pond and a fenced off wild garden before reaching a T junction besides a field used for training horses, judging by the white fencing. Turn right and follow the path up passing the side-wall of the house before going left on a fork and joining from the right a larger path leading besides a nice house and garden.
The track now becomes a drive and then a narrow road and the Dew Drop* pub can be seen down to the left, a must for a drink or/and food stop. 
Once a watering hole for foresters and now a quaint well hidden gem of a pub. Rest and Replenish,or if in a hurry, go back on to Honey lane and continue in the same direction but do not take the left turn just carry on for 300 yards until a house and eventually a footpath sign can be seen on the left. Take this path besides the house and do a more or less straight, follow-your- nose ahead for just about a mile. Over styles through kissing gates, horse jumps, sheep, strange wooden carvings and more private keep-out notices than you could possibly count! Its a lovely stretch however as it gently drops downwards until you pop out of yet another very ,private-keep out, wood.
We were greeted, on the day we walked, by a large herd of docile, inquisitive young heifers and stunning clear views across the Thames Valley. 
One should be able to make out the castle shape of the 5-star Danesfield Hotel, perched on a chalk cliff on the far side of the river and you can't help but be engaged by the modern research centre just below and of course, our goal for today,
Hurley. The heifer-lined fenced and narrowing path falls steeply here so take care if wet and also take care in crossing the road before following the High Street back down to the village. We chose the Rising Sun for our end-reward and it proved to be fine. The sun was still beating down and the garden shade a pleasant resting place.
* as with all hostelries and cafes, please check for opening times and food serving times. We walked on a Monday which is a particularly 'popular' day to close up! The cafe, the Black Boy & Dew Drop were all all out of luck todayfrom our passing trade.