From a gentile coastal town to the thunder of a motorway and the hustle of a busy port.
Today was a day of big contrasts of scenery. Continue reading
Somerset
Day 022 : Weston-Super-Mare – Clevedon
We leave the seaside town for the gentile coastal town which is a dormitory suburb of Bristol.
I pass the Marina Lake and the old lifeboat station at Birnbeck Island, which I wonder if it will ever be restored.
Day 021 : Bridgewater – Weston-Super-Mare
I escape from the city sprawl to the seaside.
For the first 2-3 hours of today, I had to negotiate my way out of Bridgewater and make my way for 8 miles along the A38, a lot of which was dual carriageway.
Day 020 : Watchet – Bridgewater
I make an early start today as I know it’s a long walk today. From the quaint harbour of Watchet with its narrow streets to the city of Bridgewater, famous for making cellophane.
I walk out of Watchet and very soon come to a delightful Doniford Halt on the West Somerset Railway line which I notice is a request stop.
Day 019 : Porlock – Watchet
Today, I take in the rolling hills of the Somerset coastline to the seaside resort with the famous holiday camp.
I strode out of Porlock towards the neat village of Bossington. Continue reading
Day 018 : County Gate – Porlock
Somerset greets me with a very stiff breezy mist with the threat of rain.
Due to the mist I decided to stick to the roads today, so I apologise to the purists who may think I should have stuck to the paths no matter what the weather was like. Continue reading
