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March 30, 2015 by tonyfrost65

Day 023 : Clevedon – Severn Beach

From a gentile coastal town to the thunder of a motorway and the hustle of a busy port.b_023_106_Clevedon_Old_PierToday was a day of big contrasts of scenery. Continue reading →

Posted in Avon and Bristol, England, Gloucestershire, Somerset | Tagged Coastal Walking, Walking
March 30, 2015 by tonyfrost65

Day 022 : Weston-Super-Mare – Clevedon

We leave the seaside town for the gentile coastal town which is a dormitory suburb of Bristol.b_022_0112_Weston_Super_Mare_MarinaLakeI pass the Marina Lake and the old lifeboat station at Birnbeck Island, which I wonder if it will ever be restored.

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Posted in England, Somerset | Tagged Coastal Walking, Walking
March 30, 2015 by tonyfrost65

Day 021 : Bridgewater – Weston-Super-Mare

I escape from the city sprawl to the seaside.b_021_083_Bridgewater_A38_RoadFor 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.

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Posted in England, Somerset | Tagged Coastal Walking, Walking
March 30, 2015 by tonyfrost65

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.b_020_059_Doniford_Station_HaltI 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.

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Posted in England, Somerset | Tagged Coastal Walking, Walking
March 30, 2015 by tonyfrost65

Day 019 : Porlock – Watchet

Today,  I take in the rolling hills of the Somerset coastline to the seaside resort with the famous holiday camp.

b_019_032_Bossington_VillageI strode out of Porlock towards the neat village of Bossington. Continue reading →

Posted in England, Somerset | Tagged Coastal Walking, Walking
March 30, 2015 by tonyfrost65

Day 018 : County Gate – Porlock

Somerset greets me with a very stiff breezy mist with the threat of rain.

b_018_019_CountyGate_BorderBetweenDevon_SomersetDue 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 →

Posted in England, Somerset | Tagged Coastal Walking, Walking

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