We walked around the outside of Bath, starting from Bathampton near the canal, via Batheaston and up onto Solsbury Hill (ref Peter Gabriel, who lives near Bath). Then to Lansdown, through the racecourse (no racing today, luckily) and the golf course. Then we dropped down and walked along the river for a few miles before cutting through Twerton and up to the Bear Flat area of Bath.
Here we rested at the church of St Luke, where a kind gentleman offered to replenish our water bottles. I realised it would be a choice of holy water or bath water and declined.
From here we walked up via Lyncombe Hill and the Monument playing field and up to Rainbow Woods (this was the best view of the city – see photo) then passed the University and back to Bathampton.
Apart from the guy in the skirt who was trying to turn his canal boat around in the river (boat was significantly longer then the width of the river – we could see this, well der, why couldn’t he see it!) we met a strange bunch of people in the woods, one dressed as a Canadian Mountie and the rest of the group wearing what I can only describe as Bondage-wear. Very strange. We did not hang about to find out what they were up to.
A really nice walk on a lovely sunny day with some very steep long hills but certainly worth it for the views.
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This was a rather pretty houseboat, with a lovely garden on the bank. I could live here! (Especially if the sun is shining)
This was a guy on a canal boat wearing a skirt. Yes, really. (Okay, yes it was childish to even notice).
An interesting tree
About 3 miles from the end of the walk, looking back over Bath – the view from here was stunning and my photo doesn’t do it justice.
