Bath Ramblings

Bradford-on-Avon Walking Wheel (spokes 7 and 8) – 26.9.22

This is a shortish easy walk that we have done a couple of times before. Here is a previous post on the same route. cute chubby sheep The autumn fields have all been harvested so the footpaths are a bit harder to follow A lovely heron It was a beautiful clear and sunny day with views for miles The local cows are generally friendly Route Details 🗺️ View Route on Walkmeter (opens in a new tab)

Posted by Bath Ramblings on Monday, September 26, 2022

Freshford - 10.4.22

a floating garden on the canal The bridge at Iford Manor The woods are carpeted in wild garlic A very sad looking building Route Details 🗺️ View Route on Walkmeter (opens in a new tab)

Posted by Bath Ramblings on Monday, April 11, 2022
Last Modified on Monday, September 12, 2022

Bradford-on-Avon Walking Wheel (spokes 8 and 1) – 20.3.22

A 5 mile (ish) walk starting up spoke 8, cutting across to spoke 1 and back down. Spring is out in full force - the magnolias are magnificent. Lots of trees are still leafless however (and possible dead) Critters are coming out of hibernation The sky was blue and the fields were showing signs of new crops A friendly horse wanted to join the walk Rabbits out in the sunshine

Posted by Bath Ramblings on Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Last Modified on Monday, September 12, 2022

Corsham - 29.8.21

A five mile walk starting and ending in the village of Corsham. Peacocks roam freely from their home at Corsham Court. A traditional English countryside scene. The lake at Corsham Park. The sham ruin. Route Details 🗺️ View Route on Walkmeter (opens in a new tab) The walkmeter link map is a little skewed as I forgot to turn the GPS off as I started driving home! Oops. Just ignore anything after the 5 mile marker.

Posted by Bath Ramblings on Sunday, September 5, 2021
Last Modified on Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Bradford-on-Avon Walking Wheel (spokes 7 and 8) - 15.7.20

Exploring the wheel again .. Although we are still not organising group walks in this area it’s a good time to investigate potential new routes. Sometimes these recces don’t go quite to plan. We intended to walk up spoke 8, cut across using a footpath on the OS map then travel back via spoke 7. We went wrong somewhere around mile 3.5 so our intended circular walk ended up as a squiggly figure of 8.

Posted by Bath Ramblings on Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Last Modified on Monday, December 14, 2020

Bradford-on-Avon Walking Wheel (Inner Circle) – 23.6.20

Well it’s been a while for obvious reasons but we finally got out for a walk. This is part of the Bradford-on-Avon walking wheel which consists of an inner and outer circle connected by 8 radiating ‘spokes’. The inner circle is 5.7 miles and takes in the outskirts of BoA town. You can buy a laminated map of the whole wheel at BoA library or tourist information. The routes are marked very well by colour co-ordinated markers on lamp-posts etc.

Posted by Bath Ramblings on Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Last Modified on Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Marshfield - 28.1.18

A 4.8 mile walk starting and ending in Marshfield Village This walk started in the village of Marshfield and after crossing the A420 it followed lanes and footpaths across very muddy fields to reach the village of West Littleton with its very attractive church with a 13th century turret and bellcote. The return to Marshfield passed Castle farm with its turreted farmhouse - very unusual. The views over the rolling Cotswold hills were something of a teaser given the mist and low cloud but on a clear day would have been spectacular.

Posted by Bath Ramblings on Sunday, January 28, 2018
Last Modified on Monday, February 12, 2018

Doynton - 13.8.17

A 5.5 mile walk starting and ending in Doynton This walk started from the car park of the sadly closed pub in Doynton and went through woods and fields before skirting Dyrham Park and heading back to Doynton. The steep hills were well worth the effort as, combined with glorious weather, the reward was far reaching views stretching as far as the Severn bridge. Spotted! Llamas are becoming a common sight around the West Country.

Posted by Bath Ramblings on Sunday, August 13, 2017
Last Modified on Monday, February 12, 2018

Ebbor Gorge - second prewalk 16.7.17

This is now the offical route for the walk we will be leading on 30.7.17 It’s a 5 mile circular route with quite a bit of climbing (worth it for the spectacular views) and lots of woodland steps. For more photos of this route see our previous post and if you want to join the walk see here for details Is this Arthur’s Point? We think so. Lower Milton from Arthur’s Point

Posted by Bath Ramblings on Monday, July 17, 2017
Last Modified on Monday, February 12, 2018

Box - 26.2.17

If you want to see this walk in a different light have a look at the pictures from last July when we walked it previously. This walk was a repeat of last July’s except for the weather and there were no wild flowers in the meadow. That was more than compensated for by the displays of spring flowers - especially snowdrops which seemed to be everywhere. The rain kindly held off until the walk was finished although it was clearly on its way.

Posted by Bath Ramblings on Monday, February 27, 2017
Last Modified on Wednesday, March 29, 2017