Bath Ramblings

A chronicle of walks around Bath UK

Ebbor Gorge - 30.7.17 FEATURED WALK

Welcome to our third featured walk which is a 4.9 mile circular hike through Ebbor Gorge on the West Mendip Way. Full instructions are below. This walk starts from Ebbor Gorge car park and heads down into the reserve before diverting into Wookey Hole village. From there it goes across fields and through woods before returning to the nature reserve and back to the car park. A challenging walk with steep flights of steps and climbs up hills but well worth the effort for the far reaching views across the Somerset countryside.

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Posted by Bath Ramblings on Wednesday, August 2, 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

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

Swainswick - 29.1.17

This walk started from Swainswick and involved some steep climbing through fields which would have given lovely views if it wasn’t for the drizzle and mist! It then went through the village of Woolley with its lovely church and onward around the redeveloped Ensleigh site and returning to Swainswick through the village of Charlcombe. A very attractive pheasant sitting atop a dead tree was a pleasing sight. the hills were shrouded in mist

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Posted by Bath Ramblings on Sunday, January 29, 2017
Last Modified on Monday, February 27, 2017

Avoncliff - 12.7.15

Avoncliff Another rather cloudy summers day but at least the rain held off until the afternoon. The walk started from Avoncliff and went along the canal before going through the village of Murhill. Then it was back to the canal and along the towpath and returning through Conkwell wood which was quite a hard climb but nice and shady. The wood was full of Hart’s Tongue fern which looked gloriously bright and shiny in the darkness of the wood.

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Posted by Bath Ramblings on Sunday, July 12, 2015
Last Modified on Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Newton-St-Loe - 4.1.15

This is a really varied route - through woods, bridle paths, country lanes. It’s quite hilly so there would usually be good views but today the weather was dank and foggy so we couldn’t see very far. For the first half mile we were joined by a sweet little black kitten who seemed to think we were headed somewhere interesting. There wasn’t much else in the way of ‘wild’ life - probably all sheltering from the cold.

Posted by Bath Ramblings on Sunday, January 4, 2015
Last Modified on Saturday, January 10, 2015

Stourhead - 19.10.14

Stourhead is, of course, well known for its landscaped gardens but this walk took us away from the crowds and into some beautiful countryside. It was a glorious day for walking despite the wind on the top of the hills. Lunch was eaten in the shelter of castle hill overlooking the small town of Mere which was looking lovely in the sunshine. The walk over we collapsed with a lovely cuppa in the NT cafe at Stourhead.

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Posted by Bath Ramblings on Sunday, October 19, 2014
Last Modified on Thursday, February 12, 2015