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The Start--A map of our route our route & it's position in England Thursday June 15th Leaving Salisbury our 1st sight of Bath through a dirty train window strolling through Bath town centre an interesting sculpture we start our walk alongside The Avon Canal Lunch time and testing the squeezy Marmite jar colourful homes opening up a bridge for the barge we all go on our way help has arrived time for tea Colin rests after a long climb up the trail Here come Liz and Peter our home for the night Friday June 16th Getting into the swing it's downhill for now our first bridle gate of the day I've got my St.George's flag with me The tree adjusts to the railway arch a hay field it tastes so good! Dunkerton church ahead and our lunch stop replenished off we go again our trail goes through this house's garden following Jenny's path our last bridge of the day we're staying at this farm tonight Saturday June 17th ready for another day conversing with the cows wrestling the canola now we're in heaven as you would expect, the pub is next door to the church we don't argue with tractors on these narrow lanes! looking down onto Chew Magna Lake down we go a novel way of getting over a gate heading down to a village now we won't starve at lunch time all the pubs are dressed up for the World Soccer event lunch time in the shade of an oak we can now see Blagdon Lake heading down towards it getting nearer we're staying in Blagdon tonight we're staying at the pub "Live and Let Live" we can now see Blagdon Lake Sunday June 18th I'm ready for off leaving Blagdon behind disturbing the sheep we're on The Limestone Link trail are those people ahead??? up again going down to another village as usual, cows block the gate Cheddar, here we come we're on a logging road!! we have some big trees too on top of Cheddar Gorge what beauties!!! cars at the bottom of the Gorge we're down with the cars now Cheddar's a tourist town; let's get out quickly the sun goes down on our 4th night Monday June 19th setting off along an old rail track even the postman's routing for Englan din the world soccer event setting off along an old rail track a beautiful old Axbridge street flower selling the hay is baled a good job as it rained last night site of an old water mill the old and the not so young the bridge has gone;Colin testing the water depth it was too deep so we found a local to re direct us these 2 weren't very helpful and these definitely weren't!! we've found a way across and now it's time for lunch Colin trying to help get the driver's cabin upright and then we cross a motorway strolling through Weston Woods we come across these strange seats looking down onto Weston; our rest stop tonight Tuesday June 20th leaving our B&B in the sunshine at last we're at the sea lots of sand here an old church on top of the hill posing a great view of the church the horses are as bad as the cows and won't get out of the way leaving the sea behind view point a table for lunch!! up we go again looking back down which way to that peak up there?? we're on our way up and up we've reached the top but Colin has to go even higher!!! shady woods obstructing cows! back to Cheddar Wednesday June 21st we're off again on another fine day another up hill start? we're still going up we're still ascending 90 mins after the start! following the sheep now ir's down hill another way of getting over a wall walikng through nature's garden look what we've found in the village of Priddy an ideal spot for lunch woods again back in the open we've acquired a few friends again!! approaching Wells with Glastonbury Tor in the background Wells Cathedral market day tea in style today off to find our beds for the night here's the house but we're locked out!! once we get in, our wash basin cures all!! Thursday June 22nd heading back to the town we're on time yet again! saying goodbye to the Cathedral leaving town and the Tor's ahead a last look at its tower looking back at Wells a narrow path through the wheat we're sweating and the cows are a ruminating! the closest that we get to Glastonbury Tor the style or the gate? more wheat Castle Cary station here's the town I'm not sure what this is Friday June 23rd time to leave again they don't want us to leave! a meeting of Ways goodbye Castle Cary a pleasant country lane not many poppies around this year another dressed up pub heading for a hill the top is reached in time for lunch a ridge walk down to a village heading for the woods and a climb the town of Sherbourne we're at this farm tonight Saturday June 24th our horses are ready!! but we chose Shank's pony!! a lot of deliveries around here market day again Liz is lost amongst the ferns where to now? Delphiniums and a thatched cottage I wonder if it lives up to it's name? getting out of Hell Corner! reflections we need a pub!! waiting for a taxi as too tired to walk the last 3 miles!! Sunday June 25th leaving Cattistock which way? passed the farm and up another hill my 1st and last Scarlet Pimpernels of the whole walk down to Compton Vallance rain ahead just in time for lunch!! lunch is over strange looking sheep are in good company! my 1st cluster of poppies heading downhill an unexpected sight an even more unexpected sight!! uphill again it's brightening up we can see the sea again at Chesil Bank looking down on Abbotsbury Abbey what a picture heading into Abbotsbury a Hash has been here recently the main street our bed for the night Monday June 26th, our final day we set off in the rain without Peter the rain is easing off we can just see the sea a pretty layer on the water old buddies a 2nd world war look out station (pill box) we've found a seat for lunch surprised to come across an American sentry at the firing range don't shoot! keeping us out of the line of fire it loks like rain again entering Weymouth on the bus to our B and B in Chickerel Peter has been home to Salisbury for the car! The End----our first and last puddings of the walk!

Our walk from Bath to Weymouth in June 2006 about 160 miles

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