Rambles 2017
FRIDAY 28TH JULY 2017
AILEEN, ANDREW, ERNEST & ORLA, SPUD AND JEAN
SPUD & AILEEN MET ANDREW AND ERNEST IN WORLE AND CAUGHT THE X5 BUS TO CLEVEDON, WHERE WE MET JEAN.
WE BEGAN OUR RAMBLE IN THE CENTRE OF CLEVEDON, WALKING UP STRAWBERRY HILL, THROUGH THE WOODS, UP TO DIAL HILL, PAST THE GOLF COURSE AND REACHING CLEVEDON CASTLE. WE RESTED HERE AND HAD LUNCH. AFTER LUNCH WE NOTICED SOME PEOPLE WERE PREPARING THE CASTLE GROUNDS FOR A WEDDING THE NEXT DAY AND THEY VERY KINDLY INVITED US IN THE CASTLE TO HAVE A LOOK AROUND. BEAUTIFUL! SEE PHOTO IN OUR PHOTO LINK.
WE CONTINUED THROUGH FOOTPATHS WHICH BROUGHT US DOWN A VERY STEEP HILL AND ONTO THE CLEVEDON TO PORTISHEAD COASTAL PATH. FROM HERE WE CONTINUED INTO CLEVEDON AND CAUGHT THE X5 BUS BACK TO WESTON.
WEATHER – WARM DAY BUT CLOUDY.
LENGTH OF WALK – FIVE MILES.
FRIDAY 30TH JUNE 2017
AILEEN, SPUD, ERNEST & ORLA, ANDREW AND JEAN. PHILLIP JOINED US AT SANDFORD.
WE CAUGHT THE BUS TO WINSCOMBE AND JOINED THE STRAWBERRY LINE, HEADING TOWARDS SANDFORD. WE CROSSED THE ROAD HERE, WALKING THROUGH THE APPLE ORCHARD AT THE REAR OF THATCHERS CIDER, TURNING LEFT INTO NYE ROAD. THERE IS NO FOOTPATH HERE AND WE HAD TO WALK ALONG THE BUSY ROAD. WE JOINED THE NEXT SECTION OF THE STRAWBERRY LINE, WHICH IS ON THE RIGHT, AFTER WALKING OVER THE DISUSED RAILWAY BRIDGE. CONTINUING ALONG HERE WE PASSED MENDIP SPRINGS GOLF COURSE ON THE RIGHT AND THE FISHING GROUNDS AND CAFÉ ON THE LEFT. THIS BROUGHT US INTO CONGRESBURY. USING THE PELICAN CROSSING WE WALKED ALONG THE SIDE OF THE RIVER YEO FOR A SHORT TIME THEN TURNED RIGHT ONTO THE CONGRESBURY TO YATTON SECTION OF THE STRAWBERRY LINE. FROM HERE WE HEADED TO THE MAIN ROAD THROUGH YATTON TO CATCH OUR APPROPRIATE BUSES TO TAKE US HOME.
WEATHER – DRY AND SUNNY, WITH A STRONG WIND.
LENGTH OF WALK – NINE MILES.
FRIDAY 26TH MAY 2017
SPUD, AILEEN, ERNEST, ORLA, ANDREW, PHILLIP, JEAN.
WE MET AT THE PIER IN WESTON AND WALKED ALONG THE SEA FRONT TOWARDS UPHILL WHARF. CONTINUED ON TO THE NEW CYCLE/FOOTBATH TO BREAN WHICH OPENED TO THE PUBLIC ON 1ST MAY THIS YEAR.
HAD A PICNIC LUNCH ALONG THE WAY BEFORE ARRIVING AT THE BUS STOP NEAR BREAN SANDS TO MAKE OUR WAY BACK TO WESTON USING THE OPEN DECK NO. 20 COASTLINER BUS.
BEAUTIFUL WEATHER, 24 DEGREES WITH A LOVELY SOUTHERLY WIND.
SIX MILES IN TOTAL.
RAMBLE FRIDAY 21ST APRIL 2017
SPUD, AILEEN, CLARE, ERNEST & ORLA
WE TRAVELLED TO WINSCOMBE BY CAR WHERE WE PARKED AND BEGAN OUR RAMBLE, ALONG THE STRAWBERRY LINE. DRY UNDERFOOT AND AN EASY FLAT WALK.
WE PASSED THROUGH AXBRIDGE, HAVING TO COME OFF THE STRAWBERRY LINE, AND WALKED ALONG ROADS AND PAVEMENTS. THIS TOOK US PAST THE ENTRANCE TO AXBRIDGE RESERVOIR WHICH WE COULD SEE IN THE DISTANCE. MET SOME LOVELY PEOPLE OUT WALKING THEIR DOGS AND LOTS OF POLITE CYCLISTS. BIRDS SINGING IN THE TREES, A PERFECT SPRING WALK.
WE REJOINED THE STRAWBERRY LINE AND CONTINUED ON TO CHEDDAR, WHERE WE HAD LUNCH AT THE RIVERSIDE INN.
BEAUTIFUL WARM, SUNNY DAY.
LENGTH OF WALK – 6 MILES
FRIDAY 24TH MARCH 2017
AILEEN, SPUD, CLARE & POPPY, ANDREW, ERNEST & ORLA, JEAN
SPUD AND AILEEN MET ANDREW, ERNEST & ORLA IN WORLE AND DROVE TO HUTTON, PARKING IN A LAY BY. CLARE MET JEAN FROM THE BUS AT HOMEBASE AND MET US IN THE LAY BY.
WE BAGAN THE RAMBLE BY CROSSING THE MAIN ROAD AT HUTTON AND WALKING UP THE HILL TOWARDS THE WOODS. TURNING LEFT WE WALKED ALONG TO THE CHURCH IN HUTTON, CROSSED ROADS AND CONTINUED ON TO WINDMILL ROAD, TURNING RIGHT TO CONTINUE UP THE HILL. HALF WAY UP THE HILL WE TURNED RIGHT, CARRYING ALONG FIELDS AND PATHS EVENTUALLY REACHING CANADA COMBE. FROM HERE WE WALKED DOWNHILL HEADING TOWARDS THE OLD INN, HUTTON FOR LUNCH.
WEATHER COLD BUT BECAME MUCH WARMER TOWARDS MIDDAY. VERY MUDDY IN PLACES.
LENGTH OF WALK – 5 MILES.
FRIDAY 24TH MARCH 2017
ERNEST & ORLA, JEAN, ANDREW, CLARE AND POPPY, CLARE’S PET DOG, AILEEN & SPUD
CLARE MET JEAN OFF THE X5 BUS AT HOMEBASE, WESTON-SUPER-MARE, AND AILEEN AND SPUD MET ANDREW AND ERNEST IN WORLE. WE ALL TRAVELLED TO A LAY-BY IN HUTTON TO COMMENCE OUR RAMBLE.
AFTER CROSSING THE BUSY ROAD IN HUTTON WE USED PUBLIC FOOTPATHS AND QUIET ROAD THROUGHOUT THE WALK. TRAVERSING A DRY PATH WE HEADED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE WOODS. TURNING LEFT WE HEADED TOWARDS HUTTON CHURCH. WE CONTINUED IN THIS DIRECTION, PASSING THE CHURCH ON OUR RIGHT, DOWN ANOTHER SMALL PATH WHICH BECAME VERY MUDDY UNDER FOOT. EVENTUALLY WE CAME BACK TO THE MAIN ROAD AND CONTINUED FOR A FEW YARDS BEFORE TURNING RIGHT INTO WINDMILL LANE, CLIMBING A STEEP HILL. THERE WERE VERY FEW CARS ALONG THIS ROAD. QUITE NEAR TO THE TOP OF THIS LANE WE TURNED RIGHT ONTO ANOTHER MUDDY PATH. EVENTUALLY THIS LED US ONTO A ROAD IN CANADA COMBE. DOWNHILL ALL THE WAY UNTIL TURNING LEFT ONTO ANOTHER MUDDY FOOTPATH WHICH EVENTUALLY BROUGHT US ONTO THE HUTTON ROAD. WE CROSSED THIS ROAD WITH CARE AND VISITED THE OLD INN FOR LUNCH. A TOTAL OF SEVEN VARIOUS TYPES OF STILES/KISSING GATES DURING THIS RAMBLE.
TOTAL LENGTH OF WALK – 5 MILES. A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY, COOL WIND AT THE START OF THE RAMBLE BUT THE WEATHER BECAME VERY WARM HALF WAY THROUGH THE MORNING.
FRIDAY 21ST JANUARY 2017
ERNEST & ORLA, PHILLIP, AILEEN, SPUD, ANDY
WE CAUGHT THE X5 BUS TO CLEVEDON TO MEET ANDY WHO WAS TRAVELLING FROM PORTISHEAD ON THE X5 BUS. WE MADE OUR WAY ALONG OLD STREET, CLEVEDON AND ENTERED THE WOODS.
WALKED UPHILL FOR QUITE A WHILE BEFORE TRAVERSING ALONG THE TOP AREA TO CROSS THE MOTORWAY BRIDGE. OUR ROUTE TOOK US THROUGH TREES, QUIET ROADS AND NARROW LANES BEFORE REACHING THE BLACK HORSE AT CLAPTON-IN-GORDANO WHERE WE HAD LUNCH AND A WELCOME REST. CLARE, OUR NEW VOLUNTEER, MET US HERE, AFTER TRAVELLING BY CAR FROM WESTON, AS SHE HAD INJURED HER BACK EARLIER IN THE WEEK AND WASN’T ABLE TO JOIN US FOR THE RAMBLE. WE CONTINUED ON TOWARDS PORTISHEAD THROUGH MUDDY FIELDS AND QUIET LANES WHERE WE CAUGHT A BUS BACK TO WESTON AND ANDY STROLLED HOME.
TOTAL LENGTH OF WALK – 8 MILES. IT WAS A VERY COLD DAY, 3 DEGREES, BUT VERY SUNNY AND A PERFECT DAY FOR A RAMBLE.
