Rambles 2014
FRIDAY 31ST OCTOBER 2014
CONGRESBURY TO THE STAR INN, RHODYATE, 7½ MILES MATTHEW, ANN, ANDY, ANDREW, ERNEST AND ORLA, AILEEN, SPUD AND JEAN. WE CAUGHT THE 9.50 AM X1 BUS FROM WESTON SEA FRONT TO CONGRESBURY, WHERE WE MET UP WITH ANDY AND JEAN WHO HAD TRAVELLED TO MEET US ABOARD THE X5 FROM PORTISHEAD AND CLEVEDON RESPECTIVELY. WE BEGAN OUR RAMBLE ON THE BRISTOL SIDE OF THE ROAD BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER YEO AT CONGRESBURY. UNDERFOOT WAS MUDDY IN PLACES BUT THE WEATHER WAS A VERY PLEASANT 20 DEGREES CENTIGRADE WITH A SLIGHT BREEZE, PERFECT FOR WALKING. WE EVENTUALLY JOINED THE RAILWAY PATH HEADING TOWARDS YATTON STATION WHERE WE USED THEIR FACILITIES. A SHORT WALK ALONG THE FOOTPATH AT YATTON BEFORE JOINING THE PUBLIC FOOTPATH HEADING TOWARDS CLAVERHAM AND EVENTUALLY THE STAR INN AT RHODYATE. LUNCH WAS A VERY WELCOME BREAK BEFORE WALKING DOWN THE HILL ON THE VERY BUSY A370 TO THE BUS STOPS AT CONGRESBURY FOR THE JOURNEY HOME.
FRIDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER 2014
ERNEST AND ORLA, PHYLLIS, AILEEN AND SPUD ASHTON COURT TO BRISTOL AND RETURN, FRIDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER 2014. WE CAUGHT THE 10.15 AM W1 BUS FROM LOCKING ROAD, PHYLLIS JOINING US AT ST GEORGES. ALIGHTING AT ASHTON COURT WE CONTINUED ON TO THE TOP OF ASHTON COURT EXITING AT THE TOP GATE AND CONTINUING ON TO THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE. THIS WAS A FIRST FOR ERNEST – HE HAD NEVER BEEN ON THE BRIDGE BEFORE. AFTER USING THE FACILITIES AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE BRIDGE WE CONTINUED ALONG THE PATH TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BRIDGE CLIMBING UP TO THE OBSERVATORY. WE PICNICKED ON A SEAT WITH A WONDERFUL VIEW OVER THE BRIDGE. AFTER A VERY WELCOME REST AND AN ICE CREAM WE CONTINUED ON TO BRANDON HILL, PASSING THROUGH THE STREETS AND ATMOSPHERE OF CLIFTON. SPUD, ERNEST AND ORLA CLIMBED THE CABOT TOWER WHILST AILEEN AND PHYLLIS RESTED ON A SEAT AMONGST THE TREES. A LOVELY QUIET, PEACEFUL PLACE TO REST AND CONTEMPLATE THE MAGNIFICENCE OF BRISTOL. WE CONTINUED ON THROUGH THE PARK, TURNED LEFT ONTO JACOB’S WELLS ROAD AND STROLLED ALONG THE WIDE FOOTPATH AT HOWELLS, WALKING ALONGSIDE THE RIVER AVON, CATCHING THE X1 BUS BACK TO WESTON ON THE CORNER OF MERCHANT’S ROAD. ANOTHER WONDERFUL RAMBLE, 5 MILES, ON A HOT SUNNY DAY IN SEPTEMBER.
FRIDAY 29th August 2014
CLEVEDON TO PORTISHEAD AND RETURN AILEEN, SPUD, ERNEST, ORLA, JEAN, ANDY GILL, PHILLIP, MATTHEW. CAUGHT 9.45 AM BUS X5 TO CLEVEDON. MET JEAN AT NORTHERN WAY AND WALKED AROUND THE CORNER TO MEET ANDY OFF THE X5 FROM PORTISHEAD. WALKED THROUGH THE WOODS AT CLEVEDON, CROSSED THE MOTORWAY BRIDGE. ON TOWARDS CADBURY HILL CAMP WHERE WE STOPPED FOR OUR PICNIC LUNCH. ON TOWARDS CLAPTON-IN-GORDANO WHERE WE HAD A REST AND A DRINK AT THE BLACK HORSE 17TH C PUB. PROCEEDED DOWN LANES AND FOOTPATHS TOWARDS PORTISHEAD. CALLED IN AT ANDY’S MUM AND DAD’S FOR A WELCOME CUPPA BEFORE MAKING OUR WAY TO COMBE ROAD TO CATCH THE 18.05 BUS BACK TO WESTON. WEATHER DRY AND SUNNY MOSTLY WITH A FEW SHORT SHOWERS. EIGHT AND A HALF MILE WALK.
FRIDAY 25TH JULY 2014
NAILSEA MOOR – CIRCULAR WALK 6 MILES CAR TO NAILSEA. ANDREW, ERNEST, ORLA, SPUD, AILEEN & JEAN. BEGAN WALK AT CHURCH CAR PARK JUST OFF THE TICKENHAM ROAD OPPOSITE CHURCH. ACROSS FIELDS AND FOLLOWING THE RIVERS AROUND NAILSEA MOOR. LOTS OF STYLES! PICNIC LUNCH. A VERY HOT DAY (78F) WITH A SLIGHT BREEZE.
FRIDAY 27TH JUNE 2014
AILEEN, SPUD, ANDREW, ERNEST, ORLA, EILEEN, ANDY GILL, PHILLIP, MATTHEW. DROVE TO CONGRESBURY IN CARS, MET ANDY AND PHILLIP AT BUS STOP AND CONTINUED ON TO BLAGDON. HEAVY RAIN ON THE JOURNEY THERE BUT THE CLOUDS CLEARED AND WE BEGAN OUR WALK NEAR THE CHURCHYARD IN BLAGDON. IT WAS A CIRCULAR 6 MILE WALK, STOPPING FOR A PICNIC LUNCH ON THE GREEN AT UBLEY. AN INTERESTING COUNTRYSIDE WALK WITH WONDERFUL VIEWS OF BLAGDON LAKE, QUITE A FEW STYLES AND VERY A LOVELY SUMMER DAY WITH ONLY ONE SHORT STOP TO SHELTER FROM A RAIN STORM.
FRIDAY 28TH MARCH 2014
ERNEST, MATTHEW, SPUD, AILEEN, PHYLLIS AND ANDREW.
WE TRAVELLED ON THE NO. 1 BUS FROM WESTON TO THE DOVE COTE, ASHTON COURT, BRISTOL. FOLLOWING THE MARKED FOOTPATH THROUGH THE ESTATE WE JOINED THE ROAD LEADING TO THE FOOTPATH ALONG THE RIVER AVON, HEADING TOWARDS PILL. ARRIVING AT HAM GREEN WE PROCEEDED ONTO PILL AND TRAVELLED ON THE BUS TO PORTISHEAD. LUNCH IN THE ALBION PUBLIC HOUSE BEFORE TAKING THE BUS HOME TO WESTON-SUPER-MARE.
A WET DAY BUT WE WERE ALL PREPARED FOR THIS AND HAD A VERY ENJOYABLE 6 MILE RAMBLE.
FRIDAY 10TH JANUARY 2014
SPUD, ANDREW, JEAN, ERNEST, AILEEN, WARREN, PHYLLIS AND KAREN, WARREN’S FRIEND.
DEPARTED WESTON AT 10.40AM ON THE 121 BUS TO WINSCOMBE. JOINED THE DISUSED STRAWBERRY LINE IN THE DIRECTION OF CHEDDAR, ARRIVING IN CHEDDAR AT APPROX. 1.45 PM. HAD LUNCH IN THE RIVERSIDE INN. CAUGHT THE 4.01PM BUS 126 BACK TO WESTON. A LOVELY RAMBLE ON THE FLAT, MAINLY DRY UNDERFOOT, TEMPERATURE 10 º CENTIGRADE, NO WIND. 5 MILES.