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K en n et & Av o n C an al Ram b le
5 – 7 M a y
Th eK ennet and Av o n is an im pr es s iv efeat o feng ineer ing ,m adeu p o ft w o r iv er nav ig at io ns and alinking
s t r et ch o fcanal.It r u ns fr o m t h eSev er n E s t u ar y near B r is t o lt o t h eRiv er Th am es at Reading ,o v er 100
m iles lo ng w it h m o r et h an 100 lo cks ,s o m em ag nificent eng ineer ing and cr o s s ing s o m eo ft h em o s t
beau t ifu ls cener y in s o u t h er n E ng land.It w as r eo pened in 1990 aft er decades o fder elict io n.O u r w alk
t akes u s alo ng o neo ft h em o s t beau t ifu land v ar ied s t r et ch es ,s t ar t ing at Dev iz es ,t h eh ig h es t po int and
pr o ceeding w es t acr o s s W ilt s h ir e,t h r o u g h as er ies o fch ang ing lands capes ,t o lo v ely B r adfo r d-o n-Av o n
and fina ly t h eh is t o r ic cit y o fB at h .Th is is lev el,eas y w alking and is s u it ablefo r a labilit ies .Co m fy
w alking s h o es ar es u it ableand w at er pr o o fs s h o u ld becar r ied in cas eo fr ain.
Departing O xted w e make our
w ay to Caen H il locks at Deviz es, th e h ig h est of th e
canal and one of th e country’s most impressive canal
sites - and sig h ts. Caen H il is a steep drop w ith 29
locks needed to take th e route dow n th e slope.
Sixteen of th e locks w ere built in a straig h t line, one
immediately after th e oth er. Th ese broad locks w ith
th eir symmetrical black beams and w h ite footbridg es
look very impressive from any ang le but th e very best
SATU RDAY 5 M AY view is from M arsh L ane road bridg e at th e bottom.
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F rom h ere it is easy to see th e flig h t striding up th e
h il and also th e massive side ponds w h ich are
situated on th e north ern side of each lock. O ur w alk
starts h ere, taking us w est acrossW iltsh ire th roug h
pretty countryside to th e vilag e of Seend Cleeve
w h ere an ironw orks once employed h undreds of
people. A lth oug h th e w orks stood rig h t by th e canal
th e only evidence today are a few h umps on a
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