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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. 14 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 © F lic k r – Da v e H a m s t e r
Te l:( 01883 )713 63 3 E m ail:info @ s kinner s .t r av el w w w .s kinner s .t r av el g rassed over area. Seend Cleeve is anoth er pretty vilag e w ith 5 locks. Th e coach w il meet us h ere to take us to our h otel.W alk distance approx. 4.5 miles. SU N DAY 6 M AY Today w e continue our w alk w est from Seming ton, past th e very larg e marina at H ilperton M arsh and th en across tw o smal aqueducts standing side by side, one over a railw ay and th e oth er over th e smal River B iss to B radford-on-A von. H ere w e h ave time to find lunch and explore th e Tith e barn before w e cross th e A voncliff A queduct th at carries th e canal over th e River A von and th e B ath toW estbury railw ay line.W e finish our w alk at L impley Stoke w h ere th e coach w il meet us and return us to our h otel.W alk distance approx. 7 .5 miles. M O N DAY 7 M AY A fter ch ecking out of th e h otel w e make a stop at th e famous Clifton Suspension B ridg e over th e River A von g org e.W e take a strol over th e bridg e, because w e can, before skirting B ath and returning to th e canal bank to start our w alk into th e centre of B ath w h ere w e stay until after lunch .W alk distance approx. 4 miles. Returning to O xted early evening . H IL TO N Br is t o l W h at ’s in clu ded L iving W el H ealth Club w ith sw imming pool, spa, sauna, steam room. A l bedrooms h ave en-suite facilities, TV, teleph one, h airdryer and h ospitality tray. 2 nig h ts Dinner, B ed & B reakfast. G uided w alks £ 2 3 9 .00 PER PERSO N Sin g le Ro o m Su p p : £ 3 0.00 © F lic k r _m e 'n t h e d o g s © F lic k r _m e 'n t h e d o g s © F lic k r _r o b b o p h o t o s 15
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