As it's Saint George's day I've carried a small flag to wear in celebration!
Weather is starting dry but the air feels heavy with possible rain.... Glad to say it didn't arrive while I walked!
Dry as it was I wandered through pleasant pasture and the usual sticky crop fields to Farington Gurney quick stop at the co-op for a second breakfast and through the village as the kids go to school, car dodging reaches a new skill level as I dodge the frantic mum's dropping the little ones off!..... Passing the church and into the fields gives respite before I again hit the B roads through Paulton and Radford to Camerton , hopping onto the limestone link long distance path here I meet a local walker who told me about the local mining history here ... I never expected to be walking through an abandoned coal field here!! The chap used to be a GP and told me of his predecessor "Berty Crook awful GP great surgeon went down mines to free people by amputation!!!" I love local stories!!!
Through the old mine workings now lush greenery, over the high waste piles and down rickety steps at crazy angles!
Safely through I met the local postman who once again was a natural story teller! Notably for me was that an old favourite 1950's movie "The Titfield Thunderbolt" was filmed along the dismantled railway track I was walking! , further along at Dunkerton one scene where a train v train tug of war was filmed for the movie was visible! .... A bit of nerd heaven! 😄
Here I leave the level trail and unsurprisingly find a hill to climb.... Yep another killer! But vastly nicer than the alternative of an A road, I'm feeling the preceding weeks of waking today! So as I'm heading into Bath I decide to take an extra day off, with a premier Inn booked for two nights in the middle of town this makes for a great place to visit the Roman baths and a gentle mooch around town!.... Plus food food food! 😁
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