115.Roundabout Melksham (10.6 miles)

7.5/10

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Parking Holt,Wiltshire Village Green or surrounds BA14 6PY

A beautiful day greeted us after missing last week, blue skies and shorts for one !

Starting at Holt,Wiltshire  a walk with plenty to look at along the way with good paths some a little hard to find but overall good

First picture soon after leaving Holt 8.45 sun up already temp was 16-18c at days end !

Happy Spring time lambs 

  

A Pair of Kestrels saw them mate 

  

After the event 

Great Chalfield House is a 15th-century manor house and has been in the movies Wolf Hall 2014,Wives and Daughters 1999,Hamley Hall, the country house of a squire.

The Other Boleyn Girl,Tess of the d'Urbervilles

  

Broughton Common

  

Mr House Sparrow

Should have known look at his Eyes !!! 

Had to sacrifice a Pear to escape field with our life's!! 

At this stage we decided to make detour round his field ,I think best option !

Solar Farm Springing up everywhere it seems 

I think their good his link More on this

 Badger or fox cat flap 

Ews 66007 Heavy goods

 The Famous Avon Rubber Factory Melksham 

making tyres since 1906 wiki says worth 55 million 

 What a weaping willow !

Melksham weir ,River Avon

Stone Bridge over Avon

Remains of GWR Railway closed 1966 Beeching !!!

Nestle Factory, makers of Corn flakes & Rice crispy Mmmmm

Come on you know you want it !!

Thats all this week 

check next wed late or thursday 

for our next walk :)

114.Farington Gurney - Chewton Mendip (10 miles)

 6/10

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Parking @ Main Street, Farrington Gurney, Bath And North East Somerset BS39 6UL

Had computer failure all o k now :)

 Embrough Lake 

113.Portbury - Portishead circular (11.1 miles)

 7.5/10

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Parking @ Portbury BS20 7TN, UK

Sunshine promised so headed coastal ! only a heavy mist all day put pay to the far reaching views across Bristol channel and in to the valleys !. 

The walk starts in Portbury and while putting boots on heard a rustle in bushes about 5ft from me a Badger scarpered across behind van ! A Good start and within 30ft of M5 who of thought it .So after leaving Parking Past Pub The Priory we enter Priory Woods on entrance this unusual Road ,track or Ford ? 

Prior's Wood was once part of the Tyntesfield Estate who made their fortunes from cloth, guano, wine and fruit imports.

Prior's Wood now owned by Avon Wildlife Trust

our first view of the sea mmm..

Shrooms in dung

Coming down through Weston Big Wood Natural Reserve

Obviously Portishead in Spring

Our second view of sea ,not really getting better is it ?!

 Nice place for a sandwich and rest Hang Rock

Portishead Sentinel

Did you Know that  this is closest Point of land that Large ships can pass in uk ? no, not on the grass !

 Escaping from my photography skills !

 The ever growing Portishead Marina

Prices start from £165.000   and rise to £300.000 not bad see view for sure

Teasle in the sunlight By Nature reserve

The Portishead Railway Group has long campaigned for the Portishead to Bristol railway line to be re-opened.

Re-opening is now going ahead as a key part of the MetroWest project which will link and upgrade the railway system in the Bristol area.

The line is planned to open by May 2019 PRG

Just the Bridge over Main Road And M5 to Cross and done 

This picture still shows the heavy mist despite us almost in t-shirts !

A good walk with highlights Badger,Coastline .

Thats all for this week,

 check again next wednesday

 Cheers for now!