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| The start of the journey. |
On Sunday I walked from Bath to Bradford on Avon. It was a damp and dreary day with sudden little showers of rain. The last few weeks were very hot for Bath but this day was the first cool day in some time. I set off ready to go 7.5 miles but ending up going 9.5 miles!
The walk was along the Kennet and Avon Canal path. During the first 5 miles I saw lots of people boating and I even saw some cats that were living on a few boats. The boats on the canal are called Narrowboats because they are skinny and long so they can fit and pass other boats. Some people live on boats but many are rented out for fun.
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| A cat jumps off a narrow-boat to say hello. |
After 5 miles, my family and I stopped at the Angelfish Cafe for sandwiches for lunch. I was happy to sit down for a while. We found out that we still had 4.5 miles to go to get to Bradford on Avon. We crossed over the Dundas Aqueduct (or stone water bridge) in a village called Limpley Stoke and walked on. The last 4 miles dragged but we finally made it to the town of Bradford on Avon.
Bradford on Avon is a small town that used to have a large woolen textile industry. We refreshed ourselves in a odd, old-fashioned cafe. I had a hot chocolate and ginger cake. We looked around a little and then caught a bus back to Bath. It had taken us 5 hours to get there on foot but only half an hour to get back on the bus!
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| Bradford on Avon |
I agree - it was a very long walk!
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