Day 14 - Gurney Slade to Bath
Disgusting breakfast..have no idea what it was cooked in but tasted horrible so left most of it (also think it was all budget food!)...am I selling this B&B to you all? Mrs not very friendly left early (hoorah!) but said that £30 cash or cheque should be given to her husband...daylight robbery if you ask me! Anyway, I was already packed so duly gave him the dosh and departed, not caring if running so soon after breakfast would give me a stitch. Soon picked up some nice footpaths through fields although did at one point think I was taking the wrong path - no worries, should learn to trust my directions more. Into Chilcompton and then a nice downhill run into Midsomer Norton - after the green fields and countryside, this was a grey monotonous town covered with telegraph wires and ca
bles so not nice (apologies to anyone who knows anyone who lives there). Out the otherside and through fields (I keep getting wet feet!) and into Radford where I picked up the Limestone Link Path. Strangely, the first few hundred feet were right through several people's back gardens and I don't mean at the bottom of them - right past their kitchen windows! Radford has a lot of association with mining funnily enough and there was a heritage trail that I followed for a short time over some of the old mining town. Following the Cam Brook through field after field after field was easy enough running as it was flat, although I did have to watch my footing as there were potential hazards with the cow footprints! At D
unkerton I crossed the river and stopped for a while mesmorised watching a couple of buzzards 'playing' with a crow - I'm guessing the crow had a nest nearby and was trying desperately to divert the attention of the hunters. Then found quite a few damselfly which weren't around a few days ago - must be the warmer weather that is now making them transform. At Combe Hay I decided to take a liquid refreshment break having found a lovely outpost called The Wheatsheaf - very laa-dee-dah with prices to match (small bottle of coke was £2!) but the gardens were lovely and the sun was shining and I'm on holiday! After quenching my thirst I ran along the valley again and then almost had to crawl up a hill it was sooooo steep (15 degree up!) - I'm sure the down side wasn't as long as the up! The good news is that when I reached the bottom of the 2nd hill, a signpost said there was only 2 1/2 miles to go to Bath! Anyone who has been to Bath will know that it is very, very, very hilly round there and whilst I had a lovely scoot down to the town centre, the YH where I was staying for the next 2 nights was up near the top of Bathwick Hill, so whilst I was able to pick up the Bath Skyline footpath across fields, it was still another uphill to the finish. The hostel is really nice so already a more positive outcome than last night!
Mileage 17.01
Time 4.13
Disgusting breakfast..have no idea what it was cooked in but tasted horrible so left most of it (also think it was all budget food!)...am I selling this B&B to you all? Mrs not very friendly left early (hoorah!) but said that £30 cash or cheque should be given to her husband...daylight robbery if you ask me! Anyway, I was already packed so duly gave him the dosh and departed, not caring if running so soon after breakfast would give me a stitch. Soon picked up some nice footpaths through fields although did at one point think I was taking the wrong path - no worries, should learn to trust my directions more. Into Chilcompton and then a nice downhill run into Midsomer Norton - after the green fields and countryside, this was a grey monotonous town covered with telegraph wires and ca
bles so not nice (apologies to anyone who knows anyone who lives there). Out the otherside and through fields (I keep getting wet feet!) and into Radford where I picked up the Limestone Link Path. Strangely, the first few hundred feet were right through several people's back gardens and I don't mean at the bottom of them - right past their kitchen windows! Radford has a lot of association with mining funnily enough and there was a heritage trail that I followed for a short time over some of the old mining town. Following the Cam Brook through field after field after field was easy enough running as it was flat, although I did have to watch my footing as there were potential hazards with the cow footprints! At D
unkerton I crossed the river and stopped for a while mesmorised watching a couple of buzzards 'playing' with a crow - I'm guessing the crow had a nest nearby and was trying desperately to divert the attention of the hunters. Then found quite a few damselfly which weren't around a few days ago - must be the warmer weather that is now making them transform. At Combe Hay I decided to take a liquid refreshment break having found a lovely outpost called The Wheatsheaf - very laa-dee-dah with prices to match (small bottle of coke was £2!) but the gardens were lovely and the sun was shining and I'm on holiday! After quenching my thirst I ran along the valley again and then almost had to crawl up a hill it was sooooo steep (15 degree up!) - I'm sure the down side wasn't as long as the up! The good news is that when I reached the bottom of the 2nd hill, a signpost said there was only 2 1/2 miles to go to Bath! Anyone who has been to Bath will know that it is very, very, very hilly round there and whilst I had a lovely scoot down to the town centre, the YH where I was staying for the next 2 nights was up near the top of Bathwick Hill, so whilst I was able to pick up the Bath Skyline footpath across fields, it was still another uphill to the finish. The hostel is really nice so already a more positive outcome than last night!Mileage 17.01
Time 4.13
Total mileage 241.61
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