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Somerset


A recently-trimmed road. When I took this picture, I had no idea that I had actually been here before, on ... Some parts of this church are obviously older than others. Taunton. The River Tone. Taunton. The lights of Somerset County Cricket Club's County Ground are visible over that pub roof. There's one of these scale models of the Solar System along the canal between Taunton and Bridgwater... I'm glad I wasn't trying to get to that village over there. The cycle route signs say to cross the c... Canoeists. Saturn. The railway line which took me down to Penzance is in the background but I didn't bother wai... On the left bank, somebody has painted a picture of the bridge. Bridgwater. The tidal River Parrett. According to a nearby sign, it has a bore a bit like the River Severn. My hotel is the bright red building at the far end of the road. I thought this would be the easiest ... Ropemaking used to be a big industry in Bridgwater. Some of the street furniture is now made to look... For the second night in a row, I get to park next to rat poison. After six consecutive nights of baths, I'm finally back to a shower. It's a good one though, and has... These houses all have unusually large front windows, probably because the view of the church across ... A group of men in suits who seem to be having trouble opening the shutters on that office. My room has two of the shortest roller blinds I have ever seen. The M5, which I will probably be seeing several times in the next few days. Ah, it's the weird pylons. These go to somewhere near Avonmouth so I will be staying quite close to ... As I was riding along this road, those two swans climbed out of the ditch ahead of me and one sat do... Stopping for a rest and playing some of the online daily puzzles which I have got into recently. The high grouund in this picture is the Mendip Hills, the ridge which contains Cheddar Gorge. I'm ho... Somerset scenery. Now, you may remember that on my trip 10 years ago, I tried to use the Strawberry Line for the secon... Strange. Well, the tunnel's open. Sandford seems like an interesting village. What does the sheep do? Another rest place, this time between the rather complicated-looking gates at a place where farm ani... Marshy scenery. The little dot in the sky is one of many planes which I saw climbing away from Brist... Yatton Station, at the Northern end of the Strawberry Line. The end. That means I got all the way to... The M5's split-level viaduct, seen from below. I think I did something wrong here. I know that where I'm trying to get to is on the far side of thi... I came down here, decided it looked wrong, went and had another go at the roundabout, decided that l... That path down there on the left is where I want to be. Hundreds of new cars, recently unloaded from ships, waiting to be transported to showrooms.