Tag Archives: coast

167a Newport

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Ruth Livingstone

I think you can tell a great deal about a place by looking at its graffiti. And the number of illicit rubbish tips. Continue reading →

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166 Goldcliff to Newport Wetlands

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Ruth Livingstone

Today I have a close encounter with Welsh mud, discover a Cyberman factory and am disappointed by a closed pub. Continue reading →

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160 Clevedon to Portishead

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Ruth Livingstone

This isn’t exactly a wild coastal footpath – and I don’t know whether to be relieved at the prospect of an easy walk or disappointed by the tameness of the route. Continue reading →

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159pm Kewstoke to Clevedon

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Ruth Livingstone

There are swans on the river, birds in the sky, and – if I block out the drone of traffic on the nearby M5 – I could be in the middle of nowhere. But in the next field, everything goes horribly wrong.
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158 Kewstoke, Sand Point and Middle Hope

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Ruth Livingstone

I discover the unexpectedly beautiful Sand Point, on a peninsula called Middle Hope, a place of strange rocks and ancient remains. Continue reading →

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156a Burnham-on-sea to Brean

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Ruth Livingstone

The waves look as if they are made from frothy chocolate. On the brown sands I meet Beagle hounds, airplane flyers, and a solitary kite surfer. Continue reading →

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153 Stert Point to Bridgwater (River Parrett Trail)

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Ruth Livingstone

I struggle through long grass, walk along a muddy river, past clyce and pills, and have several close encounters with cattle. Continue reading →

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152a Kilve Pill to Hinkley Point

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Ruth Livingstone

There is something rather intimidating about walking alongside these fierce fences. CCTV cameras track every step I make Continue reading →

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151 Watchet to Quantock’s Head and Kilve Pill

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Ruth Livingstone

I walk along amazing shore platforms, along a coastline famous for oil, fossils and dinosaur bones. I trespass through a holiday camp, lose the coastal path and find it again in a wood, and discover a mysterious story book. Continue reading →

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150b Dunster to Watchet

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Ruth Livingstone

A windy walk into Watchet. I lose my way, lose my hat, discover everything is closed, but manage to catch my steam train. Continue reading →

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