I did a quick relocation today, including a lovely 8.30 jaunt in to Bath. I did a reconnaissance walk yesterday and found a 50ft winding hole just before the Bath flight. This was not on my maps but very handy, I'm not a fan of reversing manoeuvres in narrow boats, they're certainly not my forte!
Starting with a view of CRT water tap which features some lovely views over Bath at Bath Top Lock when you stand next to it. The Kennet & Avon actually enters Bath in quite an elevated position and it takes 6 locks (Bath deep lock the second deepest in the country) to get from the River Avon to the first stretch of canal that takes you to Bradford on Avon.
There are lots of historic buildings in this area, one not shown here is Cleaveland House that sits of top of Cleaveland Tunnel and was the HQ for the K&A canal company. What a gorgeous day it is out there though.
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