Nothing much in East Bristol
The great thing about following a planned walk - such as A Bristol Ring - is you have no idea what you might discover en route. The problem comes when the answer, is not very much.
This is an OK walk - avoiding the suburbs by following woodland trails through Crew's Hole, the Brislington Brook and across The Coots to end on the Wells Road at Hengrove.
There is a pretty stretch along and over the Avon and lots of climbing through woodland on the cusp of turning into a mud-bath. I am pleased to have completed before Storm Austen.
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| The Start of Stage 2 - in case you wondered how far Briftol is |
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| Over the River Avon |
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| Bricked up tree in Brislington Woods |
I knew there was nothing on route thanks to a fine example of Internet enshitification. To help the thirsty traveller find good beer, CAMRA used to have a free app that displayed recommended pubs on a map. A couple of years ago, this was discontinued and replaced with a web page offering the same functionality. Now that web page requires an explorer pass for 99p a month.
Those failed beer festivals are not going to pay for themselves.
Of course, I have the book - so prior to the walk, I was forced to spend half an hour working out whether I would be passing through Bristol locales, such as Bedminster, Kingsland or Redland.
My post-walk refreshment had to wait until I got back to the City Centre, for a couple of new-to-me pubs near Temple Meads.
The King's Head is a gorgeous, ancient city centre boozer which the guide says has the second oldest Victorian back bar known to the beards. Someone who has read the book cover to cover may be able to tell me which pub has the oldest.
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| Everything's gone green |
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| Honours - including the first Telegraph top 500 pub found through advertising |
A superb beer collection. In honour of the death of Bass, I went for a brewed in the Burton Union Thornbridge Old Badequella. An Old Ale that could have only been improved by a couple of extra ABV percentage.
This, along with the full range of Tayto crisps, means I am sure to go again.
An honour that I could also bestow to the Jimi Hendrix adorned Bridge.
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| Unmissable |
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| Zoom in for the cheapest snacks in the Western Hemisphere |
The decor was old concert posters of better bands than were playing a touch too loudly in the bar. This isn't the Gryphon, you know. More excellent Thornbridge on cask.
A pleasant day - until you are awakened by a very loud GWR guard to give you the bad news that the train you have been on for the last 50 minutes is cancelled.
Delay / Repay meaning that Stage 3 could be free.
Walk Details
Distance - 5.5 miles
Geocaches - 5
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