Jeri’s Steps: 30,629
Miles walked: 12.5
Elevation: 905
Pints: 3
Churches: 1
Stiles: 7
Benches: 2

Well we made it to Bath, a milestone for sure. 

The day was hot and sunny and the paths mostly followed the Wellow Brook river north east. After a few miles we came across an ice cream stand outside a farm, so our mid morning break was decided upon. We made a rare decision and chose to go up a hill rather than around it in order to visit the Stoney Littleton long barrow, a stone burial chamber dating back to 3800 BC. We descended into Wellow and had lunch in the cool of the church.

In moving towards Bath we took a byway along the contours and encountered motorbikes and galloping horses; for the most part all traffic is permitted on a byway, but in this case ‘vehicles’ were limited to no more than a metre wide.

Part of the remaining route took us along a disused railway. Good for speed and more importantly, we avoided the hills of Bath by going underneath them. One tunnel was 1672 meters long and took 25 minutes to get through. The Combe Down tunnel is the longest walkable tunnel in the country. The lighting was very dim and the temperature was cold so this made for an interesting contrast! The second tunnel (the Devonshire) was 409 meters. We got to our guest house at 4:00pm. 265 miles walked.

Keen eyed observers will have noticed a drop off in the number of stile pictures. After yesterday’s record count of 38, the Walk LEJOG media committee voted not to take pictures of every stile from now on, but rest assured they are still being counted.

In the evening we met up with our longtime friends Jayne and Steve for a pub meal. Thanks so much for coming all the way to Bath to see us!

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