Tonight I found myself near the village (Best large village in Somerset 1997) of Ruishton in the need of an evening walk in the balmy sunny evening. I walked through the village and found the disused Chard canal on the eastern side. The aqueduct over the road is long gone and the abutments have been converted into pillboxes to defend the area during WW2. I found my way onto the towpath and walked west for about 1/4 mile where I happened upon BMX heaven. Someone has created lots of jumps and ramps in the dry canal bed using the clay so readily available there. Altogether there were about six sets of jumps that had been created although I wouldn't like to tackle them on Jannock's lock-wheeling bike. Sadly, I do not have a camera with me so no pictures for this blog. Having been turned back from my towpath exploration by abundant stinging nettles, I returned to the road and continued on until I came across the river Tone. This has a footpath along it's west bank that passes past the aqueduct where the canal crossed the river. I walked on past this and found my way back into the village along the river bank. A very enjoyable evening spent exploring waterways even though Jannock is about 200 miles away.
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