Another bright, sunny day greeted us as we set out on our walk through the rolling Somerset countryside to the garden city of Bath. Our starting point was a wonderfully picturesque village surrounded by undulating hills. Right from the start, the views were spectacular. The terrain was steep, but the vistas were more than enough reward for our efforts.

Our route took us down through woodland to a pathway that followed a disused canal. Originally built in the 1800s, this now defunct waterway once transported coal from local quarries to Bath and beyond. It was atmospheric to walk through the quiet countryside alongside the remains of this industrial past, imagining how two hundred years ago, this quiet scene would have been a hive of activity as narrowboats laden with coal made their slow but steady way through the landscape.