Clevedon Pier

Directly after watching the balloons we drove to Clevedon. A lovely little seaside village, famous for its picturesque pier. The pier was built in 1868 during a period of great seaside resort towns. We had our packed breakfast of coffee and pastry (bought at the baker in Weston S.M.) then walked along the beach to the pier. The pier doesn't open until ten so we walked around the town, visiting the high street with its shops and then walking along the poets walk to a lookout tower and on to an old church before looping back to the pier itself. The ornate supports makes the thick metal look delicate. At the end of the pier is a lovely pagoda style building where one can buy tea and cakes and sit out on the pier to enjoy the view. There are a number of benches at the end of the pier and benches line both sides of the length of the pier. While we were at the pier we got to watch the 1930's style ship the Balmoral, dock and launch from the pier. We relaxed for awhile in the sun on the pier than walked back to the beach before heading back to Bristol for lunch. (apologies for not using my own photos. My camera was disappointingly set to a wierd setting and all my images are washed out).