Sunday 21 February - we decided to end a fairly laid back weekend with a nice stretch of the legs along the water. We took the small local train to Avonmouth, not realising that we actually wanted to go to Severn Beach. Avonmouth is an industrial area along the docks whereas Severn beach is a nice residential area with a lovely path along the Severn. Thinking that the two rail stops were not far from each other we decided to walk. The first two-thirds of the walk were less than picturesque as it was mostly industrial parks. We did walk through one Industrial estate with a well maintained meadow/garden area where we collected some pussywillow for our Easter tree. Eventually we made it to a more scenic path along the water and heading toward Severn Beach. We were quite pleased to have finally made it and it seemed a pleasant end to a long and tiresome walk. However upon reaching Severn beach train station we learned that there was no Sunday service and we had just missed the last Sunday Bus back to the city which meant we had to speed walk all the way back to Avonmouth in order to catch the last train home from there. After our 10 mile leisurely stroll, returning home in the dark with sore feet and aching joints we learned a valuable lesson about checking train schedules.
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When I was in England we went to the exact same place. We decided to go for a drive and got lost in some industrial area but ended up on Severn Beach.
I had to look it up on a map to be sure, but the thing that tipped me off was the bridge. When we went it was super foggy so the bridge looked like it disappeared off into the middle of nowhere. It was cool.
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