Bridgwater to Burrowbridge

14/5/16 Seeing as how we ran out of coast path, we decided to pick another watery waymarked route. We'd done part of the Parrett Trail last year, so picked on that.

We started where we crossed the Parrett on the coast path, now signposted as part of the English Coast Path, and followed the muddy banks inland. Soon we come across where Bridgwater docks used to join the river.

Just beyond the gates above are the docks themselves. Still full of water and some vessels, but not the commercial ones that it was built for.

The Admirals Landing is there with the tables outside and quite pub-like and busy on the inside. Pints of Seahawk (4.2%) and Tribute for £5.80 were had. Then we left the Parrett and headed along the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, which avoids the streets of Bridgwater.

Once the other side of the town, the canal runs alongside the river as they pass under the M5. From that motorway and the railway line, many people will have passed the Boat & Anchor.

We had two pints of Moles Best (4%) for £7.20 which didn't live up to their name. The path then follows the canal for a while before veering back to the river at Moorland.

Once on the banks of the river again, we found the Thatchers Arms. We had pints of Butcombe (4%) and Rare Breed (3.8%) for £6. It was a small, quiet, rural pub and we felt at home. So we had the same again. Then we set off in the sunshine upstream. Sometimes we were behind the flood defences, sometimes on top. Westonzoyland pumping station was busy, there was a do on in Burrowbridge Village Hall and the pub was busy when we arrived.