Stretch your legs stretch your mind
As we walk we'll consider ideas of prospect and gaze, what that means for us looking back from across, below and along, different angles, returning the look. Slaveowner William Beckford, once the wealthiest commoner in England, was the third generation of his family to own sugar plantations on Jamaica and the people who worked them. All his wealth was derived from the work of enslaved people. None of the wealth returned to Jamaica..The walk takes us through Twerton and across the River Avon where goods were produced to be sold in exchange for captured people in West Africa, up past the house where Haille Selassie lived and eventually to Kelston Round Hill where we may have more views down the River Avon and across to the Bristol Channel, where the slave ships came and went. All within the 'finest prospect in Europe', the view from Beckford's Tower, Bath
Details on the website here http://www.walknowtracks.co.uk/walks.html
The short version is that its an all day walk 12 miles if you want to do the whole thing or about 8 between the two hills and finish at Newbridge park and ride
Let me know if you are interested and I'll keep you posted on weather etc...and of course you can always follow online at Social Hiking ( http://www.shareyouradventure.com )...which I am relieved to say is staying in business.
Richard White
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