Wiveliscombe (officially Dulverton) to Glastonbury - 10 July

A slightly shorter route planned for 10 July thanks to doing a bit extra on 9 July.

I didn't start from Dulverton but from Wiveliscombe which I still can't pronounce properly and I didn't finish up in Glastonbury but in the adjacent town of Street. What would have been a long stage became an average one. There were a couple of steep climbs at the start but once those were out of the way the rest of the stage was a complete pleasure.

I seemed to take a lot of photographs today.

A terrible photo (I should have turned flash off) of lovely scrambled eggs on brown toast cooked by the boss of the White Hart in Wiveliscombe.

 A typical lane, this one of 1.5 miles with no passing places during which time I didn't pass anyone.

  
By carving out the rock the incline of the road was much reduced and I got up this slope without pushing or meeting any traffic.

 The imposing tower of the Mary Magdalen Church in Taunton.

 A lovely adjacent building, clearly in the old quarter

 Another fine building, now a restaurant

 I can't resist any sign nonsense, if cycles are banned then they don't need to be dismounted

 The juxtaposition of old buildings and new

 The Bridgwater & Taunton Canal is unspoilt

There was a defensive line which the canal formed part of, the 'Taunton Stop Line', many pillboxes remain

 A lovely small canal boat at the bottom of the garden

 Information signs about the planets double up as distance markers

 A new type of gate to me

A selfie, taken with the camera on a 10 second delay, looking like I could win a knobbly knees competition. Am amazed that anyone talks to me en route.

 The instructions for turning the bridge, you need a key.

 Said bridge

 A sign for cyclists, a very good one.

 Love an info panel.

 Another one.

 Can't be a mile marker if in kilometres?

 Lovely square in Bridgwater

 House adjoining the square

 Houses just off the square, such elegance

 The tide was out at Bridgwater

More confusing signs, 'no entry' and 'no vehicles' mean the same and to the right so do 'no motor vehicles' and 'cycles only'.

 A property in need of renovation, once the Infirmary.

 Heritage which has had the necessary investment.

 Cleverly designed seats will last longer as the rain goes through them.

 A sheet metal origami boat

 Sheet metal birds

 The original site of the Big Tree of Cossington

Note the digger to get an idea of the scale of compost produced by Durston Garden products

No photo of dinner (prawn cocktail followed by cod, chips and garden peas and then hot apple pie & custard) due to a comibination of hunger, forgetfullness and food being so hard to photograph well.

I did manage to photograph a Wainwright beer as there wasn't anything local.

Derek