It's becoming to be a habit. Here's the pix:-
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| Creech St. Michael |
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| This is Cogload |
The railway splits two ways here, the nearest line and the line over the bridge goes to Bridgwater and Bristol, the line under the bridge goes to Langport, Castle Carey, Frome and Westbury.
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| Albert Street Cutting. |
A film crew was here recently filming for a new BBC drama series called
Wolf Hall, about Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
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| Victoria Road Bridge. |
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| This is the bigger of the two locks onto the tidal River Parrett. |
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| River Parrett looking toward Dunball and the Bristol Channel. |
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| This way looking toward Moorland and Burrowbridge. |
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| The smaller of the two sea locks was renamed in April 2005. |
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| Stop planks fitted to prevent water loss into the Parrett |
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| Winding gear to assist in closing the sea gates. |
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| A volunteer clean up session under way painting the lock furniture. |
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| Bridgwater Brick and Tile Kiln. |
Clay was extracted locally and made into bricks and tiles. This is where the tiles on my bungalow came from. They're not available any more and only second hand ones can be purchased from the local reclamation yards. (If you're lucky).
The kiln is now a listed building.
When the opportunity arises I'll do the Taunton end, though it's not so interesting.
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