Good to know all the people moving into the new Holburne Park – the residential development of an old Warminster Road MOD site – will enjoy such fine views across the city. I am not […]
Tag: Grosvenor Bridge
Nat Cross – Urban Farmer
It started out as just as a few fruit trees and a vegetable patch – but Nat Cross’s years of effort – have now turned a former horse-grazing field – that nestles between main line […]
Stubbed.
Back in July B&NES made a big ‘drum-banging’ announcement that the first person had been issued with a £150 fine for littering in the Bath area. It was a dropped cigarette stub that brought about […]
What future for the meadows?
Whitehall cut-backs in local government funding – and the increased demands on social services from us all living longer – have left B&NES a bit short of cash. I suppose looking after needy kids and […]
Bath’s first floating market underway.
Bath’s first-ever floating market is underway today, tomorrow and Monday at Darlington Wharf on the Kennet and Avon Canal. A line of narrow boats – selling all manner of things- are moored along that stretch […]
A sunshine tour.
The hottest April day since 1949 and some good news amidst the sunshine. The fountain in Laura Place is back in action after the installation of a new pump. It’s the only real […]
Tents and a new fence on the canal slopes.
What’s happening along the side of the walking/cycling path up to the Kennet and Avon canal towpath by Grosvenor Bridge. It’s the point where you turn off the London Road to go across the River […]
Time to take Bath back.
It’s good to be able to cycle along the Kennet and Avon Canal towpath again after grant money has been spent on improving the surface between the George Inn at Bathampton and the first tunnel […]
Towpath improvements latest.
Plans to improve the condition of the towpath into Bath for pedestrians and cyclists look like taking a while to put into practice. B&NES has obtained grant money to enable the Canal and River Trust […]
Towpath work due to start end of February.
As a cyclist, l have pretty much given up using the towpath link into Bath at the moment. A month of rain has turned the canal-side approach path from Grosvenor Bridge into a quagmire and […]
