Bath Castle

Today I did a walk from Bath to Bradford on Avon via Bath Castle. I had originally planned to do a circular walk from the book On Foot in Bath by Andrew Swift, but changed course halfway through. The first part of the route, following the book takes you up to the hills east of the city and you arrive at:

This is a nice view of the front - but you should be a bit suspicious as this more side view reveals:

This is actually Sham Castle, built in the late 1700s and apparently by the builder of Prior Park ¹, even if it's not actually visible from Prior Park! (It is visible from Bath itself if you know where to look (the city is, of course, much more built up than it would have been when Sham Castle was built)).

After visiting the castle, I continued on the walk as described in the book until reaching Combe Down. There, since it was close to Monkton Combe, I decided to divert off of the described route and headed off in the direction of Dundas Aqueduct and the Kennet and Avon Canal.

I was glad I did, since I managed to get to the Aqueduct via a new route which wends its way to the canal from the hills and allowing me the following view of the Aqueduct: