Bristol; Friday, 15 April, 2011

Straight through London faster than I think I’ve done it for a long time; I ended up being at Paddington with nearly an hour to spend, so I had a large lunch at the station before catching the train out to Bristol

The previous time I’d come to Bristol I’d got hopelessly lost in the floating harbour area and ended up walking round in a very large circle taking nearly an hour to find the hotel. This time I knew Bristol better, and I knew exactly where the hotel was, so five minutes after stepping off the train I was checking in to the hotel.

Having dumped my stuff I headed out of the hotel and up onto the Downs at Clifton. I was originally aiming for the suspension bridge first off, but managed to misjudge bus stops and got off far too early. In the end it was quite fortuitous as I was able to have a very pleasant walk across the downs and then get stunning views of the bridge as I approached it, rather than it just appearing as it does when you come at it from Clifton.

After a long wander round I headed back in to town, stopping off for a light dinner, before going off to meet friends for the evening.