Bristol; Sunday, 15 July, 2018

After breakfast I headed out of the hotel and had a bit of explore of the area around the hotel before heading up to the castle park to pick up the sightseeing bus back round to the city quay.

I arrived at the quay a couple of minutes before the next boat was due so waited in the glorious, if very hot, sun. The boat arrived and I headed out on an 80 minute tour of the floating harbour. The ferries are, during the week, an alternative to Bristol’s gridlocked roads, but on a sunny Sunday they were very much being used by most people for sightseeing.

The ferry headed out of the city quay and round through Redcliffe and past the castle park on its way to the landing stage behind Temple Meads station. We then retraced our route back to the city quay before heading back out again and sailing down to Hotwells and the locks at Cumberland basin that keep the floating harbour floating.

We then sailed back past the SS Great Britain with really good views of the ship, before returning back into the city quay where I hopped off.

I headed into town and had a bit of a wander around before stopping for lunch and then picking up the open-top bus again back out to Clifton.

I got off the bus in Clifton, headed over to the Suspension Bridge and had a wander across the bridge taking in the stunning views of the Avon gorge, perhaps only slightly disrupted by the fact the Avon was at a very low tide so rather than a majestic river there was a muddy channel with a small trickle of water running through it.

I walked back down from the bridge back into town and then headed over to the Christmas Steps area just to have a look around before crossing back over the main road for a quick look at St Johns’ on the wall church.

By now it was starting to get late, and as I was by the hotel I quickly popped in to freshen up before heading back out to find some dinner.

Dinner completed I headed back to the hotel to prepare for the work meeting I had on the other side of the city the following morning.