I recently spent a few days commuting to Bristol and back. Having looked at the map, I thought I could make a decent fist of linking up Bristol Temple Meads and Bristol Parkway, and then I looked farther: Severn Beach station beckoned, After that, the only sensible option was to loop back to Temple Meads. The walk turned out better than I had expected (let’s quietly forget about Smoke Lane and St Andrews Road in Avonmouth), and the Bristol Rail Round was born.
I had a flat calm day for the high-level route from Portway Park and Ride station to Temple Meads via the M5 bridge (pictured above) and the Clifton Suspension Bridge, but I was still buffeted by gusts from passing lorries on the motorway. The railings on the bridge look flimsier than they are, but that does not help anyone without a secure head for heights. That gave rise to the low-level alternative via Sea Mills.
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