Leaving the car park at Rea Bridge John leads us along the Canal towards Gloucester
Plenty of Gloucester's history on the boat - owned by an ex Chelsea supporter?
Won't get a smile out of this lot
Old boats laid up
And continuing towards the city docks
Funny face painted on the swing bridge
Old lightship in the docks
A name to think about
Mike thinking back to his skating days
A pirate chest?
Not a bad restaurant apparently
Over a wooden bridge
An ancient well
Our path takes us through Hempsted Churchyard
Along a stretch of road
Must be the Severn
Over the canal
Christmas is here
And mince pies
Passing fishermen and sailors
Passing a swing bridge
Something to do with Christmas apparently
Making our way round the basin
Cats everywhere
Old warehouses across the canal
Nearing the docks but the swing bridge has been lifted
Bridge on its way down
As we watch the activity
Leaving the docks the crew of the Bearded Dwarf pose for a photo
Now on the edge of Hempsted Tip
John waiting for us to catch up
Looking towards May Hill
Past the church
Better have a whip round just in case we forget
Another bridge awaits
Somebody been out distributing Winter Walk Festival leaflets
Along with port
Photos and captions by Richard, processed and uploaded by Sally