A Trip to the canal

 A Trip To The Canal

We went down to the canal starting from Tesco express car park in Kingsway. Went  Passed the front of the  Barn Owl pub following the footpath to Thatcham Ave turn left and follow the footpath to round of the back of the pub. Turn right by the pond and follow the path all the way down to the third opening onto the path on your right. Follow the path all the way down on woodvale to the cross roads. At the crossing cross over the crossing onto the left hand side to Valley gardens. Keep on the footpath to Aldi then cross over the crossing to the main Tesco car park in Quedgeley. Tesco have café if you want to stop for a bite to eat they also have Toilets. We popped in for a meal deal to take with us for a picnic. Follow the zebra crossings in Tesco's car park heading towards the petrol station from the petrol station follow the path to the right go over the little Zebra crossing onto the footpath near the main road cross over the Zebra crossing take the path to left follow the path till you reach Carters Orchard keeping on the path and continue down Carters Orchard till you come to a path on your left on the opposite side of the road. Take the cycle/ footpath to old Elmore Lane as you come of the path keep to your left pass the school. Cross over the mini round-a-bout  and continue down the lane to Rea Bridge from here you can go left or right on to the canal. The scooter coped pretty well on the footpaths and towpaths on the canal. Coped OK.




With the bridge but a bit bumpy please be aware of traffic when using the bridge. We recommend having a mirror on your scooter to see behind you because on cyclists and runners on the canal tow path we got a flexible one from Amazon. Take the same route back. We recommend stopping off at the Barn owl for refreshments there beer garden is accessible through the back gate for small pavement scooters.    

     

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