A cycle ride from Bristol to Bath and along the Kennet and Avon Canal into the Claverton Valley, Dundas Aqueduct, Midford Valley and the Two Tunnels Greenway trail back to Bath.

I've cycled the Bristol the Bath Railway Trail a few times mainly because it is a great through route to other trails - Bradford on Avon, Radstock, Frome, the Locks in Devizes, in fact you could probably cycle mostly traffic free all the way to London. Along with that of course is that it's one of my favourite trails and so I've had the Bath loop marked down in my book for a while now.

At Bath, instead of heading south to the Two Tunnels Greenway trail, on this occasion we follow the canal heading east and then cycling the loop in an anti-clockwise direction into the Claverton Valley meeting up with the Dundas Aqueduct where I have cycled through a few times. I've cycled past the Angelfish Cafe Restaurant in the past but this time I decide it was time to try it for a lunch stop.

After our lunch stop on the short remains of the Somerset Coal Canal we head down into the Milford Valley passing through the quiet old village of Monkton Combe and back up to the trail that will take us in a northern direction through the Two Tunnels Greenway, another favourite of mine.

From here we head back into Bath for a look around before heading back onto the trail back to Bristol Temple Meads for the train home.

Much of the Bristol to Bath trail is very accessible and this is partly why I like it so much, it's open to everyone of all fitness levels as it's so flat and can be done in small sections or the entire 16 miles to Bath. The circle route from Bath is a little more challenging at some points with road sections and some challenging country road hills which should be kept in mind. In all my whole ride was around 50 miles.

They also seemed to have improved lighting in the two tunnels and now can be cycled easily without cycle lamps although I would still recommend lamps should the lighting in the tunnels fail. That said, I quite liked the low lighting in the past, if I turned my cycle lamp to a low level the experience was very different. That sort of experience can still be had at Tidenham Tunnel, north of Chepstow where lightning is low to not disturb roosting bats.

I enjoyed this ride, it was nice to really push on between Bristol and Bath without stopping too much and the 16 miles felt done in no time. Also the patchy cloud cover meant I didn't get too sun burnt. I'm sure I'll find another excuse to ride this trail in the future.

I hope you enjoy the film as well.