Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Ivy-covered Whipcott Bridge
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After a couple of leads off to the left, the water becomes shallow, weed-free and absolutely
clean. On the left bank are Wayman limekilns, set in a cutting. For the first time Canadian
pondweed becomes the plant of the canal.
Without warning, the canal plunges into the short Wayman Tunnel at Beacon Hill.
Advance notice of the end of the canal arrives with a short area of reedmace right across
the water, which comes to an abrupt finish just beyond in Lowdwells Lock, the first on the
canal. An overgrown hollow leads towards the nearby River Tone and the Somerset border,
leaving a major restoration project for the future although a portage of 300m will enable the
canoeist to continue to the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal.
