Walk 3 - 31st May 2012 Fretherne to Oldbury Powerstation

 Julie at the start of our walk.

 Andrea at the start of our walk. We were both anticipating an easy walk - a large section of it along the canal tow path as far as Sharpness and then beyond Sharpness on the flood banks as far as Oldbury Power Station.

The bank of The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal.

 Frampton Church. 

 The Black Shed tearooms at Splatt Bridge - despite walking for a short while, we just had to stop for coffee and cake.

 Delightful poppies on the tow path. 

 Views across the river.

 A curious collection of gnomes!

 The River Severn.

 The Purton Wrecks - the final resting place of some very large ship, deliberately grounded to prevent the erosion of the banks of the River.

 Some of the wrecks - after so many years looking part of the banks themselves.

 A plaque to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Severn and Wye Railway Bridge disaster.

 Information about the Purton Ships Graveyard.

 The remains of The Severn and Wye Railway Bridge.

 The remains of The Severn and Wye Railway Bridge.

 Another wreck.

 More information about the doomed bridge.

 Yet another wreck.

 Approaching Sharpness.

 Entering Sharpness.

 The River Severn from Sharpness.

 Information about The Training Ship Vindacatrix.

 

 Sharpness.

 Lunch at last - just south of Sharpness.

 The only ship we have seen navigating The Severn.

 Lichen on the wall!

 Looking North towards Sharpness in the distance.

 Our destination - Oldbury Power Station.

 Almost there!

 Some wonderful daisies in one of the many nature reserves that surround the now decommissioned Oldbury Power Station. 

Our walks end!