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Bath's Two Tunnels walking and cycle route @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Summer 2026. There's the carved stone pig in Parade Gardens, but is there anywhere in Bath has a painted King Bladud's Pig on display for visitors?

't' shirt from 2008, with images of King Bladuds Pigs 'Hambag' and 'Houdini'.

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Bath's Two Tunnels walking and cycle route @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Hot summer, 33 degrees, cool tunnel, 14 degrees. Closed tonight from 10pm, mind.

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Bath's Two Tunnels walking and cycle route @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Tonight: Combe Down Tunnel closed from 10pm with the intention to investigate/sort *that* puddle. Aside from that closure, if you need to stretch your legs and they're close at hand, the tunnels are their usual cool selves.

Combe Down Tunnel, looking out at the cutting (and puddle).

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Bath's Two Tunnels walking and cycle route @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Closure notice: Combe Down Tunnel will be closed overnight 10pm-6am, 25-26th June. (Thursday night this week.) This is to enable work to be carried out to investigate and hopefully cure the persistent spill of water onto the route from the tunnel drain. (Photo from February 2008...)

Combe Down Tunnel's approach cutting on a misty day in February 2008.

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Mark Annand @markannand.eurosky.social · 23/05/2026

Just picked up a copy of Graeme Bickerdike's book 'Railway Wonders': refreshing, crisp, and of course a spread on Bath's Combe Down Tunnel too. A keeper.

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Railway Wonders - Rail Engineer

Listen to this article Graeme Bickerdike reflects on the structures great and small – captured in his new book – that still grace Britain’s landscape long after their last train departed. Is Ralph Far...

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WEST @travelwest.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Major works in Bath city centre are set to start on 26 May. Manvers Street will be closed between its junctions with Henry Street and Dorchester Street as the works take place, though drivers can still use Manvers Street Car Park. Buses and traffic will be diverted. ow.ly/oF0i50Z07ZR

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Bath's Two Tunnels walking and cycle route @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

This new through rail service from Oxford makes a car-free visit to the Two Tunnels route more straightforward, especially on Saturdays - no peak hour restrictions on the off peak day return price (which is also good from Oxford Parkway and Bicester).

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 03/01/2026

I’ve begun a new research project and now escape today’s madness by rifling through pre-1914 cycling magazines. I’ll share stuff here and there on this thread, starting with …

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Bath Echo @bathecho.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

The work, which starts on 26th May, will see part of the road rebuilt because the structure beneath it has deteriorated. www.bathecho.co.uk/news/communi...

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Six-month road rebuild of Manvers Street in Bath set to begin in May

The work will see part of the road rebuilt because the structure beneath it has deteriorated.

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Bath's Two Tunnels walking and cycle route @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

After a petition on the same, an opportunity to inform a parliamentary debate on the provision of disability equipment by the NHS. Note that this survey closes this Tuesday, 10th March.

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Provision of disability equipment

Share your experiences with Seamus Logan MP for a debate in Parliament

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Bath's Two Tunnels walking and cycle route @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

This week saw the 60th anniversary of the last train services on the railway. Here's two photos from the 40th, in 2006, a steam loco brought to Green Park - an event that also hosted the launch of our public campaign for a shared-use path. The route opened 7 years later, on the 6th April 2013.

The 7F loco 53809 from the Somerset and Dorset railway - at Green Park Station for the S&D anniversary.

The petition to open the route from Bath to Midford as a shared use path. Hundreds of signatures over a single weekend was key to the success of the campaign as this demonstrated solid public support.

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Mark Sutton @marksuttonbike.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Tickets sales for our four @cyclingelectric.bsky.social Demo Days have begun, so if you're considering buying an #ebike for spring, now's the time to compare and contrast on our tracks. London (Lee Valley Velopark) is first, followed by Bath, Leeds and London again www.eventbrite.com/cc/cycling-e...

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Cycling Electric Demo Days 2026

Cycling Electric Demo Days give you hands-on experience riding and comparing the latest e-bikes on traffic-free, purpose-built cycling circuits.

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Mark Annand @markannand.eurosky.social · 07/01/2026

Out in the west country this morning on foot or wheel? Do *not* be needing A&E. Black ice all over the place.

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Mark Annand @markannand.eurosky.social · 14/12/2025

Garmouth viaduct, a disused rail viaduct at the mouth of the Spey, closed to people on foot and cycle until further notice as two of the shorter steel spans fall into the river along with the pier that supported them. www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6915...

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Police at scene after bridge collapses into the River Spey

The Spey Viaduct collapsed this morning.

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Bath's Two Tunnels walking and cycle route @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

An alert from someone who passed this fallen tree - it has a substantial bit of timber in it and will be cleared. Do tell us about any other obstructions you encounter

Fallen tree in Lyncombe Vale, by Devonshire Tunnel. 9/12/25

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Bath's Two Tunnels walking and cycle route @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

We *may* be on BBC television/radio today, including Points West, 13:35 and 18.30. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

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BBC One - Points West

The regional news programme for the West of England

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annacycles.bsky.social @annacycles.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

We have raised well over £6k on the fundraising page - thank you 🙏 We are raising money for charities that Tim supported, and that help others in the way Tim hoped to: helping with mental health, and travelling using low-carbon transport. www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...

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Ride for Tim

In January 2025, our friend Tim McKenna lost his battle with his mental health and took his life. He was a wonderful man, friend and father, and was an inspiration to many, through his cycling adventu...

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Bath's Two Tunnels walking and cycle route @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

If you're wondering if the artwork, called 'Passage', in Combe Down Tunnel, will be powered up again, Sustrans will be organising this in association with other electrical work to the lighting there - the intention is to have it going again 'By the end of this year'.

The artwork 'Passage'. A collage of just one of the lights with its various colour changes.

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Bath's Two Tunnels walking and cycle route @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

This Sunday: a Two Tunnels Railway Races day from Relish Running (throughout which the route remains open to everyone). Race information below - and there are places available on the day. A spectacle, as well as food & drink, to be had in Brookfields Park www.relishrunningraces.com/bath-two-tun...

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Bath Echo @bathecho.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Dan will be starting his ‘Everesting’ attempt at 4am, repeatedly ascending a safe section of the hill around 100 times. www.bathecho.co.uk/news/communi...

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Bath teacher takes on Everest cycling challenge in aid of school

Dan will be starting his ‘Everesting' attempt at 4am, repeatedly ascending the hill around 100 times.

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Infilling the Queensbury tunnel with concrete would be industrial vandalism and a crime, when it could and should be revitalised and reused for active travel. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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‘Investing in destruction’: campaigners attack plans to fill Yorkshire tunnel with concrete

Government decision to infill disused Queensbury railway line comes amid calls for it to be converted to subterranean cycle path

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Bath's Two Tunnels walking and cycle route @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

What we cannot provide: snow in Lyncombe Vale in July '25 (so far). What we can provide: ~14° centigrade in the tunnels.

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walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

For a small fee, luggage transportation to the festival site is also available to make travelling by bike as light as possible. Read more about how you can get to Glastonbury by bike, including routes, here 👇 buff.ly/IMlSqa0

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Travelling to Glastonbury 2025 actively

Sustrans is supporting Glastonbury to bring you the best cycle routes to Worthy Farm.

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Alan Yeodal @alanyeodal.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Great to see two (less than common) butterflies using the embankment at Tucking Mill. These grassland butterflies will appreciate the work carried out by Sustrans and Bath Two Tunnels volunteers early last month. @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @sustrans.bsky.social

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Bath's Two Tunnels walking and cycle route @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Cool in the tunnel and 'Grass snake spring warmth' on emerging. Even though it's no longer running from the inspection hatch, the tunnel drain is still in a spot of trouble, this one is with @sustrans.bsky.social

Two Tunnels route. The puddle at Combe Down Tunnel, Saturday 5th April.

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Bath's Two Tunnels walking and cycle route @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Bath and North East Somerset Council are consulting on plans to improve the connection between the Two Tunnels route and Lyncombe Vale Road. We'd be grateful if you'd complete the consulation in support of this. www.bathnes.gov.uk/lyncombe-val...

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Lyncombe Vale Link: public consultation | Bath and North East Somerset Council

Use this page to have your say on the proposed improvements to an existing footpath between the Two Tunnels route (NCN244) and Lyncombe Vale, Bath.

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Bath's Two Tunnels walking and cycle route @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Saturday morning and heading through the tunnel to a cheerful bramble work party in the cutting beyond the south portal. There's also a (shallow) flood there, slightly improved after some spadework. Something is blocking the tunnel drain though. The issue's logged with @sustrans.bsky.social.

Combe Down Tunnel's north portal - a misty Saturday morning.

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Bath's Two Tunnels walking and cycle route @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

The current projected date for Devonshire Tunnel to reopen, according to a correspondent: 7th February 2025. A photo from Maple Grove bridge shows various tasks under way. (Photo taken January 14th)

Work in progress in Bath's Linear Park at the Two Tunnels route's Devonshire Tunnel.

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Bath's Two Tunnels walking and cycle route @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

The Devonshire Tunnel works to address flooding: we've discovered that the entrance to Linear Park from Bloomfield Road opens space is now closed for a week (from Monday 13th January). More shortly...

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Bath's Two Tunnels walking and cycle route @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

The route remains closed at Devonshire Tunnel while works to address the flooding are completed. The reopening date has been set back and it's now expected that the tunnel will be reopened in mid to late January.

Two Tunnels route: notice at Devonshire Tunnel that the work to address the flooding will now close the route there until mid to late January.

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Bath's Two Tunnels walking and cycle route @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

At Devonshire Tunnel, the route remains closed while the drainage works progress. Various pumping operations under way this morning, and a plume of condensate rising in the crisp air - the water from the tunnel drain giving the impression that you could boil an egg. (spoiler, nope.)

Water from the tunnel drainage is the source of the vapour that is condensing in the cold air.

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Bath's Two Tunnels walking and cycle route @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

The work well under way at Devonshire Tunnel, and thanks due to the person who's given Harry Patch a poppy. Read Harry Patch in his own words, find his autobiography at your public library. Here's a direct link: tinyurl.com/rwjcyhtb

Devonshire Tunnel portrait bench. Someone's given Harry Patch a poppy for Armistice Day.

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Bath's Two Tunnels walking and cycle route @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Devonshire Tunnel being closed this month while the drainage works complete, our web site has turn-by-turn accounts of the diversion route, north to south and south to north. www.twotunnels.org.uk/broadsheet.h...

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Bath's Two Tunnels walking and cycle route @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

Colliers Way between Radstock and Kilmersdon: that section's closed until 29th November while Sustrans does some resurfacing. More on their page here: www.sustrans.org.uk/find-a-route...

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Colliers Way

Colliers Way is an 17.5-mile route on the National Cycle Network, connecting Dundas Aqueduct with Frome via Radstock.

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 14/09/2024

I'd love to see this community woodland becoming reality - and it's so close to Bath 🙌 This project is very important for restoring unique habitats that support struggling wildlife and sequestering carbon dioxide. Please contribute if you are able to 🙏 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/reforestat...

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Create a community woodland on the River Avon

Help secure 70 acres of disused farmland on the River Avon near Bath, to create woodland, wetlands, and grasslands for climate and nature.

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Bath's Two Tunnels walking and cycle route @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social · 18/08/2024

&... from the portrait bench, Linear Park, Bath. The uphill bit...

Relish Running Races, portrait bench, Bath's linear park.

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