I do not appear to have any pictures of the section up to Claverton down yet; I may add those later. For the first part of the walk (from central Bath where I live currently) I walk out along Great Pulteney Street and up Bathwick Hill, then walk along the road that passes the front of Bath Uni campus and past its playing fields.

Coming down the far side of Bathampton down, you pass through some woods and emerge into the countryside here. This shot is looking south-east just past the woods; the entrance to the American Museum is just to my left here.

At the end of the road is the hamlet of Claverton. The ridge to the east of Bath is called Bathampton Down at the north end, and Claverton Down further south, named after this hamlet. I assume the division between the two, assuming there is a definite division, is the road I have just walked down. Bath uni and the golf course and the prehistoric earthworks on Bathampton Down, whereas Claverton down is mostly playing fields and farms.

You can just see the end of the road here, where it meets the main road Bath to Bradford-on-Avon. The road down to the canal is about 100 meters left of this junction.

This is on the road just below Claverton headed down to the canal, looking across the valley.

And here is the canal; the bridge is to the towpath on the far side.

This is looking east again, from just to the right of the bridge in the previous shot. Just below the canal here is Claverton pumping station. For most of the length of the valley, the river Avon, the railway Bath to Bradford on Avon, and the canal are close together.

This is walking north along the towpath, looking across at Bathampton down, the east side of which is covered with Hengrove Wood The main road runs above the canal the for some way, but isn't intrusive.

There aren't many paths connecting with the towpath, sandwiched as it is by the canal and the river and railway.

The green and pleasant land at its best.

Looking west again, a bit further north. The east side of the National Trust Bath Skyline Walk is up the top of Bathampton Down, and passes through National Trust land Bushey Norwood which is just behind the woods up there.

Coming towards the north end of Bathampton Down now, and the valley now opens up on the other side. Bathford is just coming into view in the distance.

Looking east-south-east. I used to travel that stretch of railway every day when Netcraft was down in Bradford-on-Avon.

Bathford on the slope on the shoulder of the far side of the valley. The main Great Western railway line passes east-west just to the north of Bathford and Bathampton; the Bradford-on-Avon line joins it just north of here.

Now the canal swings west and passes under Bathampton; this is looking south now, at the north end of Bathampton Down with part of the village in view.

There is a less picturesque bit of canal west of Bathampton, as there are houses on the south bank and it's more suburban-wooded and quite blocked in by the railway main line just to the north. It opens up again once you are into the outskirts of bath, as the canal runs along a massive embankment from which there is a good view over to the georgian terraces of eastern Bath.

And this is looking along the embankment. It's not easy to tell from this picture, but Bathampton Down is still above on the left; presumably the embankment is there to give a big enough area to build the canal into the slope here.

The canal passes through/under Sydney Gardens, which is a small park to the back of the art museum.

And this is where I leave the canal; the towpath crosses the canal on the far side of that bridge, and connects with Sydney Road on the bridge.

Into the streets of bath: Sydney Place. Sydney Gardens on the right.

And back in Great Pulteney Street.