After a number of successful trips to Hereford Railway Station in the last fortnight, I'm heading for the tracks again, but this time well out of the county. I'm off to Bristol where there is a special train passing through. However, in a last minute change, I'm not heading for the main station. Instead, I've decided to go to Bristol Parkway, which is a busy station on the South Wales main line east of the city.
We arrive well in time to see the special train from Birmingham to Paignton, designated the 'Whispering Ghost' headed by the ex GWR Locomotive Clun Castle. With this little excursion over I now head for Bristol itself for a little sightseeing.
Despite the city's obvious size there are just a couple of attractions I would like my partner to see, the first being the famous Clifton Suspension Bridge. The bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Avon Gorge and the River Avon, linking Clifton in Bristol to Leigh Woods in North Somerset. Since opening in 1864, it has been a toll bridge, the income from which provides funds for its maintenance. The bridge is built to a design by William Henry Barlow and John Hawkshaw, based on an earlier design by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It is a Grade I listed building and forms part of the B3129 road. From here, we head down into Bristol itself.
Down at the docks area, is the home of the famous SS Great Britain. SS Great Britain is a museum ship and former passenger steamship that was advanced for her time. The largest passenger ship in the world from 1845 to 1853, she was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859), for the Great Western Steamship Company's transatlantic service between Bristol and New York City. While other ships had previously been built of iron or equipped with a screw propeller, Great Britain was the first to combine these features in a large ocean-going ship, making her one of the most technologically advanced ships of her time. She was the first iron steamer to cross the Atlantic Ocean, which she did in 1845, in 14 days. However, we have no plans to look around this amazing vessel. We simply regard the entry fee and parking too overpriced but in any case this attraction is in the Bristol clean air zone with a £9 daily charge Which I don't manage to avoid.
With the main objectives achieved I decide not to make this a long day and we are back in Hereford by mid-afternoon. It's a pity in a sense that Bristol is so hard to get around but apart from the attractions we visit the city itself is not so tourist friendly compared to most other major cities in the UK. All that matters though, is that Katoon has added one more visit to her growing list.

Source: Visit