Bridgwater, in Somerset is not a normal leisure destination. It hasn’t fully recovered from it’s reputation for being “a bit smelly” due to a cellophane factory which closed in 2005. It is now a mixture of modern housing and offices, Victorian and Edwardian classic houses and public buildings, and old dilapidated industrial sites including a canal which used to take Welsh coal from the river Parrott, via the town’s marina, to Taunton. The canal and other areas are being looked after by dedicated teams of volunteers, who have a lot of work on their hands. There has been a flurry of interest in the town due to a temporary art installation by Luke Jerram in the marina called “Fallen Moon”.

STOP PRESS: The day after we visited, the moon sprang a leak and started to sink. A “Partial Eclipse” according to the local paper!

Image (c) Lee Beckford and Kelly Taylor via The Bridgwater Mercury.