A Summer Journey with Angela Rippon

Angela Rippon sets off from Reading to travel the length of the Kennet and Avon Canal. Along the way, she stops off at the Reading Abbey ruins, cycles to the listed Monkey Marsh Lock to view the restoration work taking place there and visits the Littlecote Roman villa.

Angela Rippon continues her journey along the Kennet and Avon canal, starting from Hungerford, on the border between Berkshire and Wiltshire, where she finds out how people have come to terms with the 1987 massacre. She continues west to Crofton, where she visits the historic pumping station, and then travels through the Vale of Pewsey before arriving at one of the wonders of the canal world, the Caen Hill Locks in Devizes.

Angela Rippon arrives at Bradford-on-Avon, where, once a year, canal boats take part in a colourful parade.

Angela Rippon completes her journey along the Kennet and Avon Canal, travelling through Bath and on to Bristol.