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The public have an opportunity to find out about the lives of the ancestors of Robert Blake, Bridgwater’s most famous son, on a walk in beautiful countryside at the foot of the Quantock Hills. Starting at 1.30 p.m. on Sunday the 7th of October, Jessica Vale, Sedgemoor’s Museums Officer, will be leading a guided walk around the fields and streams of Plainsfield and Tuxwell, where Robert’s Blake’s grandfather and his family made cloth from the wool of local sheep. The walk, which is about 6 miles long, will also take in Aisholt Church in its idyllic setting, where distant cousins of Robert Blake ministered to the villagers. The starting point of the walk is Hawkridge reservoir car park. There is a charge of £1 per person, payable on the day, and numbers are limited. For more information and to reserve a place on the walk, please contact Blake Museum, Bridgwater, telephone 01278 435399, email museums@sedgemoor.gov.uk.

This walk is one of a series of events in 2007 marking the 350th anniversary of the death of Robert Blake of Bridgwater, who was General-at Sea of the English Navy in the time of Oliver Cromwell. For more details, see the website www.blake350.co.uk

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The river port town of Bridgwater stands on the River Parrett and is world famous for its Illuminated Carnival and Fairand an association with Admiral Blake, whose statue takes a prominent position in the town centre. Bridgwater has a full range of shops and facilities and makes an ideal base for exploring the West Country.