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If you like to spend half a day exploring Bermuda's beautiful country sides in the west end, this itinerary covering Sandys Parish and Somerset Village can be a great experience.
Take bus #7 or 8 in the morning and reach the Somerset bridge at Sandys.
This is the world's smallest draw bridge. On removing the timber block on the bridge, it allows only the mast of a sailing boat to pass through.
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Evans Bay Bermuda
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From the Somerset Bridge, take Bermuda Railway Trail. There used to be a 22 mile railway track between the eastern and the western ends of Bermuda.
After the railways was closed down in Bermuda in 1948, the track was later converted into a walking trail.
The part of the railway trail that passes through Sandys is magnificent. It goes from Somerset up to the Evan's Bay.
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As you follow the Railway Trail, after a short walk you will reach Fort Scaur. This fort was built by the British in the 1870s at a time when they had a strained relationship with America. The fort was designed to protect the crossing at Somerset Bridge and possible attacks on the Dockyard.
The fort has 22 acres of beautiful parklands around it. You can get a lovely view of the Great Sound and Dockyard. You can also use a free telescope to see Fort St. Catherine at the eastern end in St George.
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Somerset Village
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From Heydon's Trust, take the Railway Trail towards Somerset Village, a small sleepy and picturesque community that hugs the Mangrove Bay. In the picture you can see the bay area of Somerset Village.
If you want to come directly to Somerset Village, take bus #7 or 8. There is a bus stop here. The closest ferry stop is at Watford Bridge. Mangrove Bay Road passes through Somerset Village and goes right up to the dockyard.
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