The Dink Network

I think I found a pretty bad bug. I walked on the little bridge close to the start. It's where there is a wall surrounding the huts. On one end thee is a boat and Dink says it looks like someone is fixing it. When I try to go back over the bridge I can't. The game says you can kill monsters later let's explore the village or something like that. Now there seems to be dead ends everywhere and I can't advance. I tried pushing against all the dead ends and all over the map but I can't go anywhere. It could be there is a path and I'm just not seeing it. Have to restart from last save.