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Published: November 10th 2017
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Today I started off by ducking down to the train station to get my tickets for tomorrow and Friday. On the way back from the station I spied the local catholic church and decided to pop in for a quick look. It was a church...I really gotta stop visiting them, it's just not working for me anymore. That being said I went to Bath Abbey after seeing the church, it does dominate the town center, I could hardly avoid it. It was another one of those churches which has graves under the floor, so I was walking around on the inscriptions. So many of these are worn completely down. All that money they paid to be remembered for an eternity, and their stones are as worn as if they were out in the open graveyard.
After the abbey I stopped by the tourist office to see what else is good on Bath. I picked up a couple of pamphlets and sat down for a coffee to figure out my next move. While I was sitting an elderly lady asked if she and her friends could sit with me. I was at a table for four and there weren't any
other dry seats, so of course I said yes. As luck would have they were Aussies too. Five elderly ladies from Perth, traveling around the UK. Goes to show you are never too old for a girls trip.
After chatting to the ladies, I made my way down Gay street to the Circus. (The street doesn't really matter, I just wanted to say that) the Circus is just a really big roundabout with Georgian style townhouses around it. I think it was designed by Senior Sergeant Tom Croydon as well. From there I made my way to the Bath Brew house. This is a pub where they make their own brew. They also do tours on the beer making process so I thought that would be interesting. At the end of the tour we got to sample three of their brews and I gotta say, it was quite good. This travel thing is changing me. I'm actually getting an appreciation of beer....well, European beer anyway. There were only two of us on the tour, myself and an Irishman by the name of Ollie. After the tour we had lunch and chatted about travels and Australia. He lives in Sydney with
his wife. He gave me lots of good tips for traveling Ireland. The lunch was yummo and I did quite enjoy those beers.
Ollie had to go pick up his wife from the university (she was giving a lecture, I cant remember on what) so I headed back into town. I found Pulteney bridge, which is one of the few bridges in the world which has shops along either side. Like the Pointe Vecchio in Florence. The bridge was so so, but the view of the town along the river was glorious. They had three man made rapids in the river, with a lock built on the side, obviously to manage the water flow, it looked really lovely. After taking lots of happy snaps I made my way to the park on the other side of the river. I had been eyeing off this perfectly manicured park the last couple of days and I could see people sitting in deck chairs enjoying the sunshine. I thought, great I'll sit in the park, read my book and enjoy some sunshine. Would you believe they charge an entry fee to the park? £1.20 and I didn't even get a deck chair! I
enjoyed my time in the sun anyway, just chillin for the afternoon, before heading back to the hotel to pack for the next town.
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