One of the many Crescents of Bath

We didn't have time to step or even to slow down much as we passed though Bath. At this point we kept passing through curved residential streets housing beautiful old homes of the 18th and 19th Century rich. I always thought that the mass-produced residential developments we see today are something new but in the late 18th Century urban development featured planned blocks of housing like these.

Day Thirteen (Sweating through Bath, Stonehenge and London)

July 25th 2006
Despite the lack of air conditioning I got a good night's sleep in my rather modern looking hotel room. Breakfast was unexceptional again. I guess the breakfasts I find unappetizing are the continental ones. This morning's was primarily cereal products and toast. Give me bacon, eggs and baked beans every time. The morning was already stinking hot as we tried to repack the every expanding pile ... read more

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