Blogs from Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 4

Day 29 – Bath Had my lovely run along the harbour this morning and then it was onto BATH!!! I’ve been waiting for this for a long time and I was not disappointed. It’s a lovely city built in a valley so you get great views of it from the hilltops. Every building has been made with Bath stone and there is no other place that looks quite like it. We jumped on the hop on/hop off bus and had the big tour. We drove past The Circle, The Royal Crescent and all the other important landmarks. Once we’d made the loop we had a wander and went to the Jane Austen museum. It’s quite small but I found out lots of information about her. We were in paid parking so didn’t stay in ... read more

The weather forecast of 14 May wasn’t very promising. We tried to make most of it. We walked along the riverside walk towards Pulteney Bridge. As planned, we looked round the Victoria Art Gallery. The gallery possessed excellent collections of Georgian, Victorian, Edwardian, Modern, and Contemporary masterpieces, sculptures, Bristol glassworks and porcelain, and wonderful sketches and landscape of Bath and Bristol. It was, once again, free entry and we felt it was very generous of the Custodian to offer free entry public entry. Mark treated me to the special exhibitions of Henry Moore and abstract photographs. We had cream tea in the tea room for lunch. Unfortunately, it started raining from the mid morning and it continued till next day’s morning. After the lunch, we went to the bus station and caught the bus for Corsham ... read more

An diesem Tag habe ich mir nach ausgiebigem englischem Frühstück das römische Bad in Bath genauer angesehen. Anschließend bin ich noch zum sogenannten Royal Crescent gegangen, einem alten Halbkreis aus Wohngebäuden. Danach habe ich mich nach einem neuen Trolley umgesehen, weil meiner kaputt gegangen war. Ich habe aber keinen guten gefunden und abends im Hotel meinen alten geflickt. Ich war auch noch in einem Starbucks.... read more

This entry seeks to describe a typical day on the road. Granted, there has been no such animal thus far. We've had easy days (precious few) and tough, laborious days (quite a few) so a typical day will sort of be a leveling out of the two types. I wake up about 7 o'clock. I start packing the panniers, shaving, washing up and gently shake Karen awake. She responds slowly, complains about aching muscles and, in a tremelous voice, utters her need for COFFEE. The day has begun. We've spent the night in a luxurious B & B and so it's downstairs for the FULL ENGLISH BREAKFAST. We meet Kit and Kathy downstairs and remark to each other the usual niceties. After the hostess has served us the whole thing Karen whips out a plastic ziplock ... read more

Bath will hold a special place in my heart as the one where my loved one travels with me for the first time (together with my friends) in the UK, and celebrating my birthday in the city. A surprise ‘parcel’, who arrived in Loughborough where I’m studying, she gave me a huge surprise turning up at my place (after colluding with friends) and even better, joining us on this trip to Bath. And so, after a few train rides, we arrived at the city, which gives us a different vibe from those we’ve been to thus far. “Just a different feeling” was the common acknowledgement of our first impression. As we checked into the hostel, we took our time wandering around, searching for the well-known Sally Lunn Bun first. Didn’t get to try it though, as ... read more