Roman bath

Quite a day

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August 31st 2009
Throughout my travels, I’ve always had the urge to ascend to the highest geographical points in the areas I’ve visited. Since Bath’s city centre sits in the river valley of seven nearby hills this urge arose when I arrived. This morning I decided to climb one of these hills as part of one of my shorter training runs. I headed to the north end where there were many buildings on the hill, whi ... read more

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