Bath Arrival

The next day we took the train to Bath via Reading. In retrospect, we made a crazy run to get on the car we were assigned which was at the end of a very long train. We were to learn on our upcoming last trip how much easier it is if you identify yourself as disabled and needing a ramp....they will guide you right to where you need to be! We met Dr Emma King's parents Mike and Kath and had lunch with them at the Royal Hotel. Mike does free tours of Bath as an office guide and used to be a teacher....he gave us a tour and brought along his props as well. We saw the outside of Bath Abbey, the Royal Crescent, talked about the symmetry of Georgian (think King George) architecture, heard about how people were taxed according to the number of windows they had (to identify those with more wealth when glass was expensive). Nice dinner at the Royal; room was very hot and unfortunately noisy as there was a music festival on over the weekend we were there.Read more