Day out in Bath

Visited Bath today. I’d booked a tour at the Roman Baths and in order to make the tour on time I booked a ticket for the baths for 9am which is when it opened. I’m glad I did as it got busier as time went on.
I didn’t know much about the baths before I got there although I was aware of them. It was all very interesting to learn about both the baths built by the Romans and then the Victorians.
The water is not treated and the baths are not in use. There is a fountain of treated water so you can taste it. It’s apparently not very nice but I was saved from having to decide whether to have a taste as the fountain was out of order.

The Bath Abbey was next. It’s in the same square as the baths and very light and airy.
At each part of the Abbey to see there are suggestions for topics of prayer. I liked that.
I’d had several suggestions to have lunch at Sally Lunn’s Eating House but there was quite a long line when I got there so I kept going to the Jane Austen Centre.

I’m not a huge Jane Austen fan, I’ve only read Pride and Prejudice (actually I listened to it) although I’ve seen multiple mini series and movies of her books.
There seems to be limited information about Jane Austen as they repeated the information they did have several times. It was interesting though and when I get home I may seek out the books or movies set in Bath.

I called into a farm shop on the way back to my accommodation. It was a bit different to the farm shop I found in Wales. It was more like a gourmet shop such as the Herdsman Markets in Perth. It had mushrooms from Poland and capsicums from Italy so not quite the local produce I was looking for,
I did pick up some local cheese and some sausages though.
Everywhere is getting ready for Halloween, ther are pumpkins at all places selling vegetables.

I did enjoy Bath and I may try and go back during the week. I haven’t got the rest of the week planned yet so we shall see.Read more