The (first class) train to Bath was great. Comfortable and speedy with free drinks and snacks, we could barely believe the quality of service for the relatively low price!
Once in bath we checked into our spacious apartment right in the downtown area (near all the attractions) and walked around the street for lunch.
We’re not that close to the sea (especially compared to Brighton) but there’s a lot of seagulls here and they are professional beggars! We hadn’t noticed the ‘please don’t feed the gulls‘ signs until after we’ve fed them a few scraps, but even so we stopped anyway when we watched one dive bomb some guy and steal a piece of pizza right out of his hands!
About a minutes walk from our apartment is this 500 year old Anglican Abbey. For only £6 each, we took a guided tour up the tower (221 steps!) and onto the very top. Here’s one view from up there:
As you can see Bath is a very pretty town. We’ll be visiting some of the more famous attractions tomorrow. The church tower tour was particularly good though, and the icing on the cake was the very pretty your guide who even said ‘too right’ like an Aussie 🙂
The river Avon flows through bath and the Pulteney Bridge, which crosses the river, is not only famous for its construction and the fact it has shops on it but is also older than Australia! (I keep running into things older than Australia here…)
I took that photo from the south side. Look closely and you’ll see two circular windows in the supports. Here’s a shot taken from inside the basement of the mosaic shop, which looks out through the rightmost of the two windows:
It would be a charming place to live!
Lots more Bath tomorrow…