We were in Bath but now we are somewhere between there and Bristol.
We arrived in Bath yesterday, after traveling through one of the deepest locks on the network at 19'5".
Got a lovely mooring right in the town centre. Then did the tour bus thing. Got a feel for the place and it's history and our bearings. Hopping off at the Abbey we had a walk around the shops.
Then back to the Abbey for a look around, where we found they do a tower tour. Well that was the captain sold and off we went up 212 steps. Seemed like more at the time.
We got to sit behind the clock face,
and see the bells, which just happened to strike quarter past the hour while we were stood right next to them.
Then up onto the roof, the views were stunning.
The captain got told off for climbing up the stone work, you guessed it, to get a better view. Then clambered all the way back down. Even more precarious than going up.
Next we spent a wonderful evening at the Thermae spa. The only one in England using a natural hot mineral spring. Relaxed and prune like we headed back to the boat to watch the sun go down and enjoy the view.
Then this morning it was off to the roman baths. We'd spied them from the top of the tower and thought £12.50 to walk around a pool, no thanks. The boat next to us said we should go it was superb. So we took him at his word and he was dead right. It's not just the bath but a whole museum and it's brilliant.
Though the bath is the centre piece.
Just thinking that 2,ooo years ago a roman could have sat in the exact same spot is quite amazing.Then it was time to be on the move again, back on a big lazy river. Where thankfully the locks work properly. I won't be coming back and I wouldn't recommend it to anybody else, just because it's such hard work and the locks take the brunt of the blame for that. All the same for the things we've seen along the way it's been worth the effort.
One peculiar thing of note,
This is the third life boat we've seen on this stretch ???? They are being lived on too. Which can't be much fun as they don't have windows. Love the colour though, hhhmmmmmmmm I wonder, Captain how about............... ouch! that'll be a no then.
