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Oldest pub in Bath opened 1713
This morning Agnes and I headed to down town Bath to visit
the Roman Bath, Bath Abby and The Assembly Rooms. Jos volunteered to drive us down so we didn’t
have to walk which was great not having to walk the 1.5 miles. We were going to
have more than enough miles on our legs by the end of the day.
The main downtown square is a walking area and was packed
with people. We hurried right to the Roman
Baths to beat the line ups. The Roman
baths were built between 60- 70 Ad on the site of hot mineral springs. The water comes out of the ground at
96C. The Roman Bath House was actually a
bath house and temple to the god Sulis Minerva (see bronze head above). It is
one of the best preserved Roman Baths and is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Even though we got there just as the baths
were opening it was still packed. It
took Agnes and I, 2.5 hours to go through the Baths. It was really amazing. There you are walking along on stones which
were laid down 2000 years ago. It must
have been great to have been one of the Romans who got to use these
facilities. Maybe being one of the
slaves who worked there might not have been so great.
After we got out of the Bath House we headed off to have
lunch. From there we headed over to the
Abbey. OOPS closed for a wedding. Well off to the Assembly Rooms. OOPS closed for a wedding. Someone with lots of money must have been
getting married. So kind of
disappointing, you would think they would put this sort of stuff on their web
page (we checked opening hours earlier).
After a coffee we walked down through the main downtown
walking area and across the Puleteny Bridge which has shops on both sides of the
bridge. It was a very neat spot. The
area across the bridge is the Laura Fountain and Great Puleteny Street which is
lined with magnificent 230 year old town houses. It was absolutely stunning.
Jos came down with the van and picked us up. Having a chauffeur service is just one of the
little perks of this deluxe tour.
Back at our townhouse we had drinks and cleaned bikes before
our tour director cooked us a delicious supper of Jambalaya.
Tomorrow is
a 50 mile ride down to Stonehenge and Aveybury.
Terry
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A lovely rest day and culture to boot. It doesn't get better. Enjoying your blog.
ReplyDeleteGreat tour of Bath. I did not realize it was such an impressive Roman town. Finally, Agnes makes the picture cut. I am sure she is having quite the adventure. It was 100 deg here on the ride at 8:00 am. 😊
ReplyDeletehope you enjoy Avebury. was there on a cold and snowy morning once and found it as or more fascinating than Stonehenge--maybe because anyone with any sense wasn't wandering through the slush like we were.plus it's just.....there........and not the big attraction across the road from the carpark......or it could have been the cosmic vibrations I was getting from actually being able to touch the stones. enjoy the trip. enjoying the blog.
ReplyDeleteSo much fun following your trip! Great pic & commentary🚴🏻♀️
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