I thought I was well attired for a morning spent on the hop on/off bus around Bath but, as the morning progressed, I realised that I was over dressed. The temperature rose to 18C!! A quick stop at my hotel saw me leave my jacket behind before taking a walk to a number of the places I'd seen from the bus!
I visited the Jane Austen centre, walked to the Royal Crescent, through the parks, past the Abbey and down to the canal.
Reminded me of Florence!
Another sunny, warm day and I was on the train to Bristol for the day! On arrival I was dismayed to find no hop on/off bus available! A friendly chap at the station information centre suggested I get on the number 8 bus, which would take me through the city to the Clifton Suspension bridge, so I did!
This bridge is 101m above the water. I decided to walk across. Information tells you that you must walk across in one direction only and then cross the road at the other end to get back. I started out and then the fear of heights kicked in! I told myself all would be fine - my inner voice was not that convincing- so I started to increase my pace and on encountering others would shout out " I'm passing on the right, terrified of heights don't know why I'm doing this!" Everyone kindly got out of my way! By the time I had crossed both ways I thought my legs would buckle, my heart rate was up but after a few deep breaths I was nearly back to normal!
A very long walk, partly beside the canals, took me to the museum about Brunel's SS Great Britain - the ship that changed the world! This was the largest passenger ship in the world from 1845 - 1854. It was manly travelling between Bristol and New York but later did go to Australia at the time of the 'gold rush'.
It was amazing to walk around the decks and was 'dressed in the way it would have been back in 1850s. People were obviously rather short and very skinny if the size of the bunks was anything to go by!!!
The next day Jake drove to Bath and we went to the Thermae Spa together. Unfortunately the spa was not as good as expected! We both had a massage, which got rid of a few knots, and then 'wallowed' in the heated water until our bodies were more wrinkled and crinkled than before. I must admit looking over the roof tops of Bath, whilst 'lounging' in the warm water, made the experience a little better. I would suggest giving this a miss on a Bath itinerary!
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